Penguin’s Christmas Party Time

Theme and Design

Penguin’s Christmas Party Time features some jolly penguins enjoying a festive boogie in what looks like a snowbound shack in the mountains. The reel set is flanked by speakers and Xmas decorations hang from the ceiling. It’s a pretty basic-looking game, but if you want simple festive cheer with no pretensions, you could do worse.

RTP and Variance

Penguin’s Christmas Party Time has three RTP rates – 96.54%, 95.51% and 94.53%. This is standard for Pragmatic Play slots, giving casino operators the option to squeeze more house edge from the game if they wish. We recommend you play at the 96.54% rate if possible. A good option is MrQ from Lindar Media which always runs slots at the top RTP rates. But wherever you play you can check the RTP rate for yourself by hitting the ‘I’ button under the reels and scrolling through until you see Return to Player.

This is also a high volatility slot so it will be choppy with an uneven win distribution and some testing times. Set your stake accordingly to avoid burning out too quickly!

Maximum Win

Tis the season for giving, but Pragmatic Play seem to have forgotten that when it comes to the max win in Penguin’s Christmas Party Time. This one maxes out at just 2,000x which is pitiful when it comes to high risk games. If you want to get festive and play for bigger prizes then check out Hot Turkey from Thunderkick (10,000x) or Money Sleigh from Relax Gaming (also 10,000x).

Symbols and Paytable

This is a simple 5 reel and 3 row slot with 25 paylines. Wins are triggered by landing 3 or more identical symbols on a line from left to right, starting at the left most reel.

There are 8 symbols in the table. They are the cards, 10 through to Ace, valued at from 0.2x for 3 10s up to 2x for 5 Aces, and the 3 penguins with gift box, Christmas pud and champagne, valued at from 0.8x for 3 gift boxes up to a whopping 1,000x for 5 champagnes.

There is also a wild, represented by the glitter ball, which substitutes for all pay symbols to complete pay lines, and is valued at 4x, 20x or 1,000x for 3, 4 or 5 on a line.

Features and Gameplay

There are no extra features in the base game in Penguin’s Christmas Party. Instead, you should be looking to land 3 or more of the scatters, represented by the balloons, on one spin to trigger the free spins rounds.

This gets you 10 spins. But before they start you must pick from 3 balloons to reveal which version of the round you play. There are 3 possible configurations.

Snowball Booster – this is a good feature if you like multipliers. On each spin, randomly some positions on the reels are marked with a 2x multiplier which applies to any win that passes through them. Where more than one multiplier is part of a win, they are multiplied together before being applied to the payout.

You will also see snow appearing behind some reels. If ALL 5 reels show snow behind them on any spin, then the round re-triggers with 10 more spins.

Wild Party – For those who like wilds, the Wild Party free spins round guarantees you one wild reel on EVERY spin. This round can also be re-triggered by landing 3 or more scatters.

Boogie Back – This is potentially the most powerful of the 3 free spins rounds. At the end of your 10 spins a prize wheel appears. You spin for the chance of another 10 spins with a multiplier of 2x, 3x, 5x or 8x. If the wheel lands on the winning side, you get the extra spins with the multiplier applied to ALL your wins. Alternatively, if the wheel lands on the losing side then you return to the base game.