Pragmatic Play · Educational guide
5 Lions
A ways slot with multipliers, Hyperplay and a free-spins round, released about a year before 5 Lions Gold. The studio publishes 96.5% RTP, a High volatility label, a 3,520x cap and a 0.5 minimum bet.
- RTP
- 96.5%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 3520x
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What this guide explains
Key concepts to understand
Format: Ways · Free Spins
Mechanics: Free Spins, Multipliers, Ways, Hyperplay
Listed features: Free Spins
Slot information
Theme & game design
One-line verdictPurple and gold look handsome together, but the title bar is thin enough that the name shrinks to a strip on small cards.
A ways slot with multipliers, Hyperplay and a free-spins round, released about a year before 5 Lions Gold. The studio publishes 96.5% RTP, a High volatility label, a 3,520x cap and a 0.5 minimum bet.
A short story from the game world
A gilded guardian lion bares green-lit teeth over a purple field of carved clouds, looking less like a protector than a doorman who has already decided you are not getting in. Two smaller lion statues, each resting a paw on a ball, hold the ends of the title bar.
- Built as a ways to win game. 420 titles here share this format, so it is a well-covered one to learn from.
- Its published RTP of 96.5% sits 0.30 points above the 96.2% median of the other 384 ways to win games here. RTP is a long-run theoretical figure, not a per-session one.
- The studio grades it high volatility, which 42% of ways to win games here share. Volatility describes the spread of outcomes, not how often a result arrives.
- The stated win cap is 3,520×, in the lower part of the range for this family (median 10,000×). A cap is a rulebook limit, not an expected outcome.
- Its artwork reads as animals, which is how it is grouped for the structure-match panel below.
- A studio-published play-money demo is embedded above, as it is for 731 other Pragmatic Play titles here.
- You are comfortable with long quiet stretches — a high volatility label means results are spread wide by design, not that they come more often.
- You want to understand ways-to-win — matches count on adjacent reels wherever they land, so the grid is read by route, not by line.
- You want to try before reading further — the studio's own demo runs on this page with play money only.
RTP, volatility, maximum win and bet ranges are reference values and can differ by game version or market.
- Pragmatic Play has 733 slots in this catalogue; this guide is one of them.
- Among the 656 Pragmatic Play slots with a single published RTP, 96.5% ranks #228.
- Its published win cap of 3,520× ranks #578 of 733 Pragmatic Play slots that publish one.
- Pragmatic Play released 1 other title in the same month (2018-06).
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Assembled by arithmetic over the catalogue. Ranks order the published figures by size; they are not a quality rating.FAQ
5 Lions — frequently asked questions
- What is the RTP of 5 Lions?
- The studio-published RTP is 96.5%. RTP is a long-run theoretical return, not a per-session result, and some operators run lower-RTP builds.
- How volatile is 5 Lions?
- The studio lists its volatility as High. Volatility describes how results are spread, not how likely a win is.
- What is the maximum win on 5 Lions?
- The published win cap is 3,520× the stake. A cap is a rule on the paytable, not a likelihood.
- Can I play 5 Lions for free?
- Yes. The studio's official demo runs on this page with play money only — no sign-up and no real funds.
- When was 5 Lions released?
- Pragmatic Play lists the release date as 2018-06-14.
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