Joker King Slot Review
A grinning king in a red cape leans over a gold cabinet heaped with coins, one gloved finger hooked over the lid, a fistful of gold in his other hand. Most classic fruit slots make you wait for a bonus before anything interesting happens; Joker King doesn’t, because its wilds convert symbols and its scatters multiply wins on every single spin. Pragmatic Play has built it on a 6×4 grid with 25 paylines, at 96.5% RTP with medium volatility, and wins are capped at 5,000x the bet.
There’s a free spins round on top, but the random wilds and scatter multipliers are where this one lives or dies. For more jester-styled spinning, Joker’s Jewels and Wild Wild Joker cover similar ground, as does 6 Jokers. The Joker King himself is the better dressed of the family, and he knows it.
Base Game & Features
The reels sit inside a thick gold arch with riveted pillars, a mound of coins spilling over the crown-shaped lid above them and pale violet gemstones studded along it. Symbols are the old-school set: stars, sevens, bars and fruit, rendered glossy and heavy on the gilding. Six reels and four rows is a bigger canvas than the classic three-reel joker games ever had.
All symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost, across the 25 fixed paylines. Only the highest win is paid per line, and wins on multiple lines add together. All wins are multiplied by the bet per line, with values expressed in coins at that line bet.
The gap between the top of the paytable and the bottom is wide but not steep. Six of a kind is where the money sits, and the sixth reel is what makes those combinations possible at all. The paying symbols, from three of a kind up to six, are:
- Star – 0.80, 1.20, 3.20, 10.00
- 7 – 0.64, 1.20, 3.20, 10.00
- BAR – 0.48, 0.96, 2.00, 4.00
- Cherry – 0.40, 0.80, 1.20, 3.20
- Plum – 0.32, 0.64, 0.96, 2.40
- Orange – 0.24, 0.40, 0.80, 2.00
The Wild substitutes for every symbol except itself, appears on all reels, and pays like the Star at the top of the table. Its real job is the transform: whenever a wild lands, one random paying symbol already on screen is turned wild at the end of the spin, and wins are paid after the transformation. A single wild can therefore hand you a second one.
The symbol chosen is random, so the transform doesn’t always land somewhere useful. It can convert an Orange on the first reel as easily as a Star on the sixth. What it reliably does is add another substitution to the screen before the paylines are counted, which is never a bad thing for the spin that carries it.
The Scatter is busier than most. It appears on all reels and carries a random multiplier of 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x or 25x that applies to the total win of the spin it lands on. When more than one scatter is present on the same spin, their multipliers add to each other. Three or more scatters also pay 1x the total bet and trigger the free spins.
That scatter is the engine of the base game. Any spin can carry a surprise multiplier, and because the wild transform pays after it converts, a modest line win can swell considerably when the two features collide on the same spin. The scatter multiplies the whole spin’s total, transform included.
Stakes run from 0.25 to 250.00 per spin, adjustable through the bet menu’s multiplier options. Autoplay offers a choice of auto-spin counts with a skip option for feature screens. Spin speed cycles through normal, quick and turbo, and the credit and bet labels toggle between coins and cash view.
The keyboard’s space and enter buttons start and stop a spin, for desktop players who prefer them to the mouse. An intro screen can be switched off, and ambient sound and sound effects each have their own toggle in the settings menu, along with a page for the game’s history.
Joker King Free Spins
Three or more scatter symbols trigger the free spins round, with the award scaling by how many landed:
- 3 scatters – 8 free spins
- 4 scatters – 10 free spins
- 5 scatters – 15 free spins
- 6 scatters – 20 free spins
Inside the round, both base game features stay active. Wilds keep transforming random symbols at the end of each spin, and scatters keep applying their multipliers to every spin’s total win. Special reels are in play during the round, so the symbol mix differs from the base game’s.
Retriggers have no limit. Landing 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters during the round adds 8, 10, 15 or 20 more free spins respectively, and a round that builds momentum can run for a long time. The triggering scatters still pay their 1x total bet on top.
One cap governs everything: the total win of the round is limited to 5,000x the bet. Reaching it ends the round on the spot, with the win awarded and the remaining spins forfeited. The cap applies to the round as a whole rather than to any single spin, so a long retrigger chain can carry the total most of the way there.
The combination is what makes the round tick. A scatter multiplier landing on a spin that also triggers a wild transform can turn a forgettable result into the round’s biggest moment. The retrigger ceiling means the spin count is never fixed.
Free spins wins are added to any payline win from the triggering spin and paid once the round completes. The game’s history page records the whole cycle’s win as a single figure, which is the honest way to read a retriggered round’s total.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
Playing Joker King feels like manning the coin counter in that vault of his: small counts, over and over, with the occasional lump that makes the pile jump. You’d choose it for exactly that rhythm. The best thing in it is the free spins round, where unlimited retriggers and a 5,000x round cap mean a single trigger can keep paying long after it started.
The weakness is the paytable underneath. Line wins are small and stay small, so everything depends on scatters and transforms turning modest results into good ones – and they don’t always show up together. It’s a quiet, steady game with loud moments rather than the other way round.
If you like classic symbols but want something happening on the reels between bonuses, this is a fine home for an evening. Anyone after elaborate bonus rounds or five-figure ceilings will find it polite rather than thrilling. The King pays out in handfuls, not hoards, and for plenty of players that’s enough.
Joker King FAQs
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What is the RTP of Joker King?
The RTP is 96.5%, which sits just above the typical industry average. -
What is the maximum win on Joker King?
The maximum win is capped at 5,000x the bet. Hit the cap during a free spins round and it ends on the spot, with the win awarded and any leftover spins forfeited. -
How do you trigger free spins in Joker King?
Land 3 or more scatter symbols. Three scatters award 8 free spins, four award 10, five award 15 and six award 20. -
What does the wild symbol do in Joker King?
The wild substitutes for all symbols except itself and pays like the top symbol. Whenever a wild lands, one random paying symbol on screen is transformed into another wild at the end of the spin, with wins paid after the transformation. -
How do scatter multipliers work in Joker King?
Each scatter that hits brings a random multiplier from 2x up to 25x, applied to that spin’s total win. Multiple scatters stack by addition rather than multiplication, and three or more also pay 1x the total bet. -
Can free spins be retriggered in Joker King?
Yes, with no limit. Three, four, five or six scatters during the round add 8, 10, 15 or 20 more free spins respectively. -
What is the bet range on Joker King?
Bets run from 0.25 to 250.00 per spin. -
When was Joker King released?
Joker King’s release date is 18 February 2021.
