Maria’s Marigolds Review

Maria’s Marigolds RTP, Details & Wager Limits

Launch the Maria’s Marigolds slot and you’ll find a traditional layout of 5 reels, 4 rows and 20 fixed paylines. To create a win, simply land 3+ matching symbols on adjacent reels, along one of the 20 paylines, beginning from reel 1.

The slot boasts a huge stake range, ranging from 20p to £2,000 per spin. This makes the game suitable for all types of players, including high rollers. You can adjust your stakes using then + and – buttons below the reels. Here you’ll also find the Auto Spin button, if you’re playing from outside of the UK.

Maria’s Marigolds has a RTP rate of 95.88%, which is slightly lower than the industry average. However, as this game is a clone of Cleopatra 2, it’s to be expected. The Egyptian-themed slot also has the same RTP rate.

With a medium volatility, it’s a little surprising that the slot offers max wins of 50,000 x your stake. This generous amount can be achieved via the Free Spins round. Here you can reach the max regular payout per spin (1,000 x bet), with a 50 x multiplier.

Theme – Celebrate the living and the dead

Visit Mexico in the months of October and November and you’ll find the streets adored with highly decorated skulls and flowers. This is for the Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos in Spanish. On the November 1st, you’ll also see the women in elaborate face paint – much like Maria in this slot.

The Mexican Day of the Dead theme has been done before (see Thunderkick’s Esqueleto Explosivo and Esqueleto Explosivo 2, for example), but here it’s been very well executed. Like almost all IGT slots, this game looks beautiful and we love the bright background and dancing skeletons that come out when you land a big win. The soundtrack is also fun – play it loud to get into the fiesta mood.

On the reels, symbols include 10 to Ace royals, skulls, roses and rosary beads. Maria herself is the highest paying symbol, and also the Wild. She pays out up to 2,500 x your bet, and substitutes for all regular symbols too.

You’ll also find a skeleton scatter on the reels. 3 or more of these triggers the Free Spins feature.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
10	3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 1.25 or 5 x stake
Jack	3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 1.25 or 5 x stake
Queen	3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 1.25 or 5 x stake
King	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2 or 5.25 x stake
Ace	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2 or 5.25 x stake
Rosary Beads	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 3.75 or 25 x stake
Skull	3, 4 or 5 = 1.25, 5 or 25 x stake
Rose	3, 4 or 5 = 1.25, 5 or 25 x stake
Wild	Substitutes for symbols above + pays up to 2,500 x stake
Scatter	3+ triggers Free Spins Bonus feature

Maria’s Marigolds mobile

With HTML5 technology, you can play Maria’s Marigolds on mobile, PC, laptop and/or tablet devices. The simple 5×3 layout and bright colours make the game perfect for mobile casinos too.

Maria’s Marigolds Bonus Features

Maria’s Marigolds has a 2 bonus features. These include multiplier wilds and an exciting Free Spins round. Read on to learn more about each.

Multiplier Wilds Feature

As mentioned earlier, Maria is the game’s wild symbol. When she contributes to a win, the multiplier wilds feature is triggered. Simply put, this doubles the win, with a 2x multiplier.

This feature can trigger in both the base game and the Free Spins feature.

Free Spins Feature

Land 3 or more scatters anywhere on the reels to trigger the Free Spins feature. Three skulls then appear, and you must click one to reveal the number of spins you will receive.

The number of free spins depends on the number of scatters you collect in the base game. An amount from the following ranges will be awarded at random:

• 3 Scatters – 5-15 free spins
• 4 Scatters – 8-18 free spins
• 5 Scatters – 10-20 free spin

Once the round begins, you also receive a 1x multiplier. This increases by 1 on every spin. So for example, if you receive 18 free spins, your last spin will carry an 18x win multiplier.

You can retrigger the free spins round by landing 3 or more extra scatters during the feature. This gives you the same amount of free spins you started the round with, up to a maximum of 50 free spins.

Maria’s Marigolds Review Summary – a beautiful clone of a popular slot

First of all, Maria’s Marigolds is a very aesthetically pleasing slot. The theme, soundtrack, and symbols are all coherent, offering you a slice of a Mexican fiesta from the comfort of your own home.

That said, Maria’s Marigolds is simply just a clone of Cleopatra 2 so there’s not much innovation happening here. On the other hand, Cleopatra 2 is a great slot so it’s nice to see it repackaged in a modern and colourful way.

The key to winning big is to enter the free spins round and manage to retrigger it too. Via this feature, you can reach those 50,000 x bet max wins, by landing the maximum regular payout with a 50x multiplier. Of course, wins of this size won’t happen often, but the medium volatility means you won’t spin for long without some action occurring either.

Overall, Maria’s Marigolds is a good clone. Whilst there are new slots with more exciting and unique features, the popularity of the original Cleopatra 2 slot will surely make this release a success too.