Reviewed by Stephen Cummings | Expected reading time 5 mins
- Cosy and friendly theme.
- Plenty of features ensure the base game and bonus game are fun.
- Sticky wild symbols and multiplier symbols.
- Slightly below average RTP.
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GAME INFO
| FEATURE: | INFO: |
| Slot: | Dear Santa |
| Theme: | Christmas |
| Slot Provider: | NoLimit City |
| RTP: | 95.76% |
| Release Date: | 5 December 2024 |
| Slot Type: | Video Slot |
| Mobile Friendly: | Yes |
| Min/Max Bet: | £0.10 – £20.00 |
| Maximum Payout: | 3,580x |
| Reels | 3 |
| Rows | 5 |
| Paylines: | 25 |
| Free Spins: | Yes |
| Respins: | No |
| Bonus Game: | Yes |
| Multipliers: | Yes |
| Progressive Jackpot: | Yes |
| Scatter Symbol: | Yes |
| Wild Symbol: | Yes |
| Sticky Wild Symbol: | Yes |
| Autoplay: | No |
| Variance: | High |
| Hit Frequency: | Medium |
DEAR SANTA: SLOT OVERVIEW
Last Updated: December 12, 2024Written by Stephen Cummings
Santa Claus meets Snow White in this 2024 Christmas themed slot game from Red Tiger. Dear Santa certainly gives off a cosy Xmas by the fire vibe and the medium variance ensures that this is a little more laid-back in comparison with Red Tigers usual higher variance slot games.
With sticky wild symbols and a special and fun free spins bonus game, our Dear Santa slot review will give you all of the information you need so that you can decide whether to play Dear Santa for real money.
DEAR SANTA: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Easy on the eye, Dear Santa quickly put us in the Christmas spirit although it is a little unclear why Snow White makes an appearance here… However, since the Snow White symbol offers multipliers of up to 10x, she’s a welcome addition to the slot!
We also really enjoy the Letters to Santa feature as this helps to make Dear Santa one of the only slots where it pays for the bonus game to come sooner rather than later! Each letter to Santa which you build up will act as a wild symbol during the bonus spins. You can get up to sixty Letters to Santa too, all of which are guaranteed to land during the bonus spins. Hitting three or more scatter symbols on the reels will trigger 10 bonus spins in the bonus round. On top of that, the Santa wild is sticky during the duration of the free spins.
When we triggered the bonus game, we had six Letters to Santa, which was not too many and was why we probably only won a small amount. However, overall, this is a very well-together put slot which is sure to put you in the Xmas spirit.
DEAR SANTA SLOT FEATURES
There are some nice features here which help to make both the base game and the bonus spins non-tedious and exciting.
SANTA WILD
Santa Wild’s will expand on the whole reel when a win is hit and substitutes all paying symbols. During the bonus game, the Santa Wild is sticky in the middle reel.
SNOW WHITE WILD
The Snow White wild comes with a multiplier of either 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x and this multiplier will apply to all wins in the spin in which it is triggered.
CHRISTMAS LETTERS TO SANTA
Each letter symbol which appears on the reels is posted to Santa. Each letter collected in the base game is a guaranteed Christmas Present Wild in the free spins game. You can collect up to 60 letters.
STAR SCATTER SYMBOLS AND DEAR SANTA FREE SPINS BONUS
Three scatter symbols triggers the free spins bonus game. During free spins, Santa is sticky to the middle reel and will throw out Christmas Present Wilds on reels 2 and 4 until all of the collected Christmas Letters to Santa are given out.
JACKPOTS
When you play Dear Santa at Casumo Casino, you will be in with a chance of three different jackpots whilst playing Dear Santa. Hit three, four or five jackpot symbols to trigger the Must Drop, Daily Drop and Mega Drop jackpots.
Full List of Slot Features:
- Free spins
- Bonus game
- Wild symbols
- Sticky wilds
- Collector feature
- Multipliers
- Scatter symbols
- Jackpots
DEAR SANTA RETURN TO PLAYER (RTP) AND MAXIMUM PAYOUTS
The RTP of Dear Santa is set at 95.76%, which is just under average when set side by side with other online slots. This is a little disappointing as we do not think it would have been too much to ask for the RTP to be 96%, but alas.
The maximum potential payout available is 3,580x your bet. When juxtaposed with super-high paying slots, this seems a little low. However, there are also three jackpots available, one of which is worth, at time of writing, over £25,000.
STRATEGIES WHEN PLAYING DEAR SANTA FOR REAL MONEY
We recommend betting an amount which makes you feel comfortable. When the SlotsHawk team played Dear Santa for real money, we made bets of 40p per spin, but it is possible to bet as low as 10p per spin and as high as £20 per spin.
You have to remember that all online slot machines are luck-based, so there are no sure-fire strategies which will guarantee wins. Our best advice is to only play if you are having fun.
EXTRA INFO
Dear Santa is a Christmas themed video slot with 5 reels and 3 rows developed by Red Tiger. The variance/volatility level is medium and the minimum bet level is 10p spin and max bet of £20 per spin. The collector symbol ensures that it’s not necessarily a bad thing to spend a lot of time playing without triggering the bonus, because the more letters you accumulate, the larger the chance for big wins in the bonus game.
Need to know information here includes an RTP of 95.76% and a max potential payout of 3,580 times your bet. There are plenty of good features here too including sticky wild symbols and multipliers as well as the opportunity to hit jackpot prizes. Dear Santa was released on 05/12/2024.
THE SLOTSHAWK VERDICT
“A must-play if you want a slot game to help you get into the Christmas spirit. There are some nice features and the Letters to Santa Collector feature is a nice addition to the base game.”
– SlotsHawk Casino Team
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