Calico Jack

Three legendary pirates provide the theme for Spinmatic’s Calico Jack. Players can enjoy adventure on the high seas, as well as free spins, a gamble feature, and outstanding RTP, without fear of injuries resulting in peg legs, hooks for hands, or eye-patches.

Theme

This title is set in the early 18th century during the golden age of piracy, when sail power, gunpowder, and pure human grit yielded wild nautical adventures that have resonated worldwide ever since. Gaming symbols include the pirates Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read, all of whom actually worked together in seeking gold on the ocean, anchors, treasure chest scatter symbols, and wild symbols featuring Jack with a blue halo. The playing card values ace through ten act as lower-value symbols. Jack’s actual ship, the Ranger, is depicted to the right of the reels, with the Jolly Roger, which was actually designed by Jack’s first mate, flying high. A jaunty soundtrack helps keep spirits high.

Betting Options and Functions

Spinmatic’s design team does excellent work here, showing an attention to detail not usually associated with pirates and making sure that every element of gaming is well attended-to. There are nine fixed paylines, all paying from left to right. Bet level is set simply from 0.09–36.00 times the betting currency per spin. Autoplay is available for up to 100 spins, or without limit, with optional loss limits available on a separate screen. Player options, payline information, game rules, quick spin, and more are available via an expanding menu at the upper right corner of the game screen. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is outstanding at 96.86%.

Features

Piracy is nothing without treasure, and players receive the best chances for big payouts in this game’s bonus feature. Free spins are triggered when scatter symbols appear on reels one, three and five. Ten free spins are awarded, during which time scatter symbols act as a second wild symbol, making big wins even more likely. The feature can re-triggered.

There is also a gamble feature, with a pirate twist: players try to predict whose face will appear on the “wanted” symbol… the options are Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two legendary figures from the golden age of piracy. A correct guess doubles the size of any win, while the wrong choice drops the win size down to zero. The feature can be played as many as five times in a row.

Our Take

Calico Jack is a stylish and enjoyable slot, with a rare historically-accurate theme and features that aren’t terribly unique, but the RTP is the real story here. Few slots available offer players better odds on their bets, making this title worthy of immediate and lasting attention.