High Stakes Lightning Link Slot
Play any of the six themed pokies games in Lightning Link Slots with either 50 lines or 25 lines, depending on the real money stakes you want to play. For one-cent and two-cent games you’ll play the maximum 50 lines, while for five- and 10-cent games you’ll play 25 lines.
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Bonus amounts that appear on the reels will be proportionate to the coin amount. Nevertheless, the jackpot payouts remain the same whichever denomination you use. Each of the casino slots titles has a max bet amount of 500 credits if playing for one or two cents, and 250 credits if playing for five or 10 cents.
Lightning Link slot machines by Aristocrat were groundbreaking with their introduction of the 'Hold & Spin' feature players love, which has since inspired similar features in other popular titles such as Lock It Link, Ultimate Fire Link, Spin It Grand, Celestial King, and Dragon Link, just to name a few. As for High Stakes Las Vegas, it will bring a proper atmosphere from the Gambling Capital of the World. The original 4 Lightning Link slots have one thing exactly the same, since they all feature a 5×3 layout. The coin denomination depends on the number of paylines punters decide to play with. My hat is off to the folks at Aristocrat for the innovative Lightning Link series which has hypnotized me as well as legions of others around the globe. I'm limited at my local to just 2 variations, High Stakes ( My Go to weekly ), and Happy Lantern. New Lightning Link Designs. All titles in the Lightning Link pokies can boast of a remarkable design. High Stakes Pokie is a Vegas-themed design that has the famous Welcome to Vegas sign, a happy lady-gambler, table for roulette, and a Royal Flush. Happy Lantern has a typical Asian theme with traditional symbols on the reels.
Bonus Rounds & Fun Bonus Features
The same designer who created Cash Express Slots designed the Lightning Link slot machine. Available in the popular Helix game cabinet, Lightning Link Slots has two progressive jackpot features and the Hold & Spin bonus feature. The Lightning Link emblem displays the jackpot amounts, while an LCD topper enhances the casino game’s overall presentation.
Each of the four games has its own reel symbols. These are esthetic choices, because game mechanics and payouts are the same most of the time. The High Stakes Las Vegas game is a bit different, as you’ll see below.
- Happy Lantern Reel Symbols: Auspicious turtles, firecrackers, happy lanterns, Chinese emperors, lucky cats and dragons.
- Sahara Gold Reel Symbols: Scorpions, belly dancers, pyramids, camels, oasis icon, palace.
- Magic Pearl Reel Symbols: Mermaids, starfish, sea turtles, angelfish, dolphins, treasure chest, pearl.
- High Stakes Las Vegas Symbols: Showgirl, sports car, royal flush, golden briefcase, roulette wheel, ‘Welcome to Las Vegas’ sign, poker chips.
A key reel symbol in Magic Pearl is the treasure chest. So is the pearl symbol, which substitutes for the coin in other Lightning Link Slots games.
New Lightning Link Slots: Tiki Fire and Heart Throb Slots
Aristocrat added other games to Lightning Link slot machine after the first release: Tiki Fire Slots and Heart Throb Slots. Here are these games’ reel symbols:
- Tiki Fire Reel Symbols: Parakeet, butterfly, tiki mask, exotic flower and a woman wearing a lei.
- Heart Throb Reel Symbols: Box of chocolates, red rose, gift box, dove, diamond.
Players in land casinos in 2021 or later will find a certain number of Lightning Link Slots games that use the Tiki Fire and Heart Throb themes. The older versions of the game still exist side by side with the new themes.
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Bonus Feature: Multi-Tiered Progressive Jackpot Bonus
Lightning Link Slots has a multi-tiered jackpot: the Mini, Minor, Major or Grand Jackpot. Trigger six coin icons and you’ll win the jackpot feature. When you collect 15 coins during the Lightning Link Slots bonus game, you’ll win the Grand Jackpot. The bigger your bet, the larger the coin values are.
Bonus Feature: Hold & Spin Feature
The Hold & Spin feature allows you to retain coins over multiple spins when playing Lightning Link Slots. Play continues until three consecutive spins occur without locking in a new coin (or pearl).
Bonus Feature: Free Spins Bonus Round
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On each of the four Lightning Link Slots themes, you’ll need to land three scatter symbols to activate the free spins bonus round. In this round, you’ll receive just six free spins. Nevertheless, you’ll notice one big difference, with ‘big’ being the operative word.
During each of the free spins, you’ll see that reels 2, 3 and 4 will be completely taken up by just one giant symbol. This means that should the same symbol appear on reel 1, you are guaranteed a 50 or 25 four-of-a-kind win (depending on what setup option you went for).
Lightning Link Slots by Aristocrat are described as medium to high volatility casino slots. This effectively means that you may have to wait a little longer than usual to land a big win in comparison to other slots, but when you do hit, the wins will be on the larger side. This is especially true when it comes to the jackpot round, where you’ll find yourself winning many of the prizes each time you enter.
Lightning Link slot machines by Aristocrat were groundbreaking with their introduction of the 'Hold & Spin' feature players love, which has since inspired similar features in other popular titles such as Lock It Link, Ultimate Fire Link, Spin It Grand, Celestial King, and Dragon Link, just to name a few.
It would be rare at this point to find a casino that does not have Lightning Link, and some even have whole dedicated areas to the title - Lightning Link Lounges as they are known. Even still to this day, the original launch titles released in 2015 remain busy even as newer themes are being introduced. Talk about staying power!
For those that do that know, all Lightning Link titles follow the same formula which incorporates two bonus symbols: one type for the 'Hold & Spin' bonus and another for the 'Free Games' bonus. Progressives and Bonus Awards are won during the Hold & Spin feature and can be of four types: Mini Bonus, Minor Bonus, Major Progressive , and Grand Progressive . What's interesting is that the values of the Mini and Minor Bonuses depend on your selected denomination and your chances of having one of those bonus symbols land increases as you increase your bet. And the differences are not trivial: at the penny denomination the Minor Bonus is $50 while at the dime denomination it's $500!
The Major Progressive always remains the same regardless of denomination although once again, the greater your bet, the more frequently you will have a shot to win it.
The Grand Progressive is won by Filling the Screen during the Hold & Spin Bonus, certainly not an easy task, but doable!
Launch titles for Lighting Link included the following themes: High Stakes, Magic Pearl, Sahara Gold, and Happy Lantern.
To the casual observer, these may look like four completely separate games although they are not as some are clones of others.
Where the games differentiate themselves is during the Free Spins Bonus:
High Stakes: 6 free games are initially awarded when triggering with 3 or more bonus symbols with reels 2, 3, and 4 merged into 1 Mega-Reel with oversized symbols, which will always fully land. If the Suitcase symbol lands,you retrigger for 3 additional spins. If a Chip symbol lands, the Hold & Spin Bonus triggers. You can see High Stakes in all of its glory in this exciting Jackpot slot video:
Magic Pearl is a clone of High Stakes and you can see it here:
Happy Lantern: Upon bonus trigger, 2 Lions are presented for you to choose. Either the Hold & Spin bonus will be triggered or 6, 9, or 15 free spins will be randomly awarded with either 25, 100, or 250 wilds added to reels 2 thru 5. Check out Happy Lantern at the $25 Max Bet level in this slot video:
Sahara Gold is a clone of Happy Lantern and you can see it here:
With such a successful launch, other themes were inevitable, and now include:
Best Bet: During the bonus, all non-premium symbols are removed giving you a better chance to Fill the Screen for that Big Win or Jackpot. You can see my best Lightning Link win here on Best Bet:
Moon Race: Moon Race is a clone of Best Bet:
Tiki Fire: During the bonus, Wild symbols become 2x Multiplier symbols giving you a shot for a tremendous win, as you will see here!
Heart Throb: This is a clone of Tiki Fire and here you can see a Live Play Jackpot at the $25 Max Bet level!
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The latest themes include Bengal Treasures and Wild Chuco which I believe to be clones of each other, where the novelty is that during the bonus, special 'Reveal' stacked symbols are added, which always resolve to the same symbol, and can even resolve to the Hold & Spin symbol - giving you a shot to Fill the Screen for that Big Win or Jackpot!
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And there will undoubtedly be more Lightning Link coming, Enjoy!