Panther Moon: Bonus Lines Slot – Free Demo

Coins that count the winning lines

Panther Moon: Bonus Lines is a slot from Playtech, but what sticks out is Playtech's choice to multiply its coin rewards by the count of winning lines. Other panther-themed slots include Playtech's original Panther Moon and Pragmatic Play's Panther Queen.

Volatility, for one, is graded high, while RTP, on the other hand, is respectable enough thanks to a score of 95.54%. Over 400 spins, the session for this review wagered 4,000.00 and won 4,059.00, a session return of 101.5%.

Landing winners - get three identical symbols on adjacent reels from reel 1. A matching run that starts on reel 2 does not pay. On average, that happens on 19.34% of spins. In the session, 68 of the 400 spins paid, and 32 of those paid less than the stake. The slot employs 5 reels and 5 fixed paylines, signifying winning symbols are needed on adjacent reels along one of them. The largest base-game win of the session was 190.00 on spin 145, which is 19x the stake.

When a combination connects, the Coin Symbols on reel 5 come into action. A Cash Coin shows 2x, 5x or 10x the bet before any multiplication by winning lines. They are granted only when they appear with a winning combination, and if additional lines win, the coin's cash value is multiplied by the count of winning lines. A Mystery Coin reveals a Cash, Free Games or Prize Coin, and coins can split to combine two prizes in one position. Panther Moon: Bonus Lines is playable from 0.05 to 500 per spin. The session was played at a 10.00 stake from a starting balance of 10,000.00.

There are 8 (standard) symbols in the paytable. They are A, K, Q, purple and pink flowers, plus butterflies, owls, and foxes. Five Butterflies on a line pay 6x the stake, five of either flower pay 2x, and five of A, K or Q pay 1x. The Fox and the Owl are the highest symbols, with 5 on a payline paying 16 times the wager, and the Panther symbol is wild, substituting for paying symbols. Three Foxes or three Owls pay 2x the stake, and four pay 5x.

Reel 3 stays wild for the whole round

Prize Coins and a bundle of free games are up for grabs as well as the Coin Symbols powering the gameplay, and whenever a Prize Coin arrives with a winning combination, players win a Mini of 20x, a Major of 50x or a Grand of 100x their wager. Because the prize is multiplied by the number of winning lines, a Grand landing with two winning lines is worth 200x the stake.

Keep an eye out for the Free Games Coin. Any win arriving with the symbol activates free games. The coin grants 3, 4, 5 or 7 free games, multiplied by the count of winning lines. The feature triggered twice in the session, on spin 119 and again on spin 341, 222 spins later.

Now, during the round, players get a Wild fixing over all of reel 3 for the entire round, and furthermore they may prolong the round when any Free Games Coin win happens, with no cap on retriggers. The first round gave 15 free games, retriggered, and paid 2,580.00, which is 258x the stake.

The Minty Take: two free-game rounds carried 75% of what 400 spins returned, and without them the session would have finished well short of its 101.5%. The coins on reel 5 are the game; the base reels mostly keep the lights on.

Two retriggered rounds and a 27-spin drought

Panther Moon: Bonus Lines promises much with all this talk of Bonus Lines. The second round gave 12 free games, retriggered, and paid 470.00, or 47x the stake.

Panther Moon: Bonus Lines is extremely volatile, and with everything counted, top wins max out at 1,127 times the stake. The two bonus rounds paid 3,050.00 between them, 75% of everything the session won. Payouts are present. The longest run without a win lasted 27 spins, ending on spin 397. But it can be hard going, a bit tedious in truth while longing for large wins or extras to emerge. The balance peaked at 11,638.00 on spin 119, fell as low as 9,058.00 and finished at 10,059.00.

The slot can be harsh, not to mention monotonous.