I’ve heard some pretty tenuous links between items when it comes to the major 
holidays of the year but for me I think Easter takes the biscuit. When you think about it, what does the death of Jesus Christ and his resurrection a few days later, have to do with Chocolate Eggs, wicker baskets and bunny rabbits hopping around the place?
Still, it seems to have become the norm just to accept that we celebrate the confirmation of the son of god as an immortal being, by stuffing our faces with chocolate and by celebrating the fact that at this time of year, animals start to get a bit frisky.
Thankfully, there’s none of that in the Easter Surprise slot from Playtech, but what you do have are some very cheerful bunnies, lots of brightly coloured Easter Eggs and a rather cheerful looking, sunny slot which you can play now at Coral Casino.
What you have here is a 5×3 reel slot that contains 20 selectable lines in play. You can bet from as little as Ā£0.01 up to Ā£5 per coin which gives you a range of betting of between Ā£0.01 (Ā£0.20 if you place a minimum bet with all lines in play) and Ā£1,000 per spin, which is a considerable amount and means smaller stakes and higher roller players can both enjoy the slot.
As well as the usual Coin selection and lines button you can also select how many coins to bet per line, use the Bet Max button to make the largest bet you can with the options you’ve selected and there is an Auto Play button if you want to busy yourself with something else while your spins play out for you.
The setting for the slot is a rather pleasant grassy hill under blue skies with fluffy clouds in them and it is the perfect backdrop for what you find on the reels.
Speaking of which, there are a total of five lower value symbols on the reels and these are five playing card symbols from the 10 through to the Ace. These offer a range of pays starting at 5 coins for 3 of the 10 symbols on the reels, while five aces across a line will trigger a 150 coin win.
The yellow easter egg offers pays of 20 coins for 3 on a line, 70 coins for four and 200 coins for five and then you have the blue and red eggs. These also offer small value pays of 2 coins for 2 symbols on a line. The Red egg pays slightly more than the blue with the top win on the blue egg being 400 coins and it is 500 for the red.
However, these are not the biggest prizes available on the slot as these can be found when you land some of the bonus features of the game, and we will explore these more in the section below.
Easter Surprise Key Features
Before we get into the in game features, there is one feature that you can use any time you land a win in the game and that is the Gamble Feature. This only becomes illuminated when it is available and when it does you have the chance to gamble your winnings by correctly selecting the colour of the next card from red or black. Guess correctly and you can double your winnings, guess incorrectly and you lose your winnings.
The first feature to note is the in game Wild symbol and this is the rabbit holding the gift. This acts as a substitute for all symbols in the game, bar the two scatters, but it also offers wins when landed across the reels itself. Indeed, this is the symbol that offers you a chance of the massive wins of 2,000 coins for four on a line or 10,000 coins for five.
There are also two scatter symbols on the reels and these are the Free Games Scatter (which is the Easter Surprise logo) and the Easter Egg Bonus Scatter which is a basket filled with eggs. We’ll deal with the Easter Egg Bonus first as three of these symbols in succession across a single winning line will launch a bonus game.
In this bonus game you get to pick from six easter eggs, with the number of symbols landed equating to the number of picks from the eggs you will receive. Each egg you pick will offer you a cash prize of a random amount.
Launching the Free Games bonus is slightly easier as the Easter Surprise Scatter symbol can land anywhere across the reels and when it does you will earn 10 free games which come with a 3x multiplier on all wins, bar Easter Egg Bonus wins.Ā Furthermore, land three or more of the scatters during free spins and you can retrigger the bonus an infinite number of times.
This is a fun slot to play and it has a good number of bonus features, so what is the best way to unlock some of the bigger value wins in the game?
How to win at the Easter Surprise slot
Although there are some big wins possible on the Easter Surprise slot, hitting them isn’t always the easiest. This is a slot that does require a decent bankroll and patience in order to get the best from. As a higher variance game, it can be a while before you trigger those crucial bonuses and you’ll likely need to weather a run of non-winning spins for a little while in order to land a chance at the bigger prizes.
The Wild symbol can help you land some good wins in the base game though, especially if you can land it three times or more across the reels as when this happens, you can win on several different lines if you are fortunate and that can really ramp up the value of a win.
Landing the better value wins is always easier if you can trigger the bonus games and although the Free Spins bonus seems easier to hit as you don’t need to land the scatters for that bonus in succession on a line, I found that you tended to hit either bonus about the same amount of times. Logically, that shouldn’t happen to me, so maybe that was just a quirk of my game, I am unsure.Ā But of the two bonuses, I felt the Free Spins offered greater potential value, but I found that the Easter Egg Bonus round offered me more consistent amounts.
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