What do you find more thrilling: the sweet anticipation of slots or the fierce speed of horseracing? There’s excitement and entertainment in both, that’s for sure, and if you thought it was impossible to enjoy both at the same time, Rival Gaming may just prove you wrong. Namely, the company decided to compose a game that will comprise the best of both worlds, and as a result we now have a brand new video slot to indulge in – “A Day at the Derby.”

This is a video slot played on five reels and 20 paylines, featuring simple graphics which will still appeal to most players. The brightly colored reels are set at a horseracing event, with two horses and their jockeys, as well as excited audience including a lovely southern belle and her rich husband. There’s also all the usual horseracing equipment such as binoculars, flowers for the winners, bookie tickets, winner’s cup, etc. In addition to this, “A Day at the Derby” provides its players with a number of winning opportunities, which are boosted by special features: wilds, scatters, free spins, multipliers, jackpot symbol and bonus round.

If you decide to give this slot a chance, you should make up your mind about the bet amount first. Namely, in this respect, “A Day at the Derby” offers a number of choices; coin denominations at your disposal are $0.01, $0.05 and $0.10. Since this is not too big a selection, the creators of the slot enabled players to place multiple coins per line, up to 10 of them. Thanks to the fact that it’s also possible to pick the number of paylines to play on, there’s plenty of choice for all playing types and preferences.

Wild Symbol:

“A Day at the Derby” has one wild symbol in shape of a brown horse, which can be seen only on reels 1, 2, and 3. It will replace all other regular symbols whenever possible in order to form a winning combination. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have a multiplier attached to it, and along with the fact that it doesn’t appear on all reels, this forms the slot’s major flaw.

Scatter Symbol, Free Spins & Bonus Round:

The scatter symbol embodied in the jockey in blue is there to award free spins. It could be more generous with them, especially because you don’t get this feature very often. Namely, it awards only 5 free spins for three scatters anywhere on the reels, 10 for four of them, and 20 for five. However, this stinginess may be somewhat compensated by the generous 3x multiplier, which will boost prizes and improve the overall impression about this feature.

Bonus round, on the other hand, is triggered by three or more white horses appearing anywhere on the reels, and it is occasionally quite rewarding.

The general impression left by this slot is a positive one. Especially if you like horseracing. You may occasionally score a nice win, and along with the atmosphere created by its simple but cute graphics and authentic sounds, this is a reason good enough to give it a shot.

- reviewed by Latest Casino Bonuses, last updated 2011-03-25