A new online video slot has just gone live at Microgaming online casinos like Royal Vegas, Jackpot City and Gaming Club. This one is direct from the stable of the leading software provider. Wild Scarabs obviously has the ancient Egypt theme. There has been an explosion of sorts of video slots with this theme, but players only seem to be asking for more.

The reels are set in open land with the Nile, the Pyramids and the palm trees in the background. The scarab is the wild symbol, as the title of the slot game suggests. It also awards the highest line payouts. The other symbols awarding line payouts are the deities Horus and Anubis and the popular icons Ankh and Eye of Horus. The scatter symbol is a representation of Isis. All these have been crafted in an ornate manner as is customary with such video slots. The low paying symbols are gems of different colours and shapes.

A new feature called Wild Deal has been introduced by Microgaming in this online slot. It may be randomly triggered on any winless spin that has a wild symbol in the central reel. But once it is activated the dividends are rich. The scarab wild flies and converts up to four other symbols into wilds. Three or more scatter symbols trigger the free spins with the Stashed Wilds feature. You are awarded 10 free spins to start with. All wild symbols that do not contribute to wins are collected. When three or more wilds are collected, they are randomly distributed on the reels to guarantee a win. Even if the awarded free spins are over, the feature continues till all the stashed wilds are disposed of. The scatter symbol does not appear in the free spins.

Wild Scarabs is a 243 ways to win online slot game. The total bet is only 20 times the line bet. The top line payout is 750 times the line bet. The maximum scatter payout is 500 times the total bet. This is attractive given the structure of the slot machine. The coin size can be varies from 0.01 credits to 1.00 credits and you can play up to 15 coins per payline. The maximum total bet per spin is 300 credits, which will go down well with the high rollers. The payout table automatically adjusts to display the absolute payouts for the selected bet. All the regular Microgaming functionalities have been included.