The developer Betixon’s investigative December 2019 video slot The Secret of Holmes is an adaptation of the 1988/9 drama “The Secret of Holmes”; the playwright Jeremy Paul based it on the fictitious private detective Sherlock Holmes originally conceptualized in 1887 by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.

Themes: literature, criminal procedure, treasure, and tokens. To win the X10 to X300 odds; its nine ordinary symbols need three to five combinations in the up to 16807 dynamic rightward winning ways.

The Secret of Holmes Game Characteristics

The Secret of Holmes has floral-patterned purple reels, partly threaded golden partitions, and pillar mount lights on either side of the square hardwood columns surrounding its 5X4 grid. Towering over the case files beside it, its setting is a typical English neighborhood.

The Secret of Holmes has $0.20 (minimum), $0.40, $1.00, $2.00, $5.00, $10.00, and $20.00 (maximum) total bets. Two special symbols: a substituting golden “wild” magnifying glass; and a ruby-embedded blue-and-golden “scatter” pocket watch whose 3+ combinations offer eight free games.

Regulars: pipe-smoking orange-dressed investigator Sherlock Holmes; mustached brown-dressed ex-army Dr Watson; bespectacled green-dressed Inspector Lestrade; and token-embedded crimson A, purple K, green J, golden Q, pink 9, and blue 10. On the grid, two smaller symbols may replace one larger symbol.

Here are The Secret of Holmes’s respective payouts.

$0.20 bet: 9 or 10 pays $2.00, $3.00, and $4.00; J or Q pays $4.00, $5.00, and $6.00; K pays $5.00, $6.00, and $7.00; A pays $6.00, $8.00, and $9.00; Inspector Lestrade pays $8.00, $9.00, and $10.00; Dr Watson pays $12.00, $13.00, and $14.00; and Holmes pays $20.00, $40.00, and $60.00.

$0.40 bet: 9 or 10 pays $4.00, $6.00, and $8.00; J or Q pays $8.00, $10.00, and $12.00; K pays $10.00, $12.00, and $14.00; A pays $12.00, $16.00, and $18.00; Inspector Lestrade pays $16.00, $18.00, and $20.00; Dr Watson pays $24.00, $26.00, and $28.00; and Holmes pays $40.00, $80.00, and $120.00.

$1.00 bet: 9 or 10 pays $10.00, $15.00, and $20.00; J or Q pays $20.00, $25.00, and $30.00; K pays $25.00, $30.00, and $35.00; A pays $30.00, $40.00, and $45.00; Inspector Lestrade pays $40.00, $45.00, and $50.00; Dr Watson pays $60.00, $65.00, and $70.00; and Holmes pays $100.00, $200.00, and $300.00.

$2.00 bet: 9 or 10 pays $20.00, $30.00, and $40.00; J or Q pays $40.00, $50.00, and $60.00; K pays $50.00, $60.00, and $70.00; A pays $60.00, $80.00, and $90.00; Inspector Lestrade pays $80.00, $90.00, and $100.00; Dr Watson pays $120.00, $130.00, and $140.00; and Holmes pays $200.00, $400.00, and $600.00.

$5.00 bet: 9 or 10 pays $50.00, $75.00, and $100.00; J or Q pays $100.00, $125.00, and $150.00; K pays $125.00, $150.00, and $175.00; A pays $150.00, $200.00, and $225.00; Inspector Lestrade pays $200.00, $225.00, and $250.00; Dr Watson pays $300.00, $325.00, and $350.00; and Holmes pays $500.00, $1000.00, and $1500.00.

$10.00 bet: 9 or 10 pays $100.00, $150.00, and $200.00; J or Q pays $200.00, $250.00, and $300.00; K pays $250.00, $300.00, and $350.00; A pays $300.00, $400.00, and $450.00; Inspector Lestrade pays $400.00, $450.00, and $500.00; Dr Watson pays $600.00, $650.00, and $700.00; and Holmes pays $1000.00, $2000.00, and $3000.00.

$20.00 bet: 9 or 10 pays $200.00, $300.00, and $400.00; J or Q pays $400.00, $500.00, and $600.00; K pays $500.00, $600.00, and $700.00; A pays $600.00, $800.00, and $900.00; Inspector Lestrade pays $800.00, $900.00, and $1000.00; Dr Watson pays $1200.00, $1300.00, and $1400.00; and Holmes pays $2000.00, $4000.00, and $6000.00 (non-progressive jackpot).

The Secret of Holmes software: multilingual, supports desktop/mobile devices, JavaScript and HTML5 technologies; ambient classical music; whirring, ringing, clinking and chinking effects; and glittering, flapping watch, and swaying magnifying glass among its animated 3D graphics.

Luck in The Secret of Holmes

The Secret of Holmes is a game of chance. RTP rate: 96.00%. House edge: 4.00%.