Lantern Luck Slot – Free Demo

Lanterns on a Five-Reel Street

Studio Habanero stocks the reels with lanterns in Lantern Luck, and this online slot is packed with sticky wilds and re-spins. Habanero is also the studio behind Fa Cai Shen and Naughty Wukong.

Lantern Luck is enjoyed on a 5-reel, 3-row grid. It is crossed with 25 fixed paylines. There is no free spins round, so the base game and the Wild Re-Spin carry the whole return.

Any device is fit for playing Lantern Luck on. I played 490 spins at a stake of 1.25, starting from a balance of 2,000.00. Wagers can be adjusted from 0.25 to 5,000 per spin, and Lantern Luck holds a theoretical RTP of 96.77%. My spins wagered 612.50 and returned 719.12, a session return of 117.4%. Lantern Luck is a low-volatility game, too, so the max win isn't dazzling by current benchmarks at 702x (in a single spin). The balance never fell below 1,784.66 and peaked at 2,156.05 on spin 396. Volatility is low, scored 2 out of 6. The longest run without a win lasted 14 spins, ending on spin 473.

The symbols employed throughout Lantern Luck are lantern inspired. The regular symbols are Blue, White, Light Purple, Green, Purple and Pink Lanterns. A Blue Lantern is the top symbol, paying 48x the wager for five of a kind, and to create a winning combo, punters need to hit at least three of any symbol kind, beginning from the left edge of the matrix. Three Blue Lanterns pay 1x the wager, and the White Lantern follows with 16x for five.

Where the Red Lantern Lands

Much of the mechanics in Lantern Luck are focused on its Red Lantern Wild. It links to re-spins. Lanterns can also appear lit, and every lit lantern in a winning line adds x1 to that line's multiplier, up to x5 per line.

Substituting for all standard symbols, the Red Lantern Wild functions as a wild, and it lands solely on the lowest row of reels 1, 3 and 5. Two Wilds on that bottom row without the third only substitute and do not start the feature.

Three Wilds, Climbing

If Wilds land on reels 1, 3 and 5 simultaneously, they fix in position and trigger the Wild Re-Spin mechanic, and after every re-spin they shift up one row. The re-spins are free and take nothing from the balance. Re-spins persist until they exit the display. Since the Wilds start on the bottom row and climb one row per re-spin, a trigger without a retrigger gives three re-spins. It is possible to retrigger re-spins any number of times. I triggered it once in the session, on spin 264, and the re-spins paid 298.75 in all.

Final Minty Score: Lantern Luck is a vibrant slot. My balance went from 2,000.00 to 2,106.62 over the session.

A 702x Cap Next to a 239x Hit

It might be a shock to discover that the most you can win is a fairly humble 702x your wager, if you're stumbling across Lantern Luck at a later time. Nothing I drew came close: the Wild Re-Spin paid 239x the stake, and the next best was 65x on spin 396. But now in the age of 100,000x+ (promoted) wins, 702x seems a touch outdated, and it's like those tales of property builders who couldn't lure an owner into surrendering their plot, no matter how enormous the bid. So they had to erect high-rises around an aged single-story home. In some respects, it's pleasant to watch bold folk sticking it to the man and resisting progress by declining to sell out.

What connects are the Red Lantern Wild and the game's drive, and you might not be able to win a genuine fortune. Across the session, 179 of 490 spins paid, a hit rate of 37%. But as wilds and re-spins merge together, you can possibly win frequently, albeit at lesser sums. Of the 179 paying spins, 118 returned less than the stake.