Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots Slot Review
Night has fallen over the palace court, and a queen in a striped purple gown stands beside the reels holding a glowing golden pyramid above her palm. Stars crowd the deep blue sky behind her, red columns with gold capitals frame the five reels, and a carved hieroglyph band runs along the bottom of the screen. Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots, from IGT, spends its ornament freely, but every spin of it is really a lottery ticket for the progressive.
It runs at 91% RTP with high volatility on a 5×3 grid, and the shortfall against a standard five-reeler is what maintains a jackpot resetting at half a million. IGT built it on the same chassis as Cash Eruption MegaJackpots and Cleopatra. The pyramids decide everything here.
Pyramid Wilds and the Base Game
Wins pay left to right and are multiplied by the coin value, which is straightforward enough. The Pyramid Wild substitutes for every symbol except BONUS and the MEGA JACKPOTS BONUS GAME symbol, so it’s a standard wild doing a standard job.
Its real work happens during the Random Wilds feature, where a single spin can turn anywhere from three to fifteen Pyramid positions wild at once. When five or more Pyramid symbols are on the reels, one to five of them may instead become MEGA JACKPOTS BONUS GAME symbols, which are wild for everything except BONUS.
Wins are then evaluated after both the wilds and the bonus-game symbols have landed, so a spin that starts as a scatter of pyramids can finish as something much bigger. It’s the game’s main engine of variety, and the middle of the screen can get very crowded with pyramids when it hits:
- On any base game spin, 3 to 15 Pyramid positions can turn wild
- With 5 or more Pyramids on the reels, 1 to 5 may become MEGA JACKPOTS BONUS GAME symbols
- Both symbol types are wild; neither substitutes for BONUS
- Wins are evaluated once all wilds and bonus-game symbols have appeared
The paying symbols run from the queen herself down to card royals, with every win multiplied by the coin value:
- Cleopatra – 10, 35, 80 or 200 for two, three, four or five
- Pharaoh and Anubis – 25, 60 or 120 for three, four or five
- Horus and the purple Owl/Cat – 20, 50 or 100 for three, four or five
- A and K – 10, 20 or 60 for three, four or five
- Q and J – 5, 15 or 50 for three, four or five
Cleopatra is the only symbol that pays for two of a kind, which keeps the top end of the paytable slightly more reachable than the rest. Only the highest combination on a line counts, as is usual, while wins on separate lines all pay out.
Pharaoh, Anubis, Horus and the owl keep the Egyptian iconography running through the premium symbols, so the reels stay in costume even when the card royals roll in. It’s decoration with a paytable attached, and the gaps between feature hits are at least spent somewhere that looks expensive.
Free Spins Award
The free spins trigger is unusual, and it’s worth reading twice. Free spins are awarded when BONUS is part of a winning combination and a WILD appears over the same symbol position – the wild has to sit on top of the BONUS symbol while that symbol is already paying out as part of a line win.
The spins come in addition to the win itself, so the payout from the combination lands first and the free games follow. It’s a narrow doorway: the wild excludes BONUS from substitution, so the only route in is the stacked-position overlap.
Two things have to line up at once, then, and neither is under your control. BONUS has to complete a paying line, and a Pyramid has to land on the same square. No count is given for how many spins the award carries, so the size of the reward stays a surprise until it arrives.
Because the Random Wilds feature can flood the reels with Pyramids on any spin, the two systems feed each other: a big wild drop is also the moment a BONUS overlap becomes most likely. The route to the free games runs straight through the game’s main feature, which is a tidy piece of design even if the trigger stays a rare one.
The MegaJackpots Progressive
This is what the game is named for, and what the lower return buys. Inside the MegaJackpots Bonus Game, landing one or more MEGA JACKPOTS symbols in the middle row of the reels wins the MegaJackpots Progressive outright.
The odds of winning increase with higher bets, which is standard practice for wide-area progressives, and the game is upfront about that relationship rather than burying it. The jackpot resets at half a million when it drops, which makes it one of the larger reset values you’ll find attached to a five-reel game.
Every spin contributes to a pool that only a middle-row symbol in the bonus game can release, and the return given up on regular wins is the price of maintaining that pool. The bonus game symbols themselves are wild once they arrive, so the road to the progressive is paved with ordinary wins too.
The bonus game itself is reached through those MEGA JACKPOTS BONUS GAME symbols rather than a conventional scatter count, which ties the round to the same Pyramid mechanic that drives the base game. One symbol, one row, one outcome – and it’s the middle row specifically, so two of the three rows carry no jackpot weight at all.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.8/10
Playing this is watching a gorgeous palace court while waiting for the pyramids to do something. That’s the whole draw: the Random Wilds swarms are the only thing that happens between bonus rounds, and the queen holding her glowing pyramid is the reason you’ll stay in the room while they decide whether to arrive.
Its strength is the prize at the end of it – a progressive resetting at half a million, released by a single middle-row symbol in the bonus game, which is a serious sum for a game of this shape. The weakness is that 91% total return, a levy paid on every spin whether the bonus game ever shows up or not. That’s not a small haircut on a long session.
This is one for players chasing the half-million progressive, who’ll accept a thinner return on ordinary spins as the cost of the ticket. Anyone whose priority is value from the reels themselves is better served elsewhere in the kingdom; the court here only pays tribute to the crown.
Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots FAQs
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What is the RTP of Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots?
The total RTP is 91%, which includes the jackpot contribution. That’s noticeably lower than a standard online slot, because a slice of every bet feeds the progressive jackpot. -
Is Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility game. Wins can be infrequent, and much of the potential sits in the MegaJackpots Progressive rather than regular play. -
What is the grid size of Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots?
It’s a 5×3 grid with five reels and three rows, with line wins paying left to right and multiplied by the coin value. -
When is Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots released?
Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots’ release date is 16 March 2022. -
Who makes Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots?
IGT, the veteran developer behind the Cleopatra series and the wider MegaJackpots family of progressive slots. -
How do you trigger free spins in Mistress Of Egypt MegaJackpots?
Free spins are awarded when BONUS is part of a winning combination and a WILD appears over the same symbol position. The spins come in addition to the win from that combination. -
How do you win the MegaJackpots Progressive?
Land one or more MEGA JACKPOTS symbols in the middle row of the reels during the MegaJackpots Bonus Game. The odds of winning improve with higher bet sizes. -
What does the Pyramid Wild substitute for?
The Pyramid Wild substitutes for all symbols except BONUS and the MEGA JACKPOTS BONUS GAME symbol. During the Random Wilds feature it can fill three to fifteen positions on the reels at once.
