Magic Spins

Magic Spins Slot Review

A gold filigree frame sits under a deep navy sky, with a purple glow swirling behind the title like a spell being charged. Magic Spins is Wazdan‘s arcane entry in the coin-collecting line that also includes 9 Coins Grand Platinum Edition, 12 Coins Grand Gold Edition and 15 Coins, and the claim it makes is a bold one: that hold-and-win plays better with 29 reels than it does with a dozen.

More boards, in theory, means more sticky symbols, more countdowns and a longer climb towards the top of the ladder. The numbers behind that climb: a 7×5 layout with a large central symbol area, a 96.17% RTP, and a 2,500x GRAND Jackpot as the ceiling. Under the starlight, the maths gets its say.

29 Reels and Ten-of-a-Kind Wins

Wins work nothing like a standard payline slot. A win is awarded for drawing at least 10 symbols of a kind anywhere on the reels, and only the highest win is paid. When two combinations of the same value land together, the one whose symbol sits higher on the paytable takes the money.

Ten-of-a-kind is a demanding threshold, and it shapes everything about the base game’s rhythm: small clusters of matching symbols count for nothing until a tenth one joins them. The wild substitutes for all symbols except Bonus symbols, so every wild that lands is a step towards completing a ten-strong set rather than a small win in itself.

Sticky Bonus Symbols

The base game’s main engine for reaching the bonus is the sticky symbol system. Special Bonus symbols drawn on the big and mega reels lock in place for up to 10 spins, and while they hold, everything else spins on around them. Their behaviour breaks down like this:

• Special Bonus symbols on the big and mega reels stick for up to 10 spins
• Sticky symbols can carry extra behaviour while they wait: increasing their value, or collecting prizes from other symbols
• They pay only inside the bonus game, never in the base game
• The outcome of the remaining non-sticky symbols is entirely random on each spin
• Sticky symbols are tied to the bet level they landed on, and a round played on another level removes them completely

That last point is the sharp edge. Change your bet size mid-build and the sticky symbols vanish from the reels entirely, taking the progress with them. It’s a deliberate design choice that rewards settling on a stake and staying there while a bonus brews.

Hold the Jackpot Bonus Game

The main event needs at least 6 Bonus symbols of any type on a single spin. Once that happens, everything clears from the reels except the triggering Bonus symbols, which stay stuck where they landed.

You start with 3 re-spins, and every new Bonus symbol that lands resets the count to three. The round runs until the re-spins run dry or all 29 reel positions fill with Bonus symbols. It’s the classic hold-and-win loop, stretched across a much bigger board than usual, and the round plays out at the same bet level and volatility level as the spin that set it off.

Not every position behaves the same way during the round. Where a symbol can appear determines what it’s allowed to do:

• Cash symbols appear only on the small reels
• Collector, Jackpot, Mystery and Increasing Value Cash symbols appear only on the four big corner reels
• All Bonus symbols stick once drawn, and pay only at the end of the round

Cash and Collector Symbols

Cash symbols appear on the small reels and pay on fixed tiers:

• Cash symbols pay 1x to 5x the bet
• Increasing Value Cash symbols pay 3x to 7x the bet
• Mega Increasing Value Cash symbols pay 5x to 10x the bet

The Increasing Value versions arrive with a random countdown from 1 to 10, and their value climbs by the bet on every re-spin until the countdown hits zero. A symbol that lands early with a long countdown has the most room to grow, so position and timing both matter.

Collector and Mega Collector symbols sit on the four big corner reels, each with its own countdown from 1 to 10, and they hoover up the values of Cash symbols on the small reels next to them until the countdown expires. A Mega Collector carrying the Collect to Infinity feature keeps accumulating with no countdown at all, which makes it the most valuable symbol that can sit in a corner.

Mystery and Magic Mystery Symbols

Mystery symbols can transform into any other Bonus symbol, which makes them useful but unspectacular. The Magic Mystery symbol is the pickier relative, and its shortlist is what gives the round its late drama:

• Magic Mystery transforms only into a MINI, MINOR, MAJOR or MAGIC Jackpot symbol, or the Mega Collector
• The MAGIC Jackpot can only be won on a Magic Mystery symbol, nowhere else in the game
• Mystery and Magic Mystery symbols open one by one at the end of the bonus game

Because the reveals come last, a round can look finished and still have a jackpot hiding in an unopened symbol. The MAGIC Jackpot in particular lives entirely inside that reveal, so a Magic Mystery on the board is the thing to watch as the re-spins tick down.

The Jackpot Ladder

A five-tier ladder runs alongside the reels: GRAND, MAGIC, MAJOR, MINOR and MINI, with each tier’s value shown on screen as a live figure that scales with your stake. MINI, MINOR and MAJOR symbols can appear at random during the bonus game, and multiple jackpots of the same type can be won in a single round, so the ladder can pay more than once before the round closes.

Collecting all 29 Bonus symbols of any type awards the GRAND Jackpot of 2,500x the bet. That’s the maximum prize in the game, and the values of the Bonus symbols on the board aren’t added to it, so a full board pays the flat GRAND and nothing else. When the bonus game ends without the GRAND, the prize is the sum of all Bonus symbol values, including any MINI, MINOR and MAJOR jackpots collected along the way.

Volatility Levels and the Buy Feature

The Hold the Jackpot Bonus Game is played at the same bet level and Volatility Level™ as the spin that activated it, and using the Buy Feature activates the bonus on the Extreme Volatility level.

The Buy Feature is the direct route in. It activates the Hold the Jackpot Bonus on the Extreme Volatility level, characterised by even bigger wins than the other settings. It’s the spiciest path to the bonus, aimed at players who’d rather pay up front than wait for six Bonus symbols to assemble themselves across the big and mega reels.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.1/10

This is a waiting game, and the waiting is the point. Between bonuses you’re mostly watching sticky symbols accumulate under that starry sky, and the one reason to choose it over a smaller coins game is that the bonus actually feels like a journey: 29 positions is a long way to climb, and the Magic Mystery reveal at the very end means the round isn’t over until it’s over.

The strength is the corner-reel economy. Countdowns on the collectors and the growing cash symbols give every landing something to feed, and a ladder that can pay twice in one round is a genuinely generous touch. The weakness is the price of admission: ten-of-a-kind wins mean the base game can go quiet for long stretches, and the 2,500x ceiling is modest for the patience it asks.

It’s one for players who enjoy a slow build with symbols that do real work while they wait, not for anyone hunting a four-figure multiplier. The magic here is patient, and it rewards patient players in return.

Magic Spins FAQs

• What is the RTP of Magic Spins?

  Magic Spins has an average return to player of 96.17%.
• How do you trigger the Hold the Jackpot Bonus Game in Magic Spins?

  At least 6 Bonus symbols of any type on a single spin starts the Hold the Jackpot Bonus Game. Sticky Bonus symbols on the big and mega reels stay locked for up to 10 spins, which helps build towards the trigger.
• What does the Magic Mystery symbol do in Magic Spins?

  It transforms only into MINI, MINOR, MAJOR or MAGIC Jackpot symbols, or the Mega Collector. The MAGIC Jackpot can only be won through a Magic Mystery symbol, and these symbols open one by one at the end of the bonus game.
• How do you win the GRAND Jackpot in Magic Spins?

  Collecting all 29 Bonus symbols of any type during the Hold the Jackpot Bonus Game awards the GRAND Jackpot of 2,500x your bet. It is the maximum prize in the game, and Bonus symbol values are not added to it.
• What is the maximum win on Magic Spins?

  The maximum win is 2,500x your bet, paid as the GRAND Jackpot.
• Can the bonus game retrigger in Magic Spins?

  The bonus game doesn’t retrigger as such, but every new Bonus symbol that lands during the round resets the re-spin count to 3. The round continues until the re-spins finish or all reels are filled with Bonus symbols.
• What does the Collect to Infinity feature do in Magic Spins?

  A Mega Collector symbol with the Collect to Infinity feature accumulates the values of Cash symbols drawn on the small adjacent reels with no countdown limit, so it keeps collecting for the whole bonus game.
• Who makes Magic Spins?

  Magic Spins is made by Wazdan.
• When is Magic Spins released?

  Magic Spins’ release date is 11 April 2022.