Scopa Demo Slot - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction

When royalty crop up on the reels of online slots games, we can usually expect to encounter kings, queens, princes and princesses, as in the Rising Royals slot. In Scopa, there is just one king, joined by some fighting men and some rather unusual playing cards.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

Wherever you get a group of Italians, they are eventually bound to embark on a game of scopa. The word means ‘broom’ in Italian, referring to players successfully ‘sweeping’ the board clear of cards to score a point. The game is played with a deck of 40 cards, which are numbered one to seven in four suits - coins, swords, cups and batons. The eight, nine and ten are represented by infantry, cavalry and king cards for each suit, roughly equating to the king, queen and jack in more familiar decks.

The Scopa slot makes full use of these cards in its gameplay, with an unusual horizontal reel-spinning action that is more in keeping with the theme of the game. Travel the length of Italy in a luxury railway carriage to the accompaniment of an elegant soundtrack - this is slots gaming in style!

Scopa RTP & volatility

Scopa has a disappointing RTP of just 93.96 per cent, which is much too low for our liking. What’s more, Scopa is a high volatility game, so the wins don’t come along too often.

If you are prepared to overlook the poor RTP and play Scopa at an online casino, you can expect to find your bankroll disappearing astonishingly fast. Land a big win and you will be back in the game, but it is certainly a risky business. We suggest that you stick to playing this and other Habanero online slots games right here at Slots Temple, where the money is strictly pretend and losses won’t have any financial impact. No two gaming sessions will ever be exactly the same, thanks to the random number generators deployed within the game’s mechanics, but you will get a pretty good idea of how the game could play out over time and it won’t cost you a penny to find out!

How to play Scopa

All the game controls for playing Scopa are clearly laid out just below the reels:

1. Start by selecting your coin value, using the buttons to the lower right of the screen. There are also ten bet levels, which you can adjust to the lower left of the game, so spend some time refining the cost of each spin.

2. Tap on bet max to apply maximum stakes to your next game.

3. Click or tap on the spin button to play one game at your chosen stake.

4. Autoplay lets you play automatic spins without having to keep pressing spin. Keep an eye on your balance and be ready to stop the feature early if the spins aren’t landing in your favour.

5. Tap the i button on the far bottom left of the screen to view the game’s rules and paytable.

6. Adjust the game sounds from the speaker icon just below the game screen.

Bet sizes & paytable wins

Although there are 27 paylines in Scopa, you only have to wager on 15 of them with each spin. A coin value that starts from just 0.01 combined with 10 bet levels gives you wagering options from just 0.15 up to an eye-watering 3,000.00 per spin. There is an option here for every type of slots fan, from penny players to the highest of high rollers.

Match three or more symbols across a payline to win a prize. Winnings are calculated as multiples of your stake and the paytable is dynamic, so it shows the actual prizes you could win based on your current wager. We played the game at the lowest stakes of just 0.15 per spin, which gave us the following payouts for three, four and five of a kind across a payline:

- Batons = 0.03, 0.10, 0.25
- Swords = 0.03, 0.12, 0.40
- Coins = 0.04, 0.15, 0.60
- Cups = 0.04, 0.20, 0.80
- Blue infantry = 0.05, 0.25, 1.20
- Green cavalry = 0.07, 0.30, 1.50
- Red king = 0.13, 0.50, 2.50
- 3 x train scatter = 0.15
- 3 x sun scatter = 1.95
- 5 x wild = 2.50

Max-win 4,000x

Volatility High

RTP 93.96%

Scopa bonus features & free spins

Scatters only appear on reels two, three and four, but they still come with a payout for landing three on the reels. Three train scatters awards 13 free spins. If you can manage to land three sun scatter symbols, you will receive 13 free spins with a 5x multiplier.

If you fill the entire grid with winning symbols, you will be rewarded with an extra cash payout worth 25x your total bet.

Starting in Genoa with random multipliers worth up to 5x, the game takes you to Milan with expanding wild reels. In Naples, every wild generates another one, whilst low-value symbols in Tuscany can randomly turn wild. The journey ends in Venice, where a wild is guaranteed with every spin, increasing to two wilds if you generate the free spins bonus here.

Overall review

Scopa makes a change from the usual Mediterranean-inspired explorer themed online slots games. The game looks and sounds stylish, with some decent prizes on offer; however, the RTP is low and the volatility is high, so we suggest hanging onto your cash and playing this one for free!

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