The world of celebrity can be a dream for some, but it can also be fickle. For every star that earns millions and is on the TV screen every week, there are thousands that didn’t make it so big. With the world of celebrity now so ingrained in our culture, it is unsurprising that people are intrigued in all aspects of it. Hence, it was unsurprising that popular card game company Top Trumps, who have also licensed a range of slots, moved into the arena with their Top Trumps Celebs slot.
One of the nicest features of this slot from Playtech is that it is fully customisable in that you can head to the paytable screen and click on the arrows underneath each celebrity to change the celebrity that appears on the reels. A simple touch, but a nice one which gives the player more control over who they see (or perhaps more pertinently, who they don’t). Alongside the Top Trump recreation symbols of each celebrity, there are the usual playing card symbols serving as the lower value alternatives on the reels.
The game has up to 20 selectable paylines available and you can wager from as little as Ā£0.10 up to Ā£1.00 per line for a minimum bet of Ā£0.10 and a maximum bet of Ā£20 which puts the slot firmly in the camp of the medium to lower stakes player. The base game jackpot is an excellent 10,000 coins, which can be won by landing five of the Wild symbols, with the highest celebrity payout just 1,000 coins. You can play Top Trumps Celebs right now at Bet365 Casino.
Key Information
The Top Trumps Celebs slot is, rather like the card game that inspires it, rather simple and straightforward to play. Once you have selected which celebrities you want on the reel (including the ability to select which celebrity will be the high paying Wild symbol), you can then set your coin level and number of paylines to play and get the reels spinning.
The lowest value symbols are the playing cards and they offer payouts of up to 100 coins for five of a kind on a payline. The higher value celebrity symbols offer payouts of up to 1,000 coins and pleasingly, you can land a small win if you land two of the four higher paying celebrity symbols from left to right on a payline, rather than three, which is only a small bonus but one that does offer you some welcome wins especially when the game starts to play a little tight.
In addition to these high and low symbols, there is the Wild celebrity symbol who offers the chance of a 10,000 coin jackpot if landed five on a pay line, but which is more often used to substitute for any of the high and low value symbols to create additional winning paylines. This symbol is particularly effective when it is landed on several reels during a single spin, when you can unlock some of the bigger wins in the game.
In addition to these symbols, there are two other symbols on the reels and each of these activates one of the two bonus games on the slot. The first of these is the Red Carpet Bonus, which is triggered when you land the Red Carpet Bonus symbol on both reel 1 and reel 5 on the same spin. When you do this you launch a bonus game where you are presented with a wall of 16 celebrity faces. You can elect to shuffle the pictures if you prefer by clicking the shuffle button.
What you then do is pick three of the celebrities shown. Each will reveal a cash prize and if you are lucky, one or more of the celebrities may also award you an extra pick, which will allow you to make an additional pick from the wall to earn another cash prize. Once all your picks have been made, your cash prize is added to your funds and you head back to the base game.
The second key feature of the slot is the Top Trumps Celebs scatter symbol which triggers a free spins round when you land three or more of these symbols anywhere across the reels on any spin.
Before free spins starts, however, you get to pick from three celebrities who will be added to the reels as an additional Wild for the duration of the free spins round. Land a win with this symbol and not only will it substitute for all other high and low value symbols, but it will also award a 4x multiplier on the standard win. Best of all, if you hit three more of the scatter symbols during your free spins, you can win another 10 free spins, with no limit on the number of free spins you could potentially win in the feature.
Finally, any win you achieve in the game can be gambled using a simple gamble option. Here you have to correctly pick whether the next card drawn will be a red suit or black suit from the pack. You wager your winnings here and if you pick correctly, you double your money. Pick incorrectly and you lose your winnings and return to the base game. You can gamble your winnings up to a maximum of Ā£2,500.
How to win at the Top Trumps Celebs Slot
In order to land some of the better wins when playing the Top Trumps Celebs slot there is some easy advice to follow. Firstly, always play the maximum number of paylines per spin (20) as it is a far better choice to play more paylines with a smaller unit stake, than it is fewer paylines with a larger unit stake. Secondly, I only ever gamble small wins on the slot as the gamble feature is very volatile and you can lose a lot of money playing this too often with too much money at stake.
As a rule of thumb, I gamble the lower base game wins that amount to less than my stake, or just a little more. However, almost all other wins I will not bother to gamble as this feature can lead to a hefty loss on the slot if used injudiciously.
The key to unlocking the bigger wins on this slot however lie in playing the game long enough to unlock the free spins round. This can be done quickly, or it can take a lengthy amount of time depending on how the slot plays. As such, good bankroll management is essential to allow you every opportunity to trigger the bonus. The Free Spins round usually offers a better return than the Red Carpet Bonus, although this round can also offer some good-sized wins if you pick wisely.
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