Play Sparkly Show for Free

A brightly coloured circus ring hosts the 5x3 see-through reels. Ten picture symbols in little discs take you back to childhood circus trips. Each picture is rendered beautifully in differing, stylised graphics that are colourful and appealing.

Many of the traditional circus acts are represented. There's the strong man, the trapeze artist, and even the lion leaping through a hoop of flames. The payouts, unfortunately, aren't quite as exciting. For 3 and 4OAK, players can expect prizes from 3x - 150x your line bet.

The top prizes at 5OAK are a leap apart, reaching up to 500x your line bet for the lion and the bonus symbol. And, of course, these symbols are naturally rare.

However, there's a bounty of features to entertain and to help boost a player's chances of win lines.

The canon wild will substitute for standard symbols. It also fires cannonballs to produce two more wilds on the reels. This then triggers a reel respin, where the sticky wilds remain in place. So long as new wilds land, you could have up to three respins. In this way, you can get very lucky with your 5OAKs.

The jolly circus clown features as a scatter symbol. He appears stacked to fill entire reels. If you land two or more reels simultaneously, you'll trip from 2 up to 20 free spins.

Announced in a shower of colourful confetti, this feature triggers fairly frequently. There are also cash boosting extras, with a special expanding wild. A juggling unicyclist can fill an entire reel and add win lines. Plus, free spins can also be retriggered.

The biggest real cash wins, however, are reserved for the bonus game. It doesn't come up that often, because you'll need five game's logo bonus symbols to trigger it.

There are three possible outcomes for the bonus. You could win up to 15 free spins, or a prize of up to 3,000 coins. These are randomly chosen by a strongman game. It's a shame, but PlayBetter have missed a trick, by not allowing player's to trigger this themselves.

The third outcome of the bonus is for the luckiest players of all. Big real cash wins are possible for gamblers with a chance to play the elusive Bonus Extra level. Although, frustratingly, we haven't ever managed to trigger it, so we don't yet know the top sums on offer.

With plenty of Circus-themed slots to choose from, it can be difficult to know where to start.

One of our favourite slots with a circus theme comes from Yggdrasil's Jokerizer series. The original slot is the fun and classy Jokerizer, but the sequels are even more impressive. They feature superb graphics and the exciting Jokerizer mode feature. The Dark Joker Rizes and Wicked Circus are fantastic slots on the dark side of the circus.

The Sparkly Show video slot has a fun title and theme that follows through with a fun game. The bonus features bustle for attention on the fast paced reels and keep the action flowing. Glossy graphics are appealing, music is atmospheric and it's all comfortingly nostalgic.

The 91.02% RTP and fairly low paytable lets the game down from a real cash perspective. Big wins are possible, of course, but are mostly attractive to high risk gamblers only.

However, Sparkly Show does sparkle for entertainment value. It suits smartphone play and social gaming, making it ideal for those players who enjoy a spin for free.