Cleopatra Grand Slot Review

Cleopatra Grand Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Cleopatra Grand slot is initially played with 5 reels, 4 rows and 25 fixed paylines. Winning combinations are created when 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols appear across any payline, from left to right and starting on reel 1 (the leftmost reel). It’s the most standard way of form wins for online slots.

You can spin away from 20p to £50 per spin. Below the reels, you will see a ‘Total Bet’ section. Use the arrows either side to change your bet simply. For players outside the UK, there is an Auto Spin function which allows 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 auto spins. The layout is standard in all IGT slot games.

The Cleopatra Grand RTP is 96.1%. This is above the 96% online slots average. Be warned though as IGT offer 94.1% and 92.1% RTP rate version which may be on offer at your chosen UK slots site. In terms of volatility, Cleopatra Grand is in the medium to high category (4/5).

With IGT not providing information on the hit frequency rate at time of writing, the Cleopatra Grand slot comes with 10,000 x bet max wins. 4,000 x your total bet is available via the Grand Jackpot but the bigger wins will come from the free spins which benefits from an increasing multiplier with no limits.

Theme – the Egyptian queen returns

With an ancient Egyptian theme, the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, returns in the Cleopatra Grand slot. Following on from previous Cleopatra slots, the look and feel is similar. Set in an ancient template, the graphics and animations have been significantly upgraded with high-definition visuals. Your aim is to uncover the treasure of the pharaohs.

It comes with the same hypnotic, mesmerising and enchanting soundtrack we’ve all come to love. With a more modern feel that its predecessors, it still maintains that land-based charm that made the original Cleopatra slot such a hit.

On the reels, you’ll see A, K, Q and J playing cards as well as a cartouche, Eye of Ra, crook and flail, lotus flower and scarab beetle. The scarab beetle symbol is the best paying with 0.4, 4 or 8 x your total bet awarded for 3, 4 or 5 in combination.

As expected, there is a Cleopatra Wild symbol that substitutes for all paying symbols mentioned above. 5 Cleopatra Wilds will pay 40 x bet and a screen full of them will result in a 1,000 x bet payout. If 1 or more Cleopatra Wilds are part of a win, the win is doubled (more details below). Lastly, the other symbol of note is the Pharaoh Bonus Scatter which is key to triggering the bonus features.

Symbol	Payout/Info
J	3, 4 or 5 = 0.08, 0.2 or 0.8 x bet
Q	3, 4 or 5 = 0.08, 0.2 or 0.8 x bet
K	3, 4 or 5 = 0.08, 0.2 or 0.8 x bet
A	3, 4 or 5 = 0.08, 0.2 or 0.8 x bet
Cartouche	3, 4 or 5 = 0.12, 0.4 or 2 x stake
Eye of Ra	3, 4 or 5 = 0.16, 0.8 or 2.4 x bet
Crook & Flail	3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 1.6 or 4 x bet
Lotus Flower	3, 4 or 5 = 0.24, 2.4 or 5.6 x bet
Scarab Beetle	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 4 or 8 x bet
Cleopatra Wild	Substitutes, doubles wins + 5 pays 40 x bet
Pharaoh Bonus Scatter	3+ triggers Multiplier Bonus feature

Cleopatra Grand Mobile

The Cleopatra Grand slot has been produced with the latest HTML5 technology. This means it has been optimised for mobile, tablet, PC and laptop devices. If you’re a mobile or smartphone player, you can enjoy this trip to the land of the pharaohs on iOS, Android and Windows mobiles.

Cleopatra Grand Bonus Features

The Cleopatra Grand slot benefits from 4 bonus features. With double payout wilds, the Bonus Selection gives you access to bet multipliers, free spins with an increasing multiplier and respins where 6 fixed jackpots and cash prizes are up for grabs.

2x Wilds feature

The 2x Wilds feature is triggered when 1 or more Cleopatra Wild symbols substitute in a winning combination. As a result, your winning combination is doubled. This does not include wins containing only Cleopatra Wilds. Finally, this also applies in the Free Spins Bonus feature where the win is subject to the current multiplier value.

Bonus Selection

The Bonus Selection is activated when 3 or more Pharaoh Bonus Scatter symbols appear anywhere on the reels. You then simply pick a box to reveal 1 of 3 bonus features. They are as follows:

Multiplier Bonus feature

First up is the Multiplier Bonus feature. You then pick from the 3 triggering Pharaoh Bonus Scatters to reveal a multiplier. The more scatters you trigger the Bonus Selection with, the bigger the multiplier values:

Free Spins Bonus feature

If you are awarded the Free Spins Bonus feature, 3, 4 or 5 Pharaoh Bonus Scatters will award 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively. Importantly, the free spins are played with 50 paylines as opposed to 25 in the base game. You’ll also begin with a 2x multiplier.

During each free spin, the multiplier meter increases by 1 if reel 3 spins in an upward direction. The multiplier has no limits. Furthermore, if 1 or more Cleopatra Wild symbol is part of a win, the win is subject to the current value in the multiplier meter. This only applies to win involving the wild, and not solely with wilds.

Lock and Respin Bonus feature

The Lock and Respin Bonus feature begins with 3 respins initially. Once in, rows 1 to 3 are active. The triggering Pharaoh Bonus Scatters lock in position for the remainder of the feature. These appear with a Major, Maxi, Minor or Mini jackpot prize.

During the feature, each Pharaoh Bonus Scatter will appear with a cash prize or Grand, Super, Major, Maxi, Minor or Mini jackpot. The cash prizes range from 1 to 5 x your total bet. In terms of the jackpots, the value varies depending on your total bet:

After each respin, a Pharaoh Bonus Scatter appearing on 1 or more unlocked reel positions in active rows resets the number of respins to 3. This occurs only if the number of lock positions is less than 40. Only Pharaoh Bonus Scatters on active rows are paid at the end of the feature.

To unlock rows, you need 6, 12 or 18 Sphinx Bonus Scatters to unlock rows 4, 5 and 6 respectively. If you manage to lock 40 Pharaoh Bonus Scatters on active rows, the Grand Jackpot of 4,000 x bet is awarded with the feature ending. Multiple prizes can be won with each of the jackpots awarded once only.

Cleopatra Grand Summary – classic Cleopatra slot with bigger multipliers + fixed jackpots

With the original Cleopatra slot machines being so popular, there will be lots of interest in the Cleopatra Grand slot. Visually, it does impress as it comes with much better graphics and animations that its predecessors whilst staying true to the original slots.

With the same 2x Wilds feature found in Cleopatra 2, Cleopatra Grand offers more bonus features than its predecessors via the Bonus Selection. The Multiplier Bonus feature can dish out a prize up to 100 x bet. It’s not big but better than nothing.

In the Lock and Respin Bonus feature, you can win plenty of cash prizes as well as 6 jackpots. The good news is that the Grand and Super Jackpots are worth 4,000 and 1,000 x bet no matter what you bet size is. You can win each jackpot once meaning 5,048 x bet in fixed jackpot prizes and 170 x bet in cash prizes. That’s a total of 5,218 x bet to be won from the respins.

The big difference is in the Free Spins Bonus feature where you play with 50 paylines and begin with a 2x multiplier. Double the number of paylines should theoretically meaning bigger wins but it’s all about the increasing multiplier. The multiplier can rise infinitely meaning potential wins of 10,000 x bet per free spin. This is the same max win offered in Cleopatra.

In summary, the Cleopatra Grand slot has more variety than previous Cleopatra slots as well as a slightly higher RTP rate. The max win is identical to the first Cleopatra slot but 5 times smaller than Cleopatra 2. It does better the win potential in Cleopatra Gold though.

Overall, everything has been improved. Unfortunately, bigger max win potential would have made Cleopatra Grand a real stand-out slot. Here’s a table highlighting the key details of some top Cleopatra slots:

Slot	Reels/Paylines	Bonus Features	RTP	Max Win
	5/20	2	95.02%	10,000 x
	5/20	2	95.88%	50,000 x
	5/20	2	95.97%	5,250 x