Crazy Wizard Slot Review
Smoke curls up from the corners of the screen, orange-red flame licking along twisted black iron scrollwork until the reel window sits inside a smouldering vignette. There’s exactly one idea holding this sorcerer’s den together, and it isn’t the artwork: Crazy Wizard is built so that everything routes back to the old man at the centre of the reels, and the design is honest enough not to pretend otherwise. Every feature the IGT build offers leads back to him.
It runs a 5×3 grid with 10 fixed paylines, a 96.56% RTP and mid-to-high volatility, and leans closer in spirit to the studio’s long-running classics such as Cleopatra or Da Vinci Diamonds than to anything in the Powerbucks era. The question is whether one well-built centrepiece can carry a slot on its own.
Base Game and Paytable
All wins pay left to right across consecutive reels on a played line, starting from the far-left reel, and only the highest winner counts per payline. Coinciding wins on different paylines add together. Line pays are multiplied by the coin value on the winning line.
The Wizard substitutes for every symbol except the dragon scatter, and any winning line that includes him pays double, provided he’s combining with other symbols rather than standing alone. He’s also the richest symbol in the game, worth 70 for three and 2,000 for five. He both doubles and out-pays everything else on the board.
The dragon scatter works differently from the line symbols. Scatter wins are independent of line wins, they’re multiplied by the total bet rather than the coin value, and they’re added on top of whatever the lines pay. Only the highest scatter win counts if several land at once.
The full paytable, in coin terms multiplied by your coin value:
- Book – 2: 10, 3: 30, 4: 200, 5: 1,000
- Medallion / wizard emblem – 2: 5, 3: 20, 4: 100, 5: 500
- Candle – 3: 15, 4: 75, 5: 250
- Potion flask – 3: 10, 4: 50, 5: 125
- A / K – 3: 5, 4: 25, 5: 100
- Q / J – 3: 5, 4: 10, 5: 30
- 10 / 9 – 3: 2, 4: 5, 5: 25
- Wizard wild – 3: 70, 4: 500, 5: 2,000
- Dragon scatter – 2: 2, 3: 5, 4: 20, 5: 100
Only two line symbols pay from two of a kind: the Book and the Medallion. The scatter joins them at that threshold, paying 2x your total bet for a pair, which means you’ll see small returns from symbols that wouldn’t pay at all in most games. Below that, every line symbol starts at three of a kind.
The theme carries into the symbols: a spell book, a wizard’s medallion, a guttering candle and a bubbling potion flask sit above the royals, which are rendered in an ornate style that matches the scrollwork frame. The Book is the only regular symbol worth four figures for five of a kind, and it also pays from just two, which softens the drop down the table a little.
Betting is fixed at all 10 paylines; you adjust the coin value and the total bet follows. Auto Spin is available where jurisdictions allow it, playing a chosen number of spins at your current settings until you stop it, a bonus triggers, or a loss or single-win limit you’ve set is reached.
The transaction cap, which covers the triggering spin plus any bonus it launches, sits far beyond anything this paytable can produce, so it’s never a practical concern.
Free Spins Bonus
Three or more dragon scatters anywhere on the reels trigger the Free Spins Bonus. The scatters land on every reel, so there’s no reel exclusion to play around. And since scatter wins pay independently of lines, the trigger itself already comes with a payout multiplied by your total bet.
The award scales with the number of scatters you land:
- 3 scatters – 10 free spins
- 4 scatters – 20 free spins
- 5 scatters – 30 free spins
Each free spin, between two and four non-wild, non-scatter symbols on the reels are randomly replaced with Wizard wilds before wins are evaluated. That’s the whole engine of the round: extra wizards appearing somewhere on the grid every single spin, each one carrying that doubling rule from the base game.
The reveal order matters. Wins aren’t paid until every wild has been placed, so a spin that looks quiet mid-reveal can finish with three or four wizards welded into lines that were nothing a moment earlier. Because the wilds can’t replace scatters or other wilds, they always land on paying symbols, which keeps every substitution live.
When several wizards land in the same spin, their effects stack up quickly. A line completed by a substituted wizard doubles as normal, and a line made of wizards paid at his own 70-for-three rate can then double too, provided it includes at least one other symbol. It’s this combination – frequent substitutions plus his top-of-table value – that gives the round its ceiling.
Landing three or more scatters during the bonus retriggers it, awarding another 10, 20 or 30 spins for three, four or five respectively. The round can retrigger multiple times, capped only at 250 free spins per bonus. Free spins run at the coin value and payline count of the triggering spin.
Mystery Jackpot
Every spin carries a chance at the Mystery Jackpot, which triggers at random with odds proportional to your stake – bet more and your chances improve. It’s a fixed award rather than a shared pool, so nobody else can claim it first, and its value is displayed above the reels throughout the base game. At the minimum total bet of 0.10 the jackpot sits at 1,000, which works out to 10,000x the bet.
Because it can hit on any spin regardless of what the reels show, the jackpot is the one part of Crazy Wizard that’s genuinely outside your influence. You can weight the odds by staking up, and that’s the extent of the strategy.
It’s also the only thing in the game whose odds respond to bet size at all. Every other outcome is independent of your stake, of previous results, and of how long the session has run.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
This is a game you play for one reason: the wizard. Sessions settle into a steady rhythm of small line wins in the smoke, punctuated by the moments he lands in a combination and doubles it, and the free spins round is where that pays off properly, with fresh wizards appearing every spin and stacking into wins the base game can’t reach on its own.
The doubling wild is the best thing here, because it’s a rule you can feel working on every single win rather than a feature that shows up twice an hour. What lets it down is the rest of the board: below the Book and the wizard himself, the pays are thin, and there’s little happening between bonuses to hold your attention.
It’s a good fit for players who like a classic five-reel shape with one strong hook, and fans of IGT’s simpler older work will settle straight into the smouldering dark. Anyone after layered bonus rounds and pick-me screens will find this den has only the one spell in the book – but it’s cast well.
Crazy Wizard FAQs
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What is the RTP of Crazy Wizard?
The RTP is 96.56%, which is comfortably above the average for an online slot. -
Is Crazy Wizard high volatility?
It sits at mid-to-high volatility. Wins can be spaced out, but the doubling wild and free spins round are capable of paying well when they arrive. -
How many paylines does Crazy Wizard have?
There are 10 fixed paylines. Betting is always across all 10, and you adjust your stake through the coin value. -
What is the grid size of Crazy Wizard?
It’s a 5×3 grid, five reels across three rows, with wins paying left to right on consecutive reels. -
What does the Wizard wild do in Crazy Wizard?
The Wizard wild substitutes for all symbols except the dragon scatter, and any winning combination that includes him pays double. He can’t double a win made up of wilds alone. -
How do you trigger the Free Spins Bonus in Crazy Wizard?
Land three or more dragon scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. Three scatters award 10 free spins, four award 20 and five award 30. -
Can the Free Spins Bonus retrigger in Crazy Wizard?
Yes. Three or more scatters during the bonus award another 10, 20 or 30 free spins, and the round can retrigger multiple times up to a maximum of 250 free spins per bonus. -
Who makes Crazy Wizard and when was it released?
Crazy Wizard is made by IGT. Its release date is 22 February 2021.
