5 Lions — RTP, volatility and max win

With 5 Lions, Pragmatic Play brings Chinese luck symbolism to the reels: five lions, a phoenix, a turtle, koi fish, a fortune frog and the yin-yang sign make up the symbol set against green, blue and violet tones. Wins are paid on ways rather than lines, and the big results come from the free spins round, where multipliers act on the hits.

Mythical creatures from Asian legend carry the theme of 5 Lions: the lions and the phoenix take centre stage, while the turtle, koi and fortune frog round out the set. The 5×3 grid evaluates 243 ways, so any combination counts that runs over neighbouring reels from the left. Low stakes of €0.50 and high ones of €100 mark the two ends of the bet range. The slot was released on May 16, 2018, making it one of the older Pragmatic Play titles in the catalogue.

5 Lions pays on ways: a matching symbol has to land on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost one, and the row on each reel does not matter. When a symbol appears more than once on a reel, each position counts as a separate way, so wins in a single spin multiply. Scatters open the free spins, where multipliers apply to the ways wins.

Free spins: scatter symbols start the bonus round, where 5 Lions adds multipliers to wins. This is where the hits that approach the max win happen.

Multiplier: it belongs to the free spins round and boosts the ways wins there, including those completed by a wild.

Substitution symbols: these appear among the lions, the phoenix and the other animal pictures, next to the wild.

In 5 Lions, multipliers in the free spins boost the ways wins; titles with a similar multiplier lever are listed under inferno slots with multipliers.

RTP 95.51%. Background: how RTP works on a slot. Volatility High, like 192 of the 399 Inferno slots. Background: what slot volatility means. Max win 3,520× (€352,000 at the highest stake). Background: what max win means on a slot.

At 95.51%, the return of 5 Lions is mid-field. Volatility is high, while the 3,520× biggest prize is moderate; it exceeds roughly 39% of the field. The swings come almost entirely from the free spins with multipliers, and base game wins on the ways tend to stay small.

5 Lions circulates at different payout levels depending on the casino; how the listed figure ranks against the field is shown in inferno slots ranked by RTP.

The table sets the original next to the later spin-off, which moves the same lion theme onto a grid with a changing number of symbols per reel. RTP and volatility are almost identical in both, but the spin-off has a higher max win cap.

The original and its spin-off share the lion theme but differ in grid and max win; both are listed under versions of 5 Lions.

Beside 5 Lions: other slots with equal high volatility as well as a comparable RTP.