Gypsy Riches Slots
There’s riches waiting to be claimed when you spin the 5 reels of Gypsy Riches, an online and mobile optimised slot that comes from the Las Vegas based studios of Wild Streak Gaming. Traditional Romany symbols such as candles, coins, roses and a caravan are all featured, but as no Gypsy-themed slot game would be complete without a crystal ball, Wild Streak Gaming have given us not one, but two of them. These take on special powers during a two-stage free spins bonus feature and you won’t need to look far into the future to see some great wins coming your way during these games.
It's all overseen by a mysterious, but beautiful Gypsy fortune teller who awards some of the top prizes in the base games. Cross her palm with sliver to get playing for real cash and collecting wins when matching symbols stop across any of the 25 paylines in a continuous sequence from left to right. The reels are set against a red curtain backdrop, and to complete the theme, you can turn up the volume controls and have a traditional Gypsy band playing a lively tune as the reels spin.
Wild Streak Gaming may not be a very familiar name, as they usually produce content for other developers, but this company has a long history of developing gambling games for land based as well as online casino platforms. Their portfolio includes popular slots such as the Roman-themed Shields of Fortune, and the wildlife-themed Amazon Jewels, while they have also jumped on the classic Irish bandwagon with Rainbows and Gold. All Wild Streak Gaming slots are independently assessed as being completely fair and are licensed by various gambling authorities, depending on where the client developers are based.
Gypsy Rows of Symbols
While some players like to see all symbols directly related to a theme, others prefer the classic playing card icons to make up the lower value win-lines, as they instinctively know what each is worth in relation to the others. Wild Streak Gaming have gone for this high-card option and we have 9 and 10 symbols that are both worth between 5x and 40x the line stake when they land on a payline, while the J and Q return up to 60x, with the top K and A icons paying out maximums of 100x.
A group of candles, and the violin will each pay 12x, 40x, or 120x the line stake, depending on how many reels they are seen across, while the rose or coins will both be worth 15x, 50x, or 150x. The top-paying standard symbol is the Gypsy, who pays you 3x the line stake when she’s on reels 1 and 2, right up to 250x when she’s seen across all 5 positions of a payline.
There’s 2 wild symbols in this game, with the white and gold crystal balls both being able to act as all others, apart from the scatter symbol. They will be able to complete winning combos by standing in for other symbols, while also paying out a high limit of 1000x the line bet.
Scatter Pays and free Spins
A traditional painted wooden caravan is the scatter symbol, which can park up in any 3, 4, or 5 places to be worth wins of 80x, 400x, or 1600x the line stake. Once these scatter pays have been awarded, a free spins bonus feature begins, although it’s also possible to have this round awarded at random after any spin. It’s a two-stage feature, where 8 standard free games are followed by 3 Gold Spins and at both levels, the crystal balls can perform some magical tricks for the benefit of your bankroll.
During the initial 8 spins, the white ball will have multiplier values attached to it, so if this symbol, (which don’t forget is still a wild), completes a payline, the amount won will be multiplied by anything from 10x to a massive 500x. A Golden Crystal Ball meter will also start to fill up with each white ball that’s in a winning combination.
Once these 8 spins are done, 3 Gold Spins will begin and during these, any wins partly made with the Golden ball will pay out the multiplier shown in the Golden Crystal Ball meter. The basic free spins and Gold spins can both be retriggered by any 3 or more scatter symbols turning up, so you could get even more chances to add to the meter or collect the big multipliers on offer.
Betting Options
Coin values can be as low as 0.01 per line, although bear in mind that all 25 lines are active and because of the highly lucrative bonus features, there’s an additional 15 coins needed, so you will be staking 0.40 per spin as a minimum. This can be raised to the maximum bet of 80.00 per spin, which is going to equal some huge prizes if the top-paying icons turn up, or the multipliers in the bonus games are awarded.
Free Gypsy Riches video slots are also available, and whether you are in practice mode or playing for real cash, the reels can be set off on Autoplay for any number of times, or a Turbo feature can be used to get them spinning even faster for those who don’t want to wait around to see if they have won anything.
Other Fortune Telling Slots
There’s another beautiful fortune teller hovering over the reels of the Gypsy Moon video slot from Spielo. This 243 ways to win game also has roses, candles and crystal ball symbols, while an astrological calendar triggers a choice of bonus spins, where punters can select up to 60 games with a 1x multiplier, or 14 spins where wins are multiplied by 5x.
Konami Gaming have their Gypsy Fire slot, which is very similar in design to Gypsy Riches. This shouldn’t be a surprise, as it’s been developed on their behalf by Wild Streak Gaming, so expect the same immersive gameplay, betting options and high returns that are found across all of their range.
A Magical Experience?
Gypsy Riches has nice design and good potential to land some high-paying combinations of symbols. The base games are nice enough, but it’s the free spins feature that really had us looking a short time into the future, in the hope that crystal balls will predict lots of cash coming our way.
Some massive multipliers can be had in this unique round, although it’s going to be a pretty fortunate player who gets the maximum 500x. We still found this to be a rewarding feature however, and once triggered, wins are virtually guaranteed.
Available to play on iPhones, iPads, Android and Windows devices, as well as on desktop platforms, Gypsy Riches will mainly appeal to those spinners who like the theme and style, but the potential payouts of this online slot mean that all gamblers could benefit from seeking the wise guidance of the beautiful fortune teller.
