Lucky Labyrinth

Players seeking the best online slots will want to look closely at Rival Gaming’s Lucky Labyrinth.

This title is based on the cult classic film 1986 Labyrinth, directed by Jim Henson and starring David Bowie. Gamblers who love all things vintage will delight in this game, but there’s no need for leg warmers, track jackets and high fades in order to enjoy what this slot has to offer.

Bonus features include:

- expanding wild multipliers
- free spins
- Drop Icon Super Round, where winning symbols are replaced by new ones

Theme

Rival has built a loving tribute to a film that must be near to its design team’s heart – gameplay takes place in an atmosphere as close to the original as possible.

The reels are set before the massive maze that lends this slot its name, with towering mountains and an eerily-colored pine forest in the background.

Gaming symbols consist of many beloved characters from the movie, including the heroine Sarah Williams (played by Jennifer Connelly), the lovable muppet Hoggle, the goblin king Jareth (embodied by the great David Bowie), and Toby, the lost boy around whom the entire plot turns, as well as goblins and dwarves. The playing card values ace through nine provide lower-value symbols.

The owl acts as expanding wild, substituting for other symbols to form winning combinations while adding a double win multiplier to any win in which it’s involved.

This title’s most important symbol, though…

… is the blue crystal ball. This acts as scatter, opening the way to free spins, which can potentially lead to subsequent Drop Icon Super Round.

Betting Options and Functions

• 30 adjustable paylines 
• 1–10 coins per line
• Coin value adjustable from 0.01 – 1.00 times the betting currency
• Overall per-spin bet range 0.01 – 75.00 times the betting currency
• Autoplay is not available

* The overall theoretical return to player ratio is far below the industry average at 94.21%.

Features

• the appearance of three or more crystal ball scatter symbols triggers the free spin feature
• 5, 10, or 15 freebies will be awarded, depending on how many scatters began the feature

• Within bonus play, the arrival of three purple crystal balls starts the Drop Icon Super Round
• 5 super spins are awarded
• only higher-value symbols are present on the reels during this feature
• Any symbols that make up a winning combinations will disappear upon awarding a win, with the symbols above them ‘dropping’ into their place. 
• In practice, this means that multiple wins can potentially be won on a single spin, without limit

Our Take

It’s clear that the design team at Rival Gaming has put a lot of labor into Lucky Labyrinth. So how did they do?

Largely well, but with one massive problem: compared to other available online slots, this one has abysmally low RTP.

This means players will find better odds almost anywhere else. All but the most 1980s-crazed gamblers can and should distribute their time and bankrolls elsewhere.