Jolly Jester

This funny video slot will make you laugh from the start right into the bank when you deposit your winnings. Jolly Jester is themed on the court jesters in earlier times, when they were employed to tell jokes and provide general entertainment, typically by a European monarch.

This 5 reel slot has 25 paylines and a really good jackpot. The Jolly Jester will win you the fixed jackpot of 10 000 coins. He is also the wild substitute. All Royal courts in those days had entertainers and most had professional fools. Entertainment included music, juggling, clowning and the telling of riddles. They enjoyed a privileged status.

The Castle is the scatter, and the Jolly Jester feature is triggered when 3 or more scatters appear anywhere on the reels. In the 2nd opening screen you are presented with 9 boxes.

Select 3 matching boxes to reveal free spins and multipliers. You will have 9 choices, and you can win 1 of 3 prizes: the free spin prize will reward you with 10 free spins, which will multiply with every spin; the Jester prize rewards you with 10 free spins, and every time the King and Queen symbol is displayed as a jester symbol during the free spins, your wins will double; the Castle prize is worth 10 spins, and each time the King and Queen symbol is displayed as a Castle symbol, it will act as a scatter. All wins during this round will also be doubled.

The symbol of the King and Queen in person, is valued at 2 000 coins if you have 5 of them on the main payline. In William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, Feste the jester is described as “wise enough to play the fool”.

The jester’s Mandolin is the next symbol in line for payment. 5 Of these will pay 500 coins. Jesters could give bad news to the King that no-one else would dare deliver. When the French fleet was destroyed by the English, the jester of Phillippe VI told him the English soldiers “don’t even have the guts to jump in the water like our brave French”.

The jester’s shoes and juggling balls are the next 2 symbols. They both pay 250 coins. The high value cards pay as follow; A and K – 150, Q and J – 125, and 10 and 9 – 100.

This video slot offers great entertainment, and you can win up to 100 000 coins during the free spin bonus games.

The tradition of court jesters came to an end in Britain when Charles I was overthrown in the Civil War. Oliver Cromwell had no place for such “fripperies as jesters”.