Decorate the Tree in Christmas Megapots by BTG

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, when families come together and celebrate with cheer. Even software providers cannot resist the holiday’s charm, creating a slew of festive slots for players to enjoy. BTG’s offering for the year is Christmas Megapots, which promises thrilling jackpots and top-tier bonus features.

Is this release worth your time, or is it just not jolly enough? Find out in our detailed review of Big Time Gaming’s Christmas Megapots slot.

Christmas Megapots Visuals

The first thing that greets you when you launch the game is a massive Christmas tree. It’s been covered with lights but lacks any decorations, which we’ll fix by playing the slot. The towering tree and its siblings are covered in freshly falling snow, giving the forest a calm, idyllic look. The only signs of human life nearby are a small cabin with smoke billowing from its chimney, no doubt from tasty treats being prepared.

The decorations that aren’t on the Big Time Gaming tree can be found as high-value symbols on the reels. There are four in total, each with a different colour and shape. They’re joined by six playing card royals, playing the role of low-value icons. A rainbow-coloured snowflake is Wild, while golden bells are Scatters. Finally, golden coins serve as bonus symbols and a gateway to the Hold and Spin feature.

Christmas Megapots Gameplay and Features

You play Christmas Megapots on a six-reel grid. The game uses the Megaways payout system, which means the height of each reel changes every time you press the Spin button. You can have a maximum of 117,649 ways to win in one round. Winning combinations must start with the leftmost reel and have at least three matching icons in adjacent positions.

Hold and Spin

Six or more coins appearing anywhere on the reels activate the Hold and Spin bonus round. You receive three re-spins, during which only coins and blank spaces can land on the grid. All coins feature a cash prize, a multiplier, or a Megapots icon. Every time a new coin appears on the reels, the number of remaining re-spins resets to three.

Once all re-spins are exhausted or all positions are filled with coins, the round ends, and all rewards are combined and paid out. Successfully filling all positions with coins doubles the final payout.

Megapots

There are three Megapots jackpots you can win in this Big Time Gaming slot. The reward in each jackpot changes every round, picking from one of several fixed jackpot prizes.

• Mini Megapots can award between 100x and 300x your stake
• Midi Megapots can grant between 1,000x to 8,888x your bet
• Mega Megapots can have values from 20,888x to 88,888x your wager

To win one of the Megapots, at least three matching Megapots symbols must land during the Hold and Spin feature.

Free Spins

Three Scatters in any position will activate the Free Spins bonus round. You start with 12 no-cost spins, during which you benefit from a special Free Spins Win Multiplier. The multiplier starts at 1x and increases by one for each coin. The multiplier only applies to free spin wins. If you trigger Hold and Spin during this feature, its wins will not be affected by the multiplier.

Landing three more Scatters while the bonus round is being played grants four more free spins. Any extra Scatter alongside those three adds two more free spins.

Bonus Buy

This option will not be available in all online casinos. However, players who have access to this feature can pay extra to activate one of the bonus rounds immediately.

• Buying Hold and Spin costs 35x your stake
• Purchasing 12 free spins costs 100x your bet

Christmas Megapots RTP and Payouts

Christmas Megapots has an RTP of 96.28% if you aren’t using the Bonus Buy feature. It bumps up your odds of winning slightly, raising the RTP to 96.33%. It is technically an advantage, but not so crucial as to force you to spend more than you’re comfortable with. The game is highly volatile, but balances it out with an impressive maximum win of 89,600x your wager.