Book of Ra Deluxe Slot Review

Book of Ra Deluxe Slot Overview

Book of Ra Deluxe is Novomatic’s updated take on its famous Egyptian adventure slot. The game uses a 5x3 layout with up to 10 adjustable paylines and plays as a high volatility online slot. RTP sits around 95.1% on the standard version, though some setups use slightly different values. Max win ranges from a quoted 5000x on the top symbol to about 10035x in certain calculations, so the potential is serious if the bonus round behaves.

Book of Ra Deluxe Slot Information

Book of Ra Deluxe leans hard into ancient Egypt, with scarabs, Horus, pharaoh masks and an Indiana Jones‑style explorer on the reels. The reel set fills most of the screen, framed by temple columns and distant pyramids. Graphics are simple and quite retro, with chunky symbols and short looping sound effects that remind me of older land‑based machines. I find that old‑school feel fits this game’s straightforward gameplay.

Under the reels you set lines from 1 to 10 and tweak stake per line. Depending on version, total bet can run from about 0.10 credits up to 400 per spin, so both low‑stakes players and high rollers are covered. Controls are basic spin, autoplay, paytable and sound toggle, and the slot runs smoothly on mobile, tablet and desktop in either fun mode or real‑money play.

Symbols and paytable in Book of Ra Deluxe

The low end of the Book of Ra Deluxe paytable uses 10, J, Q, K and A, paying for three or more on a line. Premiums are scarab beetles, statues, Horus and Tutankhamun, plus the explorer, who is by far the best symbol. On a single payline five explorers pay up to 5000x line bet, and filling the screen with him during free spins can reach the headline wins you see in promo screens.

The Book of Ra symbol does double duty as wild and scatter. It substitutes for everything else to complete wins and pays even when it lands in scattered positions. Three or more books start the bonus round and also award their own payouts up to 200x total stake. I always check the in‑game paytable before playing for cash, as coin values and exact payouts can change between casino setups.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter, Wild
	5	x200
	4	x20
	3	x2
	5	x500
	4	x100
	3	x10
	2	x1
	5	x200
	4	x40
	3	x4
	2	x0.5
	5	x75
	4	x10
	3	x3
	2	x0.5
	5	x75
	4	x10
	3	x3
	2	x0.5
	5	x15
	4	x4
	3	x0.5
	5	x15
	4	x4
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5

Book of Ra Deluxe Bonus Features

Book of Ra Deluxe is built around its Free Games feature. Landing three or more Book of Ra symbols anywhere awards 10 free spins and a scatter payout. Some versions also apply a 2x multiplier to all wins in this round, which really helps the balance climb after a dry patch. You can re‑trigger another set of Free Games by hitting three or more books again during the feature.

Before the free spins start, one regular symbol is picked at random as a Special Expanding Symbol. Whenever enough of these land to form a win, they expand to cover whole reels. In some versions they pay even if they are not next to each other, so a screen full of expanding explorers across all ten lines is where that 5000x‑plus potential comes from.

After any win you get the option to gamble in a simple card game. You pick red or black; a correct guess doubles the payout, and you can press again to try doubling once more. Guess wrong and the whole amount vanishes. I tend to use this gamble feature only on smaller wins, keeping big hits safe in the bank.

Book of Ra Deluxe RTP and Volatility

On paper Book of Ra Deluxe has an RTP around 95.1%, a touch below the 96% many slots offer. Novomatic also supplies alternative setups near 94.26% or 95.5%, so house edge can range from about 4.9% to 5.74%. Over time that difference means the lower RTP version eats through a bankroll more than 20% quicker. I always check the game info screen in real‑money mode to see which percentage is in use before committing serious stakes.

This slot is classed as high volatility, with a hit rate around 30%, so you can expect plenty of dead spins punctuated by occasional bursts of action. I treat Book of Ra Deluxe as a grind towards those rare free‑spin setups that explode. For me that means smaller bets, enough funds for a few hundred spins, and not chasing losses if the bonus refuses to land in one session.

Book of Ra Deluxe Verdict

For me Book of Ra Deluxe works because it keeps things simple yet gives genuinely big hit potential through expanding symbols in Free Games. The theme is classic rather than flashy, and the lack of extra side features may bore some players, but as a high‑variance book slot it has earned its reputation. If you can live with the modest RTP and swings, this is a great choice for bonus‑hunt sessions.

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