Elvira Slot Machines
IGT doesn’t like to mess with a good thing. Once they find a slot machine theme or game that is successful, they keep moving in that direction. Why mess with a good thing?
IGT’s “spooky” series of slot machines includes titles like House of the Dead and
Twilight Zone. The most successful slot title of all their spooky machines are Elvira themed slot machines.
You know Elvira–the mysterious “dark lady” who used to host “Movie Macabre”, a weekly horror-themed movie showcase. With her dark-colored ”Goth”-style clothes combined with a nice bit of cleavage and a hilarious “Valley Girl” persona, Elvira has become a sort of cheerleader of the dark side. Known also as “The Queen of B Horror”, Elvira is still doing her thing, appearing at horror conventions and occasionally on TV. She’s sixty years old and still gorgeous.
IGT’s Elvira slot machines are officially licensed and feature Elvira in all her dark glory. There are many different varieties of Elvira slot machines–IGT has owned the license since 1996. The most popular and easiest to find of all the Elvira slot machine games is called “Elvira’s Hot” though the plain old “Elvira” slot machine is also still a popular item.
Elvira Slot Machine Specs
All of the Elvira slot machines are nickel slot machines with three reels. With a few different unique bonuses and the chance to win a big progressive jackpot, combined with a horror theme and lots of images of Elvira’s awesome cleavage, it’s no wonder this machine is usually crowded with customers. Unfortunately for fans of progressive slot machines, the Elvira slot machines still being used today no longer include a progressive jackpot.
The progressive jackpot for Elvira machines was popular. You still hear slot machine gamblers talking on web forums today about how easy it was to hit on the old Elvira machines. The minimum jackpot prize for the Elvira slot machine progressive jackpot was $100,000, though at least one jackpot of over $3 million came from an Elvira slot machine, which at the time was a record for a progressive slot jackpot.
Elvira slots come in two versions–either fifteen pay lines and five credits max per line (meaning a 75-credit max bet), and another version with just nine lines and five credits per line for a default 45-credit max bet.
Elvira Slot Bonuses
The reel symbols on Elvira slots mirror the game’s B-horror movie theme. Spiders, bats, black cats, and headstones take the place of bars, cherries, and bananas. But the big draw here are the three unique bonus rounds–the “Midnight Matinee” (which appears about once every 133 pulls), “Web of Winnings” (once every 120 pulls), and “Deadhead Scatter and Shatter” which appears about once every 140 pulls.
The main bonus is called the “Web of Winnings”. When this happens, an animated Elvira pops up to guide the player. You pick a spider-web symbol and win a specific number of wheel spins, three, four or five. Basically, you spin a wheel to win credits.
A second bonus, Midnight Matinee, is triggered by the appearance of two Midnight Matinee symbols. In this game, you try to guess what rating Elvira will give different movie titles to win credits and other bonus prizes. The last bonus is called Deadhead Scatter and Shatter, which is triggered by three scatter Deadhead symbols. You select a giant deadhead and a bonus is paid out.
Elvira slot machines are great for players with smaller bankrolls or those who want to wager a bit more than usual. Elvira machines are set up to where you don’t have to bet max to qualify for the top jackpot–a minimum bet on the Elvira machine would still qualify you for the big win.
Elvira slot machines are huge. When you see a full-size standalone version of an Elvira slot, you’ll be amazed by how tall it is. The machine, with the complete Elvira topper, is about ten feet tall, and really stands out on the casino floor. If you like slot games with tons of bonuses, check out an Elvira slot machine at your local slot joint.