Death Dominion Slot (Pragmatic Play)

The Death Dominion slot takes place on a 6x5 grid with Scatter Pays or ‘Pay Anywhere’ technology. For a winning outcome to occur, you need 8 or more of the same symbol, anywhere on the grid. With 30 grid positions, you can form wins with multiple symbols.  

With a minimum bet of 20p a spin, the most you can spin for is £5 a spin in the UK (or £2 if you’re under 25). There are plus and minus buttons that change your bet. Outside the UK, you can opt for 2 Turbo Mode settings and Autoplay (up to 1,000 auto spins).

The Death Dominion RTP rate is 96.54%, which is higher than the slot average but in line with other Pragmatic games. As always, there are alternative 95.52% and 94.52% RTP variants. If you played at 20p a spin and had a £20 balance, below is the number of spins you can expect to play before running out of money, for each RTP version:

• 96.54%: 2,862 spins
• 95.52%: 2,210 spins
• 94.52%: 1,807 spins

Medium volatility, winning combinations will land every 3.92 spins as the hit frequency rate is 25.51%. Triggering any free spins mode will occur every 433 spins. In terms of payouts, Death Dominion comes with 20,000 x bet max wins. The chances of winning this, known as the max win probability, is 1 in 27,027,027 spins with the odds of winning 1,000 or 5,000 x your total bet at 1 in 66,729 or 1 in 5,813,953 spins, respectively. A reminder that these are all average numbers.

With a horror theme, the Death Dominion slot takes you a moonlit graveyard where the Grim Reaper awaits. On first impressions, he reminds me a sinister version of Skeletor from the He-Man cartoon.

With bats flying through the air and skeleton hands waving about in the backdrop, the soundtrack is eerie and sets the tone. It does looks like the setting of a classic horror movie.

On the grid, symbols include bells, crowns, candles, potion bottles and crosses. The higher-value symbols include black crows, hourglasses, tombstones and skeleton horses: the skeleton horse symbol is the best paying, awarding 50 x your total bet for 12-30 on the grid.

With 3 Scatter symbols (Scatter, Dominion Scatter and Immortal Scatter), there is no Wild symbol but there are Multiplier and Doom symbols: more on these below.

Death Dominion Mobile

Death Dominion is compatible with iOS and Android smartphones, in Portrait Mode. It is also playable on desktop (laptop or PC) and tablet devices as standard.

Death Dominion comes with tumbles, multiplier symbols and doom symbols that can remove all multiplier symbols or transform into one. There are 4 free spins modes with enhanced base game action with the best option guaranteeing Doom symbols transform and spawn up to 4 more Multiplier symbols.

Tumbles 

When 8 or more matching symbols land anywhere on the grid, the Tumble feature is triggered. Winning symbols disappear with the remaining symbols falling into the empty positions. The new empty grid positions are filled with new symbols dropping in from above: this gives you the chance to form more wins with the process repeating until no new wins are created. For reference, this feature is common in slots that use Scatter Pays, Cluster Pays and Megaways mechanics.

Multiplier & Doom Symbols

In the base game, there is a chance of Multiplier and Doom symbols appearing:

• Multiplier Symbols: contain a random multiplier between 2x and 100x. When a tumbling sequence ends, the values of all Multiplier symbols on the grid are added together and applies to the total win.
• Doom Symbols: can randomly remove all Multiplier symbols on the grid, nullifying their effect on the total tumble win or it can transform itself into a Multiplier symbol with a random value of up to 100x.

Free Spins features

Death Dominion comes with 4 free spins modes, with details on each one below:

• Standard Free Spins: triggered by landing 4, 5, 6 or more Scatter symbols for 12, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. When a Multiplier symbol appears, it contains a random multiplier up to 1000x. If part of a win, the multiplier value is added to the total multiplier. This is persistent throughout the feature.
• Dominion Free Spins: triggered by 4, 5, 6 or more Scatters with at least 1 being a Dominion Scatter for 12, 15 or 20 free spins, respectively. Look out for the Doom symbol as it may randomly remove all Multiplier symbols or transform into a Multiplier symbol as well as adding up to 4 Multiplier symbols on the grid in random positions.
• Immortal Free Spins: triggered by 4, 5, 6 or more Scatters with at least 1 being an Immortal Scatter for 12, 15 or 20 free spins, respectively. The Doom symbol always transforms into a Multiplier symbol.
• Immortal Dominion Free Spins: triggered by 4, 5, 6 or more Scatters with at least 1 being a Dominion and Immortal Scatter for 12, 15 or 20 free spins, respectively. The Doom symbol always transforms into a Multiplier symbol and adds up to 4 Multiplier symbols on the grid.

With all free spins modes, 3 or more Scatter symbols will reward you with 5 extra free spins.

Ante Bet, Super Spin & Bonus Buy

Death Dominion comes with a variety of Special Bet and Bonus Buy options. Special Bets are available in the UK but Bonus Buy options are not. Below is all the info:

• Ante Bet 1: costing 2 x bet, there is a 5 x chance of triggering any free spins mode (RTP is 96.53%)
• Ante Bet 2: costing 10 x bet, there is a 540% higher chance of triggering the Dominion Immortal free spins mode (RTP is 96.54%)
• Super Spin 1: costing 15 x bet, it guarantees Doom and Multiplier symbols on every spin (RTP is 96.52%)
• Super Spin 2: costing 250 x bet, you will guaranteed a Multiplier minimum of 50x on every spin (RTP is 96.51%)
• Free Spins: costing 100 x bet, you will trigger the standard free spins (RTP is 96.51%)
• Dominion Free Spins: costing 200 x bet, you will trigger the Dominion free spins mode (RTP is 96.55%)
• Immortal Free Spins: costing 300 x bet, you will trigger the Immortal free spins mode (RTP is 96.56%)
• Dominion Immortal Free Spins: costing 750 x bet, you will trigger the Dominion Immortal free spins (RTP is 96.5%)

Death Dominion Slot

Rating: 3.9/5

Death Dominion has a new multiplier system where the Doom symbol becomes a Multiplier symbol or remove all Multiplier symbols from play that can make a break a spin.

Chris Taylor

When you fire up the Death Dominion slot, players of a certain age will instantly be remind of Skeletor from the He-Man cartoon series. Whilst it has a horror theme, it’s not as intense as other games such as Sanatorium Secrets or Curse of the Werewolf Megaways.

In terms of the gameplay, yes, it’s another Scatter Pays slot but feels different to popular Pragmatic Play games such as Sweet Bonanza and Gates of Olympus. That said, it comes with tumbles (standard practice these days) and Multiplier symbols which combine to a total multiplier (like in Gates of Olympus).

The difference is the Doom symbol: it can randomly remove all Multiplier symbols from play or transform into a Multiplier symbol (with a multiplier up to 100x). It reminds me of the Ghost Wild symbol in The Big Dog House being honest.

The similarities don’t end there are there are 4 free spins modes, with the 3 more lucrative modes triggered when you see at least 1 other Scatter symbol. With potentially more valuable Multiplier symbols worth up to 1000x, the total multiplier persists in all 4 modes. The Doom symbol can become a Multiplier symbol and add up to 4 extra Multiplier symbols. In the Immortal Dominion free spins mode, the Doom symbol always transforms into a Multiplier symbol and spawns up to 4 more.

With 20,000 x bet max win potential, Death Dominion certainly can provide big payouts but it’s all down to the Multiplier symbols working their magic. Medium volatility, your odds of winning 1,000 x your total bet or higher are 1 in 66,729 spins as opposed to 1 in 261,097 spins in Sweet Bonanza. The subtle tweak to the multiplier system ensures Death Dominion is another decent addition to Pragmatic Play’s Scatter Pays library.

Finally, if you like the theme, my guide to the best horror-themed slots has games inspired by vampires, werewolves, witches, serial killers and mental asylums.

The Death Dominion slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who has written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades.

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Chris Taylor is an industry veteran originally from Gibraltar. Having worked in the online gambling industry since 2004, Chris loves slots and has reviewed over 10,000 online slot games. Running a slots-focused website for 13 years, Chris is the go-to guy for everything slots-related.