Mad Hatters, released in June 2006, is a Microgaming-owned fantasy-themed video slot. Other “mad” slot games from Microgaming are Money Mad Monkey (September 2011) and Mad Dash (October 2010). Rival games include The Mad Hatter from WorldMatch, Alice in Wonderland (June 2013) from Proprietary, and Alice & The Mad Tea Party from WMS.

Mad Hatters is a slot game adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s 1865 fantasy book called Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. It is named after one of the book’s characters called the Mad Hatter—he wears a top hat and convenes a tea party. “Mad Hatters” is a collective name for three people on the brand logo who are clad in funny hats. Three symbols—the “Wild” top hat, teacup and saucer set, and queen cake—require two, three, four, or five matching symbols; the other symbols require three, four, or five winning combinations.

Mad Hatters Game Characteristics
Mad Hatters has a 5X3 grid, 30 adjustable pay lines, eleven symbols, a bonus round, an expanding top hat, two playing modes (regular and expert), up to 500 automated spins, a win multiplier, ten coins (bet levels), up to 50 free games plus extra free games, and between X2 and up to X20000 regular payout.

These are the three Mad Hatters special symbols: a yellow, green and red cuckoo clock that unlocks the cuckoo bonus; an expanding “Wild” red-and-blue top hat that substitutes for ordinary symbols; and a blue rabbit in a purple top hat that offers the free games.

The eight Mad Hatters ordinary symbols are: a big-nosed hatter in an orange-and-purple hat; a young hatter in a green suit and a dotted top hat; a hatter in an orange suit and a yellow hat; a cyan teapot beside a snack pot; a predominantly brown mad hatter cake; four cup cakes; a golden teacup and saucer set; and a purple-and-white queen cake with strawberry topping.

The coin values of Mad Hatters are: $0.01, $0.02, $0.05, and $0.10. Each of the 30 pay lines has four possible bets. For instance, these are the possible total bets for pay line 1. Bet level one: $0.01, $0.02, $0.05, and $0.10. Bet level two: $0.02, $0.04, $0.10, and $0.20. Bet level three: $0.03, $0.06, $0.15, and $0.30. Bet level four: $0.04, $0.08, $0.20, and $0.40. Bet level five: $0.05, $0.10, $0.25, and $0.50.

Bet level six: $0.06, $0.12, $0.30, and $0.60. Bet level seven: $0.07, $0.14, $0.35, and $0.70. Bet level eight: $0.08, $0.16, $0.40, and $0.80. Bet level nine: $0.09, $0.18, $0.45, and $0.90. Bet level ten: $0.10, $0.20, $0.50, and $1.00. One active pay line has the lowest bet range, with the $0.01 minimum bet; while 30 active pay lines have the highest bet range, with the $30.00 maximum bet. The optional automated spins: 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, and 500.

The following are the Mad Hatters payouts. Two, three, four, and five winning combinations: the “mad” hats pay X10, X180, X2000, and X20000; the teacup and saucer sets pay X3, X5, X30, and X120; and the queen cakes pay X2, X4, X20, and X100.

Three, four, and five matching symbols: the rabbits pay X5, X50, and X300; the big-nosed hatter pays X50, X180, and X2000; the hatter in green suit pays X30, X150, and X1500; the hatter with a yellow hat pays X20, X100, and X1000; the teapot pays X12, X80, and X400; the brown cake pays X10, X50, and X200; the cupcakes pay X7, X40, and X150.

Three rabbits offer ten free games, four rabbits offer 25 free games, and five rabbits offer 50 free games. Regular winnings are subject to the X3 win multiplier. The maximum bonus payout is 13500 coins. The non-progressive jackpot of Mad Hatters is $50000.

The Mad Hatters software is good, with buttons along the bottom. The ambient sound is magical and the sound effects include a clown’s sarcastic laughter. The animated caricatures are faithful to the mainstream illustrations of Carroll’s publications.

Luck in Mad Hatters
The RTP rate of Mad Hatters, a game of chance, is 96.08% and the house edge is 3.92%.