Book Of Maya

If you want to get a chance to go on a Mayan exploration adventure, then the Book of Maya slot, available at Novomatic casinos, is a good place to do it. It has a fun, animated style of graphics and a gameplay style that focuses on lots of easy wins on the lower end of the pay table with real chances to hit some serious payouts. This game also has an extra side bet that increases your value and your payout rate that you should always keep activated to make sure that you get the best RTP percentage available overall.

Game Layout

The layout of this game has 10 paylines that pay from left to right only across five vertical reels and three horizontal rows. Bets start as low as $0.40 per spin, which comes out to $0.04 per payline, but you'll want to double your bet size with the extra side bet, so the true minimum for playing this game is $0.80 per turn. That's a little higher than what most other slots have as their minimum bet size, so if you're not comfortable playing for that much, then we'll recommend that you find another game that better fits what you're comfortable with. Note that we'll explain what this side bet actually does for you down below.

We also want to point out that all of the payouts are based on how much you're wagering, so you'll multiply your total bet size (including the extra bet) by the values that we give below to find your total pays for the different winning combinations.

Scattered Book Symbol

The Book of Maya symbol is green on a red background with golden inscriptions and a big, red jewel right in the middle of it. This is the scatter symbol, and you can get some decent payouts from it. The top scatter payout is 100x for five of a kind, and you can also earn a 10x win for four of a kind. Three of the scatter, no matter which positions or which reels they show up on, will give you a simple 1x prize.

Free Spins With Expanding Symbols

Three or more of the scatter symbol activates a set of 10 free spins with a special expanding symbol. This symbol is chosen at random when the feature starts, and it'll have a golden background to it during the feature to point out which symbol it is. The basic idea is that your payouts are given normally on each free spin, and then the special symbols will expand to give you whatever extra payouts they offer.

If you have the extra bet activated, a re-spin feature happens at this point in the game where you get an extra chance to win on each free spin that includes at least one expanding special symbol. The special symbol reels hold in place, and the other reels spin again to give you a chance to pick up more expanding symbols. This makes it easier to fill the reels with the same symbol for some very serious additional payouts.

Key Payouts and Important Wins

The explorer is the main symbol on the regular pay table, and five of a kind of this guy in the hat will pay out 250x. This is like a 2,500x line bet win, so it's a pretty sizable prize. You can also score 100x for five of the green idol, and five of the golden idle or blue dragon head gets you 37.5x.

The card rank symbols start with a 7.5x win for five of the yellow A or red K symbols. They extend to the green Q symbol, the blue J and purple 10 for a 5x prize for five of a kind combinations on activated paylines.

In Summary

What the Book of Maya brings to the table is a medium-volatility gameplay style that uses a lot of two-of-a-kind combinations to keep the hit-rate relatively high while you shoot for the top jackpots or the free spins feature. Make sure that you keep the extra bet activated when you play this game to keep the return to player percentage as high as you can, and that will make sure that you get the best chances to win over the long run.

For players who do not feel comfortable with the $0.80 minimum bet per spin, there are other games with similar play styles that Novomatic has available.