Book Of Pharaon Deluxe

Book Of Pharaon Deluxe Slot Review

Two gold-masked pharaohs stand guard at either edge of the reels, collars of red and gold on their chests, pyramids silhouetted against an orange sky above them. Book Of Pharaon Deluxe is the rare Egyptian slot that puts nearly all its money on a single paytable line: a five-of-a-kind Pharaoh pays 10,000x the total bet, a figure that embarrasses most of the theme’s bigger names. World Match have built it on a conventional 5×3, 50-payline frame running at 94.59% RTP, with a single book symbol doing scatter duty.

It’s a classical build: no Megaways, no cascades, nothing you haven’t spun before. Everything above the royals on the paytable is worth chasing, and everything below them barely exists, which makes the whole game a steep climb with a very bright summit. The rest of the review is about how much of that summit is actually within reach.

The Reels and the Tomb

Behind the reels sits a carved stone wall with hieroglyph-style relief, its warm browns darkening towards the edges, and cream parchment panels frame the play area. A dark gold plaque carries the title at the top of the frame. It’s a polished, ornate look, more museum display than crumbling ruin, and it suits a game that plays things straight.

Wins pay left to right across the 50 lines, with only the highest win per line counting and wins on different lines added together. The scatter is the exception: it pays in any position, and its winnings are added on top of the payline total.

Payline wins are multiplied by the credits bet per line, while scatter wins are multiplied by the total credits bet across all lines. That distinction matters more here than in most games, because the scatter pays are themselves chunky at the top end.

Two wild graphics appear, pink and orange, and each substitutes for every symbol except the scatter to complete the most favourable combination, multiplying the win by the paytable coefficient when it forms part of a line. The wild can’t stand in for the maximum win available at Max Bet, so the richest prizes still have to land on their own.

Stacks of wilds do turn up on the reels, and a full stack on an early reel can carry several of the 50 lines at once. That’s where the base game finds most of its momentum.

The paytable rewards patience at the top and pays scraps at the bottom. All values below are multiples of the total bet:

• Pharaoh – 2: 20x, 3: 200x, 4: 2,000x, 5: 10,000x
• Anubis – 2: 10x, 3: 100x, 4: 1,000x, 5: 4,000x
• Eye of Horus / Scarab – 2: 10x, 3: 60x, 4: 200x, 5: 1,500x
• A / K – 3: 10x, 4: 100x, 5: 300x
• Q / J / 10 – 3: 10x, 4: 50x, 5: 200x
• Scatter (book) – 3: 4x, 4: 40x, 5: 400x

That Pharaoh line is the striking one, and the two-symbol pays at the top of the table are unusually generous. Anubis pays from two symbols as well, so even a partial premium line returns something.

The royals barely register by comparison, with five Queens, Jacks or Tens returning less than a single three-symbol Pharaoh hit. It’s a steep ladder from bottom to top, and almost everything you’re spinning for sits on the upper rungs.

Free Spin Game

Three or more book scatters anywhere on the matrix open the Free Spin Game. The book itself swings open and displays the number of free spins won, drawn from a wide ladder of possible awards:

• 2, 3, 5 or 7 free spins
• 10, 15, 20 or 25 free spins
• 50, 75 or 100 free spins

It’s an unusually spread-out award table, with a factor-of-fifty gap between the worst and best outcomes from the same trigger. Landing the minimum means a round that can be over almost before it starts. Landing the top award means a very long run at tripled prizes.

During the round, every prize is multiplied by 3, and the spins play out at the same bet level and line count as the round that triggered them. There’s no special symbol behaviour in the feature beyond the multiplier, so the symbols you spin with in the base game are the same ones paying out here, only worth three times as much.

That multiplier is where the paytable’s steepness starts working for you. The top prizes are already the point of the game, and inside the feature they’re worth triple, with even a modest premium combination outstripping anything the royals can produce outside it.

Retriggers come through the +1 symbol: each appearance during the free spins adds a single extra spin. It’s a modest extension mechanic, one spin at a time rather than a full re-trigger. On a big award, those single spins have room to stack up.

The Gamble Game

After any winning spin in the base game, free spins and respins excluded, a gamble button lets you stake the win on a simple choice. Two symbols are offered; pick the one that matches the symbol shown in the book and the win is doubled. Pick wrong and the win is cancelled outright.

There’s no half-measure here: it’s double or nothing on the whole amount, with no partial collect once you’ve committed. The button sits there after every base game win, so the temptation is constant.

The game gives you no information edge to work with, either. It’s a pure coin flip dressed in book imagery, and treating it as anything else is how wins disappear.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7/10

Playing this is a long, patient dig with two gilded pharaohs watching you work. You spin, the wilds occasionally carry a few lines, and every so often the book opens. That’s the whole of it, and honestly the slow pace is part of the charm, because when something does land it tends to matter.

The best thing here is the free spins award ladder: the same trigger can pay out two spins or a hundred, all at 3x, which gives every scatter landing a proper sense of occasion. The weakest is that nothing else has been built around it. Between triggers you’re watching a paytable whose bottom half pays pocket change, and the gamble offers a coin flip on your winnings with nothing to soften a wrong call.

If you like your slots classical, top-heavy and unashamed about it, this tomb has real treasure in it. Anyone who wants a mechanic performing every few spins will be bored among the hieroglyphs. For the patient spinner, though, the gilding here isn’t just on the walls.

Book Of Pharaon Deluxe FAQs

• What is the RTP of Book Of Pharaon Deluxe?

  Book Of Pharaon Deluxe runs at an RTP of 94.59%.
• How do you trigger the Free Spin Game in Book Of Pharaon Deluxe?

  The Free Spin Game starts when the book scatter appears three or more times anywhere on the reels. The book opens automatically and shows how many spins you’ve won.
• What is the free spins multiplier in Book Of Pharaon Deluxe?

  During the Free Spin Game, all prizes are multiplied by 3. The spins play at the same bet level and number of lines as the round that triggered them.
• Can free spins retrigger in Book Of Pharaon Deluxe?

  Yes, through the +1 symbol. Each appearance during the free spins awards one extra free spin.
• How does the Gamble Game work in Book Of Pharaon Deluxe?

  After a winning base game spin, you can stake your win by choosing one of two symbols. If the book shows the symbol you picked, your win is doubled; if not, the win is cancelled. Free spins and respins can’t be gambled.
• What does the wild substitute for in Book Of Pharaon Deluxe?

  The wild substitutes for all symbols except the scatter to pay the most favourable winning combination. It can’t help form the maximum win available at Max Bet, so the biggest prizes have to land without it.
• How many paylines does Book Of Pharaon Deluxe have?

  Book Of Pharaon Deluxe has 50 paylines, with the maximum number of lines selected by default when you launch the game. Wins pay left to right, and only the highest win per line counts.
• Who makes Book Of Pharaon Deluxe?

  Book Of Pharaon Deluxe is made by World Match. Its release date is 27 November 2023.