Voodoo Magic (Pragmatic Play) - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

With 40 paylines and a wide range of bonus features, Voodoo Magic from Pragmatic Play offers players an entertaining gaming experience. The highly volatile gameplay and 1000x top prize let the slot down a little bit, but there is plenty on offer to keep you engaged, including free spins, mystery symbols, guaranteed win bonuses and extra wilds.

Theme and Graphics

Voodoo Magic from Pragmatic Play features a  dark and eerie theme that stars a voodoo priestess. The game’s symbols include all sorts of creepy creatures which gives it an intriguing look. The graphics are design in Pragmatic Play’s signature style, so if you like the look of games like John Hunter and Ancient Egypt, then this slot will appeal to you.

It’s also a very interesting theme. Voodoo mythology isn’t something you see all that often in slots. Baron Samedi and Voodoo Gold are the only really popular ones out there, so it’s nice to see developers thinking outside of the box for themes.

Voodoo Magic RTP and Variance

The RTP (return to player) of Voodoo Magic slots is 96.5%. It’s also a high variance online slot. According to Pragmatic Play’s own scale, the game is a 4.5/5 in terms of variance – so the 1000x top prize is pretty disappointing when you consider that other high volatility slots have payouts of 5000x or more.

How to Win

To hit winning combinations, you have to land three or more matching symbols on any of the game’s 40 paylines. The most generous symbol in the game is the wild, which pays out 12.5x for a five-of-a-kind combination.

As we mentioned before, the top prize overall is just 1000x. In a high variance game, you’d expect a bigger top win, while a slot offering a 1000x grand prize is normally a lower volatility game that should pay out more often. Still,

Free Spins and Bonuses

When two scatters land on the reels, you can trigger one of two random features:

• Mystery Curses: wilds are randomly added to the reels to create a win.
• Fortune Hex: all low-paying symbols and scatters are removed from the reels

To hit the free spins round, you can either land three bonus symbols (or spending 80x on the bonus buy – if this option is available in your jurisdiction). During this bonus, mystery symbols can be added to the reels – which is never the most impressive feature to us, but it’s better than nothing.

What really makes this bonus is the three levels of minimum win guarantees you can trigger. Before the round begins, you’ll be able to pick one of the following from three face-down cards:

• Voodoo Free Spins: a minimum win guarantee of 10x your stake
• Super Voodoo Free Spins: a minimum win guarantee of 25x your stake
• Mega Voodoo Free Spins: a minimum win guarantee of 50x your stake

You cannot retrigger the bonus, unless the minimum win guarantee has been met. If you do retrigger, you’ll get 5 more free spins.

Voodoo Magic Review

The 1000x top prize may put players off, but there’s plenty to like about Voodoo Magic from Pragmatic Play. The game’s two random bonuses are triggered often enough to provide you with a rewarding base game experience, and the minimum win guarantee is something that you don’t see very often in online slot games.

To a slots fan, there are few things worse than landing a bonus that pays out peanuts. So, Voodoo Magic prevents this from happening by offering you the ability to win a minimum of 10x your stake no matter. You only get 5 initial free spins but this is fine when you consider there is a guaranteed win on offer.

In terms of design, we like that Pragmatic Play has done something quite different. We’ve seen a lot of John Hunter games from this developer recently, as well as plenty of Ancient Egyptian-themed and retro style slots. So, Voodoo Gold has a fresh kind of theme that brings players an interesting aesthetic.  

Overall, Voodoo Magic is a fairly standard online slot with a few nice perks thrown in. Between the base game bonuses and three types of free spins rounds, this game should certainly keep you entertained.

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