Santa Paws

Released for Christmas 2007, Santa Paws is a festive theme game with a North Pole twist. The Polar bear is santa hence the name of the game. A 20 line video slot the game also has a free spin bonus where you can really boost your winning chances.

Like most video slot released these days you can bet more than one credit per line. Santa Paws lets you play up to 10 credits per line giving you a 200 coin max bet. All line wins are multiplied by your line bet so the more coins you play the bigger the potential wins. Coin sizes start at one cent.

During normal play the polar bear is wild and acts like joker for all symbols with the exception of the scattered penguins. Lining up five polar bears on any active line pays the top prize of 4000 credits multiplied by your line bet. If you are playing max bet this will pay 40000 credits.

Hitting three or more scattered penguin symbols gives you 12 free spins. There are a couple of additions to the common free spins feature. The first is a random win multiplier. At the end of any win on the free games you are given a multiplier of between 2 and 7 times.

To make things even better the rudolf whale symbol becomes a wild symbol during the free spins. This means that you have more chances at hitting the biggest jackpot. The maximum possible single spin win on the free games is a big 280,000 coins for five wild symbols with the 7X multiplier.

Santa Paws is a great festive theme game from Microgaming. It is always great to see a game with something a little different and the random multiplier and extra wilds definitely makes Santa Paws stand out.