Magic Wand Slot Machine

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The reels on Magic Wand slots are home to symbols depicted as the magician himself, his attractive female assistant, locks and white gloves with a wand that are responsible for high-value prizes. The rest of positions are covered with bird in cage, box, dice, handkerchief and Ace playing card icons awarding low-value prizes.

The Magic Wand logo represents the Wild symbol that will complete your winning combinations by substituting for any other symbol bar Scatter depicted as the magic hat. Land 3 or more Hat Scatters anywhere in view and you will trigger the Magic Wand feature awarding between 5 and 20 free spins. Landing 3, 4 or 5 Scatters grants 5, 7 or 20 free games respectively. On each free spin, 2 or more reels will turn Wild thus helping you create more winning combinations.

Wizards, magicians, illusionists and magic creatures — that’s not even the full list of characters that you can meet in magic slots and that can show you the way to the magic treasures. Almost every casino soft developer has at least one magic style slot machine game in its collection and some have dozens of magic slots. Players looking to add a dash of magic to their lucky streaks may enjoy the Astronomical Magic slot machine, a fantasy-themed game with a wizard. This Konami slot game is exquisitely designed and its action-stacked symbols add a little excitement to every spin.

The top paying symbol is Magic Wand Wild that will earn you 2,500 coins for each five of a kind combination landed on a payline. The magician and his assistant deliver 750 coins for five of a kind each. When playing the game at all paylines active, which is recommendable, you can win up to 62,500 coins.

Visually, the game looks great taking into account that it was originally developed as a land-based slot machine. The purple reels in a warm yellow frame are set against a deep red heavy curtain that creates an atmosphere of magic shows. The icons are nicely rendered and the good news is that there are no playing cards in view except for the one used by the magician for his show, of course. As for audio, the slot uses a relaxing melody and generic sound effects of turning of the reels. You can easily turn them off if you like so.

Magic Wand promises some hefty payouts and once you enter the free spins feature it will really feel like a kind of magic to see entire reels going Wild. This is an opportunity to create some lucrative winning combinations and what's more, you can easily complete multiple winning lines at once. If you look at the game closely, you will see that it shares the same features with the tropical-themed slot Luau Loot. Should you prefer beaches and beautiful sunset views to magic tricks, you can opt for this one and enjoy the same features including Wild reels and a 2,500 coin jackpot.

Just like Luau Loot, the Magic Wand slot comes with an RTP of 96%, which is above the average meaning that the game pays well. Buy a ticket for the show and see what the magician and his Magic Wand can do for you. Keep an eye on magic hats as they are key to a rewarding free spins feature with 2 or even more reels going fully Wild.

• Appendices
• Slots Analysis
• Miscellaneous

Introduction

Ocean Magic is what some would call a 'variable state' slot machine by maker IGT. It is characterized by wild bubbles that move up one row after each play. If it is only played when the previous player abandons bubbles in good positions, it can result in a player advantage.

Rules

Following are the significant rules of Ocean Magic.

1. The game screen has four rows and five reels.
2. Players get one payline per credit bet.
3. There are two modes the game the player choose from -- Wild Bubble and Bubble Burst.
4. The pay table for both modes is shown below.
5. While there are no wild symbols on the reel strips, wild bubbles will randomly bubble up from the bottom of the screen after each bet.
6. All wilds may substitute for any symbol except the scatter.
7. If the player looks carefully, he can see the top of any bubbles below the bottom row, ready to bubble up the next spin.
8. A bubble will replace whatever symbol would otherwise be there, according to the reel strips. However, if a bubble replaces the scatter symbol, the player will still get credit for the scatter, as well as the bubble.
9. If there is a bubble already on the screen, it will move up one row after each bet.
10. If a bubble is on the top row, it will float off the screen on the next spin.
11. If a bubble lands on the Logo symbol, then it will expand and all positions one away, horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, will become wild. However, the wild expansion will not be bubbles. In other words, wilds as a result of an expansion do not bubble up on the next spin. As with bubbles, if a wild expansion occurs on a scatter symbol, that position will serve both as a wild and a scatter pay.
12. If a bubble lands on a Logo next to an edge or corner of the screen, then the expansion will take place in those directions still on the screen only. In other words, an expansion will results in 8 extra wilds if it occurs in the middle six positions on the screen, five positions if on an edge, and three positions if in a corner.
13. If the player gets three or more scattered Treasure Chest symbols, then he will play the bonus game.
14. In the first stage of the bonus game, bubbles will float up on the screen and the player will pick 5, 10, or 20 of them, according to whether the bonus was triggered with 3, 4, or 5 scatters, respectively.
15. Each bubble will reveal either 1 to 5 free games or 2 to 3 extra picks.
16. In the second stage of the bonus, the player will get the number of free spins determined in the first step of the bonus.
17. Bonus spins can re-trigger the bonus, adding more free spins to the number remaining.
18. The maximum number of free games that can be won is 150.
19. Free games use a separate set of reel strips.
20. If the player doubles his bet, then he will play in Bubble Burst mode. Wins in Bubble Burst mode are based on only half of the total bet and are applied to a lower pay table than Wild Bubble mode. The other half of the bet is a non-refundable fee to enable the Bubble Burst.
21. In Bubble Burst mode, randomly extra bubbles will be placed on the screen. The industry term for this kind of feature is an 'exploding wild.'
22. As with bubbles that bubble up from the bottom, bubbles resulting from the Bubble Burst mode will bubble up one row after each spin.
23. It is standard in the industry that if the player pays a fee to invoke a special feature, the overall return of the game with the feature activated is greater than without it.

The following table shows what each win pays in Wild Bubble Mode

Wild Bubble Mode Pay Table

The following table shows what each win pays in Bubble Burst Mode

Bubble Burst Mode Pay Table

Analysis

As mentioned in the introduction, Ocean Magic is a variable-state game. If the last bet resulted in bubbles on the bottom three rows or below the bottom row, then the game will be in a higher state than with no guaranteed bubbles. With bubbles in the right places, the game can result in a player advantage. The astute player should start playing only in a positive state and quit as soon as the game is in a negative state.

As with most slot machines, Ocean Magic was difficult to analyze because I didn't know the reel stripping, the probability of a bubble floating up from the bottom, the probability of a Bubble Burst and number of bubbles in the burst, and possibly other factors. In lieu of that information, I did the best I could based on observing the game and industry norms. The game was simply too complicated to analyze by direct math, so I wrote a random simulation, for both Wild Bubble and Bubble Burst modes. I set the simulation to a return of 85% to 86%, which is how many casinos nationwide set their video slots, as well as erring on the side of being conservative in showing the value of this game. Following are my results in both modes.

Wild Bubble Mode

I know that there are wild bubbles in both modes, but the lower right corner of the screen identifies the two modes as Wild Bubble or Bubble Burst, so I will stick with that terminology.

That said, the following table shows when you should play according to where a wild bubble(s) will be on the NEXT SPIN. Play with any bubble in a 'yes' space or any two in the 'maybe' spaces, except the only maybes are in reel 4 rows 1 and 4.

Some on my forum have disagreed with me about playing with a bubble in the upper-left corner or in the middle of reel 4. I think these disagreements are from players who usually play in Bubble Burst mode, where one additional bubble is not as significant. Remember, the line pays are twice as much in Wild Bubble Mode, compared to Bubble Burst, relative to the amount bet. That makes a single bubble roughly twice as valuable.

Bubble Burst Mode

In Bubble Burst Mode the wins are cut in half (relative to the total amount bet) in exchange for more bubbles. That makes any one bubble less significant, given the same location on the screen. The following table shows when you should play according to where a wild bubble(s) will be on the NEXT SPIN. Play with any bubble in a 'yes' space or any two in the 'maybe' spaces, except the only maybes are in reel 4 rows 1 and 4.

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External Links

• Ocean Magic — Lively and at times heated discussion about advantage play and Ocean Magic in my forum at Wizard of Vegas.
• YouTube video of me playing Ocean Magic, for the purpose of gathering data.
• ONE WEEK, ONE MILLION DOLLARS: ADVANTAGE PLAYERS FIGHTING FOR THEIR WINNINGS AT NJ ONLINE CASINOS — Article at NJ Online Gambling about how players beat Atlantic City online casinos for $900,000 playing Ocean Magic, using the same kind of strategy here.

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