Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights is one of NetEnt's earliest progressive jackpot pokies, a five-reel game wrapped in the world of the 1001 Nights. Australian players who look up the Arabian Nights slot or its RTP are usually chasing the same thing: the shared jackpot that has grown and paid out since the title launched in 2005. The reels are simple, the pace is relaxed and the theme is instantly familiar, which is why this pokie has stayed popular long after flashier releases arrived. Bets and any wins are handled in AUD at the casinos that carry it.

How Arabian Nights plays

Arabian Nights runs on five reels, three rows and ten fixed paylines, paying left to right across symbols like the magic lamp, the flying carpet, the scimitar and the ring. The Sultan is the wild: he substitutes for other symbols to complete a line and doubles any win he is part of. The magic lamp is the scatter, and three or more of them trigger the free spins round, in which every win is tripled and the feature can retrigger. A tripling free spin stacked with a doubling wild is where the bigger base-game wins come from. The jackpot sits above all of that: land five Sultan wilds on an active payline and the pooled progressive prize is yours.

Arabian Nights RTP, volatility and jackpot

The published RTP is about 95.62 percent, slightly under the modern norm because part of every bet is diverted into the shared jackpot. Volatility in the base game is low to medium, so with ten lines and a high hit frequency you tend to see plenty of small, steady wins rather than long dry spells. The star attraction is the progressive jackpot, which builds across every casino offering the game until five wilds line up on a payline. Because it is progressive there is no set maximum multiple; the prize is whatever the pool holds at the moment it drops, and that unknown ceiling is exactly what keeps players spinning.

Playing Arabian Nights in Australia

It is important to be clear about the law here. Under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, online casino and pokie games cannot be licensed for, or advertised to, Australians, so any online casino offering Arabian Nights to Australian players operates from offshore rather than under an Australian licence. Nothing on this page is locally regulated. If you do choose to play, the casinos shown accept Australian players and use AUD, and you can always run the free demo above first to see the reels, the wild and the free spins feature without depositing or creating an account.

Is Arabian Nights worth playing?

As a game, Arabian Nights is a straightforward, good-natured classic with a jackpot that has always been its main draw. The graphics are dated and the RTP is on the low side, so the sensible way to view the top prize is as a rare long shot, not an expectation. If you like old-school NetEnt pokies and want to see how a pooled jackpot works, the free demo costs nothing. Whatever you decide, set firm limits, keep it fun, and read our responsible gambling guide first.