2016 Gladiators

2016 Gladiators Slot Machine Review

2016 Gladiators is an energetic and testosterone-fueled slot machine from Endorphina, all about male sports stars. From fencing to weightlifting, gymnastics to volleyball, all sports are represented by colorful competitors and game icons.

Dramatic music accompanies your spins, adding to the energetic, athletic atmosphere, while sports commentary or sound effects signal a winning spin. With 21 paylines, wild symbols, scatters, free games and a gamble feature, there are plenty of ways to win a trophy and join the gladiators!

Sports Betting at Its Finest

Before you hit the starting line, take a moment to select your sports bets. You can play from 1 to 21 pay lines and change your bet per pay line by clicking on the “Bet” button to work your way through the coin values starting at 1 and going up to 100. These options give you a minimum bet per spin of 1 credit and a maximum bet of 2,100 credits.

Other options to enhance your gaming experience include a Turbo Boost button to speed up the spins, while the Autoplay button will spin the reels automatically until you press Stop.

Whenever you get a matching combination of 3 or more symbols, you are awarded a payout. You will need to select ‘Take Winnings’ to bank your money, but you can also choose to gamble your winnings for the chance to double your money – or potentially lose it.

If you want to take the chance, you can select ‘take risk’ to play a simple card game. This is a traditional Beat the Dealer game where you are faced with one face-up card – the dealer’s – and a series of face-down cards. Simply pick a face down card and if it has a higher value than the dealer’s, you double your money and if it has a lower value, you lose your money for that spin. It is up to you to decide how lucky you feel!

Payouts from the Sports Stars

2016 Gladiators is full of male sports stars participating in various sports, from football to basketball. The symbols have the potential to pay some impressive rewards, with the football hero paying the most with up to 300,000 credits for 5 matching symbols on an active payline, 50,000 credits for 4 symbols and 10,000 credits for 3 symbols. The second highest paying symbols are the basketball and volleyball players, both of which pay 100,000 credits for 5 symbols, while the third tier of symbols to look out for are the swimmer and gymnast, both of which pay 50,000 credits for 5 symbols.

The symbols associated with different sports are the lower paying symbols with the Boxing Gloves paying 25,000 credits for 5 symbols, the Fencing Helmet and the Dumbbells both paying 12,500 credits and the Ping Pong Bat and the Shuttlecock both paying 10,000 credits for 5 matching symbols.

An important symbol to look out for is the colorful laurel wreath, which is the wild symbol. This laurel wreath substitutes for all other symbols in the game except the scatter to create more potential winning combinations. This symbol came up quite often during our gaming session and made a good difference to our bankroll.

Flaming Scatters Give 50 Free Spins

The Flames symbol is the scatter in this game (we assume it is the Olympic flame?) and awards a variety of free spins to the most athletic slots players. 3 scatters triggers 10 free spins, 4 scatters triggers 20 free spins and 5 scatters triggers a massive 50 free spins. This has the potential to make the biggest difference to your game as 50 free spins can turn into a lot of coins! Unfortunately, we did not activate this round during our play as we only saw two scatters at a time. But keep your eyes peeled for the flames as this could make all the difference to your sporting experience.

During the free spins round, all payouts attract a 2x multiplier, plus a laurel wreath is awarded to the most popular athlete on each spin. This symbol becomes wild and stays in place for the next spin. This feature is interesting, if a bit complicated, and can award lots of extra wilds on each free spin.

Basic Sporty Action but No Gold Medal

This slot has a fun theme that fits in well with the excitement of the 2016 Olympics – except for the odd lack of female athletes. The music and athletic sound effects create excitement and a good atmosphere, and there are some impressive potential payouts.

However, the low number of scatters we saw per spin means that the bonus feature is rarely triggered unless we are particularly unlucky. The information page describing the bonus feature is also woefully badly written, so you have to jump in and start playing the game to understand how it works for yourself. The wild symbols appear frequently enough to boost wins, but despite some good intentions, this game failed to light our Olympic torch.