Sticky Diamonds Deluxe Slot Review
A lightning bolt forks down the right edge of a violet storm sky, sparkles popping off the chrome-and-gold logo, and behind all that weather sit sevens, bells and melons. Sticky Diamonds Deluxe is proof that a fruit machine doesn’t have to be boring to be basic: nearly everything traditional here, from the flat paytable to the 10 paylines, with one genuinely modern idea doing the heavy lifting.
The argument is that an old-school layout doesn’t need old-school features. Gamomat’s Deluxe treatment bolts sticky wilds and a mystery retrigger onto a 5×3 grid with 10 paylines, running at 96.08% RTP. The studio’s Book of Madness Deluxe and Carnival of Madness show the same habit of dressing familiar shapes up.
What the reels deliver is 11 free games with wilds that stay put, and that’s where the interest sits. The rest is fruit machine arithmetic, dressed in storm-light.
Base Game & Features
Wins start on the leftmost reel and pay left to right, with identical symbols needed on adjacent reels. Only paid lines count, wins on different lines add together, and just the highest combination counts on each. Scatters pay in any position and their wins sit on top of line wins.
The diamond Wild substitutes for everything except the Scatter and only appears on reels one, three and five. The lightning bolt Scatter lands in the base game only and is the sole route into the bonus. That’s the entire special-symbol roster, and it’s enough.
Controls stay traditional too. Bet is adjusted up or down before a spin, a Max Bet shortcut jumps straight to the top stake and the full 10 lines, and Autoplay runs the reels until it’s switched off. A Turbo Spin option speeds everything up for players who like their fruit machines brisk.
Symbol Values
All values are multiples of the total bet:
- 7: 5x for three, 50x for four, 200x for five
- Bell: 2x, 10x, 50x
- Watermelon and Grapes: 1x, 5x, 20x
- Plum, Orange, Lemon and Cherry: 0.5x, 2.5x, 10x
- Lightning Scatter: 2x for three, 10x for four, 100x for five, paying in any position
It’s a flat, top-heavy ladder. The 7 carries the only serious money at 200x for a full line, and everything from the plums down is small change. Since payline wins pay multiples of the total bet rather than the line bet, each line is worth a tenth of the quoted figure, which keeps expectations honest.
Scatter wins work differently and are worth understanding before the bonus arrives. They count in any position, they’re added on top of any line wins from the same spin, and only the highest Scatter combination pays. A spin that lands both a line win and a Scatter trio collects both.
Because the Scatter only appears in the base game, those awards are permanently off the table during free games, where the sticky Wilds take over as the round’s engine of value. The Scatter’s five-of-a-kind is the second-richest hit on the board, and it’s gone the moment the bonus begins.
Gamble Options
After any interim win there’s a choice of two gambles. The card gamble doubles the win if you call the colour of the next card correctly, at an even 50% shot. The ladder gamble is the more interesting one: winning steps you up to a higher displayed level, losing drops you down, and at the bottom a loss can take the lot.
The ladder’s odds depend on where you sit relative to the next payout stage, so the closer your starting value is to a level, the better your chances of reaching it. Start between two levels and the game plays for the next one up and the next one down, ignoring the payout stages in between. The maximum the ladder can pay is built from the interim win that entered it, so nothing above that figure is ever on offer.
Two buttons sit alongside the gamble itself:
- Split: halves the card gamble stake, or drops the ladder one level, banking the difference as an interim win
- Take: collects the full interim win to your balance
The gamble ends when the maximum possible win is reached, the win is taken, or the bet is lost. The gamble can’t be used in autoplay, and either variant can be capped by the operator. Neither changes the RTP.
Sticky Diamonds Deluxe Free Spins and Sticky Wilds
Three, four or five Scatters start a round of 11 free games. The round runs on its own reel strips, different from the paid ones, so it isn’t simply the base game on the house’s money. Everything else carries across unchanged:
- Bet per line and lines played match the triggering spin
- Free games are free to play, with no stake deducted
- Wilds that appear hold their reel position until the round ends
- Symbols landing behind a sticky Wild are not evaluated
The twist is in the name. Any Wild visible during the free games stays where it landed and is evaluated at that position for every remaining spin. The Wild only occupies reels one, three and five, so a good spread of them locks a winning shape across the middle of the grid for the duration.
The build is gradual. Early spins might hold one sticky Wild; later ones can have all three reels held, with every subsequent spin evaluated through them. Because the Wild substitutes for everything except the Scatter, each held Wild raises the odds of the 7 and the Bell landing as five-of-a-kind lines across the fixed positions.
Mystery Retrigger
Once the first series finishes, there’s a random chance of a Mystery Retrigger. If it lands, a second free games series starts immediately. The sticky Wilds from the first series reset and leave the reels on the opening spin, so the second run starts from a clean board rather than inheriting anything.
Two full series back to back, each capable of building its own sticky collection, is where this game keeps its real potential. The retrigger can’t be aimed for or bought. It either arrives or it doesn’t, and there’s no way to know in advance which run you’re getting. A settings option lets free games start automatically after a countdown, which at least keeps the second series moving without a click.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Most of the time this is a quiet game. Spins tick past under the storm sky, the wins are small, and the only thing really happening is a slow watch for lightning bolts. The reason to sit through that is the round waiting on the other side of three Scatters, and it’s worth the wait in a way the base game never advertises.
The free games are the best thing here by a distance, because three sticky Wilds on a five-reel grid turn every remaining spin into something that might pay, and the retrigger can quietly hand you the whole round twice. The ceiling is low, though: the paytable tops out at 200x on the best line in the game, and nothing behind the bonus changes that, so even a perfect run lands modestly.
This one suits players who enjoy the old symbol set and want a bonus that builds rather than explodes. Anyone hunting four-figure multiples won’t find that storm here, but for a fruit machine with one genuinely clever idea under the weather, it holds up nicely.
Sticky Diamonds Deluxe FAQs
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How do you trigger the free games in Sticky Diamonds Deluxe?
Three, four or five Scatter symbols start 11 free games. The bet per line and the number of lines played are the same as in the spin that triggered the feature. -
What does the sticky Wild do during the free games?
Any Wild visible during the free games stays on its reel position until the round ends. Symbols landing behind a sticky Wild are not evaluated. -
How does the Mystery Retrigger work?
After the first series of free games there is a random chance of a Mystery Retrigger, which starts a second free games series immediately. The sticky Wilds from the first series are reset and leave the reels on the first spin of the new series. -
Which reels does the Wild appear on in Sticky Diamonds Deluxe?
The Wild only appears on reels one, three and five. It substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter, and it only lands in the base game and free games on those three reels. -
What is the RTP of Sticky Diamonds Deluxe?
The game runs at 96.08% RTP, which represents the long-term theoretical payout. -
How many paylines does Sticky Diamonds Deluxe have?
There are 10 paylines on a 5×3 grid, with wins paying left to right from the leftmost reel on adjacent reels. -
Who makes Sticky Diamonds Deluxe?
Sticky Diamonds Deluxe is made by Gamomat. -
What gamble options does Sticky Diamonds Deluxe offer?
After a win you can choose a card gamble, doubling your money if you pick the right card colour at 50% odds, or a ladder gamble, which steps your win up or down displayed levels. A Split option banks part of the value and a Take option collects it, and neither gamble affects the RTP.
