Singles' Day Slots
There can’t be many online casino slot machines set in the tranquil surroundings of a tearoom, so Singles’ Day, with software by Genesis Gaming could be unique. The basic premise of this game is about 4 young women on a shopping trip, taking a break and enjoying tea and ice creams between the stores, which is unusual to say the least, but it’s a slot machine with lots of interesting features and the design is certainly attractive.
With 5 reels, 4 rows of symbols and 100 paylines, there’s a lot of ways that players can land rows of matching symbols across a line, on connected reels from left to right to get a win. The girls turn up in super-sized symbols however, making it even easier to collect some high-paying combinations, while bonus free spins and expanding wilds are there to help turn this shopping trip into a rewarding experience.
Although it’s not strictly an Asian themed slot machine, the style reminds us of a Japanese animated movie, where the colours are slightly muted, and the symbols are fairly realistic. The tearoom, or patisserie, forms a backdrop to the action on the reels, and subtle animations of a revolving cake stand and droplets of water on some flowers add a certain amount of charm to the design.
Shopping for Winning Spins
At least 0.01 will be needed on each line, for a 1.00 low limit wager, although free Singles’ Day video slots can be tried out as well. With a top-level stake of 200.00 per spin, it’s suitable for high rollers looking to land some huge payouts.
The girls have had a successful shopping trip so far, with their haul making up the lower-value winning lines, starting with some colourful cakes and drinks that are each worth 5, 20, or 75x the coin value when landing on 3, 4, or 5 reels of a payline. A dress and some high-heeled shoes will each return 10, 25, or 100 coins, while the top-paying items are some expensive-looking bags and a necklace, either of which pays out 20, 50, or 150 coins when stopping on 3, 4, or 5 reels.
Two of the girls will pay 25, 75 and 200 coins, while the purple-haired shopper is valued at 30, 100, and 250. The top wins are awarded by the redhead, and she’s only needed on reels 1 and 2 to be worth a win of 5x the coin value, while full lines are worth 500x.
A Tasty Expanding Wild Symbol
The wild symbol is able to replace any standard icon and complete additional win-lines, either bridging the gaps in a continuous run, or extending a combination across extra reels for a higher reward. The symbol of chocolate snacks will initially fill a single spot on the reels, but will then expand across a whole reel, turning into a delicious-looking ice cream sundae as it does so.
It makes the job of completing winning lines that much easier, plus this symbol also triggers the main bonus free spins feature that comes with extra winning potential.
Cashing Out with Free Spins
Just 2 wilds are needed on any of the middle 3 reels to be awarded 10 free spins, and there’s a bonus of 20 extra games if 3 wilds landed at once. Although these spins can’t be retriggered, there’s special symbols in play throughout them that should help spinners claim some decent wins before the games are done.
Any of the girls can appear as a super-sized symbol, which is basically a big image of them, filling either 2x2, 3x2, 3x3, or 4x3 grids on the reels. These can lead to multiple payouts, all at high values, as they fill up large parts of the reels.
There’s even an image of the 4 lovely ladies together, which is a unique wild symbol that fills similar grids on the reels, making it almost inevitable that multiple winning lines will be completed in a single spin. It’s an impressive feature that should make this slot machine appeal far beyond the target audience of players who like shopping.
A Designer Experience, or Bargain Basement?
The stylish graphics and unique theme set the Singles’ Day video slot apart. Having 100 lines in play at all times is another unusual, although not unheard of feature which some players will like, and others be put off by. It makes the minimum bet relatively high and could put off casual spinners, although it has a good return to player percentage and is fully certified for fair play by independent testing labs, so on average, most of each wager will be returned as winnings.
Those winnings are boosted by some great bonus features, with expanding wilds being pretty common, although we found that triggering the free spins could be a little tricky, which perhaps isn’t surprising, seeing as the potential rewards of up to 3750x the triggering bet in the bonus games are so high.
Singles’ Day is mobile-optimised, with controls adapted to work just as easily on smartphones and tablet computers as it is on desktop PC’s and laptops, although some details of the background image are lost in the transfer.
