3 Genie Wishes

One of the late and great Robin Williams' most iconic roles came as a voice actor in the Disney film Aladdin. In that film, Williams memorably voiced the Genie of the Lamp and instantly went down as one of the most iconic Disney characters of all time.

While the 3 Genie Wishes slot is not an official licensed slot of that film, you can tell by its design that it has been greatly influence by the look and feel of the Disney classic, even down to the characters used on the slots and how they look. They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery and in that case Disney should be proud of having inspired what seems to have become the default look for that particular story.

The slot is a 50 line, 5 reel slot with four symbols on each reel and although the jackpot size is relatively small, there are a nice mix of wins available, although the lower value wins are on the very low side of things, with prizes of 1/10 of your bet on offer for the lowest value symbols.

3 Genie Wishes has been one of Pragmatic Play's most popular slots for a good while now, so let's take a look and find out why it is enjoyed by so many.

Overview

• Game: 3 Genie Wishes
• Developer: Pragmatic Play
• Reels: 5
• Pay Lines: 50 (non-selectable)
• Minimum Bet: 0.50
• Maximum Bet: 250
• Jackpot: 400x
• Free Spins Bonus: Yes
• Other Bonuses: Yes
• Progressive: No
• Volatility: Low to Medium

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Presentation

The presentation of the 3 Genie Wishes slot has been done very nicely. The reels are set against an Arabian City backdrop, with a spectacular sunset above the city. The five reels are central with the main controls below and the music that accompanies your spins is perfectly suited to the game, without becoming intrusive or irritating.

The animations on the reels are nicely done and the same is true when you trigger the Scatter bonus and the genie appears to grant you one of three prizes. Overall, this is a slot that does look very nice and which has some nice touches, but which doesn't really push the boundaries of what you can get on a slot. It is good, without being spectacular.

What's on the reels?

There are a total of nine symbols on the reels in the 3 Genie Wishes slot and they start with the lower value symbols. These are the playing card symbols, Jack, Queen, King and Ace and they offer lower value wins ranging from 1/10 of your bet up to around 1.6x your bet for a win.

Higher value symbols are all the characters from the story and include a monkey, a parrot, a bearded man (presumably the villain of the piece), the princess and a young boy who is clearly modeled on Aladdin. Wins on these symbols are not that huge either ranging from 1/5 of your total bet up to 6x your total bet for five Aladdin symbols across the reels.

However, what is worth noting is that you can trigger multiple line wins on a single spin and especially when you land the Stacked Wild symbols in conjunction with the symbols above, and that does increase the overall value of your win on some spins.

Wild features

The Genie is the Wild symbol in the game and he is the only symbol that is stacked on the reels. You can turn an entire reel Wild in this way and when you turn multiple reels Wild, that is when some of the bigger value wins are possible in the base game. The Wild substitutes for all other symbols in the game apart from the Scatter, and it also offers the highest value win of 8x your stake for five across the reels.

Free Spins features

To trigger Free Spins you need to land the Magic Lamp Scatter on the first, third and fifth reels on the same spin. You will often land two Magic Lamps on a spin, but not the third and this does get on your nerves a little. However, when the bonus triggers, you then have the Genie appear and present you with three items from which to select. Two hold cash prizes (see below), while the other is a Free Spins bonus.

For the Free Spin bonus, you will be given a number of Free Spins, together with either Raining Wilds or Sticky Wilds. Both bonuses can pay out some big value wins, but I prefer the Raining Wilds as you tend to land more Free Spins with this bonus than the other.

Other bonus features

The only other bonus features on the slot are the cash prizes you can select when triggering the Scatter bonus and one of these is a higher value prize, one is a smaller value prize that is the same as your stake. This latter prize is extremely frustrating to select after you have waited a while to trigger the bonus and it almost feels like the game is punishing you for your random pick. The bigger cash prize is OK, but you tend to find the better wins come in Free Spins.

Best feature of the 3 Genie Wishes slot

There's no doubt that the best feature of this slot is the Free Spins bonus games that you can trigger when you select one of the genie's three artifacts. The fact that there are different Wild bonuses available with Free Spins makes this the best of the prizes with the Raining Wilds being a better option for me than the Sticky Wilds (chiefly because you get more Free Spins). However, it is still possible to win big on both these features.

What does the 3 Genie Wishes slot lack?

It isn't so much what the 3 Genie Wishes slot lacks that is the issue for me with the game, it is the minor irritations. There are far too many two-scatter spins, which makes it feel like the game is trying to tease you after the 10^th such spin in the last 30. Furthermore, when you do eventually trigger the bonus, to land a cash prize the same as your stake is really deflating. That's a shame as by fixing these two issues, this would be an absolutely corking slot to play.

Conclusion

The 3 Genie Wishes slot is good fun to play and it does have many positive features, which we have outlined above, however there are one or two niggly features that irk me. The first is the smaller cash bonus you can win when triggering the bonus games. To win a prize just the same as your bet as your bonus, is really poor. Secondly, those irritating two Scatter spins occur so frequently that after a while you do start to get a little frustrated. That's a shame as in all other respects, 3 Genie Wishes ticks all the right boxes for a really enjoyable 5x4 reel slot, especially for lower stakes players.

Ratings

• Presentation: 14 / 20 - The presentation of the 3 Genie Wishes slot is very nicely done and it is somewhat obvious that the game designers have used the Disney film Aladdin, which starred Robin Williams as the Genie, as the blueprint for their slot. That's not a bad thing as the graphics are very similar to the film, the backdrop is nicely done and the music is well suited to the game. All in all, the slot looks and plays nicely but it doesn't really do anything spectacular or eye-catching.
• Game-play: 13 / 20 - The game-play of the slot is somewhat repetitive to be honest. The base game can drag on a little as you tend to hit a number of spins where you land the Scatter on the first and third reels and not the fifth and in truth, with two scatters not paying out, this does quickly become frustrating. Wins are not too difficult to come by and there are a good mix of value of wins, which does improve the game-play. The Stacked Wilds do make a big difference to the game too in a positive way.
• Bonus Features: 13 / 20 - The bonus features are all accessed from landing three of the Scatter symbols across the reel. Two bonuses are simply cash prizes, with a third being a Free Spins bonus game, which will award you a number of Free Spins complete with a Wild bonus on the reels. Trigger this bonus and you can win some sizeable prizes. However, it is frustrating to win just a cash sum, especially a lower amount, when you finally do hit the bonus games as this is simply not a good enough reward for the effort you put in.
• Entertainment Factor: 14 / 20 - Despite a couple of irritations when you play the game, such as the recurring near misses with the Scatter symbol and the low value cash prize when you trigger the bonus feature, the game itself is good fun to play with a good mix of higher and lower value wins. The Stacked Wild can lead to some very nice wins in the base game and the Sticky Wilds in the Free Spins bonus also can lead to some very good value wins when this feature is triggered.
• Play Value: 13 / 20 - Initially I felt that 3 Genie Wishes was a medium variance slot, but when I played it I felt that it was more low to medium variance, especially when played for smaller stakes. Overall, the good mix of size of wins in the base game, and especially Free Spins does make this a more generous slot than some medium variance games, but it doesn't proffer up as many wins as the more lower variance slot. However, played at the right stake level for your bankroll, this is not a game that should empty your wallet.
• Overall 67 / 100 - I can see why so many people enjoy the 3 Genie Wishes slot from Pragmatic Play each month. It does have some excellent redeeming features, a good mix of wins and the Free Spins bonus can pay out some sizeable wins. There are a few irritations too, particularly too many two Scatter spins which lead nowhere, and the fact that the lower cash prize when you do trigger the bonus makes it hardly worthwhile triggering. If you trigger a bonus you deserve some kind of reward, not a win simply the same value as your bet. Despite those issues, this is still a fun and potentially lucrative slot to play.

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