Power of Merlin Megaways Free Demo

RTP: 96.09%
Risk level: High
Top win potential: 40,000x
Grid layout: —
Ways to win: 117,649 Megaways
Release date: 06/07/2023

Posted 19/10/2026

Misty teal Enchanted forest flips to a violet starry night

The plaque top-right never changes: 117649 Megaways, spin after spin. Everything below it does. This build's live counters ran 1024 Megaways at a bought trigger, then 8064 mid-Tumble with reel cells emptied and a 3x numeral stepping over the grid as the Progressive Multiplier climbed. Pragmatic Play ties each swing to a visible signal. The base game sits in a misty teal Enchanted forest; when four burning-book Scatters land, or a 150x buy fires, the backdrop flips to a violet starry night, a Lightning Bolt Wild Transform waits on the top row, and a small dragon guards the Gamble wheel where a Free Spins haul can vanish on red. Picture and mechanism stay coordinated throughout: the presentation always marks what the High volatility math is doing, up to a 40,000x cap.

How to play

Merlin's grid pays on up to 117649 Megaways, and every winning set vanishes into a Tumble that repeats until the reels stop matching. One cycle is a stake, a SPIN press, a settled balance; a side plaque sells BUY FREE SPINS at 150x the bet for a direct route to the bonus.

Set the stake

The '-' and '+' buttons step the bet; the bet menu lists BET, COIN VALUE and TOTAL BET between $0.20 and $100.00. The demo loads at $2.00, shown beside CREDIT in the bottom bar.
Press SPIN

The SPIN button starts the reels. Reels 1 and 6 hold up to 7 symbols; reels 2 to 5 spin a separate top row right to left. Ways shift each spin, up to 117649 MEGAWAYS, and matches pay left to right on adjacent reels.
Let the Tumble run

After every spin, winning symbols disappear, the rest fall to the bottom, and new symbols drop in at the same size. Tumbles repeat until no new combination lands; then the whole total adds to CREDIT.
Close the round

The cycle closes with CREDIT updated. SPIN repeats the round, AUTOPLAY queues up to 100 autospins, and BUY FREE SPINS offers the bonus round for 150x the current total bet. SPACE or ENTER also start and stop a spin.

Game screenshots

Ways to play

Each stage of Power of Merlin Megaways hands off to the next: the base grid pays through tumbles and lightning-turned wilds, four or more scatter books unlock a free spins round whose multiplier climbs with every cascade, a pre-round wheel can raise the starting spin count, and a 150x buy skips straight to the bonus.

Base Game

Six reels carry a changing Megaways layout that tops out at 117,649 ways. Wins vanish and new symbols tumble in, and a lightning bolt on the independent top row turns every instance of one random paying symbol on reels 2-5 into WILD. Scatter books landing here set up everything the later stages build on.
Free Spins

Four or more scatter books trigger this round with 10 to 30 spins depending on the count. It opens at a 1x win multiplier that grows by 1x on every tumble for the rest of the round, and three scatters during play add four more spins. The base game's lightning bolt stays live, so each cascade lifts the value of the next.
Gamble For More Free Spins

The wheel appears only after free spins are triggered and before the first spin. Each successful stop adds four spins, stepping from 10 toward 30 with win chances rising from 63.10% to 78.92%; a losing stop forfeits the whole round. Collecting starts play immediately at the current spin count.
Buy Free Spins

Paying 150x the current total bet skips the base game and starts the free spins round at once. The triggering spin lands four, five, six or seven scatters at random, so the starting spin count still varies, and the gamble wheel remains on offer before the round begins.

Symbols and their payouts

Symbol	Symbol role	x2	x3	x4	x5	x6
Merlin the wizard	High	0.50	1.00	5.00	10.00	20.00
Owl	High		0.50	2.00	2.50	5.00
Crystal-tipped dagger/wand	High		0.50	1.00	1.50	2.50
Potion bottle	High		0.25	0.50	0.75	2.00
A	Low		0.20	0.40	0.60	1.50
K	Low		0.20	0.40	0.50	1.25
Q	Low		0.15	0.25	0.50	1.00
J	Low		0.15	0.25	0.50	0.90
10	Low		0.10	0.20	0.40	0.80
9	Low		0.10	0.20	0.40	0.60
WILD	Wild
SCATTER	Scatter
LIGHTNING BOLT	Other

Themes

Sword and sorceryEnchanted forestMagic and witches

Features

Free Spins
Gamble
Megaways
Progressive Multiplier
Tumble
Wild Transform

Bonuses

Bonus buy: Yes · Cost 150.00x

Ways to buy the bonus

Standard pick Buy Free Spins Cost 150.00x

Supported devices

Autoplay mode: Yes

Stake range

Smallest stake permitted – Max bet allowed: 0.20 – 100.00

Stake currency: USD

Where to play

1XBET

A $550 welcome package with 80 free spins spans five deposits. Matches step down from 100 percent on the first to 50 percent on the rest, capped at $150, then $100; the last four release 20 spins each. Minimum deposit is $10; wagering runs 35 times within seven days.
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