Pragmatic Play · 2021
Lucky Lightning is a 5x3 video slot from Pragmatic Play set in Ancient Greece, with 243 ways to win. Its figures, rules and bonus modes come first.
Choosing Lucky Lightning means picking a video slot from Pragmatic Play, set in Ancient Greece and played on a 5x3 grid. The reels show three rows across five reels. The game uses 243 ways to win rather than fixed paylines. A win needs at least three matching symbols on adjacent reels, counted from the leftmost reel, so every spin is read left to right.
Pick this slot if you want the screen to change during a round. Free Spins begin when BONUS symbols land anywhere on the screen. Growing Reels may expand the grid when WILD lands on reels 1 and 2 together. MONEY symbols lock while reels 3 to 5 respin, and Money Collect gathers the values beside those WILDs.
Game numbers
Playamo sets the numbers out in plain figures so you can judge the game before staking.
| What it shows | Shown as |
|---|---|
| Game provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.45% / 96.48% |
| Volatility level | High |
| Reel layout | 5x3 |
| Maximum win multiple | x10,100 |
| Maximum win in money | A$2,525,000 |
| Launch date | 17/06/2021 |
The price is 100 times the total bet, so at the A$5 top example bet it costs A$500.
| Paid round | Total cost | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Bonus Max at 100x | x100 · A$500 | – |
Return to player shows how much of every A$100 staked the game pays back over a long run. It says nothing about a single session. The version running here is shown in the game rules.
| Return rate | RTP | Set by provider |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.48% | No |
| Variant 2 | 96.45% | Yes |
Lucky Lightning paytable
The payouts below are in Australian dollars at an A$1 bet, and each extra matching symbol pays more.
| A$1 value | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|
 WILDWild | A$2 | A$10 | A$100 |
 Zeus | A$1 | A$5 | A$10 |
 Athena | A$0.80 | A$2 | A$6 |
 Minotaur | A$0.40 | A$1 | A$4 |
 Griffin | A$0.40 | A$1 | A$2 |
 Pegasus | A$0.40 | A$1 | A$2 |
 A | A$0.20 | A$0.40 | A$1 |
 K | A$0.20 | A$0.40 | A$1 |
 Q | A$0.20 | A$0.40 | A$1 |
 J | A$0.20 | A$0.40 | A$1 |
Round guide
Not knowing what a round does next is the worry this page removes, one stage at a time.
Choose your bet before the first spin, from A$0.25 up to A$250. The total bet sets the stake for every spin, and every win is paid as a multiple of it.
Read each result from the leftmost reel, since wins pay left to right. On 243 ways, matching symbols on adjacent reels form a win across the 3 rows.
Watch for WILDs on reels 1 and 2 together, which can grow the screen and open a respin. A fully covered money grid pays its total twice.
Track BONUS symbols, since three, four or five anywhere start 10, 15 or 50 free spins. The round then opens on a 3x6 grid.
Set a loss limit before the first spin, and stop once you reach it. No one can know how long a session will last or what it will return.
Extra spins ahead
You will know how each mode starts, the way it plays out and what the buy option costs.
Three, four or five BONUS symbols anywhere start the Free Spins with 10, 15 or 50 free spins. The round opens on a 3x6 grid. Landing three or more BONUS symbols during the round awards the same tiered amount again.
Base game spinsFree spins
The buy costs 100x the total bet and instantly triggers the Free Spins feature. The round always plays on the largest fixed 3x3x4x4x4x4 grid for its whole length, so no grid is drawn at random.
Before any spinInstant Free Spins
The base game runs on 3 rows and 5 reels, with the screen size varying. It offers 243 ways to win. Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel, so a win needs matching symbols from reel one onward.
Placing a bet243 ways
WILD on reels 1 and 2 together may grow the screen to 3x6, 3x3x4x4x4 or 3x3x4x4x4x4. MONEY symbols lock, reels 3 to 5 respin, and MONEY values beside the WILDs on a left-to-right payway are collected. If every money reel is fully covered at resolution, the total pays twice.
Spinning the reelsCollected MONEY values
Screen guide
After this, you will have matched each screen to the rule it shows.
Practice round
Worried that a practice round will charge your account or pay out real winnings?
Demo play needs no money and pays nothing. The real game needs an account at Playamo Casino and a player aged 18+.
PlayDeciding to spin Lucky Lightning means accepting that the bonus round may not arrive in any session. How often the Free Spins come is not known in advance. The result of one session is random, whatever the RTP version running. Past sessions do not predict the next one.
Choosing how to read the RTP starts with the game rules, since which version this site runs is shown only there. Open the rules inside the game to confirm it before the first spin. Keep the rules at hand for the whole session.
Setting a bet with the top prize in mind means treating the maximum win as a limit, not a goal. Lucky Lightning's maximum win is a ceiling reached very rarely, and no session can be planned around it. The figure on the paytable describes a payout, not a forecast.
Players must be 18+. If play stops being fun, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 or use BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Set a budget before you open Lucky Lightning, and stop when it is spent.
Choose your stopping point before the first spin, and keep it after a big win as well as after a losing run.
Use the deposit and loss limits in your account to cap how much goes in and how much can be lost.
If the game stops being fun, take a break or self-exclude through BetStop. Stepping away is a fair choice at any point in the session.
Clear rules, fewer surprises
Playamo Casino lays out the rules first, so every spin starts with the facts.
Read the rules first. This page sets out the 5x3 grid, the 243 ways to win, the paytable and the four modes of Lucky Lightning, so you know how a round runs before the first spin.
Treat Lucky Lightning as a high volatility slot. Results swing more widely than in lower volatility games, so long runs without a large win are part of how it plays. The maximum win of x10,100 times the bet shows how far a single round can go.
Lucky Lightning runs in two RTP versions, 96.45 and 96.48. RTP is a long-run average across many rounds, so it does not predict the result of one session.
Land three, four or five BONUS symbols anywhere on the grid to start Free Spins. Three give 10 spins, four give 15 and five give 50. Three or more BONUS symbols during the round award the tiered amount again.
Start with the minimum bet of A$0.25 if you want a lower stake per spin. The highest bet allowed is A$250, and A$1, A$2 and A$5 are the examples used on this page.
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