Masques of San Marco Introduction
Masques of San Marco is something really special. It’s a Dual Play pokie from IGT, the developers of the Da Vinci Diamonds Dual Play pokie, and it’s one of the many great free online pokies that Online Pokies 4U are offering. There's also a mobile option so you can escape to the Carnival whenever you want to!
The Magic of Carnival
Venice’s Piazza San Marco Masked Festival is famous for being a time of magical revelry where no one and nothing is exactly quite what it seems. Every party-goer hides behind a mask, and the city is full of performers, parties and music. The gorgeous high-definition graphics create an enchanting carnival atmosphere with just a hint of danger.
The masks are beautiful and just a tiny bit unsettling - as any really good carnival mask should be! The screen shows the city of Venice, with a gondolier poling away towards the city and a splendid sunset sky. The first unusual thing that you will notice is that instead of one set of reels, there are two set to the right of the screen. Each set of reels has five reels and 20 pay lines, making a total of 40 pay lines available to you.
The betting system is straightforward. You choose the amount that you want to bet. In this case, you can bet anything between one and 50 coins. Then you choose how many pay lines you wish to bet on, and away you go as the festival begins. The lowest-paying symbols are the Sun, Moon and Star, all depicted with mask-like faces. The Star will get the party started.
Three Stars are worth six times the initial bet, four will multiply your bet by 20 and five are worth 80 times your initial bet. The Moon comes next, multiplying your wager by eight, 30 or 100 times, and the Golden Sun will multiply your bet 10, 30 or 100 times.
A Freefall Party
Once you’ve had a win on a line, the Free Fall feature will kick in. The winning symbols will disappear and new symbols will fall down to take their places. If these symbols add up to wins, the Free Fall will continue; it stops only when there are no more winning lines. The higher-paying symbols are all exquisite Venetian masks.
The lowest-paying mask is the Green Mask, which begins paying out at 20 times your initial bet when you get three on a payline. The rewards increase dramatically, however, with the highest-paying symbol, a White Mask with an elaborate monogrammed “M”, which is worth 5,000 times your initial wager!
In addition to the base symbols, Masques of San Marco features a Wild symbol which can substitute for any of the other symbols to create more and more winning lines. There is also a rather nice Fee Spins bonus. When this is triggered, another 20 pay lines will appear, giving you the opportunity to win more frequently along with the chance to trigger more Free Spins - up to a maximum of 300.
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