Ramses Book: Gamomat's best-known trip to Egypt

The game that made the name

Gamomat built its reputation in German-speaking arcades and online casinos, and Ramses Book is the slot that carried that reputation furthest. The design is clean: five reels, three rows, a deep blue backdrop and symbols drawn in a crisp, slightly old-school style. Ramses himself is the premium symbol, followed by a golden scarab, a statue and the eye of Horus, while card ranks fill the lower end.

You can choose how many lines to play, which lets you control the cost of a spin more finely than on many book slots.

The book and the free games

The Ramses book is both wild and scatter. Three or more anywhere start the free games, and a symbol is drawn at random to become the expanding symbol for the round. Whenever it appears on enough reels to pay, it fills those reels completely and pays on all active lines, even if the reels aren't adjacent. More books during the feature can retrigger it.

After a win in the base game, Gamomat offers gamble options, including the classic card colour guess. They're optional; many players never touch them.

Ramses Book demo: a practical approach

You start with 1,000 virtual credits, no sign-up and no download. Play all lines at a small stake, roughly £0.10 or £0.20 equivalent, for 300 spins. Count the spins between features and record the special symbol each time. A pattern usually appears quickly: the low symbols turn up as expanding symbols more often and produce smaller rounds, while a premium pick is rarer and can transform a session.

If you want to see how the line setting changes things, run a second block on fewer lines and compare how often wins land.

Why it's still played

Ramses Book does nothing exotic, and that's its strength: it's readable, quick and faithful to the format. If you like it, the Red Hot Firepot and Golden Nights versions add extra layers. The same game runs for real money at the casinos below.