Divine Riches Helios

The ancient Greek gods are coming back once again, and this time they’re bringing with them an experience not just reserved for the gods, but an experience available to all us mortals looking for some cash prizes. Divine Riches Helios is another in the line of ‘Riches’ online slots by Just For The Win, and although not too different from other casino games you might have played by this studio still presents you with an opportunity to take in the jackpots. Speaking of jackpots, there are 4 of them you can trigger here, while there's also a free spins feature that comes with added value to possibly add more spins to the tally.

Helios is one of the Greek gods that doesn’t really get as much airtime as he does. Most people were far more interested in Zeus, or perhaps Hercules. Now that we look at this version of Helios that has been created, the studio likely took inspiration from the animated version of Hercules from the 1997 movie. The casino games studio that created Divine Riches Helios is Just For The Win, and since it first started out has gone on to release some top online slot games, with a bit of help from partner studio Microgaming. Big Boom Riches is one of their previous efforts you might have experienced, which also falls into the line of ‘Riches’ titles that never really seem to be related to one another.

This is the highest paying slot that JFTW has ever released, having a maximum win amount of 5,000x your stake. That’s by no means a disgrace of a jackpot, but when we consider that the best online slot machines are incorporating jackpots in excess of 20,000x a single bet, it makes you think Divine Riches Helios is holding back a little. There are only 30 paylines on the 5 reel and 4 rows. However, one of the significant aspects here is that wins pay both ways, and not only from left to right. The wagering window from which you can choose how much to stake has a minimum bet of 0.20 and a maximum wager of 30 per spin. Just as a reminder, you’ll need to line up 3, 4 or 5 of a kind on an active payline in order to score a win.

The symbols are split into lower paying and higher paying icons. The lower paying are playing card suits diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades, while the higher paying symbols are all Greek-themed consisting of olives, a vase, a harp and a Trojan horse head. The highest paying symbol of all the regular ones is Helios himself.

There’s a wild symbol which always lends a helping hand. The purpose of this symbol is to substitute all regular icons to help complete winning combinations. There’s also a scatter called the Free Spins symbol, and let’s not forget that tokens also land as symbols.

When a token lands on the reels on any spin, the Blazing Bonus feature can trigger at random. You'll be taken to a grid with downwards facing symbols that you'll need to click on to reveal the symbol. The objective is to match 3 of the same icons, as there are four different icons that can be revealed, and each represents a Big, Major, Mega or Divine Jackpot. The first symbol to have three revealed is the jackpot you'll be rewarded. The Divine is worth 5,000x your stake.

Landing 3, 4 or 5 scatters is the way you’ll trigger the free spins, receiving 8, 12 or 16 free spins. You’ll notice during the spins that Helios symbols get collected, and if you collect 12 of them higher paying icons start getting upgraded in value.

JFTW has been releasing slots with a collect feature lately, and we think that might be a bigger hit than the reveal jackpot feature they’ve implemented here. This is because the collect feature generally rewards better and triggers more often. The jackpot amounts, with the exception of the Divine, don’t really carry much value, so it really comes to the free spins where you’ll be looking for a cash influx. Divine Riches Helios seems consistent with the lower popular culture exposure of the god it's based on – not on the same level as its peers.