Pirate From the East slot review (Netent)

Netent keeps on sprinkling all their greatest classics with Oriental hot sauce

Pirate From the East doesn’t boil over with originality but is a re-make of the Piggy Riches slot, a popular slot that was released in 2010, which seems like light years ago.

Cartoon-like pirates may have replaced the trust fund piglets, but Piggy Riches’ rock-solid mathematical model is still driving this slot game.

This also means you can create your own free spins bonuses in Pirate From the East, with wild multipliers up to 6 x and up to 28 free spins (to start with).

What are the theoretical RTP, variance and maximum win of Pirate from the East?

The theoretical payout of Pirate from the East is a pretty good 96,38% and around the average RTP of all Netent slots and slightly better than the RTP of an average online slot.

The maximum win is € 205.290. With a maximum bet of € 75, it boils down to a maximum win of around 2,737x the stake.

However, the chances of bagging a win of this size are marginal. Netent qualifies this as a medium variance slot, with top wins typically around the 500x the bet mark.

Pirate From the East gameplay & features

Pirate From the East is a classic video slot: 5 reels with 3 rows of symbols and 15 fixed paylines.

Fun fact, the reels are placed on a pirate ship, with an impressive cannon for each payline. If that doesn’t deter other pirate scum, we don’t know what will.

Bets are made from $€ 0.15 per spin and, that goes up to a maximum bet of $€ 75 per spin.

Symbols & payouts

The male pirate (a kind of failed hip-hop version of a proper pirate) is the wild symbol and replaces all symbols except the scatters. Besides, all prizes that include a wild symbol are multiplied by x 3.

The premium symbols consist of a treasure chest with gold coins, a Chinese pirate ship, weapons, a compass and a water jug. The treasure chest is worth the most: 2,000 coins for every 5-of-a-kind.

All other premium symbols are worth between 200 and 1,000 coins with five of the same symbols.

If you spin five card symbols (10, J, Q, K and A), you earn between 50 and 125 coins.

Free spins bonus

3, 4 or 5 scatters (the female pirates) activate the free spins bonus.

You can now choose between different numbers of free spins combined with extra wild multipliers.

The more scatters activate the bonus, the more lucrative the choices are.

The maximum number of free spins is 28, and the maximum multiplier is 6 x.

Because the 3 x wild multiplier is still active, prizes with a wild in them can be very profitable during the free spins. If the 6 x multiplier is active, each winning combination with a wild in it will result in a multiplier of 3 x 6 = x 18.

Each scatter that appears during the free spins will give you +1 extra free spin.

The bonus frequency is around once every 180 spins, and the average bonus win is approximately 40x the bet.

Our verdict on Pirate From the East

Although Pirate from the East is again a lazy release of Netent, it is an excellent video slot.

As the pirate theme does not resemble the original Piggy Riches theme in any way, shape or form, many players may not even realize that they have played this slot before.

Besides, this is one of those video slots where the mathematical model’s balance just hits the sweet spot; it is perfect. You can win a lot of money, and you always have the feeling that the big win is within reach.

4 out of 5 stars

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