Plataea

By Matthew Kennedy | Updated 28 May 2026

It is time to join the battle of the gladiators with Plataea, a Roman themed slot from WMS Gaming. Features include mystery symbols, wild symbols and a Hot Hot Super Respin.

About the slot

Plataea is a 5 reel, 50 payline video slot which can be played from 40p up to £200 per spin, and it can be played across all devices.The reels are framed in gold, and sit inside the columns of a temple with raised bowls of fire on either side and you can see the ocean behind them.Symbols are gold coins, silver coins, vases, base of a column, soldiers helmets, shields with swords, swords with sheaths, ships, warriors and a Greek lady, the latter will pay out x5 of your wager for 5 on a payline.The wild symbol is the soldier’s face and the scatter symbol is the temple.

Gameplay

If any shield bonus symbols appear on the reels they will transform into matching random symbols.If the bonus symbols appear fully stacked on the 1^st reel, the Hot Hot Super Respins will come into play and you will get 2 bonus spins with 1^st reel locked and any bonus symbols or wilds that are present on the other reels will also be locked. Any further bonus and wild symbols that land will also be locked. At the end of the respins the bonus symbols will transform into random matching symbols.The free spins feature is triggered by landing 3 scatters in view on the 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th reels, and you will be given 10 bonus spins and extra wild and shield symbols will be added to the reels this can also be re-triggered.Plataea is one of these games that you want to keep on playing. It has nice graphics and animations. It is a medium variance slot with an RTP of 96.07%

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