Pragmatic Play · 2019 · measured RTP 94.5% · tested 2026-09-23
5 Lions Gold
Twelve Minor jackpots of 15 bets came out of 63 free spins rounds in 5 Lions Gold, seven from golden reels and five from the Caishen pick, during a 10,000-spin demo run at 94.5% RTP.
In numbers: the lab's RTP test on the official demo server measured 94.5% against 96.5% declared over 10,000 logged rounds; 32.3% of rounds paid; a natural bonus landed once per 159 rounds (63 in total) and a bonus round paid a median 35.6x the stake, mean 46.6x, trigger spin included; the biggest round paid 116.9x; the longest dry run was 16 spins.
5 Lions Gold demo
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Test card
10,000 spins · USD 1.80 bet · every request logged
| Spins | 10,000 |
| Bet | USD 1.80 |
| RTP declared | 96.50% |
| RTP measured | 94.47% (approximate 95% CI 84.9–104.1) |
| Hit frequency | 32% · every 3.1 |
| Dead streak max / avg | 16 / 3.12 |
| Median hit | 0.83x |
| Max win (no bonus round) | 54.0x · round 1259 |
| Free spins, natural | 63 · 6.3 bHz · every 158.7 spins · mean bonus round payout 46.6x stake |
| Balance start → end | 100,000 → 99,005 |
each run keeps its own spin log, CSV and raw server journal with checksums; the figures on this card combine all runs
Free spins on video
natural trigger · 63 in 10,000 spins
The 25-spin lion package after a natural trigger, two silver Wilds and a 3x draw paying USD 18.68 early on and USD 64.60 by the last spin. Recorded in a separate browser session, outside the statistical samples.
Across the whole run the 63 natural bonuses split into 10 under 20x, 30 between 20x and 50x, 19 between 50x and 100x and 4 at 100x or more, and together they made up 31% of everything the game returned. The wait between two triggers ran from 1 to 734 spins. Payout figures here cover the whole bonus round in ordinary stakes, the trigger spin included: its scatter pays and line wins count towards the bonus.
A retrigger is a second 25-spin package queued by three Scatters inside the feature or by a Caishen free spins award: ten of the 63 features played one, round 1706 played two. The spin count on this page shows the first package; the feature payout includes every package of the round.
- triggers 63 1 per 159 spins
- every 159 spins gaps 1 to 734
- mean 46.6x bonus round median 35.6x stake
- best 116.9x round 9395
- spins per bonus 25.0 25 to 25 observed
- 01round 939525 spins116.9x
- 02round 170625 spins114.1x
- 03round 355225 spins111.0x
- 04round 620025 spins106.9x
Risk profile
how much bankroll this run needed
| 50 bets | bust at spin 82 |
| 100 bets | bust at spin 2684 |
| 200 bets | bust at spin 2867 |
One run, one bet size. A different session can bust earlier or never; treat this as a measured example, not a rule.
How it plays
10 rules screens from the game
5 Lions Gold plays five reels of three rows with 243 ways: a route is a symbol repeated on neighbouring reels from the far left, each route pays once, and a break on a middle reel cuts the route short. At the USD 1.80 stake used here the dragon pays USD 12.60 for five and two dragons already pay USD 0.20, the phoenix and the toad pay USD 8.10, the koi and the turtle USD 6.30, A and K USD 3.60, Q and J USD 2.70, and 10 and 9 USD 1.80. The gold lion is the Wild and the yin-yang is the Scatter; both live only on the three middle reels, and the Wild replaces any symbol other than the Scatter.
Three Scatters open a choice of seven packages: 25 spins where the Wild multiplier is 2x, 3x or 5x, 20 spins at 3x to 8x, 15 at 5x to 10x, 13 at 8x to 15x, 10 at 10x to 30x, 6 at 15x to 40x, or a mystery lion that draws both numbers from the others. On every free spin one multiplier is drawn from the chosen range and applied to each winning combination that contains a Wild. Three Scatters during the feature queue a new package, chosen afresh, to play once the current one ends. This review played the 25-spin package in every one of its 63 features.
Two more things happen only inside the feature. Random reels turn gold on each spin, and three, four or five gold reels pay the Minor, Major or Grand jackpot, 15x, 150x or 2,000x the total bet. Separately, Caishen can hand out a random award on any free spin: another free spins round, or a pick game with nine coins where three matching jackpot symbols pay that jackpot. Neither a bonus buy nor an Ante exists in this game; its theoretical RTP runs from 95.94% at the lowest setting to 96.50% at the highest, the volatility label is low, and bets go from USD 0.18 to USD 243.
Wild symbol
Scatter symbol
Free spins
Retrigger
Multiplier
Jackpot
Bonus game
Bet range USD 0.18 – 243 per spin · payouts read from the game's paytable at bet USD 1.80
Gallery
14 frames from the demo session
Verdict
Minor every fifth feature
Across 10,000 spins at USD 1.80 the demo returned 94.47% of stake against the 96.50% maximum printed in its rules, with an approximate 95% band from 84.9% to 104.1%, and the balance finished 553 bets down after a deepest dip of 739 bets. Free spins arrived 63 times, one per 159 spins or 6.3 bHz, and, trigger spins included, paid 31.1% of everything the series returned; the median feature was worth 35.6 bets, the mean 46.6, the best 116.9 in round 9395, and without that one the other 9,999 rounds returned 93.31%. Ordinary play never passed 54 bets, which round 1259 reached on a single spin.
The 25-spin package draws a 2x, 3x or 5x Wild multiplier on every free spin, and the draw decided the pay. Of the 681 free spins that paid, 447 were drawn at 2x, 186 at 3x and 48 at 5x, and those 48 spins alone produced 13.7% of the free spins money; in round 9395 a 5x draw on spin 12 turned six ways of phoenixes, toads and turtles into USD 84.00, 39.9% of that feature. Ten features earned a second package from three Scatters or a Caishen award, and one, round 1706, earned a third.
The jackpot bar promises a Grand of 2,000 bets, and this log never came near it. Twelve Minor jackpots of 15 bets landed, seven when three reels turned gold on the same spin and five from the Caishen pick game, USD 324 in all, or 6.2% of the free spins money; three gold reels appeared on seven spins, a fourth on none, and every pick game stopped at the smallest tier. On this log the 5 Lions Gold bar is a Minor jackpot every fifth feature and a headline number that stayed on the wall.
- Free spins one per 159 spins, 6.3 bHz, with 25 spins in every package the lab played
- Twelve Minor jackpots of 15 bets in 63 features, USD 324 on a USD 1.80 stake
- A 5x draw on spin 12 of round 9395 paid USD 84.00 on one spin, 39.9% of the feature
- Hit rate 32.27% and no empty stretch longer than 16 spins
- Round 1150's 25 free spins paid only USD 6.40, 3.6 bets, and the whole round USD 19.00
- Major and Grand never came: three gold reels appeared seven times, four never
- Ordinary play topped out at 54 bets in 10,000 spins
- Neither bonus buy nor Ante exists, so the feature rate cannot be raised
Test record
10,000 rounds · 0 buys · open data · closed rig
One test run so far: a single session of the base game on the official demo server, every request and response logged; the game offers no bonus purchase, so every feature in the sample came from ordinary spins. When the game is tested again, the new run is added here and the figures on this page combine all runs into one sample.
- 10,000rounds logged
- 32%rounds that paid
- 117xbiggest round
- 1 / 159natural bonus rate
- 16longest dry streak
01run Run 012026-09-23 lab note measured return94.47%-2.0 pts vs declared
- 95% band
- 84.9–104.1%
- rounds that paid
- 32%
- biggest round
- 117x · round 9,395
- longest dry streak
- 16
- natural bonuses
- 63 · one per 159 rounds
- balance start → end
- 100,000 → 99,005
- deepest drawdown
- 739x
Corrected 29 September 2026: for features that earned a second or third 25-spin package the rig had kept only the last package, and the Minor jackpots won inside the feature were left out, so 19 of the 63 natural features looked smaller than they were. The mean natural feature rises from 36.7x to 46.32x the stake from free spins alone, 46.58x for the whole round. Round wins, the RTP and the trigger count are unchanged, and the published spin log keeps the figures as first recorded.
10000 ordinary paid rounds, including naturally triggered features, at a fixed USD 1.8 bet on the official Pragmatic Play demo server (jurisdiction 99, RTP profile 96.5%); every request and response logged; test run 2026-09-23.
The test rig plays the official demo build over the network and records every server round: bet, win, intermediate steps (cascades, respins), free spins, collect. Screenshots and video were captured in a separate browser session and are not part of the statistical samples. The text was read against the log by an editor before publication. How we test → One test, step by step →
FAQ
5 questions · answered from the log
Did the 5 Lions Gold demo land below its 96.50% maximum RTP?
Yes, about two points below: 94.47% of stake over 10,000 spins at USD 1.80, with the balance 553 bets down at the close and a deepest dip of 739 bets on the way. The rules give 96.50% as the maximum profile and 95.94% as the minimum, so the sample finished below even the lower setting.
Of the seven free spins packages, which one did the lab play?
This log only measured the first one, 25 spins with 2x, 3x or 5x Wild multipliers: 63 features, median 35.6 bets, mean 46.6, best 116.9. The other six packages trade spins for multiplier, from 20 spins at 3x to 8x down to 6 spins at 15x to 40x, plus a mystery lion, and none of them was played here.
Did the jackpots hit?
Yes, the Minor did, twelve times at 15 bets, USD 27 each at this stake, seven from three gold reels on one spin and five from the Caishen pick game. Four gold reels never appeared, so the Major of 150 bets and the Grand of 2,000 stayed on the bar.
Between features, how many spins did three Scatters take?
Sixty-three features came in 10,000 spins, one per 159 on average, which is 6.3 bHz; the longest wait was 733 spins between rounds 2549 and 3283. Ten of the 63 features earned a second package and one a third, from three Scatters inside the feature or a Caishen award.
Without a bonus buy, what does a feature cost in turnover?
No purchase and no Ante exist; the only way in is three yin-yang Scatters on reels two to four. At USD 1.80 per spin the 159-spin average gap works out to USD 286 of turnover per feature, gross stake rather than net cost, since ordinary play returned USD 17,004.50 of the USD 18,000 staked along the way.
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- spins10,000
- bet1.80
- result-553x
- RTP measured94.5%
- bonuses63
- max win, no bonus54.0x
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