ABOUT
Santa’s Great Gifts is the amazing-looking Christmas slot produced by Pragmatic Play. With its tumble mechanic, progressive multiplier, and massive reward of 5000x the stake, Santa's Great Gifts is a spectacular Holiday season game.
Betting Options and Bonus Features
Packed with cheerful visuals and snappy animations, Santa’s Great Gifts is the perfect game to celebrate the festive winter days. The game's graphics are vibrant and colorful with a snowy winter wonderland setting and cute cartoon characters. It is full of decoration baubles and all sorts of Christmas-themed objects such as candy canes and gingerbread men. Amongst them are the shiny Snowglobes, which pay 50x the bet for five of a kind. The soundtrack is also fittingly festive with jolly holiday tunes playing in the background.
Santa’s Great Gifts plays on a 6-reel configuration and it uses the tumble mechanic where players score when at least 8 matching symbols land anywhere on the grid. The game boasts a very high volatility level which means wild swings between winning and losing abound. The RTP proves more relaxed at 96.25%. Furthermore, the game has an Ante Bet option, which doubles the chance of getting Free Spins. It is important to remember, however, that the numbers are merely for show, and players should focus on the final reward of 5000x the bet.
As for the gameplay, Santa's Great Gifts offers a variety of special features to keep things interesting. The first feature is the Tumblemechanic. Whenever players score a winning combination, it disappears from the grid, making space for new symbols to drop. The feature continues until there are no more winnings.
Another highlighted feature is the Multiplier Symbols, which are the green, red, blue, and purple gift boxes that often come with a random multiplier value ranging from 2x to 100x the bet. They come into play whenever a winning combination finishes scoring, adding all the on-screen multipliers and applying the total to said winning.
Hitting 4, 5, or 6 Scatters pays 3x, 5x, or 100x the bet upfront and gives players 10, 15, or 20 Free Spins, respectively. During the Bonus Round, the game collects all bonus symbols that land and adds them to a meter. When it has collected enough symbols, the game upgrades to the next level, where only specific multiplier values can appear:
- Level 1: Multiplier values ranging from 2x to 100x the bet.
- Level 2: Needs 6 multiplier symbols to upgrade. Multiplier values ranging from 8x to 100x the bet.
- Level 3: Needs 4 more multiplier symbols to upgrade. Multiplier values ranging from 15x to 100x the bet.
- Level 4: Needs 4 more multiplier symbols to upgrade. Multiplier values ranging from 50x to 100x the bet.
The game caps out at Level 4. Additionally, players can extend the bonus round by landing 3 or more scatters to win 5+ Respins.
Last but not least, Great Santa’s Gifts offers a bonus buy-in option menu. Players can pay 100x, 200x, 300x, or 400x the bet for instant access to Levels 1, 2, 3, or 4 of the bonus round.
Roshtein’s Take
In this game, there is nothing more thrilling than watching multipliers stack up for a big payout in the bonus round. The Free Spins options are also decent, with chances to prolong the suspense. I especially appreciate the dynamic buy-in options, which let you choose the level you want to play at. Overall, I find Santa’s Great Gifts a cheerful, festive slot that really gets your mood up for the holidays.
