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Lightning Box Games
Down 266.40 over 330 spins and never once above the starting 1,000.00: that was my Jackaroo Jack at 1.20 a spin. The Bull's Skull Wild sits only on reels 2 and 4, six scatters open a choice of five free spins deals, and the published 95.62% stayed a claim I could not check, because the bonus never…
Jackaroo Jack originates from Lightning Box Games, and more crucially, I encounter Jackaroo Jack in a slot. The slot is dishing up free spins, a Second Chance Respin and Wild multipliers. My session ran for 330 spins at a stake of 1.20, starting from a balance of 1,000.00.
The play happens on a 5x4 reel layout. Wins pay for matching symbols on consecutive reels from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, in any position on each reel. There are 1,024 ways to win on every spin. Of my 330 spins, 95 paid something, and 66 of those paid less than the stake.
Wagers from 0.40 to 12.00 per spin may be placed to join in on the play, and Jackaroo Jack is a moderate volatility slot. Over the session, 396.00 wagered returned 129.60, a session return of 32.7%. Its play can shift up a notch when the features set in. My balance went from 1,000.00 to 733.60, its lowest point, and never rose above where it started. Max win hits 61,440 times your stake, whilst it arrives with an RTP of 95.62%. The biggest single win of the session was 8.64 on spin 134, or 7.2x the stake.
Minty Slots Verdict: 330 spins handed back 32.7% of what went in, against a published 95.62%, with no free spins drawn to close the gap. The biggest hit was 7.2x the stake, which on a game advertising 61,440x is roughly a rounding error with a sense of humour.
The bottom end of the paytable is formed of 9, 10, J, Q and K. Five of any of 9, 10, J or Q pay 1.25x the stake per way, and five K pay 2x. Top pay symbols contain five figures and items: here is located Jackaroo Jack, the Bull, the Horse, the Windmill and the Kookaburra. For five of a kind, Jackaroo Jack pays 7.5x the stake, the Bull 5x, the Horse 3.75x, the Windmill 3x and the Kookaburra 2.5x. Figures-wise, you're looking at a return of 2.5 to 7.5 times the stake for five top-tier symbols, which is not remarkable. Because each way pays separately, spin 217 turned five Q on 4 ways into 6.00, which is 1.50 per way, or 5x the stake.
Jackaroo Jack arrives with Wilds, a Second Chance Respin, plus free spin rounds, and the Bull's Skull Wild drops on reels 2 and 4 solely. It substitutes for all symbols, including the scatter. Since the Bull's Skull never lands on reel 1, it cannot start a way on its own.
When a Wild drops on a losing spin, it is kept. Only one respin is given per spin. The remaining spots respin once for free. My longest run without a win lasted 12 spins, ending on spin 269.
Jackaroo Jack Scatter symbols trigger free spins when 6 or more of them are in sight. They can land in any position on the reels. Wilds count toward the trigger, and players pick 20 spins with 2x/2x Wild multipliers, 15 with 2x/4x, 12 with 3x/4x, 10 with 4x/6x, or 6 with 5x/8x. None of my 330 spins produced a trigger, so the session never reached the free spins.
During free spins, the Wild multipliers on reels 2 and 4 multiply together in the same win, up to 40x, and retriggers award the identical number of spins as the selected choice. The 40x figure comes from the 5x and 8x option, the one with the fewest spins.
Jackaroo Jack might not appear as a headline title as such.