The Royals is an online slot machine that was created by gaming company, Novomatic. Novomatic was founded in 1980 by Austrian billionaire, Johann Graf, as a land-based gaming software developer company. In the mid-1990s, however, with the advent of the Internet and subsequent popularity of online casinos, a new focus was found and Novomatic began to develop software for online casino games as well.
Today, Novomatic is well known in the online gaming industry and they have a wide selection of games on offer at casinos powered by Novomatic Technology. Among Novomatic’s most popular games are their Canadian online slot machines. One such slot is The Royals.
Theme and Symbols of The Royals
The Royals has 5 reels and 20 pay lines. It is a bright, colourful slot that centers around the theme of royalty. The background to the game is a castle with high turrets. There are flags bearing the crown and a coat of arms flying from these turrets. The vine-like flowers growing on the walls of the castle give the impression that the castle has been around for a long time, adding to the stately and majestic theme of royalty. All the relevant buttons for the game appear underneath the reels. Wagering options range from 2 to 500 credits per pay line, which means that a maximum of 10,000 credits can be bet on one spin.
The symbols used in The Royals are classic slot machine symbols of fruit and playing cards. The fruit include Cherries and plums. The playing card symbols range from 10 to King. There is also a bag of gold, which presumably adds to the theme of The Royals. The Joker, which is an animated symbol, is the only special symbol in The Royals. It is the wild symbol and as such can substitute for any of the other symbols in order to form winning combinations. The wild symbol can appear only on either the third or the fifth reel. When it does appear, however, it appears expanded, across the entire reel. Rewards are paid out for 3 or more symbols appearing consecutively from left to right on an active pay line.
Special Features Found in The Royals
The Royals has a special feature called the Royals Feature. This bonus feature is triggered at random intervals after any spin, notwithstanding whether the player wins or loses on the spin. When this feature is activated, either a king, queen, or joker symbol will appear together with a set of 3 reels. The aim of this bonus round is to match the red, blue or yellow 7’s in order to win rewards. This bonus round will continue until the rhombus symbol appears on at least one of the reels.
The Royals also has a gamble feature which allows players to gamble any rewards they receive after a winning spin. Players can activate the gamble feature by clicking the gamble button at the bottom of the screen after they win on a spin. If players win on their gamble then they can double their winnings, however, if they lose the gamble, they will lose it all.