Lost Riches of El Dorado Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Lost Riches of El Dorado Review

Every developer needs to have at least one Book of ... mechanic release under their belt, and Hurricane Games can now safely cross that one off their bucket list. Lost Riches of El Dorado is not a spectacular ‘book’ debut in any way, but it’s a high-quality production that throws a few innovative extras into the mix. Nothing major in that regard, but combined with a solid 10,000x potential it may raise some eyebrows amongst Book connoisseurs.

The game follows the ‘Book slot’ blueprint in most regards, but the Cash Bonus consolation prize you get when only 2 scatters land is done in a fun and “bookish” way. Having the option to reshuffle the chosen symbol is always nice, and we also like how it’s upgraded by each retrigger. There might not be enough here to take ‘Book of’ fans by storm, but it’s a competent release with several things that elevates it above more run-of-the-mill efforts.

Lost Riches of El Dorado Slot - Reels Screen

Lost Riches of El Dorado Slot Features

The premium symbols pay between 50 and 500 x your stake, and the Explorer is the top-tier symbol as is usually the case with ‘Book slots’. The Book serves double duty as both wild and scatter, which is also fairly standard stuff, and as a wild it steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combinations.

As a scatter, you need 3, 4 or 5 books in view anywhere on the same spin to trigger the Bonus Round.

This awards 10 free spins no matter what, as well as an up-front scatter payout of 2, 20 or 200 x your stake, respectively. The Book then opens up to choose the special Expanding Symbol randomly, and you have 1 reshuffle if you’re not happy with the result.

You need only 2 premium expanding symbols anywhere to win, while 3 is required if a royal symbol is chosen. The expanding symbols don’t need to land adjacent to generate the expanding symbol win, and it comes after the regular win calculation has finished. Landing 3+ scatters retriggers the feature with +10 spins, and the expanding symbol is also upgraded to the next tier.

A near-miss Cash Bonus feature triggers when you land only 2 book scatters on the same spin or free spin. One book scatter reveals a random pay symbol, while the other scatter reveals a cash prize.

The cash prize is then transferred to each chosen symbol in view, and you win the total sum.

On a final note, non-UK players can purchase the bonus round for 80x the total stake, and this guarantees 3+ book scatters on the spin that follows. If the bonus buy is not available in your jurisdiction, you can always switch on the Super Stake ante bet to double both your bonus round chances and your cost per spin.

The 200 Spins Lost Riches of El Dorado Slot Experience

You get to see the Cash Bonus feature in the base game, before we trigger the bonus round at 1:22 into the 3-minute highlights video. We got the medium tier treasure chest symbol as our special chosen symbol, and we decided not to shuffle. You can see for yourself how much we got away with by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

Hurricane Games has not set out to revolutionize the popular ‘Book of’ genre with what amounts to their ‘Book of’ debut effort, but they’ve bolted on a few extras to spice things up a bit. The near-miss Cash Bonus feature is a nice top-up consolation prize if nothing else, and having the option to reshuffle for a new, and hopefully better, chosen symbol is also a nice touch.

We’ve seen similar things before, of course, so the only real innovation here is the Cash Bonus prize and perhaps the fact that bonus round retriggers upgrade the chosen symbol to the next tier. Visually, the game looks polished enough, and it’s refreshing to be outdoors instead of being cooped up in yet another dusty Egyptian tomb. The 10,000x potential is another strong selling point, and it might tip the scale in favor of Lost Riches of El Dorado compared to many similar Ra clones.

Pros

• Near-miss 2 scatter Cash Bonus
• FS w/ chosen expanding symbol
• Can reshuffle chosen symbol once
• Retriggers upgrade the chosen symbol
• Win up to 10,000x your stake

Cons

• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges

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