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SlotsData Maxi Slot Review: Samba Nights

Welcome to the first-ever SlotsData maxi slot review, an in-depth look at some of the best online slots out there! We know that you the player are very interested in seeking out and playing the most exceptional slot machine titles available on the World Wide Web. Our first entry in this exclusive cabal is Samba Nights, a title that will have even the most awkward wallflower shaking their tail feather!

Samba Nights comes to us from Cryptologic, an online casino technology provider that we honestly feel hasn’t gotten enough appreciation in recent years with all the love for Microgaming. Cryptologic has turned out a bunch of really solid titles, even if they’ve laid the occasional egg as well. Samba Nights is a really sharp pokey that is emblematic of Crypto doing what it does best: turning out high-quality, big-payout slots that perhaps lack a bit in terms of the visual fireworks, but really give discerning players a sound experience for their money. With popular TV shows like Dancing With the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance bringing the language of the ballroom into America’s living rooms, it’s only natural that the budding choreographers among us should have something we can sink our teeth into!

Samba Nights has plenty of Latin flair befitting the theme. The background of swaying palm fronts against an orange sunset frames the reels, which are set in a shimmying, swaying border of brilliant and colorful feathers! Samba Nights is a little wild, and evokes the famous Carnival in its colors and ornamentation. Background samba music – how appropriate, right? – will have you wanting to rise up out of your seat and do a little dance! There are also animated icons to make the gameplay more exciting… but we’ll get to that in a second.

Samba Nights sports five reels and an outstanding fifty paylines! Those who spend a lot of time at online casinos will understand that such a high number of paylines is rare, and these games are very special because of the MANY opportunities that they give us to win some cash! Playing a slot game with myriad paylines and a big fat top jackpot is the rarest of all, and that’s exactly what Samba Nights is! Coin values start down at one cent and range upwards to twenty dollars. Max coins is set at a value of fifty (one per payline), which makes the highest per-spin wager one of one thousand dollars – a real high-roller, in other words. You can play this slot machine title as a penny slot, but why would you want to? The jackpot is a robust two thousand coins, so do the math: that’s FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS that you can samba away with after hitting it lucky on this title! There is a free practice mode for players who would rather preview this slot before laying out their bankroll to play with real money first.

Strong thematic elements like the samba dancers and tropical drinks compliment the theme perfectly. The dancer in her elaborate headdress and jeweled bikini top is the wild symbol in this exquisite video slot. As is always the case, this icon can stand in for any other icon on the reels in a winning combination (with the obvious exception of the scatter logo). The unnamed, beautiful samba girl will also multiply the payouts of any combinations she completes by double! The image of the lush, tropical beach is the scatter symbol for the Samba Nights online slot machine title. Get at least three of these special symbols on any one spin to get kicking with the free spin bonus features! You will win twenty free spins, during which all winnings are doubled.

When you are lucky enough to get those three beach symbols as just mentioned, you will be taken automatically to Samba Nights’ very special free spin bonus feature. That is it for Samba Nights’ bonus features. Those who prefer several multi-level interactive bonus games or fancy second-screen enticements might be disappointed, but Samba Nights is perfect for the player who prefers substance to style when it comes to their internet gambling. We have to give our honest kudos to Cryptologic for knowing exactly what it was doing as a company when it designed this high-performing internet slot machine title. In case you didn’t catch the hints we’ve been dropping, there are simply SO many ways to win when playing this exceptional slot game! Give a kiss to Lady Luck and take a shot at winning during the sultry Samba Nights!

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