Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts Slot Review
Purple felt, card suits tiled faintly into the backdrop, a thin band of gold around the reel window: everything about Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts says plain fruit machine, and for the most part it is. The twist is that the one modern idea in the build arrives switched off, and it stays off unless you keep paying for the privilege.
From Amatic, the game runs at 97.12% RTP, comfortably above the norm for a classic-fruits layout, on a 5×4 grid with 20 paylines. It sits alongside Fortune Joker 10 and Fortune Joker 20 in the studio’s joker family, with Mr Magic nearby. The joker’s grin, as ever, costs a little extra.
The Reels and the Joker
The setup is a five-by-four grid with 20 fixed paylines. Line wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, and only the highest combination on each line counts. It’s a conventional structure, and the game doesn’t complicate it.
The Joker is the wild, appearing only on reels two, three and four, where it substitutes for every symbol except the scatters. That single sentence is the whole of its job, and it does it without ceremony.
Two symbols break the payline rules. The Bell and the Star are both scatters, paying from any position rather than along a line. The Bell is the richer of the pair by a wide margin; the Star only bothers to pay at three.
- Bell scatter: 60 for three, 400 for four, 2,000 for five
- Star scatter: 400 for three
Symbol Values
The paying ladder is short and traditional, with the seven on top and fruit filling every rung below it.
- 7: 10 for two, 50 for three, 200 for four, 3,000 for five
- Horseshoe / Watermelon: 40 for three, 100 for four, 500 for five
- Grapes: 20 for three, 50 for four, 200 for five
- Mixed fruit (plum, cherry or orange): 10 for three, 30 for four, 100 for five
That’s the entire table. A single line of five sevens, printed as 3,000 in the paytable, is the prize the base game is built around, and the drop to the second tier is steep.
The scatters deserve their own mention: because the Bell and Star pay from any position, they’re the only route to a decent win that doesn’t need the middle reels to cooperate. Five Bells, printed as 2,000 in the paytable, is the second-richest combination in the game, and it doesn’t care where it lands.
EXTRA BET and the GIFT Symbols
The Extra Gifts mechanic is where this game departs from its classic skin. GIFT symbols land on the reels in addition to the regular symbols, carrying values from 1x to 250x the standard bet, and they don’t block the win lines. They’re cash markers, not line symbols.
Activating the EXTRA BET is what switches the whole feature on. Without it, the GIFT symbols are decorative. A higher EXTRA BET doesn’t change the value range, but it does increase the chance of landing more valuable GIFT symbols and MYSTERY GIFT symbols.
The MYSTERY GIFT is the premium version: it guarantees a win between 25x and 250x the standard bet regardless of the EXTRA BET, and it only opens at the end of the feature. It’s the one symbol in the game that can’t disappoint.
The practical shape of the feature economy, then: standard GIFT symbols spread from a modest 1x up to the full 250x, while MYSTERY GIFTs start at 25x and never pay less than that.
The EXTRA BET decides how often you see the valuable end of both ranges. The floor is fixed. The odds aren’t.
The GIFT SPIN Feature
Landing six or more GIFT symbols anywhere on the reels triggers the GIFT SPIN feature, provided the EXTRA BET is active. This is the round the whole game is arranged around, and it plays like a hold-and-win style feature with a couple of Amatic’s own twists.
You start with three spins. The reels break apart: each of the 15 positions spins independently, and line wins and scatter wins are switched off entirely. Only the GIFT symbols matter now.
Two symbols keep the round alive. If a Joker lands on a feature spin, the remaining spins reset and increase by one, up to a maximum of six. If one or more extra GIFT symbols land, the spin counter resets without increasing. The feature ends when the spins run out or all 15 positions are filled.
- Six or more GIFT symbols trigger the feature (EXTRA BET required)
- Three spins to start, resettable up to six
- Joker on a feature spin: reset and add one spin
- New GIFT symbol: reset spins to three
- All 15 positions filled: wins on the GIFT symbols are doubled
The doubling for a full board is the round’s real prize. Fifteen GIFT symbols, each carrying up to 250x the bet, with the total then doubled, is a ceiling the base game’s 3,000x line win can’t touch. That full board is what the game can pay at the top end, and it’s the number every long run of resets is chasing.
Getting there takes both types of reset working in your favour. The Joker-driven reset is the powerful one, because it both refreshes the counter and grows it, and a round that keeps drawing Jokers can run far longer than its starting three spins suggest. Plain GIFT resets only buy time.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.8/10
This one plays the way the purple felt looks: familiar, unhurried, occasionally generous with a five-of-a-kind. The reason to choose it over a dozen other fruit slots is what happens when the board breaks apart and the Joker starts handing out free spins, because almost no retro build offers a round with this much legs.
That reset mechanic is the game’s best idea, and the 97.12% RTP is the quiet bonus on top. The weakness is just as plain: switch the extra stake off and you’re left with a decent-looking fruit machine whose paytable falls off a cliff after the sevens. The interesting half of the game is rented, not included.
It’s a good fit for players who love the old skin but want something happening underneath it, and those happy to pay a little more per spin for the privilege. Anyone after a straight, cheap fruit machine has cheaper places to be.
Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts FAQs
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What is the RTP of Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts?
Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts runs at 97.12% RTP, which is comfortably above the industry average and unusually generous for a classic fruit-machine layout. -
How do you trigger the GIFT SPIN feature in Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts?
You need six or more GIFT symbols in view, and the EXTRA BET switched on. Without that bet active, GIFT symbols never start the feature at all. -
What does the Joker symbol do during the GIFT SPIN feature?
In the base game the Joker is a wild on reels two to four. During the GIFT SPIN feature it takes on a new role: if it lands on a feature spin, your remaining spins are reset and increased by one, up to a maximum of six. -
What is the MYSTERY GIFT symbol worth?
The MYSTERY GIFT symbol guarantees a win between 25x and 250x the standard bet, regardless of your EXTRA BET level. It’s opened at the end of the GIFT SPIN feature. -
Is there a bonus for filling all 15 positions in the GIFT SPIN feature?
Yes. If all 15 reel positions are filled with GIFT symbols by the end of the feature, the wins on those GIFT symbols are doubled. -
How many paylines does Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts have?
There are 20 fixed paylines crossing the 5×4 grid. Any payline needs matching symbols starting from the leftmost reel, and nothing pays right to left. -
What does the EXTRA BET do in Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts?
Activating the EXTRA BET enables the GIFT SPIN feature. A higher EXTRA BET increases the chance of landing more valuable GIFT symbols and MYSTERY GIFT symbols, though the value ranges themselves stay the same. -
Who makes Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts?
Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts is made by Amatic. Lucky Joker 20 Extra Gifts’ release date is 17 August 2023.
