Oh Catrina

Oh Catrina is a Booming Games slot that celebrates Mexico's Day of the Dead, with coloured skulls, skeleton weavings, candles and flowers on five reels and 15 paylines. The candle wild is the top symbol, and three or more scatters award 10 free spins in which the player stops a selector to choose an expanding symbol that can fill whole reels. Free spins can be retriggered. The RTP is 95.47 % with medium volatility. Stakes run from 0.01 € to an unusually high 450 € per spin, and the top win is 312210 €. It suits players who like book-style free spins wrapped in a colourful festival theme.

The game brings Mexican festival culture to the screen. Skulls, skeletons and crocheted skeleton images fill the reels, and a Mexican town forms the backdrop. The look is spooky enough for a thrill but bright enough to keep the celebration mood, and the soundtrack changes only when a winning combination lands.

Oh Catrina plays in the browser without a download, on mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers. Medium volatility means regular payouts between spins, so even players who are squeamish about skeletons can enjoy a steady session.

The Day of the Dead theme gives operators a seasonal angle for late October and early November, and the wide stake range means the game can headline both a casual promotion and a high-limit lobby row.

Players control their wager by setting the bet per line, between 0.01 and 30, and the number of active paylines, between 1 and 15. Total stakes run from 0.01 € to 450 € per spin.

The symbols include:

• skulls in different colours
• a bottle of bourbon and a picture frame
• woven skeleton images
• a flower
• candles, which act as the wild

Payouts range from 90 credits for two symbols up to 150,000 credits for five. Autoplay lets players set a number of spins and let the game take over; clicking the button again returns to manual play.

Oh Catrina has 15 paylines. A winning combination generally needs at least three matching symbols on an active payline.

The candle wild is the best symbol in the game: five candles on a line award up to 150,000 credits. With a top stake of 450 €, the slot also offers a lot of room for high-stakes players looking for a themed game.

The features centre on the free spins and the expanding symbol:

• Wild: substitutes for all symbols except the scatter and the expanding symbol, helping to complete longer lines.
• Free spins: three or more scatters anywhere award 10 free spins, and more scatter combinations during the round add extra spins.
• Expanding symbol: before the free spins begin, the player hits stop to select the expanding symbol. When it appears on at least three different reels, it expands vertically to cover each of those reels, and then pays on every active payline it covers.

Choosing the expanding symbol yourself is a nice touch, giving players a sense of control over the bonus round.