Microgaming and Buck Stakes Entertainment have announced the release of a new 6 reel and up to 117,649 ways to win slot game titled ‘8 Golden Skulls of Holly Roger Megaways.

The new Pirate themed slot game is Buck Stakes Entertainment’s Megaways debut as well as their first slot ever.

The ‘8 Golden Skulls of Holly Roger Megaways slot uses Big Time Gaming’s Megaways engine with each reel randomly displaying between 2 and 7 symbols. Winning combinations are created by players landing matching symbols on successive reels commencing from reel 1.

The highly volatile slot game is playable from a mere 20p up to £20 per spin on desktop, mobile or tablet devices and comes with a Quickspin function, Autoplay facility and an RTP OF 96.96%. The maximum win in the slot game is 19,000 x a player’s total stake.

Symbols on the reels include A. K. Q, J and 10 royals as well as 5 female pirate characters. The most lucrative symbol is the purple female pirate that pays 60 x a player’s total stake for landing 6 in combination. There is no Wild symbol in the slot game.

A Firepot feature is triggered by landing 3 or more Firepot symbols anywhere on the reels.

Winning symbols disappear to be replaced by new symbols when landing a winning combination in the Rolling Reels feature.

The Mystery symbol is the Treasure Chest that can reveal any symbol except the Scatter when appearing. These can appear on any reel and is known as the Mystery Symbols feature.

The Free Spins feature is activated when 4 Diamond scatter symbols appear anywhere on the reels.