About Carnival Queen
Carnival Queen is an online video slot developed by Thunderkick. It has four rows, six reels, and a staggering 4,096 paylines. It is inspired by the Mardi Gras festival primarily celebrated in New Orleans. The slot has a funky soundtrack with colorfully designed graphics. The reels are set against a background that depicts a crowded street. To the left and right are buildings with fairy lights. The symbols include characters donned in carnival-themed costumes and gradient-colored card symbols A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9. The top-paying standard icon is the king's crown.
This slot has a return to player ratio of 96.1%. Players can use the Autoplay option to set up consecutive spins without interruption. The slot awards payouts from left to right when adjacent matching icons appear on the reels. Six-of-a-kind across the reels earns the player 1x to 20x their stake.
Special Features
Carnival Queen incorporates remarkable features to the fun-filled gameplay, including progressive multipliers, bonus rounds with an indefinite number of re-triggers, and an avalanche feature. These features enhance the player’s winnings significantly. The glowing ‘W’ is the slot’s wild symbol, and it substitutes all other symbols except the scatter symbol, forming winning combinations that trigger the avalanche feature. All the winning symbols are replaced with new ones dropping from above, creating a potential winning streak. This chain reaction only ends when no more winning combinations appear on the reels. For every avalanche, the multiplier increases by x1. The slot’s scatter symbol, which triggers free spins, is a portrait of the Carnival Queen with 'BONUS' imprinted beneath it.
Bonus Feature
The bonus game feature is initiated when the player lands on three or more scatter symbols in the base game. Landing on 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols earns the player 12, 16, 20, or 24 free spins, respectively. Free spins can be re-triggered during the bonus round to an unlimited number. The player earns an extra three spins with two Scatters, and any additional Scatter grants the player three more spins.
The avalanche feature and the progressive multiplier come into play in the bonus round, giving the player excellent win potential. An added advantage is that when the player loses the free spins, the multiplier does not reset. Moreover, when the wild symbol lands on a losing free spin, it removes all icons in its vertical and horizontal rows. It replaces them with new ones, creating another chance for a winning combination and triggering the avalanche feature with an increasing multiplier.
