Winning Wizards

When it comes to online video slot machine games, it doesn't get any more simple and basic than Winning Wizards, a title from the developers at Microgaming. It's not boring, but it's very basic – something that can appeal to all kinds of players who want to take the excitement down a notch and simply play some slots to pass the time.

The game is quite standard, you'll find. The main gameplay area has five reels and three rows in the usual grid, with absolutely no frills, fancy frames, or 3D graphics. There are five pay lines, which you will see indicated with multi-colored boxes along the sides of the screen. You can click or hover over them to see where they pay out.

The icons won't win any awards either, and include the standard ten, jack, queen, king, and ace playing card letters, followed by a ruby ring, a vial of magic potion, a book of spells, a glowing wizard's staff, and the wizard himself.

And... that's it. There are no wilds, no scatters, no free spins and no mini-games.

On the player dashboard you can adjust your coin value, the number of lines you want to bet, and the number of coins per line, as well as a “maximum bet” option and the auto play option. It's available only as a desktop game, so no playing it on the go. It's not optimized for smaller screens.

The minimum bet is .25 credits, and the maximum is 25 credits per spin. On a maximum bet of 25 credits, you can win from one credit for two tens all the way up to 10,000 credits for five wizards. It's a medium variance game with a return to player ratio of 95.46%.