Original Release: IGT, 2002
One of IGT’s most recognizable games ever, Cleopatra moans at you to “double your pleasure” amidst mysterious music loops
Cleopatra (IGT, 2002)
A true classic of slots, Cleopatra was a big part of ushering in the change-over to video slots almost wholly replacing mechanical reel slots on casino floors in the 2000s. It’s one of the few true “penny slots” you can still find around … at least sort of. These days the minimum credit-in is usually five cents on the ones you can still find around on casino floors, but that’s still way cheaper than most modern games.
Penny slots were more common back then, but part of what made Cleopatra so exciting was the large potential max win. Your “budget” slots with low minimums that allow you to grind generally have caps of like a 1,000x to 3,000x-your-wager win per spin, so if you’re playing penny spins you could be looking at a grand prize of no more than a few hundred bucks (for the most rare possible outcome). Cleopatra packs a 10,000x max win if you hit five of the titular seductresses symbols on any spin, no bonus game needed. So a modest 50 cents per spin could net five grand in one fell swoop, if you get really lucky.
That’s actually close to the minimum bet, given five cents per credit and nine lines to cover, so you’re looking at a 45 cent minimum per spin to cover every line (you could bet just five cents on the center line if you’re looking to kill time or something). The aesthetics also definitely contributed to the appeal, you’ve got the little Egyptian music loops and Cleopatra moaning for you on line wins … little more sexy than you usually get from casino floor slots, especially these days. Though you never see any more of her than eyes behind a veil … very halal 
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The Cleopatra symbols aren’t the only bonus deal, you can also land free spins that can potentially retrigger, and also wins during this period get a small multiplier (not sure if fixed or random). There aren’t any other bonus features, but this is a pretty solid one by itself.
I’m guessing there aren’t a huge amount of these machines still in service, but while combing around some Reno casinos recently I ran into it at two different places … just one sitting by its lonesome but it clearly gets some traffic (and the one I played was pretty generous to me).
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