5 Lions Gold Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

5 Lions Gold Review

The Free Spins feature is the main event, comprising seven different games. In addition, the randomly triggered Golden Reels Jackpot feature awards one of three fixed jackpots, while the Cashien Random Award is a pick and match bonus that can award Free Spins or a Jackpot. The game has RTP ranges, the highest possible RTP being 96.5%, and the lowest 95.94%. 5 Lions Gold delivers a high volatility experience, and a maximum possible win of 7342x your stake. Betting starts at €0.18 and rises to €90.00. Note that the betting range can vary from one online casino to the next.

The Lion is Wild, and during Free Spins, it applies a random multiplier to the wins it’s involved in. The Yin Yang symbol is the Scatter. The game has 11 regular symbols, of which the Dragon is the top symbol, awarding 7x your bet for 5 of a kind. In descending order of value, the Phoenix, Frog, Fish and Tortoise comprise the remaining highs. The Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10 and 9 are the lows.

A screen of the 5 Lions Gold playing space

5 Lions Gold Features

5 Lions Gold has three features. They are the Golden Reels Jackpot, Cashien Random Award, and a seven-in-one Free Spins feature.

Golden Reels Jackpot

This feature awards one of three fixed jackpots, and can occur during the Base Game or Free Spins. When 3 Reels turn gold, the Minor Jackpot is won, awarding 15x total bet.

When 4 Reels turn gold, the Major Jackpot (150x bet) is awarded. But what you really want to see is all 5 Reels turning gold, because this awards the Grand Jackpot of 2,000x your bet.

Cashien Random Award

This feature can trigger randomly during the Base Game and Free Spins. It can award Free Spins, or the Jackpot Bonus pick and match game, during which players must match 3 of the same symbol to win the corresponding jackpot.

Free Spins

Free Spins is triggered when 3 Scatters land on reels 2, 3 and 4. The feature comprises seven bonus games, each offering a different multiplier range and number of spins:

• 25 Free Spins with 2x, 3x or 5x Multiplier
• 20 Free Spins with 3x, 5x or 8x Multiplier
• 15 Free Spins with 5x, 8x or 10x Multiplier
• Mystery Choice - a mystery number of spins and multiplier range, each randomly selected from the other Free Spins games
• 13 Free Spins with 8x, 10x or 15x Multiplier
• 10 Free Spins with 10x, 15x or 30x Multiplier
• 6 Free Spins with 15x, 30x or 40x Multiplier

If 3 more Scatters land during Free Spins, players can select a different Free Spins game when they’ve completed the current round. There is no limit to the number of retriggers.

The 200 Spins 5 Lions Experience

We put 5 Lions Gold through our usual 200 spin test to get a feel of the game.

Our opening series of spins is largely uneventful. We rack up a few inconsequential wins, before achieving a decent one of 24.6x our bet. A few spins later, we improve on that, winning 28x our bet. This proves to be the highlight of our test.

The fact that our two notable wins both involved Wilds makes us a little sad that this game doesn’t feature Wild Multipliers in the Base Game.

Our 200 spins are up. Of course, we’re disappointed not to have triggered Free Spins, or seen the Golden Reels Jackpot and Cashien Random Award features in action. We remind ourselves that getting the best out of any slot, and particularly a high volatility one such as this, usually requires more than 200 spins. That said, the beauty of slots is their randomness, and while we didn’t have the best luck, you may well come along and win 7342x your stake on your first spin!

Review Summary

5 Lions Gold provides an enjoyable gameplay experience. The high fidelity graphics and soundtrack have much to do with this, as does the seven-in-one Free Spins feature. In addition, the potential to win one of the three fixed jackpots - especially the Grand - will be enough to make this game highly attractive to many players.

In conducting our research for this review, we won a Minor Jackpot via the Golden Reels Jackpot feature, however, we never experienced the Cashien Random Award, despite playing for well over 1,000 spins.

Pros

• Jackpots
• Seven different Free Spins options
• Beautiful art and soundtrack make gameplay a pleasure

Cons

• No Wild Multipliers in Base Game
• Cashien Random Award is rarely seen
• RTP Ranges/customisation

If you like 5 Lions Gold, try these games:

5 Lions If you enjoy 5 Lions Gold, check out its predecessor. While it doesn’t have Jackpots, it does have Wild Multipliers in the Base Game as well as in Free Spins. The Free Spins feature offers the same 7 options seen in 5 Lions Gold, however, an extra symbol position is added on Reels 2, 3 and 4, boosting the number of ways to win to 576.

Jungle Gorilla. Unusually, this 2020 release, also from Pragmatic Play, has no Free Spins feature. You won't even notice though, because the game is all about the multipliers above the 5 reels. Landing gorilla scatters increments the relevant multiplier value by 1, to a maximum of 5x. When a Wild contributes to a win, the multiplier(s) above the reel(s) on which the Wild(s) landed is applied to the win.

Golden Ticket 2.

This brand new release from Play’n GO has a vintage circus theme. Like 5 Lions Gold, it is also a sequel that offers high volatility gameplay, and has variable RTP’s. Along with the Multiplier Wilds and Win Spin feature, the game comes with a great Free Spins feature that allows players to choose one of three different bonus games.