Judgemental Slot Review

About the Game

Judgemental is a 5-reel, 4-row video slot from NetEnt featuring Judges, Re-Spins, Bribe, Applause, Tomato, Free Spins and Super Free Spins, VIP Pass, and Elevate features.

The game starts with 1024 ways to win and varying bet values. Matching symbols in any position on three or more adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel to the rightmost reel without gaps, results in a win for one win mode. Additional wins per win mode are created when additional instances of the symbol appear on the same reels as the longest win per win mode. Only the highest sum of symbol matches is paid. Simultaneous wins from different win modes are summed up.

A bet win is equal to the value shown in the paytable, multiplied by any applicable multiplier. The payout values ​​for symbols shown in the paytable are dynamic and change according to the selected bet amount.

For each bet win that begins with a Wild symbol combination, the bet win is determined by the highest payout from either the Wild symbol combination or the winning combination. If the payouts are equal between the two, the win is paid as a regular winning combination. If the payout for the Wild symbols is higher, the win is paid as a Wild symbol combination.

Payouts on Wild-only bets are only awarded if a winning combination of Wild symbols consists of 5 symbols from the leftmost reel to the rightmost reel, with the exception of re-spins, where a winning combination of at least 3 Wild symbols will award a win.
Wild symbols substitute for all symbols except Bribe, Tomato, Bonus, Super Bonus, Judge!, and Super Judge!. Substituting Wild symbols awards the highest possible payout for a winning combination, according to the paytable.

Buy Bonus – Elevate Feature

Game features can be activated using the Level Up feature. The Level Up feature allows you to activate one of the following features during a single game round:

	Bonus Hunt	For 2 times the bet, it increases the chance of activating Free Spins.
	Judge	For 3 times the bet, guaranteed to activate 1 Judge.For 10 times the bet, guaranteed to activate 3 Judges.For 50 times the bet, guaranteed to activate Super Judge!
	Crowd Feature Pack	For 25 times the bet, activates the Tomato feature or the Applause feature in the next spin.
	Free Spins	For 100 times the bet, activate Free Spins.
	Super Free Spins	For 500 times the bet, activate Super Free Spins.

The cost of the Elevate feature is not taken into account when calculating the maximum win, only the base bet selected by the player is taken into account.

RTP

The theoretical return to player for this game is 96.20%.
The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Bonus Hunt is 96.16%.
The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with 1 Judge is 96.18%.
The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with 3 Judges is 96.11%.
The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Super Judge! is 96.15%.
The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Crowd Feature Pack is 96.16%.
The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Free Spins is 96.14%.
The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Super Free Spins is 96.16%.

Max Win

The maximum payout in Judgemental is 15,000 times the bet. When the total win exceeds this amount, the game round ends and a win of 15,000 times the bet is awarded.

Game Rules

Bet Ways Calculation Example

The longest winning combination of Wizard symbols is 5 symbols on reels 1-5. The number of winning combinations is calculated by multiplying the number of Wizard symbols on each of these reels: 2 x 2 x 1 x 1 x 2 = 8 winning combinations.

Judges Feature

A Judge is located at the top of each reel. Each Judge has a multiplier of x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7, x8, x9, x10, x50, or x100, or a re-spin symbol.

When the “Judge!” symbol lands, it activates the Judge on the same reel. If the “Super Judge!” symbol lands, all Judges are activated.

When multiple active judges have a multiplier, their multiplier values ​​are summed to form a common multiplier. All winnings are then multiplied by this common multiplier and added to the total winnings.

Re-Spins

Re-spins are awarded when the “Judge!” symbol lands on a reel featuring a Judge carrying a Re-spin symbol.
The Judge who triggers the Re-spins reveals a multiplier and maintains it until the end of the bonus game.
During Re-spins, the symbol that appears most often on the reels becomes “sticky,” while all other positions remain empty at the start of the game.
If two or more symbols appear the same number of times, the one with the higher value becomes “sticky.” Bonus symbols are sticky, but the “Judge!” and “Trick” symbols are not.

When an additional “Judge!” symbol lands on a reel with an active Judge during Re-Spins, one of the Judges to the left or right of it is randomly activated in its place.
If either of the Judges to the left or right is active, the inactive Judge is activated. If both Judges are active, neither Judge is activated. Only the multipliers they have while active are applied.
If additional “Judge!” symbols land during Re-Spins, the Judge at the top of that reel is activated, and its multiplier remains active until the end of the feature.
At the end of Re-Spins, the multipliers of the active Judges and their multipliers are summed up and added to the final win. Re-Spins end when no more symbols land on the reel.

Bribe Feature

The Bribe symbol can only appear on a reel with an active Judge symbol, which carries a multiplier.
When a Bribe symbol appears, it displays a value of +1, 2, or +3, which is added to the value of the Judge symbol.
The Bribe feature can appear during Sticky Re-Spins, Free Spins, or Super Free Spins.

Applause Feature

The Applause feature is randomly activated and places one or more Wild symbols on any reel, starting from the bottom row and upwards.
If a reel is completely filled with Wild symbols, the judge figure above that reel is activated.

Tomato Feature

In Tomato mode, a random number of tomato symbols land on the reels.
Each tomato forms a stack from its location to the bottom row, replacing each symbol along the way with a random number of identical symbols offering high winnings.

Tomatoes can substitute for up to three symbols in each position they occupy as they slide down. Additional “Bonus” or “Judge!” symbols may appear at the bottom of the tomato stack.

Free Spins and Super Free Spins

Landing 3 Bonus symbols on the reels activates 8 Free Spins. Landing 2 Bonus symbols and 1 Super Bonus symbol on the reels activates 8 Super Free Spins.

Judges activated in the main game when awarding Free Spins or activated during Free Spins with the Judge! or Super Judge! symbols remain active until the end of the Free Spins. During Super Free Spins, all Judges remain active from the start.
Judges display different award symbols during each spin. During Free Spins, they can display a +1, +2, or +3 symbol, which awards +1, +2, or +3 Free Spins, respectively.
After each spin during Free Spins and Super Free Spins, the multipliers of all active Judges are summed to multiply the winnings for that spin.

VIP Pass

When two bonus symbols land on the reels, a VIP pass is activated, and judges may award free spins or super free spins.
If one bonus symbol and one super bonus symbol land on the reels, judges may invite you to super free spins.

Payout Mechanics

Matching symbols in any position on three or more adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel and ending with the rightmost reel, without gaps, results in a win equal to the bet. Only the longest combination of a single symbol is paid.
A failure voids all payouts and game results. For more information, see Unfinished Game Rounds.

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