It's a Mystery is a 5-reel, 25-line real-series video slot machine game. This means there are five spinning reels from which to form your winning combinations. For every coin that you put in you enable another payline. When the reels stop, the computer checks the combinations of symbols along each enabled payline.
It's a Mystery offers a thrilling murder mystery-themed slot game. Return to the scene of the crime, to find a slot game filled with intrigue, suspense and more features than you can poke a candlestick at. Was it the Butler, The Lady, or perhaps the distinguished looking Gentleman?
The It's a Mystery video slot machine game features Scatter symbols, Wild symbols, two Random Progressive Jackpots, Portrait Puzzle Feature, Win-Win Bonus Feature, and the Feature Guarantee.
The unique Feature Guarantee system ensures a feature every 150 spins if you don't trigger one randomly, and the Win-Win Feature will top up any poor-paying free games.
The It's a Mystery slot machine game can be played for free or for real money in denominations of 0.01 up to 5.00 per pay line bet. The minimum bet amount is 0.01 and the maximum bet amount is 125.00 per spin.
The maximum payout other then the Random Progressive Jackpots in the regular It's a Mystery real-series slot machine game is 7,500 coins per line bet.
Note: For every coin that you bet, you enable another payline. You are paid out for winning combinations on enabled paylines only.
Note: The amounts displayed below are in USD but will remain the same if you choose to play in Canadian dollars, Pounds, or Euros.
All symbols pay left to right (Reel 1-5) in consecutive order except for the It's a Mystery Logo scatter symbols, which pay any.
- Compulsory 25 line play per game.
- Wager 0.01 up to 5.00 per pay line bet.
- Highest win only on each selected payline.
- Coinciding wins on different paylines are added.
- Payouts are made according to the paytable.
- Winnings are paid out on the highest combination on each enabled payline only, except for scatter wins.
- The It's a Mystery Logo scatter symbols do not need to appear on an enabled payline to win.
- Regular symbols pay left to right (Reel 1-5) in consecutive order except for the It's a Mystery Logo scatter symbols, which pay anywhere.
- Bonus game wins are added to payline wins.
- Scatter awards are independent from payline awards and are added to the payline win.
- The Question Mark wild symbol, substitutes for all other symbols except for the It's a Mystery Logo scatter symbols.
- Max win per paid spin is 50,000 times bet per line.
- Random Progressive Jackpot Awarded anytime.
- Some features may not be available in PLAYING FOR FUN mode.
- Malfunctions void all plays and pays.
Random Progressive Jackpot
A Random Progressive Jackpot can be won at the conclusion of any regular game; the Progressive Jackpot is triggered at random.
The current values of the Random Progressive Jackpots are displayed in the It's a Mystery slot machine game.
The Random Progressive Jackpots are available in fun and real play mode but with separate funds.
The "Random Progressive Jackpots" can be won at random during any paid game.
Any denomination, number of coins, and paylines can be bet for the chance to win one of the Random Progressive Jackpots.
The larger your wager is on each game, the more chances you have of winning the "Random Progressive Jackpot".
The "Random Progressive Jackpot" cannot be won during any Bonus Round Feature games.
Jackpot Reset Amount: Major Jackpot $1,000; Minor Jackpot $250 (expressed in USD and may vary for other supported currencies).
Any player, playing any denomination, may be awarded either or both Jackpots at the conclusion of any paid game. The Minor, and Major Jackpots are triggered totally at random independent from each other.
Note: The real money Progressive Jackpots are only available to Real Money Players.
Wild Symbols
The Question Mark symbol in the It's a Mystery slot machine game is a wild symbol. This means that the Question Mark wild symbol acts as a substitute for other symbols to complete winning combinations.
Multiple Question Mark wild symbols on an enabled payline create winning combinations, as shown in the "Regular Payout Schedule".
The Question Mark wild symbol does not substitute for the It's a Mystery Logo symbol to complete winning scatter combinations or to activate the Portrait Puzzle Feature game.
Note: Only one winning combination is paid out per payline. If there is more than one possible winning combination on a payline, you are paid out the value of the highest combination only.
Scatter Symbols
The It's a Mystery Logo symbol in the It's a Mystery slot machine game is a scatter symbol. This means that the It's a Mystery Logo scatter symbol does not need to appear in a line on an enabled payline to win.
The It's a Mystery Logo symbol can be scattered anywhere on the five reels to complete winning scatter combinations, provided three or more It's a Mystery Logo symbols appear.
Winnings are calculated by multiplying the It's a Mystery Logo symbols combination payout, according to the "Regular Payout Schedule", by the total number of coins bet.
Three or more It's a Mystery Logo symbols scattered anywhere on the reels activate the Portrait Puzzle Feature.
The Question Mark wild symbol does not substitute for the It's a Mystery Logo symbol to complete winning scatter combinations or to activate the Portrait Puzzle Feature game.
Note: If you have a scatter win and a regular win, you are paid out for both wins, as the It's a Mystery Logo scatter symbol does not need to appear on an enabled payline to win. Scatter awards are independent from payline awards and are added to the payline win.
Portrait Puzzle Feature
Three or more It's a Mystery Logo symbols scattered anywhere on the reels activate the Portrait Puzzle Feature.
The Question Mark wild symbol does not substitute for the It's a Mystery Logo symbol to complete winning scatter combinations or to activate the Portrait Puzzle Feature.
During the Portrait Puzzle Feature game a 9-piece portrait is revealed and is then randomly shuffled when "Press to Start Feature" is pressed.
Any portrait piece that ends up in its correct position after the shuffle is locked into place.
Additional shuffles then occur to re-arrange any un-locked pieces, with improvements held after each shuffle.
1 shuffle (including the initial shuffle) is awarded for each triggering scatter symbols.
Shuffling ends if a portrait is completed or no shuffles remain.
You can win up to 50 free games according to the final number of portrait puzzle pieces locked in their correct positions.
A new round is then played and will award up to a 6x prize multiplier value based on the result.
Completing any portrait also awards a bonus prize of up to 500x times the total bet.
All the bets and paylines played in the Free Spins are the same as the game that activated the Portrait Puzzle Feature game.
All control buttons are disabled during the Free Spins including pay-line selectors.
Three or more It's a Mystery Logo symbols scattered anywhere on the reels during a Free Spin; you are awarded another 10 Free Spins.
The extra Free Spins are added to the remaining number of Free Spins. During Free Spin Bonus Round, an infinite number of additional Free Spins can be awarded.
Note: The Win-Win Bonus Feature triggers at the end of the Free Spins if the overall feature win (excluding any initial trigger win and portrait completion bonus prize wins) totals 10x times the triggering Bet or less.
When the Free Spin Bonus game is complete, you are returned to the regular It's a Mystery slot machine game and your Free Spin game wins are added to your win total.
Win-Win Feature
The Win-Win Feature triggers at the end of the Free Spin games if the overall feature win (excluding any initial trigger win and portrait completion bonus prize wins) totals 10x times the triggering Bet or less.
No win during Free Spin games awards a bonus prize of 100x times Bet.
A total Free Spin game win greater than 0 and less than or equal to 2x times Bet awards a bonus prize of 12x times Bet.
A total Free Spin game win greater than 2x times Bet and less than or equal to 5x times Bet awards a bonus prize of 6x times Bet.
A total Free Spin game win greater than 5x times Bet and less than or equal to 10x times Bet awards a bonus prize of 3x times Bet.
When the Win-Win Feature game is complete, you are returned to the regular It's a Mystery slot machine game and your Bonus Prize game wins are added to your win total.
Feature Guarantee
The Feature Guarantee meter indicates the number of paid games remaining before the Feature Guarantee may trigger.
Any random trigger of the Portrait Puzzle Feature during regular It's a Mystery slot machine game play will reset this meter to 150 paid games remaining.
If free spin games are not won randomly and this meter reaches zero, the Feature Guarantee system will trigger the Portrait Puzzle Feature. 3, 4 or 5 shuffles will be awarded, with all rules as per the Portrait Puzzle Feature.
The Feature Guarantee meter will reset to 150 paid games remaining after this Feature Guarantee trigger event.
A different Feature Guarantee meter is used for each bet per line increment.
Each Feature Guarantee meter is independent and decrements when bets are made at that bet per line level only.
The player may also attempt to trigger the Feature Guarantee at any time if the paid games remaining are less than 150.
The chance to trigger the Feature Guarantee is displayed, and increases as the paid games remaining indicator decreases.
Press, "Play" on the Instant Trigger Chance to enter the Feature Guarantee screen.
Press either "Return to Game" to abort the attempt or "Play" to try to trigger a feature.
If "Play" is selected, an indicator will spin around a wheel and stop on either a red or green slot.
The numbers of red and green slots are an indication of the trigger chance at the time and will be shuffled randomly across the wheel.
The Feature Guarantee will be instantly triggered if a green slot appears in the indicator window after the spin.
If "Play" was selected the Feature Guarantee meter will reset to 150 paid games remaining irrespective of the outcome.
How To Play - It's a Mystery
The It's a Mystery slot game has 25-bet lines, with the price per play starting at 0.01 up to 5.00 per pay line bet. The minimum bet amount is 0.01 and the maximum bet amount is 125.00 per spin.
Press the "Bet Up" or "Bet Down" buttons to increase or decrease the size of your stake per line.
Click the Lines "Up" or "Down" buttons to select the number of lines you wish to play.
Click "Spin" to start the reels spinning.
During the regular It's a Mystery slot machine game play you have the option to control when the reels stop, by pressing the "Stop" button.
When you press the "Stop" button all of the reels spinning will stop; helping you create winning combinations and/or trigger the Bonus Features.
The total amount you have staked will be shown in the "Bet" area in the upper centre of the It's a Mystery slot machine game screen.
Click on the "Help" button to view the paytable, which shows the potential winnings for each reel combination, scatters, bonuses etc.
If the combination of symbols appearing on the reels forms a line of 2, 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols on one of the lines you selected to play, you win. Any winning lines you have will be highlighted and your winnings will be credited to your account balance.
Skill Stop Spin Feature
The Real-Series video slot machine games have a Skill Stop Spin Feature that lets you stop the spinning reels with just a touch of a button.
During the regular slot machine game play you have the option to control when the reels stop, by pressing the Stop button.
When you press the Stop button all of the reels spinning will stop; helping you create winning combinations and/or trigger the Bonus Features.
Note: The Skill Stop Spin Feature is an option when playing the slot machine game you are not required to stop the reels, the slot machine game reels will stop by itself.
AutoPlay
The following options configure the Autoplay feature for Real-Series Video Slot games:
Number Of Spins: When this option is selected, the slot player can choose the following spin amounts: 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 or 1000.
After selecting one of the quantities above, the slot machine will be spinning automatically the amount of times the slot player chose. Additionally, a "Stop Auto" button will be shown in the main screen of the slot game, in case the player wants to stop the "Autoplay" option.
If the option is unchecked, the slot game plays one spin at a time.
Stop When The Jackpot Is Won: The reels will stop auto playing if this option is checked and the jackpot is won.
Stop If A Win Exceeds or Equals A Defined Amount: When this option is checked, the reels will stop if the amount won is greater than or equals to an amount defined by the player.
Stop On Any Win: If this option is selected, the auto play will stop every time a win occurs.
Stop If Balance Increases By A Defined Amount: After checking this option, the game will stop if the player balance is increased by at least the amount specified in this section.
Stop If Balance Decreases By A Defined Amount: If this option is selected, the "Autoplay" option will stop if the player balance is decreased by at least the amount specified in this option.
Stop Once The Bonus Feature Is Triggered: When this option is checked, the "Autoplay" will stop if a bonus feature is reached. For some games the bonus feature can be free spins or a special bonus feature game.
Start Autoplay Without Showing This Dialog: This option, when selected, starts the "Autoplay" feature from the main screen, without showing this "Options screen", otherwise, this screen is displayed.
Regular Symbols
Gentleman |
Lady |
Butler |
Detective |
Mansion |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Ace |
King |
Queen |
Jack |
Ten |
Nine |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
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Regular Payout Schedule
Winnings paid out on the It's a Mystery slot machine game are dependent on the symbols displayed on the payline, once the reels have come to a stop.
The Payout Schedule summarizes the game Payout Table.
Note: All figures show the number of coins that are won for each combination. The value of credits won depend on the coin size you bet.
| Symbol Name |
2 Symbols |
3 Symbols |
4 Symbols |
5 Symbols |
| Question Mark |
10 |
100 |
1,000 |
7,500 |
| Gentleman |
5 |
50 |
500 |
2,500 |
| Lady |
3 |
20 |
250 |
1,250 |
| Butler |
2 |
15 |
150 |
1,000 |
| Detective |
--- |
10 |
50 |
500 |
| Mansion |
--- |
10 |
50 |
500 |
| Ace |
--- |
5 |
25 |
250 |
| King |
--- |
5 |
25 |
250 |
| Queen |
--- |
5 |
25 |
250 |
| Jack |
--- |
5 |
20 |
150 |
| Ten |
--- |
5 |
20 |
150 |
| Nine |
--- |
5 |
20 |
150 |
| Scatter |
--- |
2x |
10x |
200x |
Scatter
During Feature |
1x |
2x |
10x |
200x |
Multiple Payline Schedule
You are paid out for regular winning combinations on enabled paylines only.
The number of credits won is dependent on the total number of coins won multiplied by the coin size you selected.
The colored lines in the graphics below represent the shape of the available paylines:
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