Pragmatic Play · 2022
Magician's Secrets is a high volatility Pragmatic Play video slot on a 6x4 grid with 4096 ways to win. This page covers its payouts and bonus modes.
Symbols land on a 6x4 grid, and a win needs three or more matching symbols on neighbouring reels, counted from reel 1 to the right. The game has 4,096 ways to win, since each of its six reels shows four symbols. The Witchcraft theme brings spell books, goblets, daggers and coloured gems to the reels. Wilds on reels 2 to 6 can stand in for the other symbols.
Three or more Scatter symbols open a choice between two free spins modes. Expanding Wilds gives 10 spins. A Wild on reel 3 or 4 fills its reel and starts a respin run that pays while wins last. Sticky Wilds gives 8 spins. One paying symbol is picked as the Special Symbol, and every Wild stays put for the rest of the round.
Pre-spin check
Read this table and you know what every figure means before you spin.
| What it tells | Shown as |
|---|---|
| Game provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player (RTP) | 96.50% / 96.51% |
| Volatility level | High |
| Grid size | 6x4 |
| Max win multiple | x5,000 |
| Max win at top bet | A$500,000 |
| Release date | 06/01/2022 |
Magician's Secrets free spins
Read this when three scatters land on the reels and the mode screen opens.
Three or more SCATTER open the select screen for 10 free spins. A WILD on reel 3 or 4 fills its reel and starts respins. Respins run until one pays nothing; the multiplier rises x1 each. During the round, three or more SCATTER add 10 spins, no retrigger limit.
Base game reels10 free spins
Landing three or more SCATTER unlocks 8 free spins. Before the round, one random paying symbol is the Special Symbol and turns WILD on reels 2 to 5. Every WILD stays sticky all round. A full reel of sticky WILDs in one spin awards +3 free spins.
Three SCATTER landed8 free spins
Spins land on a 6x4 grid; wins run left to right from reel 1. Wins need at least 3 matching symbols. WILD sits on reels 2 to 6 and can randomly expand to fill its reel. Each WILD carries a random x2 to x10 multiplier on wins it joins.
Placing your bet4096 ways
Know your win size
The payouts below are in A$ at the example bet of A$0.40, and more matching symbols in a win pay more.
| Win (A$) | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ | 6+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SCATTERScatter | – | A$8 | A$80 | A$800 |
 Spell book | A$0.40 | A$1.20 | A$4 | A$20 |
 Steampunk hand-axe | A$0.20 | A$0.40 | A$1.20 | A$4 |
 Magic goblet | A$0.16 | A$0.40 | A$1 | A$1.60 |
 Curved dagger | A$0.12 | A$0.32 | A$0.80 | A$1.20 |
 Skull-potion bottle | A$0.12 | A$0.28 | A$0.60 | A$0.80 |
 Orange shield gem | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.12 | A$0.32 |
 Pink spade gem | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.12 | A$0.28 |
 Red heart gem | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.12 | A$0.24 |
 Green club gem | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.12 | A$0.20 |
Magician's Secrets
After this, you will have seen each key screen and know what it shows.
Magician's Secrets rounds
This settles how a round runs, from picking a stake to what ends your session.
The reels stay still until you choose a stake, from A$0.10 up to A$100 a spin. Higher stakes lift every win in proportion, up to x5,000 of the bet.
Wins start on reel 1 and run left to right through adjacent reels. The 4096 ways to win mean three matching paying symbols are enough.
Wilds on reels 2 to 6 can expand to fill a whole reel, carrying a random x2 to x10 multiplier. Any win that includes that Wild gets multiplied.
Three or more Scatters on the reels open the SELECT FREE SPINS OPTION screen, where you choose Expanding Wilds for 10 free spins.
The reels keep turning at your chosen stake until you stop them. Set your spending limit before the first spin, because no round tells you how long a session will last.
Each buy costs 100 times the bet, so at the A$1 example bet the Buy Free Spins 100x purchase costs A$100.
| Feature | Price tag | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Free Spins 100x | x100 · A$100 | – |
Each spin on the reels pays back part of the stake, and the return to player counts that share per A$100 staked over time. The version Vegastars runs is shown in the game rules.
| RTP build | RTP | Provider pick |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.51% | Yes |
| Variant 2 | 96.50% | No |
Learn Before Betting
Read this before the first spin, when you decide between the demo and a real account.
The demo needs no money and pays no real cash. The real game needs an account and players aged 18+.
Start playingThree or more Scatter symbols on the reels start the bonus round, but how often that happens is not known in advance. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP. Nobody can predict the next spin from the last one. Set each session's budget before the first spin.
Nothing on the reels shows which RTP version is running. Vegastars Casino runs one of two versions of Magician's Secrets, and only the game rules say which one is live. Read those rules before your first session. The two return figures sit 0.01 points apart.
A top win on the reels pays x5,000 the bet, a ceiling reached very rarely. At the A$1 example bet that is A$5,000. Hitting it is a matter of luck, and no spin plan changes that.
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Players must be 18 or over. Help is free at the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, and BetStop is the national self-exclusion register.
Agree on a sum you can lose before the first spin, then treat it as spent. Six reels and high volatility need a stake that leaves room for dry runs.
Name a win figure and a loss figure in advance, and leave when either arrives. A big hit on these reels is no reason to feed it back.
Magician's Secrets pays nothing back in the long run, so let your account limits do the guarding. Set deposit and loss caps and leave them where they are.
If play feels like an obligation rather than a pastime, take a break, and step up to self-exclusion through BetStop when a pause is not enough. The helpline takes calls any hour.
Magician's Secrets in short
You will know how the bonus starts, what it pays and what stays unknown.
Three or more SCATTER symbols open a screen where you pick Expanding Wilds or Sticky Wilds. Expanding Wilds gives 10 spins; Sticky Wilds gives 8 spins and turns one chosen symbol into a WILD on reels 2 to 5. A retrigger during play adds more spins.
Two return figures apply: 96.50% and 96.51%. The pair is close, yet the higher one repays a little more of every hundred staked over a long run. Which version you get is set on the game, not chosen by you.
Top prize is x5,000 your bet, so A$5,000 from a A$1 stake at the A$100 ceiling that would be A$500,000. Landing it needs the top combination at the biggest bet, so most rounds end well short.
It is a high volatility game. Wins arrive less often, but a single result can be large, mainly when multiplied WILDs land together. Budget for swings and pick a stake you can ride out.
No demo version sits in the lobby here; the reels open on a real-money balance. Read the paytable first, then start at a small stake such as A$0.40 or A$1 to see how rounds run. Nothing you can read tells you the next spin.
Editor of the slot reviews, sixteen years covering Australian pokies
I read each slot's published game rules before a word goes up, and I check the player protection text step by step with the wallet tools in the cashier, so the numbers you see are the ones the supplier prints, not a marketer's version of them.
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