The Esmeralda slots game can be found at Playtech casinos. Playtech are one of the market leaders as a casino software provider, catering to many of the biggest names in gambling and have now started providing slots RTP/house edge information in their game help files. The house edge of Esmeralda is 9.17% when playing without the Progressive Jackpot and 7.57% when playing with the Progressive Jackpot activated.
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Esmeralda game had 5 reels, 25 paylines and you can bet one coin per payline.
The ‘Esmeralda’ symbol is Wild. 5 Esmeralda symbols on an active payline wins the Progressive Jackpot.
There is only one bonus feature when playing Esmeralda and it is activated when you receive 8 or more of the ‘Rose’ scatter symbol, which is stacked on all reels anywhere on the reels. When this happens you’ll be awarded between 15 and 70 complimentary spins depending on the number of Rose symbols you receive.
Conclusion
The tendency to attach horribly high House Edges to Progressive Jackpot games should be putting players off, yet they keep coming out.