They are vastly used in electronic chat rooms and instant messages, and some serious Internet publications. Despite their relatively recent emergence – in 1998, the witty and playful icons are deeply implanted in our life, and we cannot go back to not using them daily in our network etiquette.
In 2017 (funny to mention, but also the same month- August), both industry giants, NetEnt and Microgaming, released slot machines with emoticons as a theme.
Even though they were endowed with the same variance (Medium) and RTP (96.5/96.4%), EmotiCoins slot machine (by Microgaming) and Emoji Planet (by NetEnt) are totally different in their gameplay and features. A few years later, both these exciting creations, despite being colourful, with feel-good humorous elements, are not very popular at the casinos’ lobbies.
Regardless, these fantastical, silly, super amusing, instantly likable, and recognizable images are perfect symbols for Microgaming’s slot machine. Besides the maximum payout of 92 000 coins, Extra Wilds (Wild Blast) and Free Spins with Sticky Wilds.
Check this eye-catching, energetic slot in the free DEMO version on our site, and LOL!
Personal testers’ opinion about EmotiCoins slot
The gameplay of EmotiCoins is penny-plain with no elaborate features (no multipliers, no re-triggers, and no multilevel). The paytable is awfully cheap for such a funny game. The 2 top symbols (Wilds and Scatters) pay the decent 50x and 100x the bet, respectively, for 5OAK. The other symbols are scantier, and all this shabbiness is exhibited during the base game, where almost every win is smaller than the bet size. Therefore instead of being pleased with the statistical probability of 44% getting any winning (which is a perfect figure), we can only conclude that the EmotiCoins slot machine balance increase in the main game is improbable.
According to statistics, the Free Spins are initiated averagely frequently, 0.74% according to statistics, i.e. after every 135th spin should be expected one bonus round. Unfortunately, there too, you should not anticipate massive payouts. Our wins in the bonus rounds were in the range of 50x – 180x total bets during testing. The game deserves slightly but still positive recommendations for betting with bonus money, as it scored 5.39 (out of 10) points – above the middle of the wagering fulfillment line.
Hidden parameters and settings of EmotiCoins slot (data from the testing team)
- The frequency of triggering the bonus is statistically, every 135th spin (0,74%).
- The probability of a hit (any winning) is 43,46%.
- The distribution of the winnings is 53% in the main game and 47% in the bonus feature.
- The maximum payout during the tests was 180x.
- The average winning from the bonus was 51x.
- Volatility is 5,31 out of 20 (average).
- The cycle length is average.
- The rating of the slot machine for the wagering is 5,39 out of 10.
- RTP of 96.5% allows getting a positive mathematical expectation at the casino.
Bonus features
Free Spins
3+ Scatters will trigger the bonus round, consisting of fixed 10 Free Spins. One symbol will turn into Wild during this round in turns (every other spin and other position), 1 symbol will turn into Wild. The generated Wilds (game logo) become sticky and remain till the end of the Free Spins. The bonus round cannot be re-triggered.
Wild Blast
During the main game only, the Wild Blast function gets randomly activated. The slot blasts 5 Wilds in different positions and different reels in the frame of 1 spin, which is a guaranteed win.
Settings
- Provider – Microgaming company
- The number of reels is 5
- The playing lines are 30
- The range of the rate sizes is from 0.30 to 300
- The maximum payoff is 92 000 coins
- The Wild symbol – yes
- Scatter – yes
- Bonus rotations – yes
- Bonus game – yes
