Giovanni’s Gems

Giovanni’s Gems is played on a huge 7×7 board with 49 symbols, and wins are awarded whenever you form a cluster of 5 or more symbols. With this kind of setup, it’s possible to get wins with 25+ symbols. Whenever you land a win, the winning symbols explode, and new ones fall from above to fill the spaces and then wins are calculated again, which is the equivalent of a re-spin after every win. This can go on and on, but unlike with many similar games, in Giovanni’s Gems, there is no bonus for clearing the board as that would be impossible since the exploding symbols are replaced with new ones.

Sapphire, Amethyst, Citrine, and Coal are the four low-value symbols. They really don’t pay much and you’d have to get a lot of them in a cluster in order to get a decent payout, say, 10 of them to get the same amount of money you get for a cluster of 5 of medium-paying symbols Ruby, Emerald and Pick Axe. These already pay a decent sum. There are two high-paying symbols, Torch and Sack, and these could be considered two best medium-paying symbols as the payout is at the same level.

Giovanni’s Diamonds is a special feature which turns Coal symbols into Diamond Symbols whenever they are adjacent to a winning cluster. The payout is significant already when you get one Diamond, and gets better and better for more Diamonds, up to 3,000 coins if you get 25 or more.

Giovanni symbols are Scatters, and you need to land 3 of them to win some cash or 5+ of them to trigger the free spins. For 5 Giovanni’s you’ll get 7 free spins, for 6 you’ll get 9 spins, for 7 you’ll get 11 spins, all the way of to whopping 50 spins which will be awarded to you if you land 25 or more Giovanni’s on your reels. Most notably, Giovannis can fall down after a win, and so can other special symbols, so there’s always a chance your desired combination will be completed by a falling symbol even if it isn’t completed on the first spin.

The theoretical return to player (RTP) of Giovanni’s Gems is only 94.94%, which doesn’t classify it as a slot game with good payout, so it’s best if this slot is played for fun. It is fun and it can produce big wins on a single spin if you’re lucky with the symbols that appear on your spin and symbols that fall when the winning ones explode. This chance of progressing to a mega win on a single spin is the biggest appeal of this game.