Is Pinocchio a real flesh and blood boy or just a wooden puppet? Italian citizen Collodi is credited with creating the character, which first appeared in print in 1883, 57 years before getting co-opted and popularized in a Walt Disney film.

Pinocchio video slot/fruit machine game software designers Real Time Gaming have done a neat job in capturing the tale’s essence for the five-reel, 20-payline online slot format, with Wild and Scatter symbols, free spin bonus feature and random progressive jackpot.

RTG has avoided the look of omnipresent Disney, and players are immediately struck by the game’s splash of color, which is comic-strippish with a few natural wood tones accenting. The symbols are done nicely enough, with well-known symbols such as cuckoo clocks, schoolbooks, fox and whale.

Watch as Pinocchio comes to life covering all three stops on a wheel. And he will make you smile even wider during free spins (provided by the fairy Tinkerbell) where all wins are tripled when animating Pinocchio is used as a Wild. Note: Scattered Tinkerbell appears anywhere on the reels and your win is multiplied by total bet, not a line bet.

Pinocchio slot may award you a top jackpot of 40,000 times bet per line. This is the maximum win per paid spin in the game, other than the random progressive jackpot that can be awarded at the conclusion of each game, no matter how much you bet.

Gather three Tinkerbells for free spins. Lining up five cuckoo clocks wouldn’t be too shabby, either: That’s a 1,000x payout in itself.