Real screenshot from our demo test, 2 Nov 2026
Pragmatic PlayReleased 15 Apr 2020
John Hunter and the Book of Tut Demo & review
Pragmatic Play's 10-line Book-of slot: the Book is wild and scatter, and in free spins one randomly drawn symbol expands to pay across non-adjacent reels.
Written by Hampus GravePublished 5 Nov 2026
Play money · no sign-up · no deposit
- RTP
- 96.5%
- Volatility
- Medium
- Max win
- 5,500x
- Grid
- 5x3
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FluxPlays verdict
Our verdict
For a Book-of fan who wants a buy button, yes; for anyone hoping for a new idea, no. The Book is wild and scatter, and the free spins hang on one symbol drawn at random that expands and pays even across reels that are not next to each other. The drawback is that draw: a letter symbol pays a fraction of John Hunter, so many rounds stay modest.
Who it suits
Play this if…
- Book-of fans: a wild scatter Book, ten free spins and a random expanding symbol, all familiar
- Bonus buyers: one buy at a fixed price that starts the full round with unlimited retriggers
- Short-session players: the base game in our session paid small amounts often, with short dry runs
Skip this if…
- Players who want something new: the round is the classic Book-of round with little added
- Max-win hunters: a 10 or a J drawn as the symbol keeps most rounds small
- You want to pick your own symbol: the game draws it at random every time
Where to play John Hunter and the Book of Tut
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John Hunter and the Book of Tut: Full Review
John Hunter and the Book of Tut is a Book-of game with a buy button: the Book is both wild and scatter, and the free spins turn on one symbol picked at random to expand across the reels. This is the original 10-line game from April 2020; Pragmatic Play later made Book of Tut Megaways and a Respin version. It suits players who know the formula and want it at a Medium volatility label, with the option to skip the wait.
John Hunter and the Book of Tut game information
- Provider
- Pragmatic Play
- Release date
- 15 April 2020
- Grid
- 5 x 3 (reels x rows)
- How it pays
- 10 paylines
- RTP
- 96.5%
- Volatility
- Medium
- Max win
- 5,500x the bet
- Bet range
- $0.10 to $250
- Bonus buy
- Buy Free Spins 100x (10 free spins)
Spin 58 settled: the Book as wild completed five A's on line 1. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.
How John Hunter and the Book of Tut works
Ten fixed lines pay from the leftmost reel. John Hunter tops the paytable by a distance and pays for two of a kind, while the five letter symbols stay small.
| Symbol | Five / four / three of a kind, $1 bet |
|---|---|
| John Hunter | $500 / $100 / $10 (two pay $1) |
| Tutankhamun | $200 / $40 / $4 (two pay $0.50) |
| Cat, scarab | $75 / $10 / $3 (two pay $0.50) |
| A, K | $15 / $4 / $0.50 |
| Q, J, 10 | $10 / $2.50 / $0.50 |
| Book (scatter, any position) | 200x / 20x / 2x the total bet |
The Book does two jobs at once. On a line it substitutes for every symbol, and anywhere on the reels three or more of it pay a scatter prize and start the free spins. Spin 58 of our test showed the first job: a Book on reel 2 filled the gap in five A's on line 1 for $15.00, and one more small line made $15.50.
The paytable page at our $1 bet, with the Book's scatter pays. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.
Free spins: how they trigger and what expands
Three or more Books anywhere start the free spins, ten of them. Before the first one, the game picks a special expanding symbol at random from the paying symbols. You do not choose it.
The special expanding symbol
During the free spins, regular wins pay first. Then, if enough of the special symbol is on screen for a win, it expands to cover all three positions on each of its reels and pays again by its paytable. The reels it lands on do not have to be next to each other, so a special symbol on reels 1, 3 and 5 still counts as three of a kind. Short of that, nothing expands.
That makes the draw the biggest single factor in a round. John Hunter expanding pays far more than the same coverage from a 10, as the paytable above shows, and it pays for two of a kind as well.
The draw before our bought round: the 10 became the special expanding symbol. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.
Retriggers
Three or more Books during the round add 10 more free spins with the same special symbol. The rules set no limit on how often that can happen, so a round with a good symbol can keep going.
The free spins rules: the random special symbol, unlimited retriggers and the buy. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.
Bonus buy, RTP and max win
Buy Free Spins starts the full round straight from the base game, with the symbol still drawn at random. The game runs at 96.5% by its rules page, and the pages we kept show no separate RTP for the buy. The label is Medium volatility, and the intro screen puts the top win at 5,500x the bet. The rules we kept do not say whether a round stops at that figure.
Our John Hunter and the Book of Tut demo test
FluxPlays demo test
2 November 2026, demo running 96.5% RTP
Base game spins
100
at $1 per spin
Staked
$100
Paid back
$52.50
52.5% of stake, -$47.50
Winning spins
30 of 100
30% of spins paid something
Biggest win
$15.50 (15.5x)
Five A on line 1 with a Book as wild on reel 2 paid $15.00, plus a $0.50 line
Free spins triggered
0
natural triggers in the session
Bonus buys tested
Buy Free Spins
The 10 drawn as the expanding symbol, no retrigger; the $17.50 trigger spin included
$100 in
$74 back
0.74x its price
74x the $1 bet
Played on Pragmatic Play's public USD demo on 2 November 2026 with play money, from a $100,000 balance. The demo opened at $2.00 and was lowered to a $1.00 total bet (5 coins per line x $0.02 coin value x 10 lines). The game has no ante bet. A small script in the page pressed the spin button for each spin (autoplay off, quick spin on). Totals for the whole session from the server log: $200.00 staked, $126.50 returned, closing balance $99,926.50 on the server.
The base game ticked over with small line wins. Thirty spins paid, most of them between $0.50 and $2.50, and spin 58 with the Book as wild was the one hit of any size. The quiet stretches were short, the longest a run of 13 without a win.
Three Books never landed on their own, so the free spins came from the buy. The trigger spin paid $17.50 by itself, then the draw gave us the 10, the lowest-paying symbol in the game. No retrigger came, and the expanding 10 took the round to the total on the card. Treat all of this as one session's play: far too few spins to measure the RTP.
Our $100 Buy Free Spins round with the 10 expanding: $74.00 in 10 free spins. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.
Is John Hunter and the Book of Tut worth playing?
Yes, if you want the Book-of formula with a buy and a Medium label rather than a High one. The free spins work as they do in the classics, and unlimited retriggers give a round with a premium symbol room to run. What it lacks is anything new: the random draw still decides most rounds, and a letter symbol makes for a modest one.
Book of Dead suits you better if you want Play'n GO's original version of this round at High volatility, with no buy. Choose Book of Tut for the buy button and the Medium label. For the same explorer in a different game, John Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen collects cash scarabs instead.
In the demo, play a few natural free spins rounds if you can before buying one. Seeing which symbols get drawn shows how much the round depends on that pick.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you trigger free spins in John Hunter and the Book of Tut?+
Land three or more Books anywhere on the reels. They pay a scatter prize and award 10 free spins, and a special expanding symbol is drawn at random before the first spin. More Books during the round add 10 spins each time, with no limit. Our 100 base spins brought no natural trigger.
Which expanding symbol is best in Book of Tut?+
John Hunter. He pays $500 for five at a $1 bet, against $10 for a 10, J or Q, and he also pays for two of a kind, so he needs fewer reels to expand. The game draws the symbol at random, so there is no way to pick him.
Can you buy the bonus in John Hunter and the Book of Tut?+
Yes. Buy Free Spins costs 100x the total bet and starts the round at once with 10 spins. The special symbol is still drawn at random, and retriggers work as in a natural round. The rules pages we kept show no separate RTP for the buy.
What is the max win in John Hunter and the Book of Tut?+
5,500x the bet, according to the game's intro screen. One listing gives 6,600x, but the game's own figure is the one we use. The highest pays on the table come from John Hunter, so a long round with him as the expanding symbol is the route toward the top.
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