Habanero · 2020
Scopa is a Habanero video slot with 27 ways across an eleven-cell grid, and a map of five Italian cities that unlock one by one. This page covers its rounds, payouts and returns.
The demo is free to play. Real play needs an account and the legal age, 18+.
Scopa is a Habanero video slot built on Italian card-game imagery, laid out on a cross-shaped area of eleven cells in a 1-3-3-3-1 column pattern, with 27 fixed ways to win and no paylines to track. Three or more matching symbols anywhere in adjacent columns pay. The first place you spin is Genoa, where Wilds carry a multiplier; four more locations wait behind it.
Five locations unlock in sequence, each rewriting the same reels: Milan expands a Wild down its own column, Naples duplicates it, Tuscany turns the suit symbols Wild, and Venice guarantees one Wild every spin, two in its Free Games. Complete an area's Free Games and the next opens; finish Venice and all five stay open together.
At the Table
Sportybet Casino sets every figure out plainly, so you know the ground before a single spin.
| What It Covers | Reading |
|---|---|
| Provider | Habanero |
| Return to Player | 96.67% |
| Volatility | High |
| Release Date | 01/06/2020 |
Round guide
Sportybet Casino lays out each stage of a round in the order the reels run.
A$0.15 is the lowest bet and A$30 the highest. A$1 and A$5 are the example bets used on this page, so pick the value you want before the reels start.
The cross-shaped reel area holds 11 cells in a 1-3-3-3-1 layout and plays as 27 ways. Three matching symbols are the fewest that pay.
Five locations each bring a feature: a Wild Multiplier in Genoa, an Expanding Wild column in Milan. Locations unlock one after another, so you meet the rest as you progress.
Landing the SCATTER (train) symbol starts the Free Games. Completing the round in Genoa unlocks Milan, and each location then opens the next in turn.
A$30 is the highest bet allowed here, so set a session limit before the first spin. Stop when you reach it, because no spin reveals how a session will end.
Scopa free spins
This block settles how each free games round starts, what it changes, and which location opens next.
The Base Game is the starting mode of Scopa, played on a cross-shaped 27-way reel area of 11 cells in a 1-3-3-3-1 column layout. Genoa is the only unlocked location the first time Scopa is played. A map-pin badge lets the player cycle through whichever locations are currently unlocked.
Game lobbyReel spins
Scopa's starting location is Genoa, and it runs the Wild Multiplier feature. Completing its Free Games round is the step that unlocks Milan, the next location on the map. The chain runs on through Naples, Tuscany and Venice in that order.
Base GameMilan unlock
Milan unlocks after the Genoa Free Games round, and its feature is the Expanding Wild column. Any WILD in a winning combination expands to fill all three cells of its own column before pays are awarded. Completing Milan's own Free Games round unlocks Naples, the next location.
Genoa completeExpanding Wilds
Venice is the last location and guarantees one WILD on every base-game spin, landing on column 2, 3 or 4, in addition to any natural Wild. During its Free Games, that rises to two guaranteed Wilds per spin. Completing Venice's Free Games permanently unlocks all five locations together.
Tuscany completeAll five locations
96.67 per cent means that, per A$100 staked, Scopa pays back A$96.67 over a very large number of spins. The version this site runs is shown in the game rules.
| Payback level | RTP | Provider default |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.67% | Yes |
Three screens below
Useful when you want to see the Free Games and base layouts before placing a bet.
Learn the mechanics
Useful before the first spin, when you decide whether to deposit and play for money.
A$0.15 is the lowest stake, but the demo needs no money and pays nothing; the real game needs an account with Sportybet Casino and the legal age of 18+.
Play nowEleven cells and 27 ways decide each round, and no figure tells you when the Free Games will start. A session can pass without a trigger or fire two in a row, because every spin is drawn at random and earlier spins leave no mark. A 96.67% return describes the long run of play, not the shape of tonight.
Habanero builds Scopa with more than one return setting, and 96.67% is the one this page quotes. Which version a lobby loads appears only in the game rules panel, so open it before the first spin and read the figure there. Nothing on the reels shows it.
The top prize is a ceiling, not a target. Reaching it asks for one round where the wild multipliers, the location rule and the free spins all land in the same sequence, and most rounds never come close. Between sessions, the honest number is what you staked, not what the game might return.
Scopa is for players aged 18+. Help is available from the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, and you can register with BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Decide the amount you can afford to lose before you open Scopa. Keep to it, even after a run of losses.
Choose your stop point before the first spin, and keep it when a win arrives. A win does not move the limit you set.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you start playing Scopa. Limits protect your balance when a session runs longer than you planned.
Take a break when Scopa stops being entertaining, and register with BetStop if you need a longer break.
Five questions, plain terms
Sportybet Casino states each Scopa figure as the game sets it, so you can check before you bet.
Scopa has one RTP, 96.67 per cent. The figure is measured on A$100 staked, and it describes the average over a very large number of spins, not the outcome of one session. A single session can return much more or much less.
Scopa has high volatility. Wins are less predictable in size and timing than in a low-volatility game, and a long stretch without a win can happen. Volatility describes how wins are spread, while the RTP describes the average return.
Scopa can be played at bets from A$0.15 to A$30, so the lowest stake works as a trial. The paytable uses A$1 as its example bet. Pays scale with the bet you place.
Scopa has two Scatter symbols, the gold coin medallion and the train. Free spins are started by the Scatter symbols and run as the Free Games round of Genoa, the starting location. Completing that round unlocks Milan.
Scopa's pays are calculated from the bet placed, and the highest bet allowed here is A$30. A player cannot know in advance which spin will carry the largest win, or how big that win will be.
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