The Magic Orb: Hold & Win Slot Review

The Magic Orb: Hold & Win Slot Overview

The Magic Orb: Hold & Win is a new casino slot from iSoftBet, where we go to a very magical and enchanting place. It's a 7X7 reel setup that we're introduced to here, where the game provider has among other things added their lucrative Hold & Win mechanic. A mechanic that most players have become familiar with over the years, where we have slots like Outback Gold: Hold & Win and Colossus: Hold & Win. This time around, players can enjoy a substantial increase in the potential maximum win, which now is 20776X the bet. Let's visit this site and find out what you can expect to see during the spins.

The Magic Orb: Hold & Win is a video slot from iSoftBet that features 7 reels and 7 rows. You create a winning combination by landing a cluster of 5 or more with the same symbol type. You can choose between making a Min.bet of 0.20 and a Max.bet of 20. The game's RTP is 95.94% and by utilizing the game's Super Bet, this RTP increases to 96.04%. The Magic Orb: Hold & Win has a hit frequency of 32.0% and a medium/high volatility. You activate the Free Drops Hit on average at 1 in 376 spins and during the spins you can win up to 20776X the bet.

Within this gaming adventure among mysterious orbs, we can scoop up some big wins with the help of some exciting features. The features are Cascade, Wild Symbol, Super Bet, Free Drops, Hold & Win Respins and Magic Orb.

The Magic Orb: Hold & Win Slot Information

The design of the game is based on a crystal ball theme, where we find ourselves in a desolate place on the prairie. In the background you can see a pair of cairns with a purple-blue shimmer surrounding them. You can play this slot on all the devices notepads, desktops and mobiles. You create a winning combination by landing 5 or more of the same symbol type in a cluster. When you create a win, the cascade feature is activated, whereby the symbols involved disappear from the reels and then new symbols fall down to cover the empty positions.

The lower paying symbols are gems in the colors green, blue, orange and purple. The higher paying symbols are gems surrounded by gold in the colors green, blue, red and purple. The game's wild symbol consists of a purple W and during the spins you can also land Magic Orb, scatter and coin symbols. Let's find out what the features do.

The Magic Orb: Hold & Win Slot Features

What is the max win in the slot The Magic Orb: Hold & Win?

You can win up to 20776X the bet.

What features are available in the slot The Magic Orb: Hold & Win?

The features are Cascade, Wild Symbol, Super Bet, Free Drops, Hold & Win Respins and Magic Orb.

Cascade

When you spin the reels and create a winning combination, the Cascade feature is activated. Then all symbols that were part of the winning combination will disappear from the reels and new symbols will fall down to cover the empty positions. This continues as long as new wins are created.

Wild Symbol

The game's wild symbol helps to create more winning combinations by substituting for other paying symbols.

Super Bet

You can choose to activate the Super Bet by paying 25% extra of your bet size. When the Super Bet is activated, you will land Magic Orbs more frequently.

Free Drops

If you land 3 scatter symbols at the same time, the Free Drops feature is activated, but you can also activate this bonus game through the Magic Orb feature. You are then greeted with free drops, and you also get to enjoy a win multiplier. This win multiplier will increase by 1X with each cascade that occurs, and it stays during the spins, where there is no limit on how big it can get. The Magical orb can activate any of its six modifiers during the spins.

Hold & Win Respins

By landing 5 or more scatter symbols, the Hold & Win Respins feature is activated. You can also activate this feature by landing a Magic Orb to trigger it. You will then be moved to a new location where only coin or blank symbols can land, and here you start with 3 respins and every time a coin symbol lands on the reels, your respins are reset to 3 again. The coins have no values, but by collecting different amounts of them, you will be able to take part in one of the game's jackpots. You are always guaranteed to receive at least the game's Mini Jackpot of 20X. By collecting 15-, 30- or 40-coin symbols, you will receive the Major (50X), Maxi (100X) and Mega (250X) respectively.

Magic Orb

During your spins, a Magic Orb will be placed on the middle positon. It can have different properties which are and do the following:

Transform = This will transform one symbol type into another.

Wild = This will place extra wild symbols on the reels.

Multiplier = This will give you a multiplier of 2X, 3X, 5X or 10X for the current spin.

Destruction = All paying symbols, except for one type is removed.

Hold & Win = This activates the Hold & Win Respins feature.

Free Drops = This activates the Free Drops feature.

The Magic Orb: Hold & Win Slot Conclusion

The Hold & Win mechanic is certainly something that has been enjoyed on numerous previous occasions, where its entertaining gameplay has been applied to many different themes. This time, iSoftBet takes the leap away from an usually 5X3 reel setup, to using a 7X7 reel setup. It is clusters of 5 or more of the same symbol type that generate a win and when this occurs, a cascade feature is also activated. This can result in a spin lasting for an extended period of time and it is within the Free Drops feature that the cascade feature really gets to shine. There, each cascade that occurs will result in a win multiplier increasing by 1X, which can help give huge boosts to the wins towards the end of the spins. Something that adds a lovely touch to the spins, are the game's Magic Orbs. These can give a temporary multiplier of up to 10X at the current spin, sprinkle out wild symbols, transform symbols or remove all but one symbol type from the reels. It can also instantly activate either the Free Drops or Hold & Win Respins feature.

It's a bigger grid than you're used to during the respins, whereby collecting coin symbols, you can activate different jackpots. The great thing about activating this feature is that you are at least guaranteed to activate the Mini Jackpot at 25X the bet. There is a good size that the RTP is within, where you can boost it slightly further by activating the Super Bet option. There is a nice variety of features and events that one can take part in during the spins, which gives the gaming experience a good mix. Its switch to a 7X7 reel setup where cluster pays, provides an extended entertainment to what one is otherwise used to seeing within their Hold & Win slots. There's nothing revolutionary that we're taking part of here, but a good composition of well-liked features, with this new reel setup and an incredibly high potential max win gives the game a sharpening.

The Magic Orb: Hold & Win is a slot that consists of a delightful mix of Free Drops, Hold & Win Respins, introducing a new game setup and a higher max win than what you are used to seeing from this game provider.