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Once Upon a Dime obviously refers to “Once Upon a Time”, which is the opening line of almost all fairy tales. The reels are set in a fantasy country side with the castle on the left and the commoners living on the right. There is a backdrop of majestic snow mountains. The reels are transparent so you can enjoy the background fully. Once Upon a Dime video slot has the standard 5 reels and 3 rows structure with 25 selectable paylines.

The high paying symbols are icons you would associate with fairy tales. The highest payouts are awarded by the prince. Five prince symbols award a payout of 2500 times the line bet. The princess symbol awards a payout of 1500 times the line bet for a combination of five symbols. The variance in this online slot would be medium to high. The other thematic symbols are wizard, bag of gold coins, winged unicorn and pumpkin. The low paying symbols are playing card icons with the styling that you would find in fairy tale books.

There are two special symbols in Once Upon a Dime video slot. The first is the game logo in the form of a golden coin. It is the wild symbol. It substitutes for all symbols other than the scatter symbol. It also doubles payouts when substituting in winning combinations. The scatter symbol is the castle. Three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels award payouts multiplied by the total bet. The payout for five scatter symbols is 50 times the total bet. Three or more scatter symbols also trigger the free spins feature. Three scatter symbols award 15 free spins, four scatter symbols award 25 free spins and five scatter symbols award 50 free spins. The free spins can be retriggered.

Once Upon a Dime also includes a progressive jackpot that can be hit randomly, without any matching symbols required. This happens only in the main game. The size of the bet and the number of paylines activated determine the chances of winning the jackpot. The maximum total bet per spin is $250, which will attract the high roller players at 888 Casino.