Gladiator (Microgaming)

Gladiator is the first 50 line slot machine to be released by Microgaming. It is also their first game to offer 100 free spins as a bonus feature. With so many lines you almost always get a winning combination on each spin however the win is often less than your bet. This makes for a very low variance game.

As you would expect, the game has a Roman theme. There is no wild symbol but there are two different ways to hit the top prize of 5,000 coins as well as an interesting pay we have not seen before online. There is a wild symbol but there is no separate pay - lining up five awards the same 5,000 coin prize.

The two top paying symbols are the Gladiator and the Maiden. The twist is that if you line up any mixture of these symbols you still win - up to 2,000 coins for five mixed symbols. Apart from the 5,000 and 2,000 coin jackpots the rest of the wins are all 1,000 coins or below. The lowest five symbol pay is 50 coins.

The free spins are activated by hitting 3, 4 or five scattered shields. The good news is that you get 100 free games. The bad news is that there is no win multiplier and the free games cannot be re-triggered. Still with 100 free games you are sure to get a good amount of entertainment from every bonus win.

Gladiator offers a very wide range of betting options. There are five coin sizes to choose from (1¢, 2¢, 5¢, 10¢, 20¢)and you have the option to bet between one and ten coins per line. This means if you are planning on betting max that you are looking at between $5 and $100 per spin. Of course you can play less than 10 coins per line so in reality you can be spinning all lines for just 50¢.

In the end Gladiator is a good game if you are looking for a very low variance game - that is a game where you will get a very frequent amount of small wins and with a bit of luck the occasional big win.