Book of Tut Megaways: Slot with Two Prices on Screen
In short — our verdict: 5.0/10 — The same studio sells two different things on these two games, and charges for both antes on every spin. This game's ante raises a $2.00 bet to $2.50; Book of the Fallen charges $20 a spin for its version. Buying free spins costs 100x on both.
Pragmatic Play sells two paid options on this game, and its ante is priced differently from the one on Book of the Fallen because it buys something different. Here the ante lifts a $2.00 bet to $2.50 for a better shot at the feature. On Book of the Fallen the same studio asks 10x the bet on every spin. We opened the demo on and read both prices off the screen, along with a Megaways counter sitting at 64.
5.0/ 10
- Return transparency7.0
- Ceiling clarity2.0
- Feature depth6.0
- Bet range5.0
- Documentation5.0
Table of contents
- Book of Tut Megaways Strengths and Weaknesses
- The Same Studio, Two Book Titles, Two Ante Prices
- Two Prices, and Why the Gap Matters
- A Counter in the Header, Not a Payline
- Two Names for One Game
- Two Trademarks on One Game
- The Ceiling the Intro Skips
- What This Client Prints and What It Leaves to the Game Page
- Our Book of Tut Megaways Verdict and Rating
- Key Terms Used on This Page
- What Else Do Readers Ask
Book of Tut Megaways Strengths and Weaknesses
Pros: What Works Well
- Pro: The ante is priced at 1.25x the bet, against 10x on Book of the Fallen — a different product at a different price, not the same one cheaper
- Pro: Both paid options are priced on the game screen itself, in money, at the bet you are playing
- Pro: The ways counter is live — it read 64 on our spin — so the mechanic is visible rather than described
- Pro: The intro screen states the volatility outright, which several games in this catalogue never do
Cons: What Holds It Back
- Con: The intro screen prints no ceiling, unlike Book of the Fallen from the same studio, where it reads "WIN UP TO 5,000 X BET"
- Con: The return comes only from the studio's game page; the client's intro screen does not repeat it, and we did not open its rules pages
- Con: The game ships under two names at once: the client and the studio call it John Hunter and the Book of Tut Megaways, catalogues file it as Book of Tut Megaways
- Con: Megaways is licensed from Big Time Gaming, so two trademarks apply to one page — tidy for lawyers, confusing for readers
The Same Studio, Two Book Titles, Two Ante Prices
| Game | Ante price | Charged | Buy free spins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book of Tut Megaways | 1.25x bet ($2.50 on $2.00) | Every spin | 100x bet ($200) |
| Book of the Fallen | 10x bet ($20 on $2.00) | Every spin | 100x bet ($200) |
Figures current as of ; the operator's live terms prevail.
Two Prices, and Why the Gap Matters
The panel on the left raises a $2.00 bet to $2.50 for a better chance at the feature. On Book of the Fallen the same studio's ante costs $20 on the same $2.00 bet.
Both are charged on every spin, and there the resemblance stops. On Book of the Fallen 10x turns each spin into a free-spins spin with an expanding symbol you pick in advance; here 1.25x only raises the chance of the feature arriving at all. Per unit the two prices are not comparable, which is why the figures here are kept per game rather than per studio.
A Counter in the Header, Not a Payline
Megaways games change the number of ways to win every spin, and this client prints the current figure at the top. On the spin we photographed it read 64.
That is the whole mechanic made visible. Six reels of varying height, recalculated each time, rather than the ten fixed lines Book of Gold: Classic runs. It also explains why the bet does not scale with lines here — there are no lines to scale.
Two Names for One Game
The client calls the game John Hunter and the Book of Tut Megaways. About three searches in four use "book of tut" rather than the full name — 1,550 of roughly 2,000 a month, against 450 for the full title — so the string a reader types and the string the studio prints are not the same.
There is a second naming trap on the studio's own site. The URL for "book of tut" redirects here, to the Megaways version, and the studio serves nothing else at it — we could not confirm that a separate non-Megaways title exists at all.
Two Trademarks on One Game
The intro screen carries a line that most reviews skip: Megaways is used under licence from Big Time Gaming. The game is Pragmatic Play's; the mechanic is licensed from another company.
It matters for attribution rather than for play. A page about this game names two owners, not one, and we do.
The Ceiling the Intro Skips
Book of the Fallen opens with "WIN UP TO 5,000 X BET" written across the splash. This game's intro screen gives the volatility and the feature description and no ceiling at all.
Same studio, same month we tested, two different decisions about what to show first. We have not published a maximum win for this title because we have not read one in the client. The studio's game page does not carry it either.
What This Client Prints and What It Leaves to the Game Page
| Figure | Where we read it |
|---|---|
| Volatility: High | Client intro screen |
| Ways on our spin: 64 | Client header |
| Ante price: $2.50 on a $2.00 bet | Client panel |
| Buy free spins: $200.00 | Client panel |
| Return: 96.00% | Studio game page only |
| Maximum win | Not printed on the intro screen, and not on the studio's game page either |
Our Book of Tut Megaways Verdict and Rating
Key Terms Used on This Page
- Ante bet
- A raised stake paid every spin; here 1.25x raises the chance of the feature, while 10x on this studio's Book of the Fallen turns every spin into a feature spin with a symbol you preselect.
- Megaways
- A mechanic with a changing number of ways to win each spin, licensed from Big Time Gaming.
- Ways counter
- The live figure in the header showing how many ways are active on the current spin; ours showed 64.
- Redirect trap
- A studio URL for one title that lands on another; "book of tut" lands on the Megaways version.
Deposits and identity checks stay on the operator's own secure site.
Related Reading
Elsewhere in this catalogue, from the same section first:
What Else Do Readers Ask?
Three of these come straight off the screen we photographed.
How much does the ante bet cost?
It raises a $2.00 bet to $2.50, which is 1.25x — against 10x on Book of the Fallen, where the ante guarantees a free-spins spin instead of improving a chance.
How much is the bonus buy?
$200 at a $2.00 bet, which is 100x the stake.
What does the Megaways counter show?
The number of ways to win on the current spin; ours read 64.
What is the maximum win?
Not printed on the client's intro screen and not published on the studio's game page, so we do not state one.
How were these prices read?
We open the studio's own demo, read the prices off the panels at the bet shown, and attribute anything the client does not print to the page that does.