If you are looking for a traditional Christmas themed online slot, there can be none better than Santa Surprise from Playtech. You can play it at online casinos like Omni Casino and Mansion Casino. Though it is simple in gaming features, Santa Surprise has rich visuals. It is also very popular among high roller players that like high variance video slots.

The online slot game loads with the image of Santa on his sleigh laden with gifts with Jingle Bells playing in the background. Santa is, as expected, the leading figure. He is the wild symbol and substitutes for all other symbols except the scatter and bonus symbols. It also awards the highest line payouts. The payout for five Santa symbols in an active payline is a whopping 10,000 coins. The other line payouts are considerably lower. This results in high variance in the online slot. The other symbols also have a Christmas feel. They include bell, stocking and gift. The win animations associated with these symbols add to the visual appeal. The low paying symbols are the usual playing card icons. They are adorned with festive accessories like Santa’s cap, scarf, holly leaves, candy cane and candles.

Santa’s North Pole home is the scatter symbol. It awards payouts multiplied by the total bet when two or more appear anywhere on the reels. Three or more scatter symbols trigger 10 free spins. All payouts will be tripled during the free spins and the feature can be re-triggered infinitely. The Christmas Gift bonus game on the second screen is triggered when three or more Christmas tree bonus symbols appear from left to right on an active payline. You will see a Christmas tree with six Christmas gifts. You get to pick as many gifts as there are bonus symbols in the triggering spin. Each gift will award a random bonus. If this feature is triggered in the free spins then the payouts from the bonus game are not tripled.

Santa Surprise video slot also has a gamble game that you can optionally activate after any winning spin. If you correctly guess the colour of the next card then your won payout will be doubled. If you are wrong then you will lose the staked amount. Santa Surprise has five reels and three paylines with 20 selectable paylines. You can wager up to 10 coins per payline with a maximum coin size of $5. The maximum total bet per spin works out to $1,000.