Christmas is a time which brings people together and generosity is displayed by exchanging gifts. At online casinos there is no exchanging required – all players, whether new or existing, are rewarded very handsomely. Online casinos offer more promotions at this time of the year than any other, with many making use of advent calenders to get players into the festive spirit. These promotions often revolve around playing their Christmas themed slot machines for real money in order to accumulate reward points and there are numerous exciting slot machines to play every Christmas.
As you can imagine, online slots based on Christmas feature bright and beautiful symbols – and there is a vast amount of symbols you should expect to see, such as:
Santa, Reindeers, Santa Sleigh, Elves, Snowmen, Snowflakes, Christmas Tree and decorations (such as bobbles and tinsel and angel on top), Santa’s Workshop, Presents, Snow, Snow Globes, Mistletoe, Pudding, Stockings, Bells, Santa Hats, Candles, Wishlists, Choir Lyrics (Christmas Carols), Crackers, Turkey Dinner, Candy Cane, Stars, Calenders with 25th displayed, and of course the saying Merry Christmas is displayed on numerous slots.
Most Popular Christmas Themed Slots
– Scrooge
Scrooge (Microgaming)
The Scrooge slot machine was released by Microgaming in 2009 to celebrate Christmas and remains one of their most popular slots during the festive season each year. It is based on the miserable Christmas-hating fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge who starred in Charles Dickens’ novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ in 1843. The slot contains 5 reels and 50 paylines, with characters from the classic tale starring as symbols on the reels. You will see Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, and the three Ghosts (Past, Present and Future) along with other symbols such as keys, a book, coins, a clock, a safe, the Scrooge logo, an a golden door knocker. There are two bonus features to enjoy in Scrooge – Free Spins and Xmas Bonus. To begin the Free Spins feature need to reach the 25th on the game’s calender and the number of free spins accumulated by then will be played out, with all winnings being doubled, an this feature offers a max win of 120,000 coins. The Xmas Dinner bonus feature offers a max win of 10,000 coins and sees players match food with five characters from the slot, with each food type containing a multiplier. A character is then randomly selected and the multiplier is times by the line bet – free money!
Santa Surprise (Playtech)
The Santa Surprise slot machine was unveiled by Playtech back in December 2010 and it continues to be one of the most played slots each and every Christmas. Like a lot of Playtech slot machines, it contains 5 reels and 20 paylines. There are coin values of 0.01 up to 5, and with 1-10 coins available to bet on each payline this means it can be played for as much as £1,000 per spin. The symbols used in Santa Surprise are of true Christmas fashion and all of them are bright and colorful. When you make a spin the reels will display symbols of Santa, Santa’s Workshop, bells, presents, a stocking, and Ace to 10 playing card symbols (which are also decorated in Christmas style). Santa Surprise is packed with three rewarding bonus features – a gamble option, free spins mode, and a pick’em game. The free spins mode is activated by landing three or more Scatter symbols and rewards players with 10 free spins, each coming with a 3x multiplier attached. The Christmas Gifts Bonus feature is triggered by land three or more Bonus symbols consecutively on a single payline. Players then get to select from six presents under a Christmas tree, with the number of selections depending on the number of Bonus symbols landed in a row. If three symbols then players can select three presents, if four symbols it’s four presents, and if five symbols it’s five presents, with each present containing a random amount of coins.
We will have reviews of more Christmas themed slot machines very soon!
