Santa Paws is an online slot game from Microgaming that has a Christmas theme. It was released for Christmas in 2006. However it has retained its popularity and this is a good time to revisit this online slot game. It derives its name from the fact that a polar bear is depicted as Santa Claus.

Santa Paws starts with an animated movie clip of the freezing North Pole with the polar bear as Santa Paws squeezing down an igloo chimney with toys for the animals. The visual effects depict a white Christmas and the reels spin to the sound of sleigh bells. Another topical sound effect is Santa Paws wishing the animals Merry Christmas. The symbols on the reels are images of animals found in the Arctic or the Antarctic wearing Santa Claus caps. The animals include Seals, Owls and Penguins carrying gifts, an Arctic Fox postman and an Arctic Rabbit decorating a Christmas tree. The standard A, K, Q, J and 10 make up the other symbols.

Santa Paws is a 5 reel, 20 payline video slot with 40 winning combinations. The coin denominations range from $0.01 to $0.25. A maximum of 200 coins can be wagered. Microgaming’s Auto Play feature is available on this online slot game. Santa Paws does not have a progressive jackpot but a first fixed jackpot of 4,000 coins and a second fixed jackpot of 1,000 coins. The first jackpot is triggered by 5 Santa Paws symbols. The Santa Paws symbol is also the wild symbol. The Penguin is the scatter symbol and pays out if two or more appear anywhere on the reels. Three or more Penguin symbols also trigger the free spins bonus round. This round offers 12 free spins at up to 7X multiplier. Free spins can be re-triggered. Another feature of this free spin bonus round is that Rudolf the red nosed whale symbol also acts as a wild symbol. A win on any active payline triggers the bonus gamble game. If the player guesses the color of the card then his winnings are doubled. Alternatively the player may have a go at guessing the suit of the card and quadrupling his winnings. Guessing incorrectly unfortunately results in the player losing all his winnings. The bonus gamble game is optional and the player can collect his normal winnings if he wants to.

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