Burlesque by Dita Slot Machine: Review & Demo
Aurum Signature Studios brings a brand new exclusive slot machine to Microgaming’s casinos, and this time it’s a game with a branded theme. Burlesque by Dita was inspired by Dita Von Teese, famous model that has built her brand around this type of look. Burlesque shows have a long history behind them, and while they’re not as impressive for the modern man as they used to be a century ago, it’s still a type of look that is enjoyable for many.
Burlesque by Dita will offer 243 ways to win, using for them 5x3 reels. Spinning the reels gets you wins of up to 12,000x the stake, in an online slot machine that has a 96.80% RTP and high volatility. On the other hand, it’s also a game with wilds, random features, scatters, free spins, along with multipliers and rolling reels as special modifiers.
Burlesque by Dita Betting and Prizes
$0.10 is a low enough wager that you can easily start playing the slot, if you want to see how it feels. Once you decide on it, you can get closer to the $20 maximum bet, if you feel like it.
With the right symbols on the reels, this slot machine can end up paying 12,000x the stake back to you, or as much as $240,000 (for the users of the maximum bet). As the rewards are on the high side, the risk tends to be at the same level (high volatility).
On the other hand, I really enjoyed seeing the game’s RTP, which has three levels for the operators to choose from. The upper level is the one you want, as it’s at 96.80%, which is excellent. The lower ones are to be avoided, if you see them mentioned in the help files (they’re at 94.03% and 92.08%).
Slot Features
The wild symbol is going to be the star of this game. We see in it a Wild logo, with a glass on top, and Dita sitting in it, on stage. Not only are these acting as substitute symbols, with 2x multipliers that will help boost any wins they contribute to, but they can pay directly as well. In fact, they are the ones that will pay the jackpot of 12,000x the stake, if you manage to fill the reels with wilds.
One way to get that wild-filled screen, is through Wild Pleasure, a bonus feature that triggers at random. Up to 5 wild reels are transformed then, and that could lead to the top jackpot triggering (or to other prizes).
And then, we have the free spins as well, with their four versions. It’s your choice, which of the four variants you trigger. To get that option, you need 3 or more scatter symbols at the same time. This pays 2x to 200x the stake, and then gives you the option of:
- 25 free spins that uses Wild Party symbols to transform regular symbols into extra wilds;
- 20 free spins that get Rolling Reels and an increasing multiplier, going up by 1x, and maxing out at 5x;
- 15 free spins where regulars can be transformed into multipliers of up to 3x (combine them to get 6x);
- 10 free spins, where every single win gets multiplied by 5x.
Theme & Design
It’s Dita’s show, and you can see this in the majority of the symbols that are used by the game. Dita Von Teese appears in the wild and scatter symbols, she’s in the premium icons, and we also get images of champagne bottles, shoes, and then with the four card suit icons as well. Not a bad design, all things considered, particularly since a lot of branded new slots don’t turn out so well.
Conclusion
Burlesque by Dita is one of the better-looking branded slots that I’ve seen Microgaming release so far, and it’s also a game with higher volatility and excellent features, so do try it out if you can find a version of it that uses the maximum RTP.
