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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

5-Reel 50-line Slots

The objective of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire is to obtain winning symbol combinations by spinning the reels.

To play the game:

  • Click Continue on the entry screen so that you can be directed to the main game reels.
  • Choose your number of active paylines clicking + and – below the Lines field. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire can be played on 1 to 50 lines.
  • Wins can form on any active payline.
  • Wins cannot form on a payline that is not active.
  • For information on paylines, click Info and go to the Paylines page.
  • There is a difference between the line bet and the total bet. The line bet shows how much is being bet on a single payline. The total bet shows how much is being bet in total on a single spin. Payouts shown in the paytable (on the Payouts screen) are multiplied by the line bet.
  • Choose your bet by clicking + and – below the Line Bet field.
  • Clicking Spin spins the reels with the current bet.
  • The reels can be spun automatically. Note that you must first set the Autoplay limitations. Click here for more information.
  • Clicking the Turbo Mode button switches on or off the Turbo Mode thus turning on or off some of the win animations and sounds, and making the reels spin faster or slower.
  • Wins are calculated according to the paytable. Your win will equal your bet multiplied by the corresponding value according to the paytable.
  • On a given payline, only the highest winning combination pays while simultaneous winnings on different paylines are accumulated.
  • In the case of a winning spin, the Win field displays the accumulating winnings.

Info page:

  • Clicking Info opens the reference screen describing different game components. Clicking the arrow buttons at the lower right-hand corner of the screen enables navigating between the different info screens.
    • The Paytable screen shows all winning combinations. When opened after a winning spin, the winning symbol combinations (number of symbols and bet multiplier) are highlighted and blink.
    • The Bonus screen describes the necessary combination of symbols to enter the bonus round and describes the bonus round rules.
  • Show Paylines can be clicked from the Paytable page to open a screen which illustrates all possible payline combinations. Clicking Hide Paylines closes this screen and returns to the Paytable page.
  • Clicking Back exits the Info screen and returns to the game.

Paylines:

  • Active paylines are represented by lines that appear over the reels. Paylines can be activated and their shape displayed by progressively clicking Lines arrow buttons. Paylines can be activated and their shape displayed by progressively clicking Lines.
  • Only active paylines can register wins.
  • There is a difference between the line bet and the total bet. The line bet shows how much is being bet on a single payline. The total bet shows how much is being bet in total on the game round. Payouts shown in the paytable are multiplied by the line bet.

About payouts:

  • If a symbol has a winning combination on more than one reel, the winnings are added up.
  • Winning combinations must start from the leftmost reel, and the symbols have to be on consecutive reels.
  • If two payline winning combinations occur on the same line, the higher of them is paid out. If more than one active payline has a winning combination, the winnings are accumulated.
  • Winning combinations must start from the left most reel, and the symbols have to be consecutive.

Maximum Win Limit

The maximum win in the game has an upper limit. For more information, see the Terms and Conditions section.

Wild Symbol

The Wild symbol can stand for any symbol other than the Free Spins Scatter , the Jackpot Ladder Scatter , or the Prize Pick Scatter , to make the best possible winning combination.

There is also a separate payout for 2 or more Wild symbols on an active payline, as seen in the paytable. This is paid out instead of the regular symbol win if the win amount from Wilds is larger than the win from the regular symbols (by Wild standing in).

Scatter Symbols

The game features 3 Scatter symbols:

Scatter Symbol Trigger
Prize Pick Scatter 3 or more on an active payline trigger the Prize Pick In-Reel Bonus, as explained here.
Jackpot Ladder Scatter 3 or more on an active payline trigger the Progressive Jackpot Ladder Bonus round, as explained here.
Free Spins Scatter 3 or more on an active payline trigger the Free Spins with Shifting Wilds, as explained here.

Note: Scatter symbols have no payout of their own.

Prize Pick In-Reel Bonus

Whenever 3 or more appear on an active payline during the main game, the Prize Pick In-Reels Bonus is triggered.

During the bonus round the symbols that won the feature turn into virtual answers and you have to pick one by clicking on the desired symbol to get a cash prize of up to 1,000 times your total bet. The greater the number of that won the feature, the higher the cash prizes awarded. Once you have made your choice and the cash prize has been added to your balance, click Spin to continue the game.

Note: The Prize Pick In-Reel Bonus is available during the main game only.

Jackpot Ladder Bonus

Whenever 3 or more appear on an active payline during main game, the Jackpot Ladder Bonus is triggered.

The slots will be removed to reveal an image of the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” TV studio. At the right of the screen is the Jackpot ladder, with the cash values displayed on each of its rungs. The rung you are currently on will be illuminated in orange.

Press Play to “answer the question” at the bottom of the screen. This will randomly select one of the answers, with the following possible results:

  • Advance -> You will be taken one rung up the ladder.
  • Advance X -> You will be taken up the ladder as many rungs as the number shown. For example, if you are awarded Advance 2, you will move up 2 rungs.
  • Collect -> The bonus round will end awarding the prize you last landed on.
  • Mystery -> You will be awarded a random answer.

The number of that triggered the bonus round determine the number of the free advances you are awarded during the Bonus:

  • 3 x -> 3 x free advance
  • 4 x -> 4 x free advance
  • 5 x -> 5 x free advance

The rungs that are randomly picked for free advances will be displayed in white on the ladder. Whenever you reach any of them, you will be taken up an extra rung along the ladder.

During the Jackpot Ladder Bonus and while an answer is to be picked for you, you can also use the lifelines shown on your left:

  • -> Removes 2 of the answers.
  • -> Gives a virtual answer to a question on behalf of the ‘audience’.
  • -> Provides an answer to the question on behalf of a virtual friend.

The Bonus round will end once you win the Progressive Jackpot or when the Collect option has been selected. Click Continue to return to the main game.

Note: The Jackpot Ladder Bonus is available during the main game only.

Progressive Jackpot

  • When the jackpot is won, it is reset to the balance stored in the reseed fund.
  • If the jackpot is being discontinued (the game is closed and removed from the Casino), you will be notified about it by the Casino.

The progressive jackpot works as follows:

Initial jackpot value (the money in the jackpot at launch): EUR 50,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies)
Reseed fund (the money the jackpot resets to after being won): Varies depending on the number of contributions made before the jackpot was most recently won.
Average contribution rate (what average percentage of each bet goes into the Progressive Jackpot): 1.00%
Win condition (the result you have to get to win the Progressive Jackpot): Answer all questions during the Jackpot Ladder Bonus.
Win requirements (what you need to do to qualify for the Progressive Jackpot): Play the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire game.

Free Spins

Whenever 3 or more appear on an active payline during main game, the Free Spins with Shifting Wilds are triggered.

The number of that won the feature determine the number of the Free Spins awarded:

  • 3 x -> 10 Free Spins
  • 4 x -> 15 Free Spins
  • 5 x -> 20 Free Spins

Click Start for the Free Spins to begin.

During the Free Spins that follow, turns into a timer symbol displaying the number of the reel it occupies. As a result, the symbol sticks to its position until the reels spin, at which point it shifts into the same slot on the reel to its immediate left. Once it reaches the 1st and leftmost reel, it disappears during the next free spin. These symbols act as Wilds and can stand for any other symbols during the feature since neither Scatters, nor regular Wilds appear during the free spins.

During the Free Spins the reels are spun automatically using the same number of lines and bets per line as on the spin that won the feature. After each spin, the win is displayed in the Win field. The Free Spins Total field shows the accumulated winnings from all free spins played so far. The number of free spins left is shown in the Free Spins Remaining box.

Click OK to return to the main game reels.

Note: The Free Spins round cannot be retriggered.

If the free spins have been triggered during the Auto Play mode, the free spins round begins after you click on Start. After the feature has ended and you click OK, the Auto Play mode will not resume. When returning to the main game, clicking anywhere on the screen stops the win ticker and displays the full prize.

Return to Player

The theoretical percentage return to player (RTP) is 90.00% without the jackpot, and 91.00% with the jackpot.

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