A While on the Nile Introduction
Step back a few thousand years to the world of the ancient Egyptians with this colourful, cartoon-like pokie from Next Gen, A While on the Nile. While sail boats drift lazily back and forth on the river against the background of pyramids, the semi-transparent reels stand between decorated columns in the shade of a temple.
Just like all of the other free online pokies we have available, this is a 5 reel game with Wilds and Scatters, granting bonus free spins. It also includes two bonus games and its own special feature in the form of the Super Bet.
Land of the Pyramids
For this game, it's the Pharaoh who acts as the Wild, and he can appear stacked in reels 2, 3 and 4. He substitutes every symbol except for the green jewel Scatter symbol, and the Bonus symbol, which is the blue scarab beetle. Three scattered green jewels will grant 5 free games, during which the sun-scorched temple turns into a night-time disco.
Flashing lights beam from behind the columns and a magic mirror ball descends, zapping random symbols to turn them into Pharaoh Wilds to increase those winning combinations. Chances of a retrigger and a scarab bonus aren't out of the question during free spins, either. A scarab bonus is triggered when 3 winged scarab beetles appear.
The beetles take over the entire set of reels, and the game is to pick random beetles to reveal the prizes behind them. Keep picking prizes to build up your win until the game ends when the beetle you pick reveals Collect.
Super Bet
At the right hand side of the reels, you can activate the Super Bet slider, setting it to add a multiplier to the Wild. Setting your wager on the Super Bet slider means that you can increase wins through the Pharaoh substitutions up to 10 times, for bigger rewards. The bigger the multiplier, the bigger the wager, so the faster your balance will rise.
However, it can help bring in a sizeable win if played right. The Super Bet also works during the Free Spin feature. As for the other symbols, the top payer is the Egyptian queen - 5 of a kind will pay you 1,000x your bet, 4 will bring in 100, and 3 will yield 25x. Next is the Eye of Horus; 5, 4 or 3 of a kind will bring in 300, 100 or 25x your bet, while the carved tablet symbol and Pharaoh's crook symbol will each pay 200, 50 and 20x.
Interspersed with the Egyptian style symbols are the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10 icons. The Ace and the King will each pay 100, 25 and 10x, the Queen and Jack will give you 75, 20 and 5x, while the 10 pays out 50, 20 and 5x your bet for 5, 4 and 3 of a kind. This colourful and fun pokie is also available as a Mobile app, so you can enjoy A While on the Nile anywhere you like!
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