BGaming · 2023
Gemhalla is a high volatility 6x5 slot from BGaming. Clusters pay and cascade, and four longship scatters trigger free spins. Figures, modes and rules follow below.
Demo is free. The real game needs an account and is for players 18+.
Gemhalla at a glance
Most players worry they cannot tell what a 97.17% RTP means in dollars.
| Game detail | As shown |
|---|---|
| Studio that made it | BGaming |
| Return to player | 97.17% |
| Rarer, bigger wins | High |
| Symbols anywhere on screen | 6x5 |
| Top win capped at | x5,000 |
| Top win in dollars | A$250,000 |
| Date it launched | 15/06/2023 |
Choose Gemhalla if you want a 6x5 grid built on gems, Mythology and Norse themes. The game has no paylines or ways. Instead, you win when eight or more matching symbols land anywhere on the screen, and every winning group pays. After each win, the matching symbols vanish and new ones drop in, which can form further wins until none appear. That cascade, called Refilling, is the core mechanic of this BGaming slot.
Go for it if you want bonus rounds that build on each other. Four or more Viking longship Scatters anywhere on the grid start Free Spins, and three Scatters landing in one spin during that round add five more. Multiplier values collect across the round and apply to each later winning spin. Retrigger keeps the round going, and Tumble chains wins within every spin.
Gemhalla round flow
After this, you will know how a Gemhalla round runs from bet to session limit.
Pick a bet between A$0.20 and A$50 before the first spin. Every win on the grid scales with it, so a higher bet means more money per cluster.
Count matching symbols anywhere on the 6x5 grid, with no paylines or ways. Eight or more of one symbol make a win, and winners clear for new symbols to drop in.
Watch Tumble after each win, because the Refilling grid keeps paying until no more wins form. Scatter Pays counts Viking longship symbols anywhere, so four or more also start the bonus.
Keep spinning until four Viking longship Scatters land anywhere on the grid. Free Spins start with 15 spins, and each spin with three or more Scatters adds five more spins.
Set your own limit before the first spin, and stop when it is reached, because no one can know a session's result in advance.
Before you stake, check the return: it is the share of each bet paid back over a long run. The table reads it per A$100 staked. The game rules show which version Planet7 runs.
| Return level | RTP | Shown as standard |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 97.17% | Included |
More Spins Ahead
After this section you will know how each bonus starts and what each one costs or adds.
Hold your bet and chase 4+ Scatter (Viking longship) symbols anywhere on the grid to start. You get 15 spins. Land 3+ Scatters in one spin mid-round to gain +5 more spins, with no stated cap. Multiplier values accumulate across the round and apply to each later winning spin.
Base game spinsFree spins round
Skip the wait by buying the Free Spins round directly for 100x the total bet. The next spin after purchase triggers Free Spins. Buy Bonus is mutually exclusive with Chance x2, so the Chance x2 toggle stays disabled while Buy Bonus is active.
Base game screenFree Spins round
Pay a +25% surcharge on the total bet to double your chance to hit the Scatter symbol. Chance x2 is optional and mutually exclusive with Buy Bonus. It changes only the trigger odds, not the game content, so the base game stays the same.
Base game betDouble trigger chance
Set your bet and spin the 6x5 grid. Symbols pay by their total count anywhere on screen, with no paylines or ways. Every win pays, then Refilling drops new symbols in, and the cascade repeats until no more wins form.
Game lobby screenCascading wins
Screens before you bet
Many readers wonder how a win and the Free Spins round look before they spin.
Gemhalla demo mode
Read this before your first spin, when you want to see the reels before wagering real money.
Pick the demo to learn the game without money; it pays nothing. Real play needs a Planet7 Casino account and you must be 18 or older.
Play for realDeciding when to keep playing gets harder when no one can say when the feature round lands. How often the bonus round comes is not known in advance, and it will not follow a pattern you can read from earlier spins. The result of one session is random, and that holds whatever the RTP is, so a long dry spell and a quick hit are both normal outcomes.
Deciding which RTP to rely on starts in the game rules, because the RTP version running in this game is shown only there. Open that section before your first spin, and check that the version named there matches the one in the table above.
Weighing the top prize against your stake starts with one fact: the maximum win is a ceiling that Gemhalla reaches very rarely. Treat it as the upper edge of what the paytable allows, not as a figure to expect. Every session has its own result, and no session can be planned around that ceiling.
Quick Replies
Planet7 Casino puts the rules first, so you know the bets before you spin.
Four or more Scatter symbols, the Viking longship, anywhere on the grid start the Free Spins round with 15 spins. Three or more Scatters in a single spin during that round add five more spins.
The top prize is x5,000 the bet. Staking A$5 can win up to A$25,000. At the A$50 maximum bet, the top win is A$250,000.
Gemhalla accepts bets from A$0.20 up to A$50. Bets of A$1 and A$5 fall within that range, so you can start low and raise the stake later.
Gemhalla is offered here as a real-money game. Start at the A$0.20 minimum bet to learn how Tumble and Free Spins run before you raise the stake.
Gemhalla has one RTP version at 97.17%. Chance x2 keeps the same RTP and only doubles the chance of a Scatter, so it does not change the game content.
Players must be 18+. In Australia, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 or register with BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Decide the most you can afford to lose on Gemhalla before the first spin, and stick to that figure for the whole session.
Choose your stopping point before you start, and keep to it after a big Gemhalla win as well as after a bad run.
Set a deposit limit and a loss limit in your account before you open Gemhalla, and review them when you change your stake.
When Gemhalla stops being fun, step away for a while, and self-exclude if you keep returning to the reels.
Gemhalla, compared
After this page, you will have set Gemhalla against five other titles from Pragmatic Play and BGaming.
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