Wish Granted is BetSoft Gaming’s 2023 genie slot, and it leans on a Hold & Win bonus rather than free spins. We cover how the wish granted slot plays, its nudging genie wild and Hold & Win round, and where to spin the free demo.<\/p>\n
It runs across five reels, three rows and 243 ways to win, with a Middle-Eastern cast led by a blue genie and a sword-wielding heroine. The headline number is its hit rate \u2014 wins land on close to seven spins in ten.<\/p>\n
The grid is five reels by three rows with 243 ways to win, so any matching symbols on adjacent reels from the left pay out. The theme is an Aladdin-style fantasy \u2014 palm trees, treasure and a blue genie who decides when the reels burst.<\/p>\n
What sets the base game apart is that every symbol pays for just two of a kind. That is why wins arrive so often, even if many are small: a low symbol returns 0.04x and a high one 0.12x for a two-symbol hit.<\/p>\n
Two special symbols do the heavy lifting: the genie Wild and the scattered BONUS symbols that open the bonus. For the wider range, BetSoft’s Hold & Win catalogue<\/a> runs the same bonus format across many themes.<\/p>\n The Hold & Win Bonus is the main event and the route to the top prize. Six or more scattered BONUS symbols trigger it, and those symbols lock in place to start the round.<\/p>\n Three respins follow. Any new BONUS symbol that lands locks in too and resets the respin count back to three, so a steady trickle of symbols keeps the feature alive.<\/p>\n Fill enough positions and the round builds toward the game’s 5,000x top win \u2014 BetSoft’s standard counter-reset Hold & Win, executed cleanly. For an Egyptian take on the format, April Fury and the Chamber of Scarabs, BetSoft’s Egyptian Hold & Win<\/a> runs a similar respin engine.<\/p>\n The feature that gives Wish Granted its character sits in the base game. On reel 3 only, a partial stack of Wilds can nudge up or down to fill the entire reel.<\/p>\n When that genie Wild reel completes, it stands in for regular symbols and multiplies the winning lines it joins \u2014 up to 10x. A full central Wild reel on a 243-ways grid can light up a lot of combinations at once.<\/p>\n Because it works during ordinary spins rather than only in the bonus, the nudging Wild is what keeps the base game lively between Hold & Win triggers.<\/p>\n The third feature is the Stacked Mystery Symbols. Each reel carries mystery positions that reveal one random symbol after the reel stops, and every mystery symbol on screen shows the same icon.<\/p>\n When that shared symbol is a high-value one, several reels of matching icons can land together \u2014 and paired with the nudging Wild, those coordinated reveals are where the bigger base-game wins come from.<\/p>\n It is a familiar BetSoft touch used across the studio’s catalogue, but it fits the genie theme and dovetails neatly with the nudging Wild reel.<\/p>\n Wish Granted runs a 96.41% RTP, just above the 96% average. BetSoft rates the volatility Medium, which sits at odds with the very high hit rate.<\/p>\n That hit rate is 71.39% \u2014 wins on roughly seven spins in ten \u2014 driven by the two-of-a-kind pays. Expect a busy, steady session of small returns rather than long dry spells.<\/p>\n The ceiling is a measured 5,000x the bet, reached through the Hold & Win. This is a game of frequent contact and a modest top end, not a high-variance jackpot chase.<\/p>\n You can play Wish Granted free in demo mode before staking anything. The demo runs the full game \u2014 the nudging genie Wild, Stacked Mystery Symbols and the Hold & Win Bonus \u2014 in-browser with no download.<\/p>\n A few demo rounds show how often the BONUS symbols cluster and how the nudging Wild behaves on reel 3. For more no-stakes spins, our free Hold & Win slot demos<\/a> gather similar titles.<\/p>\nThe Hold & Win Bonus<\/h2>\n
The Nudging Multiplier Wild Reel<\/h2>\n
Stacked Mystery Symbols<\/h2>\n
RTP, Volatility and What to Expect<\/h2>\n
Playing Wish Granted Free in Demo Mode<\/h2>\n
Wish Granted FAQs<\/h2>\n