In Jazz

In Jazz Slot Review

Heavy red-and-gold curtains frame a small stage, a marquee border of white bulbs rings the reels, and hot pink haze pools behind the top of the grid. In Jazz is an old theatre of a slot, and it plays like one – unhurried, well-lit and more generous with its numbers than almost anything else on the floor.

The most interesting thing about it isn’t a multiplier or a jackpot, it’s the return: 98.06% RTP, sitting on a plain 5×3 grid with 25 paylines. Endorphina didn’t dress this one up with modern mechanics, and it doesn’t need them.

Their back catalogue runs wide, from 100 Zombies to Windy City and Book Of Santa, and In Jazz sits firmly in the traditional end of it. Take your seat and see what the band plays.

The Stage and Its Symbols

It’s a 5-reel, 3-row game with 25 fixed paylines. Winning combinations of matching symbols land on enabled paylines on adjacent reels from the leftmost, and only the highest win per line pays. The scatter is the exception: it counts in any position. Scatter wins and line wins are added together.

The WILD sign, styled as a treble clef, substitutes for everything except the scatter, and it pays on its own too. The IN JAZZ scatter triggers the feature from three or more, and it also pays wherever it lands. Both sit at the rich end of the paytable.

The band fills the rest of the reels. A blonde singer takes the lead role, the bass player and saxophonist back her up, and a horn and double bass sit a tier below. The royals get instrument makeovers: the A carries a sax with a hat, the K carries piano keys, the J a French horn and the 10 a microphone. Here’s the full paytable as multiples of the total bet:

• Blonde singer with microphone – 3.2x, 10x, 32x for three, four, five of a kind
• Smiling bass player – 1.6x, 8x, 24x
• Saxophone player – 1.6x, 8x, 24x
• Horn – 1.2x, 6x, 20x
• Double bass – 1.2x, 6x, 20x
• A (sax with hat) – 0.4x, 2x, 8x
• K (piano keys) – 0.4x, 1.2x, 6x
• Q – 0.4x, 1.2x, 6x
• J (French horn) – 0.4x, 0.8x, 4x
• 10 (microphone) – 0.4x, 0.8x, 4x
• WILD – 4x, 20x, 40x
• IN JAZZ scatter – 2x, 20x, 200x

Stakes run from 0.25 to 200.00 per spin, which covers casual players and high rollers alike.

Free Games with the Jazz Band Jokers

Three or more scatters trigger 10 Free Games, and this is where the band steps up. Each free spin brings two Jazz Band Jokers into play. Each one substitutes for all symbols except the scatter and carries its own multiplier of X1, X2 or X3.

There’s a neat concealment rule: if a Joker lands where it can’t complete any combination, it stays hidden. When both Jokers are substituting in the same win, both multipliers apply, so a stacked pair can turn a modest line into something much bigger.

Free Games play at the same bet and lines as the triggering spin, and they can be won again during the feature. A lucky run of retriggers keeps the Jokers coming well past the original ten.

The Risk Game

After any win you can gamble it. Four cards are dealt face down and you pick one; beat the Dealer’s card and your win doubles, and you can keep going for up to 10 attempts in total. If the Dealer’s card is higher, you lose the lot.

The rules are friendlier than most gambles. The Joker beats everything and the Dealer can never receive one, and if you match the Dealer’s value it’s a draw: your winnings stand and you get another attempt. You can quit at any time and collect.

The maths behind it is unusually transparent. The average return for a Risk Game round is 84%, and your edge swings widely with the Dealer’s card – strongly in your favour against a low card like a 2, dead even around the middle of the deck, and heavily against you when the Dealer shows an ace. The odds aren’t evenly distributed across the cards either, so the percentages genuinely move from round to round.

So the play is simple: gamble against low cards, collect against aces.

BONUS POP Buy Feature

If waiting for scatters isn’t your tempo, the BONUS POP button buys the Free Games package at any time: 10 Free Games with the Jazz Band Jokers feature, for a cost that scales directly with your total bet. The purchased round starts with one main-game spin that lands the three scatters, then plays out exactly as if you’d triggered it naturally.

Two things change when you buy. Winnings from bought Free Games can’t be gambled in the Risk Game, and the RTP with BONUS POP on is 95.30% – a fair step down from the natural 98.06%. The feature also isn’t available at every operator.

That gap is worth sitting with for a moment. On a game whose whole appeal is a near-unmatched base return, paying extra to drop nearly three percentage points of it is a strange place to spend your money. Waiting for the scatters to arrive on their own costs nothing and keeps the full return.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.6/10

This is a show that knows its setlist: a plain five-reel chassis, a paying wild, and free spins with jokers that stack multipliers when they pair up. You’d choose it for the return, and for the way it tells you the odds on its own gamble rather than hiding them.

That Risk Game is the best thing here. Doubling against a Dealer’s 2 is about as close to a fair fight as card gambles get, and being able to read the situation before committing is rare. The weakness is the buy button: it costs real money to drop the return to 95.30% and lose the gamble on bought winnings, which makes it hard to justify on a game this generous.

It suits players who like their slots straightforward, honest with their maths and patient with their payouts. Anyone chasing elaborate mechanics or a stated win ceiling should book a different show. For everyone else, the band on this stage is well worth an evening.

In Jazz FAQs

• What is the RTP of In Jazz?

  In Jazz runs at 98.06% RTP, which is among the highest figures you’ll find on any slot. That figure excludes the Risk Game, and with the BONUS POP buy feature switched on it drops to 95.30%.
• How does the Free Games feature trigger in In Jazz?

  Landing three or more IN JAZZ scatter symbols anywhere on the reels triggers 10 Free Games. Scatters count in any position, so they don’t need to sit on a payline.
• What do the Jazz Band Jokers do?

  Every free spin deals two Jokers onto the reels. Each substitutes for all symbols except the scatter and applies a X1, X2 or X3 multiplier, and when both Jokers substitute in the same win, both multipliers are applied. A Joker that can’t complete a combination stays concealed.
• Can you retrigger the Free Games in In Jazz?

  Yes. Free Games can be won again during the feature, and they play at the same bet and paylines as the triggering spin.
• How does the Risk Game gamble work?

  After a win you pick one of four face-down cards. Beat the Dealer’s card and your win doubles, with up to 10 attempts available. The Joker beats everything and the Dealer never gets one, while matching the Dealer’s value is a draw that keeps your winnings and gives another try. The average return is 84%, and your edge is strongest against a low Dealer card and worst when the Dealer shows an ace.
• Can you buy the bonus on In Jazz?

  Yes. The BONUS POP button buys a package of 10 Free Games at any time, with the cost depending directly on your total bet. Bought Free Games play exactly like triggered ones, except their winnings can’t be gambled, and the RTP with BONUS POP on is 95.30%. It may not be available at all operators.
• What are the betting limits in In Jazz?

  Bets run from 0.25 up to 200.00 per spin, on a 5-reel, 3-row grid with 25 fixed paylines.
• Who makes In Jazz?

  In Jazz is made by Endorphina. Its release date is 28 April 2017.