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triggered, Gollum drops in at the top of the screen and randomly creates from 2 to 15 wilds. In Legolas’ Wild Arrows, arrows y in and randomly change from 2 to 15
symbols to wilds.
But random wilds and Sensory Immersion Gaming are
only the beginning. e Lord of the RingsTM has even more innovative and exciting features!
Unique Power SpinTM Awards
e Lord of the RingsTM features unique random Power
SpinTM Awards. Power Spins are enhanced free spins that are randomly awarded after any spin during the base game. In a slot machine rst, players can save their Power Spins and play them at any time during the base game! e Bonus Booster Power Spin will trigger a bonus round with any number of bonus symbols. When FrodoTM Wilds is active, all Frodo symbols transform into 2x wild symbols.
e Random Reels Wild Power Spin turns from 1 to 5 reels wild. When the Scatter Spin is active, all wins are evaluated as scatter pays, regardless of line or reel position. And when the Win Multiplier is active, all line wins on the spin are multiplied by 5x, 10x, 15x or 25x. Players can also choose a number of the same kind of Power Spin at once, adding a 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x multiplier to the spin. is means a player that has ve Random Reels Wild Power Spins available could play them on a single spin, which could result in ve wild reels at a 5x multiplier. at’s a win big enough to make Gollum sit up and take notice!
Power SpinsTM are awarded randomly and can be played any time.
Adaptive Gaming® and Players Life
As the saying goes, the One Ring wasn’t forged in a day. e Lord of the Rings is an epic journey. And thanks to Adaptive Gaming and Players Life, you can experience the journey yourself. Players are randomly awarded miles that are tracked on the map of Middle-earth. As players advance across the map, additional bonus games are unlocked. Adaptive Gaming allows players to save their progress so that they can resume their quest at any time. e Lord of the RingsTM is the rst WMS game to combine Adaptive Gaming with Players Life. Players create a username and password when they rst sit down at the game, or online at www.PlayersLife.com. Not only does this automatically save their progress, but it also lets them continue their adventure from their home computer.
Players Life saves all in-game accomplishments including accumulated miles, unlocked bonuses and trophies. By logging in to their account at www.PlayersLife.com, players can earn additional miles through casual game play, unlocking additional bonus games that will be available the next time they play at the casino.
Unlockable Bonus Games
e epic tale of e Lord of the Rings took three books and three lms to tell. e Lord of the RingsTM slot matches this grand scale with a total of eight bonus games that allow players to experience the most signi cant events of Frodo’s quest. At the start of the game, only the rst two bonus games are available. During regular game play, players are randomly awarded miles that take them across the map of Middle-earth. As players accumulate miles, additional bonus games become available.
ree or more scattered bonus symbols trigger the “Choose a Bonus” screen where players see a map of Middle-
earth, documenting their progress. At the beginning of the game, the rst two bonuses are available: Gandalf’s Fireworks Bonus and Merry and Pippin’s Garden Heist Bonus. As players accumulate miles, additional bonuses become available and can be selected any time the “Choose a Bonus” feature is triggered. Players can also accumulate miles and unlock bonuses by logging into their account at PlayersLife.com and playing e Lord of the RingsTM mini games.
Each bonus game begins with the appropriate clip from e Lord of the Rings lms, setting up the particular challenge of the bonus game. A lm clip also plays at the end of the bonus while the nal score is being tallied. In addition to the chance for big credit wins, each bonus game also has three di erent trophies that are awarded for reaching certain thresholds during the bonus round. Players can track their trophies and achievements through their Players Life account, either online or in the game itself.
Visit www.facebook.com/playerslife or www.playerslife.com to see videos of e Lord of the RingsTM bonus features.
When the bonus feature is triggered, players choose any available bonus to play. Additional bonuses become available as players accumulate miles and progress in the game.
Gandalf’s Fireworks Bonus
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In Gandalf’s Fireworks Bonus, the player is awarded 8 free spins with an alternate set of reels. During the spins if any wild symbol lands on reels 2, 3 or 4 and there is at least one win on the reels, the wild symbol ignites a rocket that ies to the top of the screen and explodes, revealing either
a 2x, 3x or 5x multiplier. If multiple wild symbols appear, then multiple rockets will be red (up to three) awarding multiple bonus multipliers. Plus, if three ring symbols appear in any position on reels 1, 3 and 5, the player receives an additional 8 free spins.
Merry and Pippin’s Garden Heist Bonus
Merry and Pippin’s Garden Heist Bonus takes place in Farmer Maggot’s garden. e player is awarded three picks from the grid of vegetables. e vegetables either reveal a credit value or a “Farmer” symbol. If no “Farmer” symbol is revealed, the credit values of the remaining vegetables increase, and the player is awarded three additional picks. is continues until a“Farmer” is revealed or all items in the grid have been picked. e grid contains 27 credit values and 3 “Farmer” symbols. If