Play Lucky Pirate for Free

There are 5 reels and 3 rows of symbols on this slot, which has the common 9 pay-lines featured on many of Viaden’s slots. You can choose the lines to spin, and the coin size – which ranges from just 1c up to 5c, making this a penny slot. The gamble after win does start the scrolling treasure map animation, though once opened you’ll find the usual flip of a playing card game. Auto-play is configurable.

Settings on this slot allow you to switch of the music or sounds separately. You can also play the super-fast version which takes away the time ‘wasted’ on spinning the reels.

The pirate gives you the biggest individual prize; this is worth 5000 coins when you hit 5 on a line, and 1000 coins for 4. All of the top 4 symbols pay with just 2, which is unusual in a slot game. The female pirate has the next biggest prize at 2000 coins for 5, with the ship and treasure both worth 750 for a full house. Maps, cutlasses, pistols, rum and the cockatoo make up the smaller wins.

One symbol takes up the role of the bonus, wild and scatter. This is the skull with a cutlass in its mouth. If you hit 5 of these anywhere on the reels, you’ll get 200 times your total spin amount, with 20x for 4 and 2x for 3. This symbol also substitutes for the regular symbols to create wins and 3+ will trigger the free spins bonus game too.

When you hit the free spins game the treasure map unfurls and you will see a ships wheel with different symbols around it. This spins and lands on a symbol which will become your expanding scatter for the duration of the bonus round. When you land this symbol on any reel, it will expand to cover all 3 positions – giving you extra wins. This can add up when you get 3 reels of the same symbol.

There is a counter at the top of the reels, though other than this nothing too remarkable about the free spins game other than the expanding scatters. You can retrigger with more bonus symbols. At the end of the game there is no signal – you just go back to the main game and wonder why your scatters stopped expanding all of a sudden!

I have played better pirate themed slots, though this one does have some good things going for it. The mobile compatible build is a big positive, and the graphics are good on a computer too. I like the novel expanding scatters in the free spins. Like all Viaden slots, you can win big from just a few pennies in this game. This one is certainly worth a quick spin, especially if you enjoy playing on a mobile devices like iphone or blackberry.. Check it out for yourself soon.