Play Secret Santa for Free

a There are loads of Christmas themes slot machines out there, but few are quite as impressive and generous as Secret Santa by Microgaming software. The 5 reels of this video slot are designed to a very high and contemporary standard using a modern control panel and for players to spin the beautifully designed reels. Those reels are full of super realistic illustrations depicting everything that we love about the festive season, including flaming Christmas puddings, roast turkey with all of the trimmings, stockings overflowing with gifts, open wood fires, presents under the Christmas tree, and the main man himself, Santa Claus.

The game takes on a fairly traditional aesthetic to capture the magic of the season without going too overboard with gaudy decorations or irritating carol singing sound effects. In fact, this is perhaps one of the more tasteful and universally appealing Christmas themed slots out there, which will serve as a relief for anyone who can't stand the annual Christmas overkill.

Of course, this slot machine is intended to be played at a certain time of the year. However, we wouldn't judge you too much if you were to have a few spins in the height of summer because, in reality, the game is quite entertaining to spin. That is thanks mainly to the fact that there are 1024 ways to win and, as such, there will plenty of frequent winning spins to enjoy.

All spinners need to do in order to find a winner is spin up a set of three or more matching symbols on adjacent reels. There are no paylines involved, so anytime that a win is awarded, it will be given as a total bet multiplier from the paytable below:

From a quick glance at those total bet multipliers, it might seem that this game has very little chance to boost your betting balance in the right direction. However, players should note that the game features a number of special gameplay characteristics...

For example, Secret Santa has a scatter icon (represented by the Christmas cracker) which will offer wins worth up to 100x the total bet value when 5 appear on the reels. What's more, this scatter will pay total bet prizes of 10x and 2x if four or three appear, regardless of whether they appear on adjacent reels.

Players will also be given a chance to boost their wins whenever they receive a five of a kind win, as long as that win is created by a wild symbol or scatter icon. This feature will hold the five winning symbols in position before spinning them again to present a new sequence of five matching icons for a guaranteed extra win.

The bonus action doesn't stop there, because Secret Santa lives up to its name by offering 7 mystery bonus features. These extra elements are triggered completely at random, allowing punters to enjoy the following rewards:

If you are looking to treat yourself to some exciting, feature-rich spins this Christmas, then you won't go too wrong with Secret Santa by Microgaming. With 1,024 ways to win, 7 mystery bonus features and a special five of a king re-spin, we are sure that this game will instil some festive cheer into the most cynical of Scrooges!