Football Mania Deluxe is a soccer-themed June 2018 video slot from Wazdan. The gameplay is thematically all about enthusiastically repossessing a soccer ball from and dribbling past rival players before goalscoring during a tournament. Football Mania Deluxe has a prequel titled Football Mania (2014).

Wazdan’s other sport-oriented video slots are KickOff (June 2016), Turbo Play (February 2013), and Crazy Cars (February 2016). The rival games include: Football Star (May 2014) from Microgaming, Bicicleta (June 2016) from Yggdrasil, and Champion’s Goal (June 2015) from ELK Studios.

One symbol (“football lottery” rosette) requires three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine winning combinations. Ten symbols (soccer ball, ‘1” trophy, “2” trophy, “3” trophy, goalkeeper, competing players, referee, whistle, fan gear, and cleats) require four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine winning combinations.
Football Mania Deluxe Game Characteristics

Football Mania Deluxe has a celled 3X3 grid that is fitted in a white-and-black goalpost and set on a stadium. There is a smaller “football bonus” matrix at the top right and a red “football lottery” shelf at bottom left. There are no paylines. It has eleven symbols, locked symbols, nine total bets, two bonus games, free spins, seven-round gamble game, and regularly pays from $0.10 to $50000.00.

Football Mania Deluxe has two special and nine ordinary symbols. Special symbols: the football bonus-unlocking feature is a black-and-white soccer ball; and the football lottery bonus-unlocking feature is a yellow-and-red “football lottery” rosette.

Ordinary symbols: a golden yellow “1” trophy; a silver “2” silver trophy; a “3” golden brown trophy; a goalkeeper in action and clad in a purple-and-black kit; an African right midfielder player in a yellow-and-blue kit dribbling past a Caucasian striker in a blue kit; a referee flashing a red card; a silver whistle; a fan gear consisting of a green-and-yellow top hat and both red-and-yellow vuvuzela and flags; and red cleats.

Football Mania Deluxe cash bets: $0.10 (minimum bet), $0.20, $0.50, $1.00, $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, $50.00, and $100.00 (maximum bet).

Betting $100.00 attracts these Football Mania Deluxe payouts. Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine “football lottery” rosettes pay $100.00, $200.00, $300.00, $400.00, $500.00, $1000.00, and $1500.00.

Four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine winning combinations. Soccer ball pays $1500.00, $3000.00, $5000.00, $15000.00, $30000.00, and $50000.00. “1” trophy pays $1000.00, $2000.00, $4000.00, $11000.00, $20000.00, and $35000.00. “2” silver trophy pays $1000.00, $1800.00, $3500.00, $6000.00, $12000.00, and $25000.00.

“3” trophy pays $600.00, $1000.00, $2400.00, $4800.00, $10000.00, and $20000.00. Goalkeeper pays $400.00, $500.00, $1200.00, $3000.00, $9000.00, and $18000.00. Dribbling players pay $400.00, $500.00, $1000.00, $2500.00, $7000.00, and $15000.00.

Referee pays $400.00, $500.00, $800.00, $2000.00, $5000.00, and $12000.00. Whistle pays $200.00, $300.00, $600.00, $1200.00, $3000.00, and $8000.00. Fan gear pays $200.00, $300.00, $500.00, $1000.00, $2500.00, and $6000.00. Cleats pays $100.00, $200.00, $300.00, $500.00, $1500.00, and $3000.00.

The winning symbols, two rosettes, or any other superior three-of-a-kind are locked for the next one round. Any ball on the grid is relocated to its equivalent vacant cell on the “football bonus” matrix until all cells are filled up, prompting the following three transferred balls to unlock nine free spins. “Football lottery” rosettes on the middle row unlock the football lottery bonus that has bowl-selecting game; players can select the brown, white, or golden “lotto” tickets that pay up to $10000.00, $40000.00, and $100000.00, respectively.

The default side game prompts players to take a penalty kick by selecting the “>>” or “<<” icons beside the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper dives towards or contrary to the selected direction, thereby catching or missing the ball, respectively—caught balls nullify, while scored penalties double the wins. Alternatively, players may prefer—by ticking “cards gambling only” icon—to predict whether the upcoming color of a face down card is red or black. Football Mania Deluxe’s non-progressive jackpot is X1000, totaling $100000.00. The good Football Mania Deluxe software features: low, standard and high volatility levels; ultra lite and high quality modes; slow, moderate and fast speed modes; diverse platforms, OS, and languages; up to 1000 autospins whose win or cash decrease/increase limits are $1000.00 in mobile devices and $1000000.00 in desktops. Sounds: techno music, chinking, and cheering fans. The animated 3D graphics include swirling and spinning balls, glitter effect, moving spotlights, and diving goalkeeper. Luck in Football Mania Deluxe Football Mania Deluxe is a game of chance. The return to player rate is 96.59% and the house edge is 3.41%.