The Snake Charmer Slot Review

How to play

The Snake Charmer is a relatively simple slot to play and has five reels each with three rows. It has 25 paylines which are not fixed. You can set how many paylines you want in play, from 1 to 25. How many paylines are in play affect your chances of winning but also your bet value.

You can also change your bet value in increments ranging from €0.01 to €4. The total bet value is calculated by multiplying the number of paylines by the bet stake. This means the minimum single bet is €0.01, and the maximum bet is €100.

Changing the bet value and paylines is relatively easy and the controls are all straightforward. If you want to burn through your spins, there is also an autoplay feature. You can select the autoplay feature for 5 to 500 spins.  

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Symbols and payouts

The Snake Charmer has six basic symbols which are - A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9. There are also three higher paying symbols which are a snake-charming kit, an elephant, and a belly dancer. The basic symbols have payouts for three, four, or five matching symbols, whereas the higher paying symbols have payouts for two, three, four, or five symbols of a kind. The highest paying standard symbol is the belly dancer which pays 1,500x the line bet for five symbols.

There is also a wild symbol which is a ferocious snake. This symbol substitutes for all symbols except the scatter symbol. It also has its own payout for two, three, four, or five symbols which pays 10x, 200x, 1,000x, and 5,000x the bet per line respectively. The wild symbol is also the highest paying single-win combination. 

The other special symbol is the scattered man symbol which has several functions. Firstly, it triggers the free spins feature which are explained in detail below. Also, it has its own payout for two, three, four, and five symbols at 2x, 4x, 15x, and 100x the total bet respectively.

If you want to play it risky, there is also a gamble feature. This is triggered after each winning combination. You can choose to gamble your winnings. It is based on a game of chance with cards. You can pick either the red or black card suit to double your winnings, or one of the four card suits to quadruple your winnings. Just remember that this is either a 50% or 75% chance of losing all your winnings so be careful! Also, you can gamble your winnings up to five times in a row which could lead to huge wins (or losses!).

Best Snake Charmer bonus feature

The Snake Charmer bonus round is based on the scatter symbol. If you get three or more scatter symbols, you win 10 Snake Charmer free spins. This is a set number of free spins regardless of how many scatter symbols you score.

During the free spins, the wild symbol transforms into an expanding wild to fill the whole reel on which it appears on which improves your chances of winning. Aside from this, the standard paytable and rules apply. Also, you cannot trigger any additional free spins during the bonus rounds.

The number of paylines set at the time the free spins are triggered is also used during the bonus rounds.  

RTP & Volatility

The Snake Charmer RTP is set at 95.346%, which is just in line with the industry standard of online video slots. Also, this game is classed as a medium volatility slot. This means that it has more risk than low volatility games, but less than high volatility – it is a good balance. You can expect to win occasionally, and have some larger wins thrown in too – these are achieved mainly by the free spins.

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