How does Arabian Nights work?
An often-heard misconception about jackpot slots is that you have to bet the maximum to have a chance of winning the jackpot. This is often not true and in the case of Arabian Nights it certainly is not.
Even with the minimum bet you have a chance of winning that million dollar Arabian Nights jackpot. However, with a higher bet you have a slightly higher chance of hitting the jackpot during that very spin.
This means that as little as C$ 0.10 per spin you'll have a chance of hitting the jackpot. You're playing with C$ 0.01 per winline. Fast calculators have already figured out that there are 10 winning lines. The maximum bet is reached by playing with 10 credits of C$ 2 each on each payline. You are then playing with € 20 per payline or € 200 per spin.
Symbols and payouts
You'd almost forget, but aside from the jackpot, there are some prizes to be won on this Arabian Nights slot.
Of course, the playing cards – like on other online slots – don't pay that much. Winning starts at 3 times the bet per payline for three times a 9. The highest paying playing card is the ace, good for 150 times the bet if you spin five of them on a payline.
The premium symbols are well-known symbols from the stories that Sheherazade told King Shahriaar. They pay out up to and including 2,000 times your bet. This 2,000 times your bet per payline is grabbed with five times the sword of Ali Baba on one of the 10 paylines.
How do you win the Arabian Nights jackpot?
Ali Baba himself is the Wild symbol. Winning combinations you make thanks to Ali Baba are also paid out twice. Four times his sword in combination with Ali Baba himself will thus earn you 4,000 times the bet per payline instead of the 2,000 times it stands for.
A combination with multiple Ali Baba's pays out from two. And do you spin five on one of the 10 paylines? Then you grab the Arabian Nights jackpot.
On average an Arabian Nights jackpot yields around C$1.6 million. The jackpot's content increases so rapidly because no less than 9.5 percent of the wager is put into the jackpot.
This Arabian Nights jackpot consists of two parts: a ‘global jackpot' that is filled with bets from players who play Arabian Nights anywhere in the world, at any online casino. There is also a local component. This is filled with wagers from players who play at the particular casino. Arabian Nights jackpots are thus higher and thus more likely to fall at popular and high-traffic casinos.
Bonus game
The golden teapot, known from the Aladdin fairy tale, is the scattered bonus symbol. Scattered means that you win even if your combination is not exactly on one of the 10 winning lines. Two times the bonus symbol is enough for a prize and three times or more for the bonus spins.
The bonus game is simple, but effective. You play 15 free spins. During these free spins, any winnings you grab are tripled.
So a five-of-a-kind with Ali Baba's sword gets you 6,000 times the bet per payline. And was Ali Baba himself in the game at least once? Then you even get 12,000 times the bet per payline.
Five times Ali Baba also gets you the jackpot during the free spins bonus. Unfortunately the jackpot amount is not tripled.
What is our final verdict on the Arabian Nights slot machine?
Arabian Nights dates back to 2005, but remains wildly popular among casino players. The reason: the jackpot. 9.5 percent of your stake – and that's quite a lot – goes into the jackpot. As a result, the jackpot rises quickly.
Apart from the jackpot, Arabian Nights is a truly high variance slot machine. Prizes per combination run up to and including 4,000 times the bet per payline in the base game and as much as 12,000 times the bet per payline during the free spins bonus.
The payout percentage is a bit below 96 percent, but the chance for high prizes and especially the jackpot makes up for a lot.
Arabian Nights gets 4 out of 5 stars from us.
