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Deal or No Deal TV game show was a huge hit across the globe, especially in the UK. In the Land of the Long White Cloud, the show aired for 2 seasons. My friend from Auckland did not care much for Jeremy Corbett. He was more interested in the lovely ladies presenting the briefcases.
In Evolution’s Deal or No Deal, you also have a male host and a girl presenting the briefcases. The banker is behind the scenes, offering potential wins for the current round. It is up to you whether you want to take the deal or not.
You begin playing the Deal or No Deal pokie by entering a classic 3×3 slot machine. Here, you will find some familiar icons present in most one-armed bandits. Apart from the bar and the triple-bar symbols, you will come across lucky seven.
Triple lucky sevens and cherries are also to be found on the reels, as well as the dark phone the banker uses to call the host. Wilds come with 2x and 5x multipliers. The Wild Multipliers will help you boost your base game wins up to 75x. The logo is the Scatter that triggers the Deal or No Deal Bonus game.
The qualification phase begins with a classic 3×3 pokie, where you benefit from 5 fixed paylines. To win a payout, you need 3 matching symbols on a payline, it’s as simple as that. The betting range is extremely wide. You can bet as low as $0.10 and as high as $1,000 per spin.
To qualify for the Bonus, you need to land 3 Scatters on the reels. Sometimes, Scatters can come with win multipliers of up to 10x. All multipliers are added together and the total multiplier boosts the value of all briefcases. If a Scatter appears on a reel, it activates the Nudges feature.
Scatters nudge 1 position down for every next spin until they are removed from the grid. Nudging Scatters give you bigger chances of triggering the Deal or No Deal Bonus. Deal or No Deal RTP is 96.04%.
When it comes to additional features, you will enjoy the Top-Up phase and, of course, the Deal or No Deal Bonus round. In the Top-Up phase, you will have a chance to boost the values of the briefcases, while the Deal or No Deal Bonus is where you battle for the final payout.
When you land 3 Scatters on the reels, you qualify for the Deal or No Deal Bonus round. Now, since the Bonus round goes live, you will have to wait for a certain period of time to enter the Bonus. You can use the time you have to go through the Top-Up phase.
You have 16 briefcases carrying different cash values. Now, for a price of 1 spin, you can select the briefcase you want to boost and spin the money wheel, which carries 5x-50x multipliers.
You can repeat the process as many times as you want, or as much as the time allows you. The boosted values of the briefcases will be carried to the Deal or No Deal Bonus round.
When the Deal or No Deal Bonus round begins, you get to meet the host. If the Bonus round was triggered by Multiplier Scatters, all multipliers are applied to the briefcases. A randomly chosen briefcase will be placed on the table next to the host, while the remaining briefcases will be displayed behind him.
Briefcases in the background are revealed in batches. Once a briefcase is revealed, it is removed from the list, and you compete for the remaining ones. Now, before each display, the banker offers you a sum that you can walk away with even before you reach the final suitcase.
The main question is whether the final briefcase is a valuable one. So, it is up to you to decide whether you want to take the risk or not. I tried the Bonus round several times and I went all the way twice. My wins were 25x and 50x the bet.
The Deal or No Deal pokie offers 3 different spin modes. The normal spin mode is set by default. If you activate the XXXtreme Spins, it will cost you 15x the bet. This mode guarantees 1 Scatter per spin and doubles your chances of getting Multiplier Scatters.
The Super XXXtreme Spins mode gives you 2 guaranteed Scatters per spin and triples your chances of getting Multiplier Scatters. The Super XXXtreme Spins mode costs 75x the bet.
Deal or No Deal was a popular TV game show back in the day. Evolution did a remarkable job with the live pokie version and I am certain it will be a huge hit, just like other similar game shows coming from Evolution’s creative kitchen.
What I love the most about the Deal or No Deal pokie is the tension of expecting the Bonus stage.
The Top-Up stage provides you with an opportunity to boost the briefcase values but this does not guarantee anything.
However, this can also be very frustrating, especially when you wait for the Bonus round a bit longer than you expected.
Then, you invest in the wrong briefcases and win less than your investment. Fortunately for me, this did not occur frequently. I would rate Deal or No Deal 7.9.
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