Lucky Lager Video Slot
Lucky Lager is a 5-reel video slot available at select online casinos. This slot features 25 fixed paylines, which means you cannot select the number of paylines you wish to bet on—bet all or go home (or find another slot). Lucky Lager designed by Amaya Gaming is set enlists an atypical slot theme that is based on beer and set in what appears to be a German pub, complete with polka music. The reels also reflect this notion and represent the Beer Kegs, the busty Barmaid serving up frosty mugs of your favorite ale, a Six Pack of Beer, and a Dart Board (all appropriate things you might see at a bar or pub), along with some special symbols. The lower valued symbols (9 through Ace), are set inside bottle caps to complement the theme. Around the reels are shelves stocked with bottled beers and the taps poor freely atop the reels ready to fill the reels with beer should you earn an expanding wild during your time at the bar.
Visually Engaging Expanding Wild Feature
Lucky Lager offers expanding wilds, free spins, and a bonus event. When the reels show a glass of beer filling up, the bar tender won’t stop pouring until the entire reel is full. It only appear on reels 2, 3, and 4 during regular spins, which is why the beer taps only appear atop these reels specifically (during free spins, the wild only appears on reels 3 and 4 and does not expand. The wild subs for any other symbol except the bonus and free spins symbols to form winning combinations that result in a payout.
Dart Board Bonus and Free Games
Land the Dart Board icon on reels 2, 4, and 5 and trigger the Dart Board Bonus. During this bonus event, you will be given 3 darts to throw at the target. Hit the bullseye for a chance to move on to the next round, collecting credits as you advance. Each board allows for 3 throws, and you can advance up to 2 additional bonus rounds, but only if you get a bullseye, so throw carefully. Sobriety will give you an advantage in this game.
A second bonus is the Free Games Bonus, activated when the Free Games Neon Sign appears on reels 1, 3, and 5. Ten Free Spins are automatically awarded, and one random reel will be wild for each free game. Free Games will not retrigger during free spins, and the Dartboard Bonus cannot be activated during the Free Games Bonus.
Betting on Fixed Paylines
With 25 lines, there is a lot of opportunity for wins in Lucky Lager, but note that these lines are fixed and therefore your bet will always be applied to all 25 lines with no option to alter the amount of active paylines. The positive to fixed paylines is that you never risk the chance of losing out on a winning pay by not betting on all lines. Fixed-line slot games make the decision for you. You do however have some input in your wagers via the coin value you select. Choices range from 0.01 to 10.00, making for a vast array of possible bets. A maximum bet will cost you 250.00 when you set the bet level to 10.00.
Your best payout will be 750 coins when you land 5 busty Bar Maids across the reels. While this may seem low in comparison to the standard jackpots of other Amaya slot games (i.e. the biggest payout in King Kong is 7,500 coins), Lucky Lager offers more frequent payouts that yield smaller wins, as well as two lucrative bonus elements. All of this makes up for the short changed payouts.
Last Call: An Engaging Video Slot
If you’ve ever been called a bar fly or if Cheers the TV show is your favorite, Lucky Lager will appeal to you. There’s nothing like the carefree environment of a bar where you can get drunk, be yourself, and pretty much do everything you would never do in public otherwise. Such is the atmosphere at the Lucky Lager slot game. If you like this slot or would like to try your luck at another beer-infused slot game, try another Amaya video slot titled Oktoberfest that successfully merges the infamous beer festival with the online video slot.
While this game is compatible with a wide variety of platforms and devices, we regret to inform you that it’s not quite ready to be classified as a mobile-friendly slot machine just yet. However, given the pace in which technology is advancing, it shouldn’t be long before this game can be played on virtually every device imaginable.
