Book of Ra Slot
Book of Ra is the classic Egyptian-adventure slot from Greentube, and you can play it for real money at CasinOnline South Africa. You join the explorer hunting through ancient tombs across five reels, where the Book itself acts as both Wild and Scatter and unlocks the game's free-spin round.
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| Provider | Greentube (Novomatic) |
|---|---|
| Reels and lines | 5 reels, up to 10 paylines |
| Volatility | High |
| Special symbol | Book — Wild and Scatter |
| Bonus | 10 free spins with one expanding special symbol |
| Play for real money | Yes, at CasinOnline SA |
How to play Book of Ra
Set your stake per line and choose how many of the ten paylines to play, then spin. Land three or more Book symbols anywhere on the reels to trigger the free-spin round. Before the free spins start, the game picks one symbol at random to become the expanding special symbol — when it lands during the feature it stretches to fill the whole reel and pays as if it were on every position.
What makes it high volatility
Book of Ra pays infrequently but heavily, and almost all of the big wins come from that expanding symbol during free spins. If the game hands you a high-value symbol — the explorer or the pharaoh — across a full screen, the payout dwarfs anything in the base game. That swing is exactly why it has stayed one of the most-played slots in the world for over a decade.
Free play versus real money
Trying Book of Ra in demo mode is a good way to learn how the free spins trigger, but a demo cannot pay out. Playing for real money at the licensed casinos we recommend means real wins, rand banking and a Northern Cape Gambling Board licence behind the game.
Frequently asked questions
How do you trigger free spins on Book of Ra?
Land three or more Book symbols anywhere on the five reels. You get 10 free spins, and one randomly chosen symbol expands to fill reels during the feature.
Is Book of Ra high or low volatility?
High. Wins come less often than on a low-volatility slot, but the expanding-symbol free spins can pay far more.
Getting paid on your Book of Ra wins
Land the expanding special symbol across a free-spins round and a Book of Ra win can run well into the hundreds of times your stake — so the question that decides where you actually play is whether you can withdraw it. At CasinOnline you can, with no asterisk. The licensed SA casinos we cover hold Northern Cape Gambling Board licences, so every spin is real-money play in rand and a win is real cash in your balance the moment the reels settle, not bonus credit you have to wager through first. When you are ready to take it out, withdrawals are paid to local South African methods with no currency conversion and no offshore middleman, and once your account is FICA-verified the payout is processed quickly and directly to your bank. Getting started is just as low-friction: you can fund an account from as little as R1, spin Book of Ra for real money, and cash a win straight back out. If you are weighing it up as part of a longer session, the same real-money settlement applies right across the slots library. You win in rand, and you are paid in rand.