Xmas Collection 10 Lines Slot Review
A candy-cane banner dusted with snow, holly tucked in at both ends, marquee bulbs glowing along the top and a green wreath ringing the “10 Lines” badge: the frame arrives fully decorated. The surprise is what sits behind it. Xmas Collection 10 Lines has no free spins, no bonus round and no second screen, and every payout it makes comes straight from the reels in front of you, which is rarer than it sounds in a festive slot.
It’s one of the leanest seasonal games Spinomenal have shipped, on a shelf that also holds Wild Santa 2 and Book Of Xmas Jingle Bells. The setup is a 5×4 grid with 10 fixed paylines, an RTP of 94.02% and high volatility, and the entire feature list is a Santa wild and a bell scatter.
The Reels and the 10 Fixed Lines
The game runs on a 5×4 grid with the lines fixed at 10, so there’s nothing to configure beyond your bet per line. All symbols pay from left to right starting on the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each winning line is paid. Where several lines qualify in a single round, each combination is added to the round’s total.
Wins are multiplied by the bet per line rather than the total bet, which matters when you read the paytable: a 250-credit top prize is 250 times the line bet, not the spin. With 10 lines active that distinction is a factor of ten, so it’s worth holding onto before you judge any of the numbers below.
Controls are standard for the studio. Spin with the button or the space bar, adjust the bet per line with the plus and minus keys, and read every win in the display field at the foot of the reels. During a spin the help and settings buttons are disabled, so any change to your setup waits for the round to finish.
Auto play and Turbo Mode round out the options:
- Auto play runs a chosen number of spins at a fixed bet per line, configured from its own screen
- Auto play stops at any point with the pause button
- Turbo Mode shortens each round to the shortest possible game time
- Turbo is toggled by the rabbit button on desktop or from the settings menu on mobile
- Turbo can also be switched on from the auto play configuration screen
Symbols and Pays
The paytable splits into festive symbols and royals. The Snowman leads it, the Christmas Tree and the Gift share a row, and A, K and Q fill out the bottom. Values are multiples of the bet per line for three, four, five and six matching symbols on a payline:
- Snowman: 40x, 100x, 250x, 800x
- Christmas Tree: 20x, 40x, 200x, 400x
- Gift: 20x, 40x, 200x, 400x
- A / K: 10x, 20x, 70x, 140x
- Q: 6x, 10x, 30x, 100x
Six-of-a-kind is the number that matters on a 5×4 grid, because only the widest reels can produce it. The gap between five and six Snowmen is steep, 250x to 800x, and the same jump exists on the Gift and the Tree. Everything below those top rows is modest: the royals are there to keep the line count ticking over, not to drive sessions.
Worth noticing is how flat the middle of the ladder is. The Tree and the Gift pay identically at every count, so the game’s second tier is really one prize with two faces. The Q is the weakest symbol of all, yet its own six-of-a-kind pays 100x, more than an A or K pays for five, so even the bottom rung carries a surprise at full width.
Santa Wild and Bell Scatter
Santa is the wild and he substitutes for every symbol except the bell scatter. He can also land stacked, filling most of a reel at once, and a stack in the right position lines up across several paylines simultaneously. That’s where this game’s biggest wins come from.
His paytable has a quirk worth knowing: three to five wilds only count as a win when they’re followed by a scatter symbol. A line of Santas on its own pays nothing, so the wild is at its best as a substitute completing other symbols’ combinations rather than as a payer in his own right.
The bell plays by different rules entirely. It pays anywhere on the grid, ignoring paylines, and its prizes are multiplied by the total bet rather than the line bet. Scatter wins are added on top of any payline wins from the same round, so a spin can pay twice.
Both specials carry their own paytable rows:
- Wild (Santa): 100x, 300x, 1,000x, 3,000x the line bet for three to six
- Scatter (Bell): 2x, 10x, 250x, 500x the total bet for three to six
Read those carefully and the shape of the game becomes clear. The scatter’s 500x of the total bet is the single largest figure on the page once you account for the 10 active lines, and six bells in any position is the spin everything else is reaching for.
Because the bell ignores paylines, it doesn’t need to start on the leftmost reel or sit on any of the 10 lines at all. Six bells scattered anywhere across the 20 symbol positions pays 500x the total bet. Four of them pays just 10x, though, so the ladder between four and six is where the real money sits, and there’s nothing in between to soften the drop.
That’s the whole feature set. To be exact about what isn’t here:
- No free spins round or scatter-triggered bonus
- No respins, pick-me games or second screens
- No feature buy
- No jackpot or progressive element
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6/10
Playing it is a straight line: spin, watch for left-to-right matches, wait for a reel to fill with Santa. The appeal sits in two moments, a stacked wild landing across several of the ten lines and bells arriving in enough positions to matter. It’s a game you understand completely within ten spins, and that plainness is exactly the point of it at Christmas: nothing to learn, nothing to configure, just tinsel and paylines.
The strength is the scatter, which pays anywhere, multiplies the total bet rather than the line bet, and lands on top of line wins in the same round. Six bells at 500x the total bet is the one figure here that feels properly festive. The weakness is everything around it: with no bonus round there’s no change of pace, so the hundredth spin looks like the first.
It suits a short, simple seasonal session, the sort of thing you spin a few rounds of while the pudding is in the oven. Anyone after free spins and feature rounds will find richer options on the same studio’s shelf. This one is baubles without branches, and some December evenings that’s exactly the tree you want.
Xmas Collection 10 Lines FAQs
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What is the RTP of Xmas Collection 10 Lines?
The RTP is 94.02%. -
Is Xmas Collection 10 Lines high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility slot, so wins tend to be less frequent but can be larger when they land. -
How many paylines does Xmas Collection 10 Lines have?
The game is set to 10 fixed paylines, so all 10 are active on every spin. -
What is the grid size of Xmas Collection 10 Lines?
It plays on a 5×4 grid, with five reels and four rows of symbols. -
When is Xmas Collection 10 Lines released?
Xmas Collection 10 Lines’ release date is 9 December 2021. -
Who makes Xmas Collection 10 Lines?
Spinomenal, the studio behind a large catalogue of seasonal and classic-styled slots. -
What does the wild do in Xmas Collection 10 Lines?
The Santa wild substitutes for all symbols except the bell scatter, and can land stacked on a reel. Three to five wilds only pay when followed by a scatter symbol. -
How are wins paid in Xmas Collection 10 Lines?
All symbols pay left to right from the leftmost reel, only the highest win on each line is paid, and line wins are multiplied by the bet per line. Scatter prizes are multiplied by the total bet and added to any line wins.
