John Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen

Giza's pyramids frame the reels in the Tomb of the Scarab Queen, the third outing in Pragmatic Play's series for adventurer John Hunter, played across a grid of five reels and three rows with 25 fixed paylines and bets from 0.25 to 125. An Egyptian-flavoured score plays over a desert backdrop as J through A royals share space with leather bags, revolvers, the god Anubis and John Hunter himself, the top payer at 32x the bet for five across a line. Cleopatra fills the wild role, appearing on every reel except the first.

A Money Collect mechanic drives much of the game: scarab symbols carrying cash values can land on reels one through four, and when a collect scarab lands on reel five alongside them, one of five outcomes fires. A plain Collect adds up everything showing; an Extra Credit Collect tops up every value first; a Multiplier Collect can multiply the total by as much as 25x; an Expanding Collect grows every Money Symbol to cover its whole reel, creating more of them in the process; and a Respin Collect holds the Money Symbols in place while the remaining reels spin again for a shot at extra ones.

Three scatters landing together across the three central reels open the bonus, starting the player off with 8 free spins, and the Money Collect mechanic keeps running throughout, feeding a growing pot shown in the corner of the screen rather than paying out immediately. Once the spins are used up, an oversized scarab money symbol covers the first four reels and the fifth spins alone — if a collect symbol turns up there, the entire pot is released, multipliers included, which is how wins can reach into five figures. Three more scatters during the round add another 8 spins, again with no limit on retriggers.

Volatility is rated medium at 3.5 out of 5, and RTP defaults to 96.5% with 95.5% and an unusually low 90.02% configuration also in circulation. Maximum win is 10,500x the bet.