Book of Atem Wowpot slot: What is the best strategy to play this jackpot game?

Since the Book of Atem Wowpot slot was released just two days ago, it became the second slot to offer a chance at winning the 2-million seeded Wowpot progressive jackpot prize.

This progressive network actually boasts four different progressive jackpot prizes, the Mini (£10.00 seed amount), Minor (£100 seed amount), Major (£50,000 seed amount) and the Wowpot with it's guaranteed £2,000,000 jackpot. At the time of writing that Wowpot jackpot is actually closing in on 6 million!

On its release, the Book of Atem Wowpot joined the Wheel of Wishes slot as offering players a chance to claim those intriguing progressive jackpot prizes, but there is one thing that is somewhat notable about the new Book of Atem Wowpot slot and that is it is a very different game to the Wheel of Wishes slot.

As such, the approach you may have used when playing the Wheel of Wishes slot, such as whether you played standard spins, or opted to play in Power Mode for 10x the standard price per spin but to give yourself a much better chance of triggering the progressive jackpot game (and bigger value wins), does not apply on the new Wowpot slot.

So with that in mind, we have taken a closer look at the game, how it is set up, its volatility, its cost per spin and the different features of the game, not to mention how you can trigger the Jackpot Bonus Game and tried to come up with a strategy for playing that would offer you the best chance of a profitable session at least some of the time.

As with any strategy on a slot game, there is no guarantee of success with it. Slot games are random and as such, there is no single strategy anywhere that will work on a genuine slot game that is completely random, as you are at the whims of fate in terms of whether you land a big value win or not.

However, what you can do is use certain approaches to playing that will either minimise the financial impact playing will have on you, or will improve your chances of hitting some of the better value bonus features on the Book of Atem Wowpot slot, such as the Free Spins bonus round or that elusive Jackpot Bonus Wheel game.

So let's begin by taking a look at the best way to help you start playing the Book of Atem Wowpot slot more strategically and this first tip does not involve any aspect of the game at all.

• Sign up at a new casino with a starter bonus

You may already have a casino account with one or more providers and provided you have used all your starter bonuses at these casinos and don't have any active bonuses on your account, then without doubt one of the best ways to get more spins on the slot for less money is to sign up at a new casino that offers its new customers a great value starter bonus.

Of course, it is imperative that your new casino of choice offers the Book of Atem Wowpot slot as part of its range, but you can easily check this by taking a look through the slot games available on site, or just searching for the slot using the site's own search tool.

Once you have confirmed this, you then need to consider the bonus on offer. Perhaps the best value bonus is one that offers a Matched Deposit Bonus of at least 100% (some sites offer more than this double-your-money offer). In addition, it is more beneficial to you if you can maximise out the value of the offer by making the biggest deposit possible to claim the full bonus.

For example, if there is a 100% Matched Deposit Bonus of up to 200 available, then you would need to deposit 200 to claim the full bonus. However, when you add your deposited cash to your bonus cash, you then have 400 to play with on the site.

When you do this, you straightaway cut the cost of any spins on the Book of Atem Wowpot slot in half as you are using half your funds and half bonus from the casino in order to fund your spins.

One thing to watch with this step though is that there will likely be a wagering requirement attached to your bonus. It is always advisable to check what this is as until it is met, you may not be able to withdraw any funds, or if you can withdraw funds, then you will only be able to withdraw the portion of your balance that is deposited cash and you will forfeit the rest of the bonus.

• Select your bet size based on your cash available

We know that you can play the new Book of Atem Wowpot slot from a minimum bet price of 0.10 per spin up to a maximum of 25.00 per spin. The question of how much you should bet is very much a personal choice, but I do think a sensible approach is to work out the size of your bankroll and then work out how much of that you are going to spend on a typical session of say 100 - 200 spins on the slot.

So, for example, if you are a higher stakes player and your bankroll is 10,000 and you want to spend 1,000 of that money on a session, then you may want to play for something like 10 per spin. However, for the majority of players, they may only have a smaller amount in their bankroll, such as 100, and want to spend 10 of that, in which case playing for the minimum bet of 0.10 per spin is a wiser option.

As a general rule of thumb, it is generally agreed that playing more spins at a lower amount, rather than playing fewer spins at a higher value amount, is the best way to approach playing any progressive jackpot game and the new Book of Atem Wowpot slot is no different in that.

This does mean that you need to be flexible on your bet size. If you play for a few sessions and don't win much money (as can happen on a high volatility slot) then you may need to decrease the value of your bet (assuming you are not playing minimum bet already). Alternatively, if you do land a sizeable win and you want to use it for more spins, then you may be able to increase the size of your bet if you have more cash available.

All spins on the Book of Atem Wowpot slot could be a winner if they land one of those Wild Scatters, so it stands to reason that playing the most spins that you can at a price that is commensurate to your bankroll is always the best approach to playing the game.

• Know "when to hold em and know when to fold em"

In addition to deciding the right bet size, knowing how to spend that money is always a good idea and I am a big advocate of structured play. While there is generally no advantage to playing any progressive jackpot slot at a particular time (wins are decided entirely at random and factors such as the size of the jackpot, or when it was last won, have no influence on when the next jackpot will be paid out), it is good sense to know how much you are going to spend, how many spins you are going to play and then use the tools available in the game to help you stick to that.

It is very easy if you hit a winning streak, or for that matter a losing run, to keep playing beyond what you originally planned to spend. This is particularly the case if you don't adopt a structured approach to your slots play.

However, by playing in structured sets of spins, you can more easily control your spending, you will know when to end each session and of course, if you make a profit, you keep that in your account going forward, while if you make a loss, you don't then compound that by trying to chase your losses by playing more spins.

• Triggering the bonuses is key to profits

The final thing to note is not really a strategic point as it is not something that a slots player can control, but it is worth noting that the Book of Atem Wowpot base game is set up in such a way that the wins you can land in the base game are generally much smaller than those wins you can land in the Free Spins round,

In the base game, the maximum jackpot prize is 500x your bet, but the majority of wins you can land are far less than that, ranging from around 0.5x your bet up to 50x your bet with just a couple of combinations paying more than this. Also, as a higher volatility slot, you will have fewer wins and the majority of those wins will be lower value.

Therefore the key to a successful session on the game is hitting the Free Spins bonus round where not only do you not pay for the spins, but you could also re-trigger them to add more and of course, the size of the jackpot available increases to 5,000x your bet thanks to the Expanding Symbol on the reels (however, that top jackpot prize is only available if you land the Pharaoh symbol as the Expanding Symbol in this bonus round).

While players can't control how often the Free Spins bonus triggers, it is worth knowing that the more bonus triggers you can land, then the better the chances are that you are going to end up in profit at the end of your session.

Although as with all slots, even if you trigger a bonus multiple times, it is still no guarantee of a profit.

The Book of Atem Wowpot slot isn't the most complicated game and with just a couple of bonus features, all of which are randomly activated, there isn't as much strategic influence a player can have on the game as there is on the Wheel of Wishes slot, where players can choose to play standard or Power Spins for example. However, by adopting a structured and methodical approach, you can make your money go further, especially if the slots gods are on your side at least some of the time!