Book of Ra Deluxe
Ten lines, one expanding special symbol and ten free games that can turn a whole reel set into the same picture. Novomatic's classic is in our lobby with its gamble feature intact.
The pokie that created an entire format
Before every studio had a book game, Novomatic had this one. Book of Ra Deluxe is the polished version of a cabinet title that spread from Austrian arcades to the whole world, and the format it invented is now a genre: five reels, three rows, a modest run of paylines, and one special symbol that behaves completely differently during the free games. If you have played a book pokie anywhere, you have played a descendant of this.
The Deluxe edition keeps the original's bluntness. There are no tumbling reels, no cluster pays, no Megaways counter climbing in the corner. You choose your lines and your line stake, you press the button, and the game either lines something up or it does not. For players who find modern pokies noisy, that restraint is the attraction. VegasNow also carries the companion edition, Book of Ra Magic, if you want the same idea on a bigger stage.
Set lines and line stake
Unlike a scatter pays game, this one splits your bet across up to 10 paylines. Your total stake is the line stake multiplied by the number of lines you have switched on, and both are adjustable on the bottom bar.
Spin the base game
Wins pay left to right along active lines. The explorer, the pharaoh and the scarab sit at the top of the table, with card ranks filling the lower end. Exact line values for your chosen stake are on the paytable screen.
Land the books
The book symbol is both scatter and key. Collect enough of them anywhere on the reels and the game awards 10 free games. The number of books you need is printed in the info panel.
Watch the special symbol get picked
Before the free games begin the game cycles through the symbol set and stops on one. For the rest of the round that symbol expands to fill whole reels when it lands in enough places, and it pays as though the positions were a line win.
Decide on the gamble
Any completed win can be taken to the gamble screen instead of being banked. Call it right and the win doubles. Call it wrong and the win is gone. There is no middle outcome.
Ten free games, one symbol, and why they matter so much
Almost everything this game can pay sits inside the free games. Ten rounds does not sound like much, and on its own it is not: what changes the picture is the expanding special symbol. Because that one symbol pays from scattered positions rather than along a line, a single lucky round can fill reels that would be worthless in the base game. It is also why the whole thing lives or dies on which symbol gets chosen.
The high volatility label on our tile follows from that structure. Base spins are there to find books, and most of them will not. The 5,000x figure in the spec panel is the mathematical ceiling and it belongs to the free games, not to a lucky line. If you want a game that pays you something most spins, this is the wrong shelf, and Fruit Shop is a better fit.
Double or nothing, and when to walk past it
The gamble feature is a holdover from the arcade cabinet and it does exactly one thing: offers to put a win you have already earned on a single call. Get it right, the win doubles and it offers again. Get it wrong, the win disappears. Nothing about it changes the odds of the next spin, and it is not a way to make a bad session good.
Our advice is simple and slightly boring. If the win matters to you, bank it. If you are using the gamble at all, decide in advance how many times you will accept the offer in a row, and stop there. And while bonus funds are active, remember the A$7.50 bet cap applies to your stake, so the gamble is not a way around it either.
Bonus termsPlaying it at VegasNow, in demo or for real
The game is in our pokies lobby under Novomatic, and the tile gives you both options. Play credits let you sit through a hundred base spins to feel how long the books take, which is the honest introduction this game deserves. Demo credits are not money, cannot be withdrawn, and reset when you reload.
Switch to real play and your account runs in Australian dollars. A$20 gets you going through PayID, POLi or card, A$10 through a Neosurf voucher, and nothing is charged by us at the cashier. Our live chat is staffed 24/7 if a deposit or a payout needs chasing, and the help centre covers the common ones already.
For a first deposit, the welcome package applies automatically: 100% up to A$3,000 plus 100 free spins, then 150% up to A$2,500 and 200% up to A$2,000 on the next two. Bonus funds carry 35x wagering, pokies such as this one contribute at 100%, and the 200 package spins arrive 20 a day for 10 days at A$0.20 each with A$100 capped on each daily batch. You are 18 or over, you have 30 days, and there is no code to enter.
Book of Ra Deluxe questions
What is the RTP of Book of Ra Deluxe?
95.10%. That is lower than most of the newer games in our lobby and we publish it plainly so you can choose with the number in front of you.
How do the free games start?
By landing enough book symbols anywhere on the reels. The game then awards 10 free games and picks one expanding special symbol to carry through the whole round. Both the trigger count and the retrigger rules are in the game's info panel.
What does the expanding symbol actually do?
When the chosen symbol lands in enough positions during the free games it expands across the full reel and pays from those positions, whether or not they form a normal line. It is the main reason the round is worth having.
Should I use the gamble feature?
That is your call, and it is a genuine coin toss rather than a skill. It doubles a win you already hold or wipes it. If the win matters, bank it.
What is the difference between this and Book of Ra Magic?
Deluxe is the classic 10 line build. Book of Ra Magic is the later multi-reel edition with a magic re-trigger on its free games. Both are in our lobby and both are Novomatic.
Does it count toward bonus wagering?
Yes, at the full 100% pokie weighting on the 35x requirement. Keep every bet at or under A$7.50 while a bonus is active.
Where to next
Book of Ra Magic
The bigger Novomatic edition, with a magic re-trigger on the free games.
→Gates of Olympus
A modern pay anywhere grid with tumbles and 500x orbs.
→All our pokies
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→The welcome package
Three matched deposits, 200 free spins, no code required.
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