Xmas Cash 2 Slot Review
Red stockings hang from a carved stone mantel, logs sit stacked in the firebox, and a tree wrapped in gold garland fills the left of the frame. Eyecon have built a game where the comfort is the whole product, and the interesting choice is in the paytable: Xmas Cash 2 pays its premium symbols from just two of a kind, and that early-pay structure does more for how the game feels spin to spin than its single bonus feature ever manages.
It runs on a 5×3 reel set with low volatility and an RTP of 94.995%, and the biggest single line win on the board is 4,800x the total bet for five mistletoe. That’s the shape of it: small, steady, warm. The studio’s register will be familiar if you know Fluffy Favourites or Sugar Train Xmas, and Xmas Cash 2 sits in that family alongside games like Enchanted Prince 2.
Symbols by the Fireside
Stone columns frame the reels on both sides, with a carved mantel running along the bottom edge and a stack of logs drawn in the firebox beneath it. An olive green armchair sits against the wall on the right, a wreath with red bows hangs above it, and garland drapes across the top of the frame. It’s lush, warm, hand-drawn cartoon work, and it commits fully to the living-room Christmas it’s selling.
The symbols carry on the same way. Mistletoe, bells, a wrapped gift, candy canes and a blue ornament make up the premium end, with A, K, Q, J, 10 and 9 filling out the lower tiers. The four premium symbols all pay from two of a kind, while the card royals need at least three. There’s a wide gap between the tiers: five mistletoe is worth three times five candy canes.
All line wins pay left to right, and only the highest win on each payline counts, though wins on different paylines do add together. Line wins are multiplied by the wager per payline, while scatter wins are multiplied by the total wager. That’s a distinction worth holding onto, because it means the two win types scale differently when you change your bet: a line win grows with the per-line stake, a scatter win with everything you’re wagering on the spin.
The Cookies wild substitutes for every symbol except the scattered Santa, and any line win it helps to complete pays double. Symbol values are multiples of the total bet:
- Mistletoe – 2: 20x, 3: 200x, 4: 1,000x, 5: 4,800x
- Bells – 2: 16x, 3: 160x, 4: 600x, 5: 3,600x
- Gift – 2: 8x, 3: 120x, 4: 400x, 5: 2,800x
- Candy Canes / Blue Ornament – 2: 4x, 3: 40x, 4: 300x, 5: 1,600x
- A / K – 3: 32x, 4: 200x, 5: 800x
- Q / J – 3: 24x, 4: 160x, 5: 400x
- 10 / 9 – 3: 16x, 4: 100x, 5: 200x
- Santa (scatter) – 2: 4x, 3: 10x, 4: 20x, 5: 100x
Scatters pay from any position on the reels rather than along a line, and for each scatter only its highest win is added to the line wins. Santa is also the only symbol the wild won’t stand in for, so a scatter trigger can never be completed by a substitute. No payline count is given for this one, so the win patterns are best understood simply as left-to-right lines across the five reels.
Free Games
Free Games is the one feature here, and it’s a straightforward scatter trigger:
- 3 scattered Santa symbols anywhere award 15 Free Games
- 4 scattered Santa symbols award 20 Free Games
- 5 scattered Santa symbols award 25 Free Games
The round plays out step by step. The triggering scatters disappear, a free spin counter replaces the balance display, and every win lands back on the same paylines at the same wager as the spin that started it. There’s no separate feature bet and no reconfigured reel set to get your head around. Landing more Santas during the round adds the corresponding batch of games again, up to a ceiling of 15 retriggers.
A retrigger works exactly like the original trigger. Three, four or five Santas during the round hand over another 15, 20 or 25 games on top of whatever remains, and the counter climbs rather than resets. Each batch plays at the wager locked in by the spin that first opened the feature, even if you’d changed your stake beforehand.
The wild’s doubling rule stays live throughout the feature. Any line win completed with a Cookies wild in the combination pays twice its normal amount, and the doubling applies per line, not per wild. The scatter keeps its own job inside the round as well: Santa pays from any position, from 4x the total bet for a pair up to 100x for five, and that pay is added on top of whatever the lines produce.
Autoplay is on hand for the base game if you want it. You pick the number of automatic spins, set a loss limit so the session stops itself if the losses cross it, and can end the run manually at any point by pressing the autoplay button again.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.9/10
Playing Xmas Cash 2 is like settling into that armchair beside the fire: nothing hurries, nothing shouts, and the wins arrive in small, regular helpings. The reason to pick it is exactly that gentleness, wrapped in hand-drawn artwork that earns the cosy feeling instead of just gesturing at it.
The doubling wild inside Free Games is its strength, giving every free spin a live upside, and the retrigger allowance can carry a good round a long way. The weakness is everything between triggers: the base game is plain spinning with nothing layered on top, and the paytable is top-heavy enough that most of what lands is modest.
It’s a game for low-variance players and anyone who wants a Christmas slot that behaves itself, and over the festive weeks it will do that job very well. Anyone hunting a serious ceiling will find the presents under this tree are mostly small ones. For everyone else, the fire’s lit and the armchair’s free.
Xmas Cash 2 FAQs
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How do you trigger Free Games in Xmas Cash 2?
Three, four or five scattered Santa symbols appearing anywhere on the reels award 15, 20 or 25 Free Games respectively. The Free Games use the same paylines and wager as the triggering spin. -
Can Free Games be retriggered in Xmas Cash 2?
Yes. More scattered Santa symbols landing during the round add another batch of games, and this can happen up to 15 times in total. -
What does the Cookies wild do in Xmas Cash 2?
The Cookies wild substitutes for all symbols except the scattered Santa symbol. Any line win where the wild substitutes for another symbol pays double. -
What do scatter symbols pay in Xmas Cash 2?
Santa scatter wins pay from any position and are multiplied by the total wager, ranging from 4x for two scatters up to 100x for five. Only the highest scatter win per scatter is added to the line wins. -
What is the RTP of Xmas Cash 2?
The RTP is 94.995%. That’s the total expected return, and it sits just below the 95% mark many players look for. -
Is Xmas Cash 2 high or low volatility?
Low. It’s built for steadier, smaller wins rather than big swings, which suits longer sessions on a modest bankroll. -
How many paylines does Xmas Cash 2 have?
There’s no payline count given for this game. Wins run left to right across the five reels, only the highest win on each line counts, and wins on different lines add together. -
When is Xmas Cash 2 released?
Xmas Cash 2’s release date is 30 November 2023.
