Sahara Nights Slot

Magic carpets at the ready, we’re off for an Arabian adventure in Sahara Nights, a 5 reel, 20 payline slot game from Yggdrasil Gaming. Superbly designed, it comes with some nifty extras too. In the base game look out for expanding wilds. Trigger the feature and you’ll receive 8, 12 or 16 free games complete with sticky expanding wilds. Play on all devices from between 10p and £100 per spin.



The Sultan’s opulent palace is the setting for Sahara Nights. On the reels you’ll see amber, green, blue and red gemstones. They’re joined by a goblet and dagger and members of the Sultan’s court. The Sultan himself is the best of the standard symbols. Land 2, 3, 4 or 5 of these in combination for a payout of 1, 2.5, 10 or 175 times your total stake.

The magic lamp is the wild. This can land on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. It substitutes for everything apart from the scatter. Sahara Nights comes with a Genie Wilds feature - the wild will expand to fill the whole of the reel of that expansion leads to the creation of another winning line.

There’s 1 other bonus feature in Sahara Nights but it offers plenty of potential. Land 3, 4 or 5 of the Free Spins scatter anywhere on the reels on the same spin and you’ll receive a payout equal to 1, 10 or 1,000 times your total stake. You’ll then go on to play 8, 12 or 16 free spins in the Free Spins feature.

Wilds are central to the action in the feature. Whenever 1 lands on the middle 3 reels, the Genie Wilds feature is triggered – the wild then expands to turn the whole of that reel wild. However, this extended wild will remain locked in position for any free spins you have left.

If you manage to land wilds on reels 2, 3 and 4, an extra 2 free spins are added to your total. Normal re-triggers are on offer too. Landing 3, 4 or 5 scatters adds another 8, 12 or 16 free spins as well as awarding cash prizes of 1, 10 or 1,000 times your stake.

We really liked Sahara Nights. The visuals are excellent, backed by a sweeping orchestral score. The gameplay is relatively simple but the stacked wilds can have a real impact, especially if you manage to land 3 of them in the Free Spins feature.

Get lucky there and these magic lamps could make your jackpot dreams come true – filling the reels with the Sultan will result in a 3,500 times stake win. If you get 3 fully wild reels in the feature (which are sticky), you will need to fill reels 1 and 5 with Sultans to get the maximum win. That’s easier than filling all 5 reels with Sultans obviously.

If you want genies and a similar theme, Treasures of the Lamps (by Playtech) and Genie Jackpots MegaWays (from Blueprint Gaming).