Best of Luck

Best of Luck Slot Review

Best of Luck by Rival is a five reel, twenty line game built around classic lucky charms. It keeps things simple on the surface, but the mix of wild jackpots, free spins and a pick style bonus gives it more going on than a basic fruit machine.

Layout and betting

The game uses a standard five by three layout with twenty fixed paylines. Wins pay from the first reel on the left to the right on active lines. You choose your coin value and how many coins per line, which sets your total stake. The betting range is friendly to small budgets, starting from just a cent per spin, with a fairly low ceiling for bigger bettors.

All line wins are based on your bet per line multiplied by the symbol payout. If you land more than one winning line on the same spin, the game simply adds them together.

Lucky symbol payouts

Most of the symbols are different good luck charms, and the payouts follow a clear ladder. You normally need at least three of the same symbol in a row on a line starting from reel one, but a couple of top icons can pay from just two.

• Acorn is the lowest paying symbol. Three to five in a row give the smallest wins and act as the base of the pay ladder.
• Wishbone steps things up. Line wins with three to five wishbones pay more than acorns and feel like the first real upgrade.
• Four leaf clover pays higher again, fitting its role as a classic good luck symbol.
• Rabbit’s foot offers stronger line wins, paying noticeably more than the clover for three to five of a kind.
• Coin pays above the rabbit’s foot and is one of the better mid tier symbols.
• Keys pay even more. Landing them across a line can deliver a decent hit compared with the lower charms.
• Horseshoe is a high value charm, paying solid prizes for three to five on a line.
• Ladybird is one of the best regular symbols, with payouts that can climb very high when you hit five of a kind.
• Jade elephant sits near the top of the paytable. Three, four or five in a row pay strong prizes, and this symbol can also win from just two on a line.
• Ring with cat’s eye gem is the premium regular symbol. It pays from two of a kind upward and has the biggest line multipliers of the standard set.

Because the top regular symbols can pay from only two in a row, you get more small hits from them compared with the lower icons that need at least three.

Teddy bear wild symbol

The lucky teddy bear is the wild symbol and it has two roles. First, it acts as a substitute for all regular symbols to help complete winning lines. When it lands in the right spot, it can turn a losing line into a winner or boost a small win into a bigger one by extending a combination.

Second, the teddy bear has its own payouts. When you land a full line of five wilds on a payline, you get the top jackpot in the game, worth a very large number of coins. Fewer wilds in a row also pay, so the teddy bear can hit big even without helping other symbols.

Scatter symbol and free spins

The bags of gems symbol acts as the scatter that triggers free spins. You do not need these to land on a payline. As long as enough of them appear anywhere on the reels in one spin, they start the feature. The number of scatters you get matters because it sets both how many free spins you receive and what win multiplier is active during that round.

• Three scatters award four free spins with a x1 win multiplier.
• Four scatters award five free spins with a x2 win multiplier.
• Five scatters award six free spins with a x3 win multiplier.

All wins during free spins are multiplied by the current multiplier. The game uses the same bet settings that were active when you triggered the feature, so your line bet and coin value do not change once the round starts.

Pick bonus during free spins

The most interesting part of Best of Luck is how it handles bonus games during free spins. After each free spin finishes, a bonus button can light up in the top corner of the screen. When it is active, you can click it to open a small pick style game.

The pick game shows a few items such as three images, coin sides or bone pieces. You choose one of the options and instantly win a prize. The size of the prize depends on what you pick, but the key point is that every bonus pick pays something. That means even if the spin itself did not land any line wins, the pick round can still give you a payout.

Because a pick can appear after every free spin, the feature feels like a chain of spins backed up by extra chances to win. It also means the free spin round is never completely dead. There is always at least some return from the bonus side game when it triggers.

How it all fits together

In normal play you are mainly chasing three things. The first is regular line wins from the lucky charms, helped along by the teddy bear wild. The second is the rare but very strong line of wilds which pays the top jackpot. The third is the scatter trigger that starts free spins with their multipliers.

Once you are in free spins, the action shifts to trying to make the most of the limited number of spins and the higher win multiplier. The bonus button adds extra interest because you know that even a spin with no line hits can still turn into a prize through the pick game. That mix makes the bonus round feel more forgiving than many older style slots where free spins can easily go by with almost no return.