Lucky Lightning (Pragmatic Play) – Review & Demo Play

Lucky Lightning: Slot Overview

As an experienced player, I saw Lucky Lightning as a 5-reel, 3-row, 243 ways slot with a classical Greece vibe and shifting reels. Stakes run from 25 p/c to 125 per spin, volatility sits at 5/5, while the standard RTP is 96.45% on the flexible model. Hits arrive around 1 in 4.15 spins. Regular wins pay left to right, with 10-A lows and premiums like Pegasus, eagles, Minotaur, a female deity, and Zeus, paying 2-10x for five of a kind. The win cap is 10,100x.

Lucky Lightning Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x10
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x6
	4	x2
	3	x0.8
	5	x4
	4	x1
	3	x0.4
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.4
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.4
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	Bonus
	5	x100
	4	x10
	3	x2
	Collect
	Collect
	Collect
	Wild

Lucky Lightning: Slot Features

The golden lightning coin wild lands on reels 1 and 2. When both hit, the reel set can extend to 3x6, 3x3x4x4x4, or 3x3x4x4x4x4 for that spin. Money Symbols appear on reels 3 to 6, and the sixth reel can hold money only. After line wins, all visible Money Symbols lock and reels 3 onwards respin once. After the respin, adjacent Money Symbols from reel 3 are collected, delivering a swift Hold & Respin style burst rather than a multi-respin cycle.

Money Symbols carry random cash values from 1x to 500x total bet, and silver, gold, or platinum icons correspond to fixed jackpots worth 50x, 250x, and 10,000x. With wilds on the first two reels and Money Symbols covering reels 3-5, or 3-6 when extended, the Coverall pays the total twice. That’s where the game spikes, especially on the enlarged grid, and the single respin structure keeps the pace snappy without the usual creeping reel-by-reel grind.

Bonus symbols on reels 1-5 award 10, 15, or 50 free spins, and free spins always play on the extended 6-reel grid with the same rules and retriggers. I'm in the UK, so the 100x bonus buy is off the table, but where available the buy bumps RTP to 96.48% and starts on the full 3x3x4x4x4x4 layout. In my sessions, the money collect respin turned up more often in the feature, while the soundtrack shifted from orchestral to a rock track during highlights.

Bonus Buy Feature

Free Spins The FREE SPINS ROUND can be instantly triggered from the base game by buying it for 100x current total bet. Bought free spins rounds, are always played on a 3x3x4x4x4x4 grid, for the whole duration of the round.
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	96.48%
Volatility:	-

Lucky Lightning: Slot Verdict

Lucky Lightning feels like a pot of ideas tossed together, yet the farrago mostly works. The base can flip from steady spins to sudden grid expansions, sticky Money Symbols, and Coverall moments. Despite the somewhat dated, generic look, the package is busy and never dull, and the maths model stacks up. I like that big wins can land at any stage, with the platinum 10,000x carrot and a hard cap at 10,100x keeping things spicy without turning the feature into an endless slog.

I rate it as a high-variance money collect game with a twist: one respin, adjacent collection, and the chance to pay everything twice. The big win messages like "Awesome sauce" and "you're on fire" add a tongue-in-cheek vibe, though they're better when the numbers back it up. If you want action, unpredictability, and a reel set that keeps you guessing, this suits. If you want clean rules and fresh visuals, it might feel a bit fiddly.