Royal Xmass Dice Slot Review
Red satin bows loop in from both edges of the screen, pine wreaths strung with warm fairy lights hang half-hidden behind them, and a thick red frame trimmed in gold wraps the play area like the lid of a gift box. Royal Xmass Dice is Endorphina‘s Christmas slot.
It’s a rarer thing than the tinsel suggests: a 98.01% RTP paired with high volatility and wins up to 93,750x the bet. The 6×4 grid runs 4,096 fixed pay ways, with wilds that turn into multipliers during the free games and a card-based gamble whose odds are published in full.
It sits in Endorphina’s dice family alongside 3 Coin Towers Dice and Thunder Crown Dice. A return that generous and volatility that high in the same package is a pairing you don’t see often.
Symbols and Pay Ways
Every symbol on the reels is a die, dressed for the season. The top payer is the Red Dice with Crown, followed by gem and ornament dice, then trumpet and Scepter dice, with pip dice filling out the lower tiers.
Matching symbols need to land on adjacent reels from the leftmost, and each symbol of a kind on a reel creates its own way, so wins on different ways add together. Only the longest way through a symbol of a kind is paid.
Eight of the symbols are red pip dice, and they pair off into four value tiers, so the bottom half of the paytable is a single steep ladder of identical-looking dice. All prizes shown are for the currently selected bet.
The values below are multiples of the total bet:
- Red Dice with Crown: 2x for three, 5x for four, 6.25x for five, 7.5x for six
- Purple Gem Dice / Gold Ornament Dice: 1.5x, 2.5x, 5x, 6.25x
- Blue Trumpet Dice / Green Scepter Dice: 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x
- Red Dice (top two pip tiers): 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x
- Red Dice (next two pip tiers): 0.25x, 0.75x, 1.5x, 2.5x
- Red Dice (bottom two pip tiers): 0.25x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x
The WILD substitutes for every symbol except the BONUS and appears on reels two through six. It doesn’t pay on its own, which is worth remembering when six-of-a-kind crown wins are on your mind.
BONUS symbols are scattered, counting at any position on the reels rather than on adjacent reels, and three or more of them open the free games. That scatter behaviour is the only route to the feature.
Free Games with the Wild Multipliers Feature
Three or more BONUS symbols trigger the free games, and the count scales sharply with how many land:
- 3 BONUS symbols: 8 Free Games
- 4 BONUS symbols: 15 Free Games
- 5 BONUS symbols: 25 Free Games
- 6 BONUS symbols: 100 Free Games
Inside the feature, WILD symbols take on an extra job: each one becomes a multiplier of x2, x3 or x5, applied whenever it substitutes in a winning combination. If a combination includes several wild multipliers, all of them are applied, so a win carried by multiple wilds multiplies fast.
Five wilds at x5 pushes a single combination to 3,125 times its base value. Free Games run at the same bet as the triggering spin and can be retriggered.
Two BONUS symbols are enough for five more games, with three, four, five and six awarding 8, 15, 25 and 100 additional spins respectively. The retrigger ladder exactly mirrors the entry ladder, which keeps scatter counting relevant on every free spin rather than only at the start.
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, with up to ten attempts in total. If the Dealer wins a round, the wagered winnings are gone and the Risk Game ends.
The odds aren’t uniform. A Joker beats everything and the Dealer can never draw one, so your best pick is always available to you and never to the house. Cards may repeat between rounds, the probabilities shift with the Dealer’s card, and a draw means another attempt with winnings unchanged.
The round-by-round returns swing steeply: strongly in your favour against a low Dealer card, well against you once the Dealer shows a picture card. Take the risk on every round regardless of what the Dealer holds and the average return is 84%.
Beating a low Dealer card is where the value sits, and pressing TAKE WIN collects at any point. Winnings from games bought via BONUS POP can’t be gambled at all.
Bonus Pop Buy Feature
The BONUS POP button buys the free games at any time, in packages of 8, 15, 25 or 100 spins. The cost depends on the total bet and the package chosen.
Bought games work exactly like triggered ones, opening with a base-game spin that lands enough BONUS symbols to start the feature as normal. Because the purchase price scales directly with the total bet, the packages cost the same proportion of stake at every bet level.
The usual restriction applies: no gambling BONUS POP winnings in the Risk Game. The feature may not be available at every casino carrying the game.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Royal Xmass Dice is a game of two speeds. The base game is plain work: pip dice, modest ways wins, and a wild that only substitutes. Everything interesting lives in the free games, where stacked wild multipliers can push a single combination to 3,125 times its value, and a six-scatter trigger hands you 100 spins to chase it in.
The gamble deserves praise for honesty. Round-by-round odds that swing sharply from card to card is more information than most games offer, and it turns a coin-flip ritual into an actual decision. The 84% average return means the house edge is real, but a disciplined player who quits against strong Dealer cards gets a fairer fight than that number suggests.
The weakness is the paytable’s shape. Even the crown dice pay just 7.5x for six, so the base game funds nothing much between features, and the high volatility means the gap between bonuses is where sessions are won or lost. That’s the arithmetic you accept for a 98.01% return and a 93,750x ceiling. For players who like their Christmas slots ornate and their maths aggressive, this one wraps both in the same ribbon.
Royal Xmass Dice FAQs
-
What is the RTP of Royal Xmass Dice?
The RTP is 98.01%, one of the more generous returns you’ll find, paired with high volatility. -
Is Royal Xmass Dice high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility slot. Wins can be substantial, especially in the free games, but they don’t arrive frequently. -
How many paylines does Royal Xmass Dice have?
It has 4,096 fixed pay ways. Each symbol of a kind on a reel opens its own way, wins on different ways are added together, and only the longest way through a kind is paid. -
What is the grid size of Royal Xmass Dice?
The game runs on a 6-reel, 4-row grid. -
Can you buy the bonus on Royal Xmass Dice?
Yes. The BONUS POP feature sells packages of 8, 15, 25 or 100 free games, with the cost depending on your total bet and the package chosen. Bought bonuses work the same as triggered ones, though their winnings can’t be gambled. -
How does the Free Games feature trigger?
Three or more BONUS symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free games, awarding 8, 15, 25 or 100 spins depending on whether 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters land. During the round, wilds become x2, x3 or x5 multipliers, and multiple wild multipliers in one combination all apply, up to 3125x per win. -
Can the Free Games be retriggered?
Yes. During the round, 2 BONUS symbols add 5 more games, and 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters add 8, 15, 25 or 100 respectively, mirroring the entry ladder. The round is played at the same bet as the triggering spin. -
When is Royal Xmass Dice released?
Royal Xmass Dice’s release date is 22 December 2023.
