Fortuna Slots

Fortuna is one of those completely indifferent classic slot machines, that isn’t really a classic slot, even though it tries to be. Designed and developed by Microgaming; this slot kinds of bridges the gap between true classic slots and modern video slots. For example, yes it does have 3 reels, but it also has 5 paylines as well as special features. This slot doesn’t really have themed, except for some vague references to crossing a gypsies palm with silver, although it is perfectly ideal for gamers who aren’t fond of full out classic slots, and would prefer to play something that is slightly in the middle of that and video slots.

How to play Fortuna slots online

Fortuna offers gamers 3 reels and a total of 5 paylines to play with, which is considerably more than most gamers were expecting to get from this classic slot machine. Fortuna is a fairly common classic slot, so you should be able to find it wherever good Microgaming classic slots are offered. Players have coin denominations of $0.25 up to $5 to choose from, and with only 1 coin per line being staked, this gives the slot a floor wager of $0.25 per line and a capped wager at $25 per spin.

None of the icons in this fortune telling “classic slot” are really what you might call relevant to the theme of the slot, although they are certainly relevant in terms of a classic slot. The icons used (in order of least importance to big wins) are cherries, single bars, double bars, triple bars, and purple sevens. The Fortune logo is also important, but we’ll come to that in just a second.

Fortuna slot Bonus Features

That all important Fortuna logo symbol is actually a wild icon, and when it occurs on a payline, players will find that it substitutes itself for a symbol that they actually need. As well as being a wild symbol, the Fortuna logo (which also looks like a coin) is also used for big wins, i.e. – the jackpot.

Fortuna slot Payouts

Players who land a single cherry on an active payline will walk away with 1 coin in the bank. Players who land 2 cherries will win 2 coins, whilst any 3 bars icons will win the player 4 coins. 3 cherries on a payline will win the player 10 coins, whilst 3 single bar icons will see them win 20 coins. Players who land 3 double bar icons will see themselves bag 50 coins, whilst 100 coins are waiting for the player who captures 3 triple bar icons. Finally, players will win 300 coins for landing 3 purple 7s on a payline.

The Fortuna slot jackpot

The only way you are going to stand a chance of winning one of the 5 big payouts in this slot, is to line up 3 of the big money wild icons, the Fortune logos (or coins, if you prefer) on any active payline. Players should keep in mind that each payline offers a different sum of money for the same icons.

If a player bags all 3 wilds on payline one, they will come away with a 1,000 coin jackpot. Typically, doing so on the second, third or fourth paylines will reveal a jackpot that is worth 2,000, 3,000 or 4,000 coins respectively! Finally, the top jackpot in the slot is 6,000 coins, which can be won when a player lands the 3 wilds on the fifth payline, which runs from the bottom left of the first reel, up to the top right of the third reel.

Other notes on Fortuna

This is the kind of slot game that will either frustrate classic slot lovers, or be ideal for players who want to play classic slots, but find the lack of special features (in comparison to most video slots) frustrating.

Two of the five paylines run diagonally across the screen, so that might be a bit confusing for gamers at first, but they are ultimately the two most prosperous paylines. Gamers should always hope to win on those paylines, when it comes to the big jackpot anyway.

The disappointing thing about this slot, sis that there is precious little to do with the theme that Microgaming has chosen. If this is a fortune telling slot machine, then just where are the icons to back that up?