Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT! Slot Review
A long reflecting pool runs from the reels towards a great pyramid on the horizon, palms and flowering shrubs lining its edges, carved columns in red, teal and gold rising on both sides. It’s a lavish stage for Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT!, and the money spent on it is the wrong place to look. This game keeps almost nothing back for the reels: 87.20% of every pound goes back out again, but a slice of that is funding a jackpot most sessions will never touch, which makes the everyday game leaner than its palace suggests.
Neon Valley Studios has built the game around the WOWPOT! progressive ladder. It runs on a 5×3 grid with 10 fixed paylines paying both ways, at medium volatility, with a total return of 87.20% plus a further 5.30% of wagers feeding the jackpots, and bets from 0.10 to 200.00 a spin. It sits alongside King of Alexandria, King of Alexandria Maple Moolah and King of Alexandria Mega Moolah in the same royal line, all chasing the same seven-figure dream.
Base Game & Features
Paylines here run left to right and right to left, starting from the first and last reel respectively, which effectively doubles the ways a five-symbol line can form. Ten fixed lines, no adjustments. Only the highest winning combination on each line counts, and if several winning combinations land on a single payline, just the best one pays.
To work out the line bet, divide the total bet by the ten fixed paylines. All line wins are multiplied by that per-line figure, so payouts scale directly with your stake. The total payout from a spin is simply every payline win added together. Bet changes are made through the console bar on desktop or the Bet menu on mobile, and a quick spin setting speeds the reels up without affecting results.
Wins land on 21.69% of spins, so the rhythm is steady rather than sparse. Stakes run from 0.10 to 200.00, a range wide enough to cover casual play and serious jackpot hunting alike. Autoplay is on hand for longer sessions, with win and loss limits you can set before you start, and it stops automatically if the Progressive Wheel triggers.
There’s no maximum win figure for this one. The progressive ladder is the ceiling, and it’s a moving target: the meters tick up in real time as a percentage of every player’s wagers feeds the pools.
The wild is the workhorse. It appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4, expands to cover its entire reel on landing, and substitutes for every symbol except the Progressive Trigger symbol. It’s active in the base game and throughout the Respin feature, which is where it does its best work.
Progressive Trigger Symbols
Progressive Trigger symbols can appear over any symbol except the wild, and only on reels 2, 3 and 4. Collecting them grants a chance of spinning the Progressive Wheel. Two things matter here: only the triggers collected on the current spin count, so nothing carries over between spins, and the chance scales with your bet, so bigger stakes mean a better shot at the wheel.
The wild never substitutes for a trigger, and triggers never appear during respins, so the two systems stay cleanly apart. One fills the middle reels with wilds; the other reaches for the jackpots.
Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT! Bonus Features
Respin Feature
The Respin feature needs no scatter and no bonus symbol: a wild anywhere on the middle three reels sets it off. It plays out automatically, at the same bet and lines as the triggering spin, and it works like this:
- One free respin is awarded, with the triggering wild expanded and locked in place
- If a new wild lands during the respin, it expands and locks alongside the others for another respin
- Up to two additional wilds can appear, for a maximum of three respins
- The feature ends when a respin brings no new wild
Progressive Trigger symbols don’t appear during respins, so the two features never mix. Three locked expanding wilds across the middle reels with lines paying both ways is where this game’s regular wins peak.
Progressive Wheel
Collect enough trigger symbols on a single spin and you get a chance at the Progressive Wheel, which awards one of four guaranteed progressive jackpots. The wheel is divided into coloured segments, each tied to a jackpot, and wherever it lands is what you win. Only a single spin can be awarded per wager.
If the wheel and the Respin feature both trigger on the same spin, the wheel resolves first and the respin follows, with wins from both added together. The ladder looks like this:
- WOWPOT! – resets at 2,000,000; the meter read 12,613,046.72 credits at a stake of 1.00
- Major – resets at 50,000; 474,521.60 credits at a stake of 1.00
- Minor – resets at 100; 55,781.88 credits at a stake of 1.00
- Mini – resets at 10; 55,691.74 credits at a stake of 1.00
All jackpot wins are independent of the bet, so a 0.10 player and a 200.00 player take home the same amount if the top tier drops. When a progressive is won, every player worldwide is notified and the pool resets to its seed value. If a progressive climbs above its average win, a fire animation burns over its meter, and the collection pot in the console is purely for show – it doesn’t influence awarding anything.
Every progressive win is subject to final confirmation by the casino and the software supplier, whose decision is final. Progressive jackpots are also only available to real-money players, and the values displayed in the game are checked against the casino server at payout, so the meter is always the figure that counts.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.2/10
Playing this is a quiet sit by a very expensive pool. Spins tick past at a steady rate, wilds stack up often enough to keep you watching, and all the while the jackpot meters climb in the corner of the screen, which is the one reason anyone sits down here at all.
The ladder is genuinely strong: a two-million floor on the top tier and four guaranteed payouts whenever the wheel turns is better value than most progressives offer. The weakness is everything around it. Strip out the jackpot contribution and the reels themselves are paying back very little, and you feel that in the session.
This is a game for players who buy lottery tickets with their spins – the courtyard and its pyramid are window-dressing for that pursuit, and perfectly pleasant ones. If you measure a slot by what its own reels return, the palace doors are better left closed.
Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT! FAQs
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What is the RTP of Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT!?
The total return is 87.20%, with a further 5.30% of wagers feeding the progressive jackpots. -
Is Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT! high volatility?
No, it’s a medium volatility game. About one spin in five produces a win, so the pace is steady rather than extreme. -
How do you trigger the Respin feature in Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT!?
A wild symbol landing anywhere on the middle three reels awards a free respin. It expands and locks in place, and fresh wilds during a respin add further respins, up to a maximum of three. -
How does the Progressive Wheel work in Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT!?
Progressive Trigger symbols appear over symbols on reels 2, 3 and 4, and collecting them on a single spin grants a chance of spinning the wheel. The chance scales with your bet, and the wheel awards one of four guaranteed progressive jackpots. -
Do paylines pay both ways in Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT!?
Yes. The 10 fixed paylines pay left to right and right to left, starting from the first and last reel respectively, and only the highest combination on each line counts. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT!?
Bets run from 0.10 to 200.00 per spin, and the respins play out at the same bet as the spin that triggered them. -
Can the Progressive Wheel and the Respin feature trigger on the same spin in Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT!?
Yes. If both activate, the Progressive Wheel resolves first, then the Respin feature plays out, and wins from both are added together. Only a single spin of the wheel can be awarded per wager. -
Who makes Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT!?
Neon Valley Studios. The game sits alongside King of Alexandria, King of Alexandria Maple Moolah and King of Alexandria Mega Moolah in the same series.
