The Dark Knight slot game can be found at Playtech casinos. The company are well-established in the online market and have a large back-catalogue of branded slots. Playtech do not publish the house edge of their games, however several established Playtech casinos have started releasing this information meaning it is possible to identify that the house edge of The Dark Knight is 4.04% and should be valid at all Playtech casinos.
The Dark Knight slot is a 6-reel slot with each reel sitting at 4 symbols in height. The slot uses 50 different paylines, each one playing from left to right.
Special Symbols
Wilds – The Bat Signal Wild is, naturally, the Wild symbol, which will substitute for all symbols other than the 2 Bonus symbols.
Batman Bonus – The Batman Bonus symbol is the inverted Bat Signal. The Joker Bonus symbol combines with the Joker symbol or with the Joker Bonus symbol to trigger different features.
Bonus Features
Batman Respins – You trigger the Batman Respins when you land a Batman symbol fully stacked on reel 1. When this happens you will be given a respin, during which a Batman symbol will lock, fully stacked, into place on reel 1. If a Batman symbol or a Bat Signal symbol land during the respin then you will need to toss a coin. If the coin lands Bat side up then you will receive another respin, with the same procedure taking place if that respin lands a Batman or a Bat Signal symbol again. If you land a Joker symbol, the respins will end. All Batman and Bat Signal symbols will lock into place for the remainder of the respins. The maximum number of respins is 8.
Joker Respins – You trigger the Joker Respins when you land a Joker symbol fully stacked on reel 6. When this happens you will be given a respin, during which a Joker symbol will lock, fully stacked, into place on reel 6. If a Joker symbol or a Bat Signal symbol land during the respin then you will need to toss a coin. If the coin lands Joker side up then you will receive another respin, with the same procedure taking place if that respin lands a Joker or a Bat Signal symbol again. If you land a Batman symbol, the respins will end. All Joker and Bat Signal symbols will lock into place for the remainder of the respins. The maximum number of respins is 8.
Dark Knight Free Spins – You trigger this Free Spins feature when you land a Batman Bonus symbol on reels 2 and 3. When this happens you will be given 7 Free Spins. During those spins any Batman symbols that land will turn Wild and stick into place. The feature cannot be retriggered.
Agent of Chaos Free Spins – You trigger this Free Spins feature when you land a Joker Bonus symbol on reels 4 and 5. When this happens you will be given 7 Free Spins. During those spins extra large sized Joker symbols can land anywhere on the reels. The feature cannot be retriggered.
Gotham City Free Spins – If you land a Batman Bonus symbol on reels 2 and 3 and a Joker Bonus symbol on reels 4 and 5 you will trigger the Gotham City Free Spins feature. You will be given 7 Free Spins. During those spins any Batman symbols that land will turn Wild and stick into place. Also, extra large sized Joker symbols can land anywhere on the reels. When an extra large Joker symbol lands on top of a locked Batman Wild, the extra large Joker symbol will turn Wild and it will lock into place. The feature cannot be retriggered.
Jackpot – The Jackpot will trigger at random and if it does so you will be taken to a screen filled with 20 blank symbols. There are 4 different coloured tiles for you to reveal and once you have filled one of the jackpots with the required number of matching symbols you will be awarded that Jackpot.
