Cleopatra — IGT's Most Iconic Egyptian Pokie

Cleopatra pokie by IGT — Egyptian-themed reels with Cleopatra wild and free spin feature

Cleopatra is the pokie IGT built when they realised the Egyptian-queen theme was going to outlast every gimmick on the casino floor. Released in 2005, it ran alongside Aristocrat's Queen of the Nile as the two definitive Egyptian pokies of the early 2000s — both 5-reel, 20-line, scatter-triggered free spin designs, each anchored by its own interpretation of the queen as a stacked wild. Where Queen of the Nile had the Cleopatra character wild, IGT's Cleopatra uses the Cleopatra symbol more sparingly and leans harder on the 3× multiplier feature.

Twenty years on, it's still one of the most-played pokies in the IGT catalogue. The presentation is unapologetically mid-2000s — hand-painted papyrus-style symbols, a brass fanfare sting on wins — but the maths is clean, the free spin feature is forgiving, and players who grew up on US casino floors have a nostalgic bond with it that modern pokies rarely replicate.

At a glance

Classic IGT pokie with a reliable 3× multiplier free spin feature. 20 paylines give consistent base-game hits; the Cleopatra wild and 15-spin feature drive the sessions' bigger wins. Not the flashiest pokie in a modern lobby, but few pokies have earned their place in that lobby more thoroughly than this one.

How Cleopatra plays

Five reels, 20 fixed paylines, left-to-right wins from the leftmost reel. The paytable leads with Cleopatra herself, followed by the Sphinx, the Eye of Horus, the Scarab and the Ankh; 9-to-A royals fill out the low end. Cleopatra is the wild — substituting for all symbols except the Sphinx scatter — and carries a 2× multiplier on any line win she appears on.

Bet range is A$0.01 per line minimum up to A$5 per line maximum, giving A$0.20 – A$100 across 20 lines. No ways-to-win format here — traditional fixed-line pokies maths.

Bonus features

Theme, graphics and sound

Gold-and-navy palette, hieroglyph-framed reels, hand-painted papyrus-style symbol art. Cleopatra's win animation uses a short bust-of-Cleopatra graphic with a subtle shimmer. Sound design is heavy on Egyptian brass and a persistent low ambient drone that sets the tomb atmosphere. The free spin trigger chime is the element most players specifically remember — a short "Cleopatra! Cleopatra!" vocal sample that's instantly recognisable in any casino.

Mobile play

The HTML5 port runs cleanly on phones. 20 paylines aren't visually busy so symbol recognition stays easy on small screens. The free spin feature's 3× multiplier is displayed prominently in a side panel. Portrait and landscape both work; autoplay is standard.

Where to play Cleopatra with PayID

Cleopatra has very broad distribution across AU-facing casinos. Most operators that carry IGT content have it in the main lobby. Current PayID-friendly picks:

Cleopatra often features in welcome-package free-spin offers — worth checking whether the casino's first-deposit bonus lets you run FS on this title specifically.

Similar pokies worth trying

Cleopatra pairs with other IGT pokies, Egyptian-themed classics, and the Aussie Queen-of-the-Nile line:

FAQ

What is the RTP of Cleopatra?
Approximately 95.02% on the online version — the same published figure as the original land-based cabinet.
How does the Cleopatra multiplier stack with the free spin multiplier?
They multiply together rather than adding. The free spin round carries a base 3× multiplier; Cleopatra wild adds a 2× multiplier on any line she contributes to. A line win featuring her during free spins is therefore paid at 6× (3 × 2).
Is there a maximum number of free spin retriggers?
Yes. The published maximum is 180 total free spins across retriggers in a single session — though hitting that cap is extraordinarily rare.
Is Cleopatra the same as Cleopatra II?
No. Cleopatra II is the 2007 sequel with a different, progressive-multiplier free spin feature. Same studio, same theme, different mechanics.

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