Twenty Seven

Twenty Seven Slot Review

A green spotlight glows out from behind the reels, the brightest patch of the screen, with nothing on it but fruit. That’s Twenty Seven in one image: a classic three-reel fruit format from IGT that dresses like a cabinet game while quietly running a lottery draw behind the glass. The reels are almost scenery. Everything that matters happens when three dice turn up.

That’s an arguable way to read it, but the paytable backs it up: 27 fixed paylines on a 3×3 grid, an RTP of 94.01%, and a scatter feature that can pay up to 25,000x the coin value while no line win outside the wild tops 5x. It sits in the classic-reel corner of the Double Diamond Deluxe stable, a few reels over from Cleopatra.

Three Reels, Twenty-Seven Lines

The grid is a 3×3 layout sitting inside a gold-edged green frame, with a dark band running along its base. The look is glossy digital cartoon rather than dusty cabinet vintage: cherries, lemons, oranges and grapes rendered clean and bright under that central green spotlight.

The line count isn’t decoration. Three rows across three reels produce exactly 27 distinct paths from the left reel to the right, and the game switches every one of them on rather than making you choose. On a 3×3 grid, that’s the maximum the geometry allows, which explains the name as neatly as anything on the paytable.

Betting is fixed at 27 paylines for 10 coins, and the coin value is the only thing you adjust. That makes the maths simple to follow: line wins are multiplied by the coin value on the winning line, and all wins display in currency rather than credits. Change the coin value and every payout scales with it, top to bottom.

Auto Spin plays a chosen number of spins at the current settings, stopping when you press stop, when a bonus triggers, or when the balance runs out. In UK jurisdictions where it’s enabled, loss limits and an optional single-win limit come with it. Elsewhere it plays only where approved.

The 27 TwentySeven symbol is wild and stands in for all symbols except the Mystery Dice. It’s also the richest symbol on the reels by a wide margin, paying 200x the total bet for three on a line.

Symbol values, as multiples of the total bet for three of a kind:

• 27 TwentySeven (wild) – 200x
• Star – 5x
• Watermelon – 3x
• Grapes or Orange – 1x
• Lemon or Cherry – 0.5x

The shape of that table tells the story. After the wild, there’s a steep drop to the Star at 5x, then the fruit tapers down to half the total bet at the bottom. Everything below the wild is small change, and the gap between first and second place is forty times the size of second place itself.

Wins pay left to right, and line symbols must land on a played line across consecutive reels starting from the far-left reel. The rules around a winning spin work like this:

• Only the highest winner is paid on each payline
• Coinciding line wins on different paylines are added together
• Mystery wins are independent from line wins and added to the total paid

With 27 live lines, coinciding wins are the norm rather than the exception whenever the reels fill with matching fruit. A full screen of cherries, for example, would connect on many lines at once, each paying its own 0.5x and every one of those payouts stacking into the total.

The Mystery Feature

The Mystery Dice are the game’s scattered symbol. When three of them appear anywhere on the reels, the Mystery feature triggers and reveals a random bonus win from 5x to 25,000x the coin value.

That spread is enormous. The low end returns half the coin cost of a spin; the top end is the kind of number three-reel games almost never print, and it’s drawn at random with no choice or skill involved. Nothing on the paytable’s line-win side comes close to it except the wild, and even the wild pays in single multiples of the total bet rather than the coin value.

Because the Dice are scattered, position doesn’t matter. They don’t need to sit on a payline, on consecutive reels, or starting from the left. Any three anywhere on the nine positions will do, which on a 3×3 grid means the third Dice can land in any of the remaining cells once two are up.

Mystery wins stack on top of line wins rather than replacing them, so a triggering spin can still collect its regular payouts too. The wild doesn’t substitute for the Dice, so there’s no shortcut to landing them. The feature is a single reveal, over in one moment, with no free spins or second stage attached.

A modest grape line can still land while the reels are turning, and with 27 lines active even the smaller fruit combinations connect more often than a three-reel layout would suggest. Three grapes across a played line, for instance, returns the total bet back in full. Add a second connecting orange line and the spin pays twice over.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 6.1/10

Playing this is a lot of quiet spinning. The fruit pays small, the Star at 5x is the best the regular symbols can manage, and most sessions will consist of nudging the balance around while waiting for dice. That’s the whole reason to pick it: everything else on the reels is the warm-up act for one scatter reveal.

The strength is that reveal. A random award stretching to 25,000x the coin value, triggered by three dice landing anywhere at all, is a genuinely big prize hiding in a format that usually caps out at pocket money. The weakness sits right next to it: at 94.01% the game keeps more than most modern titles, and there’s no second feature to bridge the gaps between dice.

So it suits players who enjoy the plain rhythms of a three-reeler and are happy to let a lottery draw do the deciding. Anyone wanting regular features or steady bonus rounds will find the green light fades fast.

Twenty Seven FAQs

• What is the RTP of Twenty Seven?

  The RTP is 94.01%. That’s the total long-term theoretical return, and it sits below the level most modern online slots offer.
• How many paylines does Twenty Seven have?

  Twenty Seven has 27 fixed paylines, all active on every spin. Betting costs 10 coins per spin, with the coin value the only adjustable setting.
• What is the grid size of Twenty Seven?

  The game uses a 3×3 grid with three reels and three rows. It’s a classic three-reel format, despite the unusually high 27-line count.
• When is Twenty Seven released?

  Twenty Seven’s release date is 21 December 2019.
• Who makes Twenty Seven?

  Twenty Seven is made by IGT, one of the longest-established names in slot development, whose catalogue also includes Cleopatra and the Double Diamond series.
• How do you trigger the Mystery feature in Twenty Seven?

  Three Mystery symbols need to appear anywhere on the reels. They’re scattered, so they don’t need to sit on a payline or on consecutive reels. The feature then reveals a random bonus win from 5x to 25,000x the coin value.
• Can the wild symbol help trigger the Mystery feature?

  No. The wild stands in for every paying symbol but not for the Mystery Dice, so the Dice have to land on their own. Three wilds on a line do pay 200x the total bet, which is the game’s richest line payout.
• Are there any win caps in Twenty Seven?

  Yes. There’s a fixed cap on any single transaction, and some jurisdictions apply an additional award cap regardless of bet size. In practice, neither is a figure any ordinary session will approach.
• Does the Mystery feature replace line wins on a triggering spin?

  No. Mystery wins are paid independently and added on top of any line wins from the same spin. A triggering spin can collect its regular payouts as well as the random bonus.