Lucky Horse Slot Machine

Developed by High 5 Games and licensed by IGT, Lucky Horse offers 6 reels and an incredible 466 pay lines. You can also use a multiplier worth up to 1,000x your triggering bet by wagering moremoney.

As the name implies, Lucky Horse takes you to a racetrack to bet on a major race,

If you’ve ever seen the Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby, or Preakness, you know that big time horse races are an extravagant affair.

Lucky Horse is no different because you’ll see a lavish racetrack, wealthy people, and all the other sights of a featured race.

Let’s further discuss what you can expect from Lucky Horse, including its atmosphere, sound effects, animations, pay table, graphics, bonuses, and betting options. We’ll also compare this game toanother horse racing themed slot called A Day at the Derby.

At the bottom of the reels, you’ll see a well kept horse track, a white fence, and vivid green grass.

The side of the reels gives you a glimpse of the large crowd in attendance.

Above the reels, you’ll see the top of the stadium, which is designed like a house roof. This is reminiscent of the giant house like stadium at Churchill Downs, where the Kentucky Derby is held.

The one problem that we have with the background is that the 6×4 grid takes up most of the screen, preventing you from seeing much of it.

When you spin the reels, you’ll hear a generic tune that’s found in many other High 5 slot machines. Luckily, sound effects during winning payouts offer something more unique.

These sound effects include: hoof beats as the horse races across the track, the champion horse neighing, a fast tune playing while roses are thrown at the jockey, pictures snapping when thewoman is posing, and a twinkling sound when the man is acknowledging the crowd.

All of the main symbols feature animations when they help form wins.

These animations include: the Lucky Horse icon flipping around so that you can see it’s wild, the jockey with camera lights flashing and roses falling behind him, the horse racing down the track,the wealthy man nodding his head at the camera, and the wealthy woman winking at the screen.

Our favorite animation involves the horse, because the shot of it racing down the rack is very detailed for a simple pay line win.

Lucky Horse’s symbols and payouts are listed below. And the most unique aspect here is that every symbol offers 4 payouts, instead of the standard 3:

• Lucky Horse Icon Wild, Jackpot Symbol

  The Lucky Horse icon serves as the wild symbol, substituting for every symbol except the jackpot symbol. The Lucky Horse can also combine with the Jackpot symbol only on reel 1 to form toppayouts. This combination pays 1,000 credits for 6 symbols, 400 for 5 symbols, 100 for 4, and 25 for3.

• Bonus Symbol Free Spins

  The bonus symbol only appears on reels 3, 4, and 5, and the number of free spins that you get depends upon how many lines you’re playing. When playing 5 pay lines, you’ll trigger 2 to 7 freespins, and if you play 100 466 lines, you’ll trigger 5 to 7 free games.

• Champion Horse

  Wearing a flower wreath after its victory, the horse pays 400 credits for 6 symbols, 100 for 5 symbols, 40 for 4, and 8 for 3.

• Male Fan

  Dressed in a tuxedo and resembling Brad Pitt, the male fan pays 300 credits for 6 symbols, 80 for 5 symbols, 30 for 4, and 5 for 3.

• Female Fan

  Dressed in a large brimmed hat like many other wealthy female fans, this symbol offers 250 credits for 6 symbols, 60 for 5 symbols, 20 for 4, and 4 for 3.

• Jockey

  The jockey pays 200 credits for 6 symbols, 50 for 5 symbols, 15 for 4, and 3 for 3.

• A

  The A pays 75 credits for 6 symbols, 25 for 5 symbols, 10 for 4, and 2 for 3.

• K

  This letter pays 100 credits for 6 symbols, 20 for 5 symbols, 10 for 4, and 2 for 3.

• Q

  The Q offers 75 credits for 6 symbols, 15 for 5 symbols, 4 for 4, and 1 for 3.

• J

  This letter pays 50 credits for 6 symbols, 15 for 5 symbols, 4 for 4, and 3 for 3.

• 10

  The 10 pays 30 credits for 6 symbols, 10 for 5 symbols, 2 for 4, and 1 for 3.

The symbol graphics in Lucky Horse range from very good to average.

The best symbols are the man, woman, and jockey, which are realistic depictions. Other symbols like the horse, jackpot icon, and trophy only offer mild detail.

One thing that we don’t like about the symbols is how High 5 used generic letters and a number for the low payouts. It’s always more fun when slot machines feature unique symbols from top tobottom.

The only bonus in this game is free spins, but the free games also offer expanding wilds.

As mentioned above, the number of free spins that you can trigger depends upon how many pay lines you’re playing.

If you want the best chance at triggering the 7 spin maximum, then you should play at least 100 pay lines or more.

When free games are triggered, you’ll see a large trophy cover the screen with roses underneath. The screen also changes to an early evening sky and a different view of the track.

Another exciting part of the free games is that you’ll hear the bell ring to start the race, along with a fast paced tune that heightens the bonus action.

The wild symbols also change from the game icon to a trophy. Every time that you land a gold cup on the reels, it expands left to help you form bigger payouts. What’s fun is that you’ll also seea small horse run across the areas that the expanding wild travels to.

Once the free spins are over, the trophy returns to the reels while your credits are added up.

You can change pay lines by the following amounts: 5, 100, 200, 300, and 466 pay lines. The fact that you can play 466 pay lines is amazing since most games only let you play up to 20 or 30 paylines.

Another interesting aspect of Lucky Horse is that you get a multiplier that can be adjusted from 1x to 1,000x. The tradeoff to playing a higher multiplier is that your bet increases by one centfor every 1x per pay line.

Here’s an example: you play 5 pay lines and turn your multiplier up to 1,000x; your bet would now be $10.00.

Taking all of the betting options into account, the minimum wager is $0.05 per spin if you play 5 pay lines and a 1x multiplier. The max bet is $900.00, which happens when you play all 466 paylines plus a 1,000x multiplier.

You can auto spin the reels from 5 to 25 straight spins with your selected betting preferences.

Another option is the ability to replay previous spins so that you can watch big payouts and / or bonus rounds.

One more option is the ability to toggle sound on and off using the speaker button.

It’s hard to compare the win frequency of Lucky Horse to other slots because most games don’t have anywhere near 466 pay lines.

Even with limited comparison material, we’d say that Lucky Horse offers above average win frequency for a 466 pay line slot machine.

We played all of the lines and won frequently, with many payouts coming courtesy of the wild symbol and low paying letters. Free games are also triggered frequently when you have all 466 lines inplay.

The only catch is that it costs $0.90 to play all 466 lines with the minimum $0.01 coin denomination.

This is acceptable in the long run due to how often you win. But it’s also difficult when you go on losing streaks and drop $0.90 on every losing spin.

Despite the large number of pay lines and changeable multiplier, Lucky Horse features standard rules for a 5 reel slot machine. Here’s a look at the main rules:

• Winning combinations must be formed from left to right, beginning with the leftmost reel.
• Scatter symbols can trigger the bonus from anywhere on the reels.
• When 2 or more wins occur on the same pay line, only the highest win is paid.
• Line wins are multiplied by the credits bet per line and multiplier used.
• Malfunction voids all pays and plays.

Despite horse racing’s connection to gambling, we see a surprisingly low number of slot machines based on the subject. But Rival Gaming’s A Day at the Derby is another slot that fits into thiscategory.

Below you can see how A Day at the Derby compares to Lucky Horse.

This game opens with a fun introduction video that shows a horserace starting and wealthy fans looking on. The atmosphere offers the same Churchill Downs style as Lucky Horse.

Some of the symbols are the same too, including a male and female fan, horse jockey, flowers, and trophy. But this slot has different symbols too, like a betting slip, binoculars, cocktail, andhorseshoes.

One downside to this game is the discrepancy between the graphics. On one hand you have good looking symbols like the binoculars, a jockey, and horse; but the rest of the symbols look likethey’re from a much older game.

As for bonus rounds, you can look forward to both free spins and a second screen bonus. The latter sees you pick a racehorse, and the better it performs, the larger the prize you’ll win.

The second screen bonus is one advantage that A Day at the Derby has over Lucky Horse. But A Day at the Derby also has worse symbol graphics than Lucky Horse.

Taking everything into account, these games rank the same when compared to each other.

Lucky Horse has several factors that make it a quality slot machine, including its large number of animations and sound effects, quality graphics, and wide variety of betting options.

The betting options really stick out because you can play anywhere from 5 to 466 pay lines, and change your multiplier from 1x to 1,000x.

In most games, a multiplier is a bonus that only comes around so often. But Lucky Horse makes it a normal part of the game.

The only drawback to these betting options is that you have to pay a minimum of $0.90 to use all of the pay lines. This amount only goes higher if you want to use a multiplier larger than 1x.

It’s tough to use a higher multiplier when considering that this game’s RTP is only 94.9%, which isn’t great for an online slot.

On the other hand, high rollers who enjoy playing for big wins will appreciate the adjustable multiplier.

Overall, the positives outweigh the negatives with Lucky Horse. We like the atmosphere, graphics, and betting options enough to look past the high spin cost w / all pay lines and below averageRTP.