Lucky Streak 1

Something we've seen players drawn to over time in a major way is when the theme and gameplay of an online slot come together to form one cohesive experience. The Lucky Streak 1 video slot by Endorphina has this exact dynamic going on. While it has a throwback theme based on classic slots, the gameplay is modern, but the feature set plays on the classic theme in a very smart way that we don't often see.

Format and Layout

A key part of the gameplay of this title centers around the scatter symbol and scatter payouts. As such, the fact that this game has a layout with five reels and four rows is more important than it might seem since it gives 33 percent more visual real estate than what you'd have with a more typical 5x3 grid of symbols.

You'll find that there are 40 paylines that pay out from left to right only in this game, and that number of lines can be changed, but you will want to keep them at the maximum of 40 so that you get the best payout percentage possible. Coin sizes vary from $0.01 up to the $1 level, and from one to ten coins can be bet on each line, which leads to a betting range of $0.40 to $400 per turn.

The Golden Wild Symbol

The golden wild symbol is pretty important in this game, but it's not quite the most important symbol overall, and we'll get to why that is down below. There are no specific payouts for the wild, but five of a kind will give you the top line bet win available of 1,000x. This symbol substitutes for everything in the game except for the scattered star symbol.

Scattered Star Payouts

The star symbol is by far the most important symbol that you will find in this slot. Five of a kind of this symbol, no matter where they show up on the five reels, is worth a massive 20,000x top jackpot. This is the win that gives this game its relatively high volatility.

Four of a kind pays out 800x, which is generally going to be an undervalued payout because you can get the symbols anywhere on any reels to win it, making it much easier to win than similar line bet payouts. Along similar lines, you can pick up a win worth 80x for three of a kind, even if they aren't on adjacent reels.

Skill-based Gamble Feature

A lot of players just blow off a gamble feature in a slot and pretend that it's not even there. That's a reasonable approach in many games, but in this slot, it will actually hurt you to do that. Instead, you should view the gamble game, but you should only actually play it whenever you have the advantage with a dealer showing a two, three, four or five.

This is because Endorphina allows you to see which dealer card is up before you play, and they actually tell you what the payout percentage is for facing each card in this game. You have the edge when up against a two through five, so those are the only cards that you should play against.

Other Payline Wins

Five of a kind wins of the lucky red seven symbol gives players 1,000x. It's worth pointing out that this is the only symbol that pays for just two of a kind as well with a 4x prize. The bell symbol gets you 300x for five, and you'll notice that the rest of the pay table is pretty evenly distributed.

The grapes or watermelon symbols earn players 200x for five of a kind combinations. You can also pick up a 100x win for five of the cherries, lemons, plums or oranges.

Overview

The bottom line with the Lucky Streak 1 online slot is that it centers around trying to get the scatter payouts. You'll need to pay attention when you win since you have to view the gamble feature and play when a 2-5 is showing to get the best payout rate available for this game, but the action is pretty serious overall in spite of the lack of features.