Pray for Three: Slot Overview
The online gambling landscape is dotted with repeated tales of adventurers scouring Ancient Egypt for the umpteenth time, jokers getting up to mischief, or pirates pirating; then there are stories like the one behind Hacksaw Gaming‘s slot Pray for Three. This game tells of two fallen sisters, Scary Mary and Morbid Magda, who have been cast down from heaven for their sins, and have embraced the inferno, so instead of praying for salvation to get them out of fiery damnation, these diabolical sisters are making the most of the situation by looking for ways to rule the damned…
Pray for Three is a black-and-white return to the underworld of SixSixSix, but instead of Balthazar and Beelzebub joining players on their journey, here they bump into the two aforementioned sisters who somehow manage to look both innocent and sinister at the same time. Like its predecessor, splashes of cyan brighten up the monochrome decor, and the game retains the same early animated cartoon vibe as the previous slot. At the same time, a plinky/jazz cabaret soundtrack makes the ideal fit for furthering the little bit naughty, a little bit nice, but mainly naughty, vibe.
For a change, Hacksaw Gaming has used a ways to win pay system in Pray for Three, meaning that on the 5×5 grid, there are no less than 3,125 ways to win, with all combinations starting from the leftmost reel. Winning symbols are removed, causing new and remaining symbols to cascade downwards to replace them, providing another chance to win, with cascades repeating like this until no new win is created. The game’s medium-high volatile math model leads to a maximum RTP of 96.33%, and players are able to wager 10 c to $/€100 per spin.
Nails, a candle, a whip, an hourglass, and a tombstone are Pray for Three’s lower-paying greyed-out symbols, awarding 0.3x the bet for a five-of-a-kind winning combination. Then there’s a cup, a bird, a snake, what might be a lamb, and a bleeding-eyed something as the high pay symbols, awarding up to 0.4x to 4x the bet. Wilds may appear on any reel, substituting all of the regular paying symbols, and are worth 5x the bet when landing a line of five wilds.
Pray for Three: Slot Features
To start with, Pray for Three has a Total Win Bar that collects all wins during a spin and displays the total at the top of the grid. It also has a Wheel of Sin, three bonus rounds – Wicked Ways, Living on a Prayer, and Flames of Fortune, as well as feature buys.
Wheel of Sin
The Wheel of Sin also sits outside the reels, and when activated, up to three sections reveal an Adding or a Multiplying value. The first section can have Adding Multipliers of x2 to x333, the second section Adding Multiplier of x2 to x333 or Multiplying Multipliers of x2 to x33, while the third section has only Multiplying Multipliers of x2 to x33. Landing a Prayer Hand or Divine Prayer Hand on the grid during a win activates the Wheel of Sin. A Prayer Hand reveals a number from 1 to 3, indicating how many sections of the wheel will activate, while the Divine Prayer Hand activates all three sections.
Wicked Ways Bonus
Landing 3 FS scatters in the base game triggers this bonus with 10 free spins. The Wicked Ways bonus has the same mechanics as the base game, with an increased chance of landing both types of Prayer Hand symbols and wilds. In all bonus rounds, FS scatters appear on the leftmost, middle, and rightmost reels, where landing 2 or 3 FS scatters awards a further +2 or +4 free spins, respectively.
Living on a Prayer Bonus
Activating this bonus with 10 free spins occurs by landing 4 FS scatters in the base game. This bonus has the same mechanics as Wicked Ways, with an increased chance of landing Divine Prayer Hands. Regular Prayer Hands do not appear.
Flames of Fortune Bonus
This bonus and 10 free spins are awarded when 5 FS scatters hit in the base game. In addition to having the same mechanics as Wicked Ways, there is a greater chance of landing wilds, and each spin guarantees that one Divine Prayer Hand will land.
Bonus Buys
Activating BonusHunt FeatureSpins makes each spin 5 times more likely to trigger a bonus game at a cost of 3x per spin. Hail Mary FeatureSpins cost 50x to guarantee a win and a Prayer Hand or Divine Prayer Hand on each spin. Wicked Ways can be bought for 100x the bet or Living on a Prayer for 225x the bet.
Pray for Three: Slot Verdict
Pray for Three might have returned the spirit and the colour palette of SixSixSix, but it’s quite a different game in practice. For one thing, Wicked Wheels have been removed, so there are no blue or red ‘6’ symbols leading to cash prizes or free spins. Now, the aim is to land Prayer Hands or, better yet, Divine Prayer Hands at the same time as winning combinations in order to pep the payout with up to three combinable multiplier values – additive and multiplicative. When peering down from a high level, it’s not the most original idea Hacksaw Gaming has ever had. Similar things have occurred before in games like Klowns or partner studio Backseat Gaming’s slots Roman Bonanza and Pirate Bonanza 2.
But, the delivery system has been redesigned, and when combined with a slightly sinister monochrome underworld populated by Scary Mary and Morbid Magda (and if you can make it to Flames of Fortune, the winged character from SixSixSix), Pray for Three becomes a real treat for followers of Hacksaw Gaming’s tinderbox style. Speaking of Flames of Fortune, like Reign of Rome or Le Bandit, the studio has again dangled a ‘Hidden Epic Bonus’ before gamblers to grind their way towards since it cannot be bought. It’s a highly desirable feature since every spin lands the coveted Divine Prayer Hand symbol. Even still, both Prayer Hands hit in the lesser bonus rounds, as well as in the base game, so the suspense of watching the Wheel of Sin spin is present in all phases of play.
This also means that the game’s 13,333x win cap can be hit in all game modes, too, so even outside of the Hidden Epic Bonus, players are kept on their toes. Such is the explosive nature of Hacksaw Gaming slots that rely on the power of multipliers to pop. Pray for Three is another one, mixing a triple-section multiplier wheel with masses of ways to win, which might not be the studio’s most cutting-edge piece of work but is nevertheless a neatly constructed, creatively presented slot.
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