Book Of Champions World Glory Slot Review
Floodlights cut through a purple haze, the centre circle curves away under the reels, and warm sparks drift across the pitch like the last fireworks of a cup final night. Book Of Champions World Glory puts a gold-trimmed take on the beautiful game on a 5×3 grid with 10 fixed paylines, running at 96.14% RTP with high volatility.
Spinomenal have dressed a classic Book formula in football boots here, and it sits in a busy family alongside Book Of Titans, Champions Circuit and Book Of Rebirth Extreme. Strip away the turf and the trophies and this is a Book slot doing Book-slot things, which is either the appeal or the problem depending on your appetite for the genre.
Stadium Symbols and Paytable
It’s a football-themed set from top to bottom. The Number 7 Jersey leads the paytable, the Soccer Ball sits second, and the Boot and Whistle form the middle tier ahead of the royals. Every value below is a multiple of the bet per line.
- Number 7 Jersey – 2: 10x, 3: 100x, 4: 1,000x, 5: 5,000x bet per line
- Soccer Ball – 2: 5x, 3: 40x, 4: 400x, 5: 2,000x
- Boot / Whistle – 2: 5x, 3: 30x, 4: 100x, 5: 750x
- A / K – 3: 5x, 4: 40x, 5: 150x
- Q / J / 10 – 3: 5x, 4: 25x, 5: 100x
Two things stand out in that ladder. The jersey pays from just two of a kind, which is unusual at the top of any paytable, and the gap between four and five jerseys is steep: 1,000x against 5,000x. The royals, by contrast, need a full three symbols before they pay anything at all.
The gold Book does double duty as both wild and scatter: it counts as any symbol, and three or more of them scattered anywhere on the slot pay on top of regular line wins rather than needing a line of their own. As a wild it also completes line combinations in the base game, standing in for whatever the gap in a winning run happens to be.
- 3 scattered Books – pays 2x the bet
- 4 scattered Books – pays 25x the bet
- 5 scattered Books – pays 250x the bet
All symbols pay left to right from the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each winning line is paid. Wins are multiplied by the bet per line, and where several lines qualify in the same round, each one is added to the total. Scatter prizes sit outside that stack entirely: they’re paid in addition to whatever the lines produce.
Stakes are set per line before each spin, and the stake controls lock during free spins so the triggering bet carries through the whole round. Autoplay runs continuous rounds at the selected bet and can be stopped with the pause button, while Turbo Mode trims each spin to the shortest possible round for faster sessions.
One figure this game doesn’t give is a maximum win. No ceiling of any kind is published for it, so the top of the paytable, five jerseys at 5,000x the line bet, is the closest thing to a stated prize target.
Free Spins and the Expanding Symbol
The free spins round is where this game keeps its real money. Landing three or more scattered Books anywhere on the slot sets it off, and the sequence runs in a fixed order from there.
- Three or more scattered Books land anywhere on the slot, paying their scatter prize on top of any line wins
- A wheel of all the regular symbols (everything except the Book itself) spins to select one as the expanding symbol
- 10 free spins begin, with the bet per line carried over from the triggering round
- Three or more further Books during the round retrigger another 10 spins
During free spins, after each spin’s result is settled, the chosen symbol expands to form new paylines on top of the existing ones. The expansion only happens when it produces a win, so there’s no filler animation on dead spins. It’s a small mercy that keeps the round moving.
Two rules make the expanding symbol worth more than it first looks. The expanded symbol pays across all active lines whether or not its symbols sit on consecutive reels, and it counts separately from the original spin result. A single free spin can therefore pay out twice: once for the line wins it landed, once for the expansion on top.
The retrigger matters here as well. Because another 10 spins arrive whenever three or more Books land again, a good round can keep extending itself, and the expanding symbol chosen at the start stays in place for every spin of it. There’s no re-pick on a retrigger, so a strong symbol keeps working for you and a weak one stays weak.
Buy Feature
For players who’d rather skip the wait, the Buy Feature purchases and immediately triggers a free spins round. Clicking the button opens a window where the bet for the round you’re buying can be adjusted, and the buy price is set according to that bet.
- Click the BUY FEATURE button to open the purchase window
- Adjust the bet with which the free spins round will be played
- Click BUY to pay the price shown and trigger the round immediately
Because the wheel still spins after a purchase, buying the round doesn’t buy any control over which symbol expands. The buy gets you the ten spins and nothing else, and the same random pick applies as it would on a natural trigger.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
This is a Book slot with a stadium roof over it. The base game is a plain ten-line affair where the Book carries all the interest as wild and scatter in one, and between triggers there isn’t much to write home about. The floodlit presentation is polished enough that the waiting never feels like a hardship, but it’s the bonus round or nothing here.
The best thing about it is the expanding symbol’s payout rule. Paying across all lines with no consecutiveness requirement puts a full screen of the right symbol properly in play, and expanded wins stacking on top of the base result gives every free spin two ways to pay. Against that, the wheel picks your symbol at random, and a royal in the expanding role makes for a noticeably weaker round than a jersey. The retrigger helps a good round stay alive.
High volatility and a familiar feature set make this one for Book-slot regulars who want the formula in football colours rather than Egypt’s, and it won’t convert anyone tired of the genre. For fans of Spinomenal’s Book series, though, this is a home fixture worth turning up for.
Book Of Champions World Glory FAQs
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What is the RTP of Book Of Champions World Glory?
Book Of Champions World Glory runs at an RTP of 96.14%. -
Is Book Of Champions World Glory high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility slot, so wins tend to be less frequent but larger when they land. -
How many paylines does Book Of Champions World Glory have?
The game is set to 10 fixed paylines, all paying left to right from the leftmost reel. -
How do you trigger free spins in Book Of Champions World Glory?
Landing three or more scattered Book symbols anywhere on the slot awards 10 free spins, plus a scatter pay of 2x for three, 25x for four or 250x for five on top of any line wins. -
How does the expanding symbol work in Book Of Champions World Glory?
A wheel spin at the start of free spins picks one regular symbol as the expanding symbol. After each free spin result is settled, that symbol expands to form new paylines if the expansion creates a win, paying across all active lines whether or not the symbols are consecutive. -
Can free spins retrigger in Book Of Champions World Glory?
Yes. Three or more scattered Books landing during the free spins round award another 10 free spins, and the expanding symbol chosen at the start stays in place for the extra spins. -
Can you buy the bonus on Book Of Champions World Glory?
Yes, there’s a Buy Feature that purchases and immediately triggers a free spins round. The buy price is set according to the bet you choose for the round, and the expanding symbol is still picked at random by the wheel. -
Who makes Book Of Champions World Glory?
Book Of Champions World Glory is made by Spinomenal.
