Free slot: Carnival Queen

How Carnival Queen works

Carnival Queen is a slot machine present in online casinos. It is published since February 2019 by the online games provider Thunderkick. The theme of the game is Carnival in a setting reminiscent of New Orleans, a city in the United States known for its jazz culture.

It is a classic grid game with a format of 6 vertical and 4 horizontal lines for 4,096 ways to win. Different symbols fall in a cascade. Symbols that are part of a winning combination are removed, the overall multiplier increases by 1 and new symbols appear in their place to hopefully form a new winning combination. Carnival Queen has a payout ratio of 96.1% and can be described as a medium volatility machine with a payout of up to 22,700 times its original bet.

The different symbols of Carnival Queen

13 different symbols can appear on the grid:

• the WILD symbol: it appears anywhere on the grid and replaces any other symbol except the Scatter.

• the masked woman as a scatter: she appears anywhere on the grid and triggers the free spins bonus feature when at least 3 of them are collected.

• the crown (pays x20 for 6 identical symbols).

• the pink-haired woman (pays x7.50 for 6 identical symbols).

• the man with dreadlocks (pays x2.50 for 6 identical symbols).

• the green-haired man (pays x2.20 for 6 identical symbols).

• the blue-haired woman (pays x2 for 6 identical symbols).

• the classic symbols A, K, Q, J, 10 and 9 (pay x1 to x1.70 for 6 identical symbols).

The different connections in Carnival Queen

There are many ways to win in Carnival Queen. In fact, there are up to 4,096 ways to win. To win, all you need to do is get between 3 and 6 identical symbols anywhere on the grid, adjacent to each other from left to right, as shown in the image below.

How the Carnival Queen bonus works

When at least 3 Scatter symbols land on the grid, the free spins bonus feature is triggered. 3, 4, 5 or 6 Scatters will award 12, 16, 20 or 24 free spins respectively. If 2 Scatter symbols land on the grid again during the free spins, 3 extra free spins are awarded and any additional Scatter symbol awards 3 extra free spins.

If no winning combination is possible, a WILD symbol explodes and eliminates all symbols in the vertical and horizontal line to which it belongs (except Scatter). Finally, the overall multiplier is not reset during the free spins and will therefore only increase throughout the bonus round for a higher winning potential.

Our opinion about Carnival Queen

Colourful and catchy, Carnival Queen at first glance has all the qualities to have a good time. If it uses the well-known stunt system of some popular slot machines such as Sweet Bonanza, we can however regret the lack of originality from the provider Thunderkick, usually inclined to fantasy. Indeed, apart from the WILDs and the global multiplier, the interest of this slot lies almost essentially in its free spins bonus with a tempting potential win of more than 22,000 times the initial bet.