Jokerizer Slot Review

Jokerizer is a video slot from Yggdrasil Gaming with 5 reels and 10 paylines. This slot was one of the first to be released by Yggdrasil in February 2014. You can play this game at online casinos such as Guts, LeoVegas or Casumo.

Theme and basic information

Whilst this slot uses basic fruit machine symbols, we still consider it a video slot. Nothing about the symbols looks simple, as it stands. Colourful, bright 3D fruit pop out on the reels, which looks surprisingly beautiful. The scene in the background shows us a fairground. The background sounds and music remind us of a circus, however.

It’s not the most exciting theme that we’ve seen and probably among the most boring themes Yggdrasil has ever delivered, but it’s a simple slot and it doesn’t need to go all out on the theme either.

The star symbol is the most valuable, paying 400x our stake in a 5-of-a-kind win. The lucky 7s pay out 240x our stake for such a win and the bells 160x. Grapes, lemon and cherries make up the remaining three symbols.

You can play this game from €1 to €20, which is unusual and not necessarily aimed at the most budget conscious among us.

A basic base game

The great thing about this slot is that it does pay both ways. So, winning combinations from left to right pay as well as from right to left. But don’t think that makes wins more frequent. Indeed, we’ve gone 50 spins without a win and our funds just vanished.

During the base game, three jokers on the three middle reels will pay out a random coin win between 1,000 and 6,000 coins. Obviously, that’s very decent, but hard to achieve. You will receive a guaranteed 6,000 coins, by the way, if wins align on the reels diagonally or vertically instead of in a more random pattern.

Playing in Jokerizer mode

Any winning spin will activate the Jokerizer mode. During this mode, your winnings from the spin that triggered it will be displayed in a separate box atop the reels. You now play with these wins as your source for 20 coins per spin. This is when we’d recommend not to play in auto-play mode. You can collect your winnings after every spin, but funds will be depleted, if you don’t collect them.

The main benefit of playing in Jokerizer mode is that now two jokers on the three middle reels will suffice to trigger a random coin win. However, now the range of coin wins goes from just 20 coins to 6,000 coins.

Additionally, the RTP climbs up to 98% in Jokerizer mode.

Conclusion: A simple game with surprising wins

The theoretical RTP (Return to Player) of Jokerizer lies between 88% and 98%. This means, if you never activate the Jokerizer mode, the slot would return wins at only 88%. If you play almost always in Jokerizer mode, returns climb up to 98%, which is among the best returns you can get on any slot out there.

We’ve had fun playing this game but when we hit dry spells, it became quite frustrating. During Jokerizer mode the slot played nicely. We’d suggest you decide on a limit when playing Jokerizer mode, such as, if you win less than 100 coins, you might as well keep spinning in Jokerizer mode. If you win more than 200 coins, you might want to consider collecting the wins. Anything above that should be collected in any case.