Merkur Slots

Quick take: Merkur suits players who want clean, no-nonsense mechanics — classic fruit reels, the signature risk/gamble feature, and reliable RTPs sitting close to the 96% industry average.

Merkur Gaming is the online slots brand of the Gauselmann Group, a family-owned German company founded in 1957 by Paul Gauselmann. The group began manufacturing gaming machines in 1977 and has been offering digital slot content since the mid-2000s. It holds licenses from the MGA, UKGC, and the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, and operates in more than 40 countries. The catalog runs to 200+ titles across land-based and online formats.

Most Merkur RTPs land between 95.6% and 96.8% — close to the industry average of 96%. Volatility is generally low to medium, favoring frequent smaller pays over rare jackpot bursts. Almost every title carries the classic risk/gamble feature: after a winning spin you can attempt to double or quadruple your prize by guessing card color or suit. It's optional, and it comes straight from Merkur's land-based AWP (Amusement with Prize) roots.

Popular Merkur Slots

• Blazing Star — 5 reels, 5 paylines, pure fruit machine with stacked symbols and no free spins; 96.31% RTP
• El Torero — bullfighting theme, 5 reels, 10 paylines; 3 scatter bulls trigger 10 free spins with sticky Bullfighter wilds; 96.08% RTP
• El Torero Raging Bull — sequel to El Torero, same Spanish arena setting
• Double Triple Chance — 3-reel classic fruit format with a Rewin feature; 95.65% RTP
• Book of Fire — book-mechanic slot with a randomly selected expanding symbol during free spins; 96.02% RTP
• Ancient World Deluxe — ancient civilisation theme; 95.61% RTP
• Dragon's Treasure II — medieval fantasy sequel with dragon and knight symbols
• 221B Baker Street — Sherlock Holmes detective theme
• Candy & Fruits — bright fruit slot, 5 reels, 20 paylines, medium variance; ~96% RTP
• Cash Fruits Plus — 5-reel, 5-payline fruit slot with scatter bonus
• Diamond and Gold — jewel theme; 96.76% RTP
• Egyptian Moon — Egyptian-themed 5-reel slot

What Merkur Slots Feel Like

Fruit games form a large share of the catalog. Blazing Star, Cash Fruits Plus, and Candy & Fruits all follow the AWP format Merkur refined in German arcades: match symbols across fixed paylines, optionally gamble the win, repeat. There are no free-spins rounds or wilds in Blazing Star — its draw is stacked symbols and a max win potential of 10,000x the bet from symbol combinations alone.

Adventure titles add free-spins mechanics. El Torero locks the Bullfighter wild symbol in place for all 10 spins, which can build into solid multi-wild pays. Book of Fire takes the book-game approach: one symbol is picked at random before the round and expands to fill its entire reel during free spins. Dragon's Treasure II and Ancient World Deluxe follow similar structures — accessible free-spins rounds without elaborate layered mechanics.

Grids are mostly 5×3. Paylines range from 5 (Blazing Star, Cash Fruits Plus) to 20 (Candy & Fruits). Merkur does not publish maximum-win multipliers uniformly, but Blazing Star's documented ceiling is 10,000x stake. The risk/gamble feature is the one constant — it shows up across nearly the entire library and gives even simple base wins a decision point.

Further reading: BeGambleAware resources, Gambling Commission guidance