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SANTA’S STACK DREAM DROP SLOT REVIEW

The Santa’s Stack Dream Drop slot created by Relax Gaming has a 8 x 8-reel grid and comes with up to 94.00% RTP and a high variance level. As is revealed by the game’s title, this slot comes with a festive theme.

Players can therefore expect to encounter Santa, the elf and reindeer on the reels, all Christmas-associated symbols when spinning the game’s 8 reels. Santa’s Stack Dream Drop uses the cluster pays mechanic hence there aren’t any paylines to talk about.

GAME LAYOUT

Beautifully decorated snow-covered streets provide the background graphics to the Santa’s Stack Dream Drop game. The Dream Drop live jackpot tab is placed on the extreme left-hand side of the screen while the game’s reel grid is tucked into the centre section.

PAYTABLE
SYMBOLS	ON A PAY LINE
	60+	50+	40+	30+	20+	15+	12+	10+	9+	8+	7+	6+	5+
Santa	2000	200	60	20	8	6	2.60	1.80	1.20	0.80	0.60	0.40	0.20
Grandma	800	110	36	13	5.40	3.00	1.60	0.90	0.70	0.50	0.34	0.20	0.10
The elf	600	100	34	12	5	3	1.60	0.90	0.70	0.50	0.34	0.20	0.10
Reindeer	400	90	32	11	4.60	3.00	1.60	0.90	0.70	0.50	0.34	0.20	0.10
Red bulb	250	32	11	4.60	2.80	1.80	1.20	0.60	0.40	0.24	0.16	0.10	0.04
Green bulb	200	30	10	4	2.60	1.80	1.20	0.60	0.40	0.24	0.16	0.10	0.04
Blue bulb	150	28	9	3.40	2.40	1.80	1.20	0.60	0.40	0.24	0.16	0.10	0.04

SYMBOLS

Santa’s Stack Dream Drop slot game features the following reel symbols: Santa, grandma, the elf, reindeer, and different coloured light bulbs. The symbols have a pixelated type sprite appearance.

BONUSES 

• Wild: The red ‘W’ icon acts as the game’s substituting symbol.
• Scatter: The Christmas tree symbol acts as Santa’s Stack Dream Drop scatter icon.
• Secret Santa Re-Spin Feature: When a wild feature is in a winning cluster, the Secret Santa Re-Spin Feature triggers. Once it triggers, the winning symbols are transformed into mystery symbols. A respin is then awarded but the transformed mystery symbols remain as is in their positions during the respin. If a winning cluster appears adjacent to the mystery symbols during the respin, the winning symbols in the new cluster also transform into mystery icons and an additional respin is awarded. When the feature ends, all the mystery symbols will reveal the same symbol.

• Free Spins Feature: Five free spins are awarded when players trigger the free spins feature. The feature triggers once players land three scatters on the same spin. Players ought to note however that each scatter beyond the third awards an extra free spin. The Secret Santa feature is always active during this round meaning wild icons are guaranteed to land at the start of each spin. When additional scatters land during the feature, players scoop any of the following: one additional free spin, a 1x multiplier or a combination of an extra free spin and a 1x multiplier.

• Dream Drop Bonus: There are five jackpots which players playing Santa’s Stack Dream Drop stand a chance of winning. These jackpots can be won only when the Dream Drop Bonus activates. The beauty of this bonus round is that it triggers randomly on any spin. Upon activation of the Dream Drop Bonus, 15 icons are presented on the screen and the player has to randomly pick any of them until three reveal the same jackpot value. It is that jackpot value that players in turn win. The jackpots that players stand a chance of winning include the mega, major, maxi, midi or rapid.

CLOSING

An exciting thing to note about the Santa’s Stack Dream Drop slot game is that on each spin, players stand a chance of landing a max payout of 20,000x the bet made. More impressive is that the dream drop jackpots incorporated in this slot can be won once the jackpot round triggers – this jackpot round triggers randomly on any spin.

Overall this is a great XMAS themed slot machine from Reflex Gaming with some big pay-outs on offer.