Zodiac Leo: Golden Edge Leads to Big Splash

Game: Zodiac Lion

Maker: IGT

How to Play: Medium

What's actually special: You collect golden pieces that can lead to cascading wilds at the same time, but only if there are golden pieces set on the reels, moving your buddy.

Zodiac Lion follows in the footsteps of other IGT games such as Scarab and Star Goddess. In this game, it's slightly harder to turn some spaces into wild spaces, but the possibilities remain the same.

Understanding the Game

Zodiac Lion features a 4-5-4-5-4 reel set, 50 lines, and a bet of 60 credits. The game also allows you to bet "more/better": the "Zodiac Wheel" bet in increments of 100 credits.

When the lion appears on the reels, it first adds a golden border. If the lion appears on a reel space that already has a gold border, this space will turn into a "wild" space, as will any other spaces with a yellow border.

The end result is a sort of scarab-meets-wild-pirate scheme, where the lion goes wild whenever any of the Wild Pirate combination locations go wild. Any chunks that are detached from the spot or that are no longer tamed are left behind. The end result is that all sorts of gold frames will merge together until a wild is created.

The gold frames are considered a permanent part of the state on the reels, and will persist even if you cash out. Each bet opportunity contains its own system position, with the gold frames and bet opportunities linked.

Zodiac Wheel Feature

The Zodiac Wheel is the "bigger/better" feature in this game. During a spin, the Zodiac Wheel adds gold frames to spaces 1-22 on the reels.

This doesn't instantly highlight a payout, but it does provide an opportunity to combine stacks of gold frames that don't convert because they're not touching.

As you can see from the paytable, the Zodiac Wheel appears rarely with regular bets, but more frequently with Zodiac Wheel bets.

Lion Spin Bonus

The Lion Spin Bonus is triggered when three or more Lion Spin symbols line up on the reels with a gold border. You get one spin for every Lion Spin symbol with a gold border. Also, this bonus doesn't happen every time, and you get extra spins when you notice a chance to win.

After launching, the wheel spins behind the reels for each Lion spin, landing on a number between 3 and 22, which determines how many squares the Lion will open on each spin. As in the base game, if the Lion lands on a square without a yellow border, it will add 1. If it lands on a square with a yellow border, that square and the corresponding square with a gold border will remain unlimited. The configuration of the Lion and the Wild increases the chances of a larger payout, and multiple payouts can be obtained with enough spins.

• In this special game, it is impossible to restart the winnings. The gold pieces collected before the start of the winnings go into the winnings, and the remaining pieces go out of the winnings.
• Understand the good qualities

In this game, advantage play skills have two nuances, some of which are rare.

The gold borders are considered more stereotypical in terms of number and position, with the exception that the combined gold borders have a decisive meaning. The more connected pieces you have, the more likely you will get a spin in which the Lion lands on a piece and the Wild appears in a row. More workers to the left, and more importantly, related workers - this is one of the best advantages.

When the Lion Spin sign is found, the presence of three or more frames (and more than others) further increases the chances of winning. Thus, scouting the maximum number of symbols generally increases the chances of receiving a prize if the symbol appears, and also increases the number of spins, since spins are given for symbols that appear in the frame.

Unlike the Scarab, there is no specific number of spins before the gold piece goes wild. For example, if the game is long and the lion does not appear for a while, you can use money to get a lion. Thus, it is not as vicious as the others, and it is not guaranteed to be good or bad, but if you have enough gold pieces in a suitable space, it is worth a try. And thanks to the 10 betting options of this machine, you should actually find something.

[UPDATE 1-8-20:] A regular reader of this website told me another scenario that I have not yet encountered, but that makes absolute sense. Due to the unique mechanics of the bonus round, it is possible for a large number of lion heads to appear on the final winning spin. This means that when you return to the base game, a large number of pieces will be filled up quickly. However, visually, it may not be obvious.

He shared this incident during the final winning spin, which shows 10 lion heads that did not combine with the frame. However, we know that these 10 heads will be in the frame from now on, which is a key part of the already placed reels of the slot. The position of the heads and their number will determine the expected value, which is another scenario worth keeping an eye on that may not be a sure thing.