Play Happy Holidays Online This Christmas

Microgaming has not released a Christmas themed online pokie this year, so players at Australian online casinos will have to go back to the earlier releases. Happy Holidays was launched in 2015 and is an excellent choice. It has some of the gaming features from the branded video slot Terminator 2. It also depicts a white Christmas, something Australians do not experience in their country.

The background to the reels of this 243 ways to win online pokie depicts quaint cottages with snow all around. All the symbols are thematic and are crafted in considerable detail to make them come alive. The high paying symbols are a girl on Santa’s lap reading her wish list; children unwrapping their gifts; children building a snowman; children sledding down a snowy slope and a decorated Christmas tree in the open. The low paying symbols are stocking, turkey, gingerbread house and a platter of cookies. The game logo awards the top line payouts and is also the wild symbol. As usual it does not substitute for the scatter symbol but it also does not substitute for the snowman symbol. The Frosty Feature can be randomly triggered in any winless spin in the base game. The high paying symbols on the reels award a special cash payout.

The bauble is the scatter symbol. It awards payouts multiplied by the total bet when two or more appear anywhere on the reels. Three or more scatter symbols trigger the free spins feature in the normal course. However, if the Frosty Feature has been activated in any spin then only one bauble is sufficient to trigger the free spins. You will be awarded 10 free spins irrespective of the number of bauble symbols in the trigger. In this feature a fourth row of symbols will be added to the reels, so you play with 1024 ways to win. During the free spins the snowman will substitute for one of the other high paying symbols so as to form the highest paying combination.

You can select the line bet that you want through a combination of coin size and number of coins. The top line bet is AU$2. The total bet per spin is 30 times the line bet, which is a fair call given the number of features available. The maximum total bet per spin works out to AU$60 and this should bring in high roller players. Happy Holidays can be played at Microgaming powered Australian online casinos like Casino Mate, Royal Vegas and Ruby Fortune.