Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT!

Neon Valley Studios built Queen of Alexandria WOWPOT! for Microgaming's WOWPOT! jackpot network, setting a classic pays-both-ways format against an Ancient Egypt backdrop. The 5-reel, 10-payline grid is rendered semi-transparent, letting a painted scene of old Giza show through behind it, complete with pillars, palm trees and pyramids, while four jackpot values sit displayed alongside the reels.

A win needs three or more matching symbols in a row, and because the game reads both directions at once, a line can build starting from reel 1 heading right or from reel 5 heading left. Betting runs from 0.10 to 200 per spin, and a bigger stake improves the odds of triggering a spin on the jackpot wheel.

Five glowing crystal symbols, each carrying an Egyptian icon, make up the lower end of the paytable, with a lucky sevens symbol and a golden cat marked 'BAR' above them. A five-symbol line pays 2.5x to 25x the stake, and because the game pays both ways, a full line landing in both directions doubles that return.

Cleopatra serves as the wild, landing only on reels 2, 3 or 4. When she appears, the wild expands to cover the entire reel, substitutes for the regular paying symbols, and triggers a respin during which any full-reel wild stays locked in place. A fresh wild landing during a respin adds another respin, and the chain can run for up to three respins in a row, meaning all three middle reels can end up wild at once.

Small diamond icons act as the progressive trigger, appearing on any symbol tile across reels 2, 3 or 4 but never on a respin or on the wild itself. Collecting them can set off a spin of the progressive wheel, which always lands on one of four jackpots: mini, minor, major or WOWPOT!, seeded at a minimum of 10, 100, 50,000 and 2 million respectively.

The RTP is 92.5%, lower than most online slots, reflecting the game's jackpot contribution. Neon Valley Studios rates volatility as medium, and a winning combination lands roughly 21.69% of the time, keeping the base game ticking over between jackpot chances.