Rabbit in the Hat is a magic-themed video slot equipped with five reels, nine paylines and a unique Magic Hats feature. The reels are set against a big stage with red curtains, and every spin is accompanied by a magician who stands to the right of the reels holding a black top hat and a wand. Visual effects, design and animations comply with today’s standards in slot developing; they are vivid, detailed and look like short scenes from animated cartoons. Every symbol, including 9–A playing cards, is stylized to fit in with the theme. The basic symbols, i.e. the ones that need to match on a payline to create a combination, are as follows: 9–Ace, a chained and locked water cell, a target for knife throwing, a magic box, a happy white rabbit, a female assistant and the magician himself.

The paylines are fixed and you cannot decrease their number to bet on. But you can set two other options: the number of coins per line (1 to 10) and a coin denomination ($0.01 to $0.20), so the min/max bets are $0.09 and $18 accordingly. In spite of its low limits, the slot yet offers an excellent opportunity to grab some really big wins in the Magic Hats feature. The top three awards in the slot are $10,000 (five wilds), $2000 (five Magicians) and $1800 (five Assistants).

Bonus features

The slot has a single bonus symbol, which is a wild represented by the Top Hat. This special symbol tries to increase your chances of getting paid, by substituting for all regular pics that are missing to create a combination.

There are no scatters in the slot but you can still win lots of free spins. How come? The magician who is always visible near the reels works his magic and makes a hat materialize on top of the fifth reel. This occurs regularly, about every 3 to 10 spins in the base game. The hats are available in four variations that differ in what is written on them: Free Spins, Wild Reel, Cash and a mystery prize. Every spin, all hats that are present above the reels jump one reel to the left until reaching reel 1, where they ultimately disappear. When the wild symbol appears on the same reel as the hat, you are awarded the prize designated by that hat. The Wild Reel hat expands vertically to morph the maximum of 3 reels into wild. The Cash hat gives a random coin prize, and the hat with a question mark on it awards a random prize. The Free Spin hat unlocks 10 free spins, during which the magician releases his hats on every spin. The max potential prize during free spins reaches a hefty $90,000.