Free slot: The Haunted Circus

How The Haunted Circus works

Fascinated by the colorful world of the circus and stories of haunted castles and curses? Then we've got the slot for you! The Haunted Circus is a slot developed and published by online gaming provider Hacksaw Gaming. It has been available at many online casinos since May 2020. The theme of the circus is emphasized, with mysterious characters and a decor reminiscent of this burlesque universe. The Haunted Circus features a 5x4 format, which means 5 reels with 4 symbols. To win, the objective is to make connections with identical symbols on at least the first 3 reels. This slot has no paylines but uses the Ways System, detailed below. The Haunted Circus has a bonus feature, including a magic wheel containing an incredible jackpot!

There are some interesting features on The Haunted Circus. In the base game, the main attraction is the presence of a wild represented by a hat that replaces any symbol. This symbol, when involved in a connection, is accompanied by a multiplier ranging from x2 to x5. It will affect the winnings from that connection and will allow you to win huge amounts of money. If more than one wild appears on the same round, then the product of the 2 multipliers will be your total multiplier.

The Haunted Circus symbols

The Haunted Circus contains many symbols that need to be connected in order to win. They are divided into 2 categories: classic symbols and premium symbols.

The Classic symbols are the ones that appear most often and pay the least. They are represented by the highest values in a pack of cards, namely the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. The classic symbols all have the same value.

The Haunted Circus also contains rarer symbols: these are called premium symbols. These are harder to connect but pay much more. They are represented by circus characters, including

• the pin-up girl

• the green man

• Snake charmer

• Mr Muscles

The following image shows the payout range for each symbol in The Haunted Circus slot game (€1 bet).

The Haunted Circus' different connections

As explained above, wins will be awarded in The Haunted Circus if you manage to connect between 3 and 5 identical symbols on the reels from left to right.

A special feature of this slot is that there are no predefined paylines. In fact, on The Haunted Circus the connections are adjacent, which means that the simple presence of the same symbol on the first 3 reels is enough to validate a connection.

The following image gives you a better understanding of this connection system with an example of a valid connection at the top and an invalid connection at the bottom. Thanks to this technology, The Haunted Circus offers 1,024 different ways to connect.

The Haunted Circus Bonus Feature

The Haunted Circus features a bonus feature that is triggered when 3 or more scatters, represented by a golden ticket containing the bonus entry, appear on the same game spin. These tickets give you access to a wheel full of surprises that could potentially land you the incredible €2,500,000 jackpot!

This wheel contains 3 tiers and the slider will determine your reward. You have the opportunity to win free spins, multipliers or an arrow that will give you access to the top tier of the wheel which contains bigger payouts. If you manage to get 3 arrows, you win the jackpot!

The multiplier can be as high as x1000 on the last level and you can get up to 25 free spins**. These add some wilds to the reels and you have the chance to retrigger if you see at least 3 Free Spins symbols appear simultaneously.

Our review of The Haunted Circus

The Haunted Circus is considered by many to be one of the best slots from the Hacksaw Gaming provider. This slot has many qualities that make the game experience very different from other online games. The multipliers present in the base game prevent boredom and many connections are possible thanks to the 1,024 ways that The Haunted Circus contains in the base game and during the free spins.

The bonus wheel makes this feature very interesting, with the exceptional jackpot of €2,500,000 in sight! This slot is considered by the provider to be very volatile, however it has a low payout ratio (RTP) of only 94.83%.