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17 October 2024 
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Zodiac Lantern Rabbit Slot Review
Reputable slot provider, Light & Wonder, excels at many things but they’re particularly great at introducing their many land-based titles to the Online Casino space.
If you’re not much of a land-based player, titles such as Cash Falls Outback Fortune, Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure, and Rich Little Piggies Meal Ticket may have gone unnoticed until they appeared on the online iGaming platform.
As of November 2024, Light & Wonder aims to introduce yet another land-based title into the community, Zodiac Lantern Rabbit. Depicting an Asian theme, this game highlights the 12-year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac. In Chinese culture, the Rabbit symbolises peace, prosperity, and longevity.
In anticipation of Zodiac Lantern Rabbit’s release, we will be highlighting features, mechanics, and statistics in our in-depth slot review. Read on to find out more!
Base Game & Features
Zodiac Lantern Rabbit is a 5-reel Video Slot with 3 rows and 50 fixed pay lines. This medium volatility slot offers an overall RTP of 95.87% and a 10,500x max win capacity.
Wins are calculated from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, with the highest-paying symbol producing wins between 2x and 80x your bet. Low-paying symbols are standard A, K, Q, J, and 10.
Finally, Zodiac Lantern Rabbit features Scatter symbols that appear on reels 2-4, and Dragon Wilds that substitute for all symbols except Scatters.
Lanterns
During gameplay, you will come across 3 different types of Lantern symbols from the following:
- Credit Lanterns: Operate a Multiplier value between 0.5x and 4x your bet. They also may hold a Mini or Minor Jackpot Prize.
- Game-In-Game Lanterns: Reveal a Multiplier value between 20x and 150x your bet. They may also hold a Major or Mega Jackpot Prize. The values of these lanterns scroll continuously until a final is determined.
- Glow Lanterns: Generate a Multiplier value between 0.5x and 100x your bet, which increases incrementally after they land on an unlocked set of reels.
Jackpot Prizes
Situated above the reels are 4 Jackpot Prizes; Mini, Minor, Major, and Mega. The Jackpot Prizes can only be awarded during the Hold & Spin Feature.
- Mini: 10x your bet
- Minor: 50x your bet
- Major: 500x your bet
- Mega: 2,500x your bet
Hold & Spin Feature
Landing 6 or more Lantern symbols in the base game triggers the Hold & Spin Feature. If you land a Yellow Lantern at the point of entry, the Gold Hold & Spin feature is awarded.
Once active, the game switches from a single reel set to 4 individual reel sets, with 3 of the 4 locked at the start. The round begins with 3 Respins which reset each time a new Lantern appears on an unlocked reel set. Unlocking other reel sets requires the following number of lanterns:
- 8 Lanterns: Unlocks the second reel set
- 15 Lanterns: Unlocks the third reel set
- 30 Lanterns: Unlocks the fourth and final reel set
Each Lantern that hits on any locked reel set will be held in its position, but will not count as a win until that particular reel set is unlocked. In addition, the Gold Hold & Spin feature guarantees all 4 reel sets are unlocked from the start. Lastly, each sticky Lantern is replicated onto the other 3 reel sets.
Free Spins
Landing 3 Scatters in the base game triggers the Free Spins round, awarding a payout of 2x your bet. Once active, you get to choose your Free Spins mode:
- Mode 1: 5 Free Spins and +100 Lanterns added
- Mode 2: 8 Free Spins and +80 Lanterns added
- Mode 3: 10 Free Spins and +40 Lanterns added
Whenever a Dragon Wild hits on reels 2, 3, 4, or 5, it will expand to fill the entire reel. This round is subject to retriggers when so many Scatters land in view.
Please note, that the Free Spins round and Hold & Spin feature can be triggered at the same time. When this happens, the Hold & Spin feature will be played out first.
Our Verdict
Light & Wonder has built a reputation for their extensive collection of innovative titles, both offline and online. With this in mind, land-based players will be pleased to see yet another of their titles make its way to the online market. With everything moving online, we’re confident that Zodiac Lantern Rabbit will remain as popular as it has been across land-based casinos.
Zodiac Lantern Rabbit offers a lucrative Hold & Spin feature and an entertaining Free Spins round to boot. It also harbours a medium volatility rating, an overall RTP of 95.87%, and a sizeable max win cap of 10,500x your bet.
Rather than your typical Hold & Win round, Zodiac Lantern Rabbit heightens gameplay by bringing to light 4 unlockable reel sets, quite like our most recent experience with Pragmatic Play’s Wolf Gold Ultimate.
It’s not usually the case, but it should be noted that the Hold & Spin feature is far more exciting than the Free Spins round. This is down to the impressive upgrades that come with this feature, while the Free Spins round pushes the same gameplay found in the base game.
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