How to Play THE BIG LEBOWSKI ONLINE SLOT™

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Game overview

  • This video slot has 25 fixed paylines, with a Jackpot, SPARE Free Spin, Wild, Expanding Wild over Reel 3 and a Bonus game.
  • The bet is determined for total bet – there is no denomination selection per line.

General instructions

  • All symbols pay left to right on consecutive reels of an active payline (starting with the leftmost reel).
  • All wins are multiplied by the bet per line, except for jackpot wins which are not multiplied at all and bonus game which is multiplied by total bet.
  • Only the highest win will be paid on each of the active paylines.
  • Malfunction voids all pays and plays.
  • Bonus game, Re-spin and Jackpot wins are paid in addition to payline wins.
  • The game rules apply for mobile as well.

Game features

SPARE Free Spins

  • A single free “SPARE” spin is awarded each time the player’s original spin game round did not result in any win.
  • The “SPARE” is played at the same bet level as the original round and cannot be retriggered.
  • Jackpot cannot be won during the “SPARE”.

Wild

  • The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols except for Bonus. It does not pay anything by itself.

Expanding Wild

  • When Wild appears on reel 3, it expands to cover all positions on the reel. The Wild will not expand if it does not result in a winning combination.

“GOOD NIGHT SWEET PRINCE” Bonus game

  • If 2 Bonus symbols appear in the center of reels 1 and 5 simultaneously, the bonus game will commence.
  • In the Bonus game the player needs to choose 1 out of 5 items.
  • The chosen item will award a multiplier of the player’s total bet.
  • The range of multipliers is: 3, 4, 7, 9 and 10 times the total bet.

General jackpot information

  • This game has a progressive jackpot.
  • The Jackpot prize is awarded randomly.
  • No symbol combinations are necessary for winning.
  • The probability of getting a jackpot is determined by the size of the bet.
  • The jackpot growth rate is 1% of game bets.
  • In addition, the house places a seed amount in the jackpot after every jackpot hit.
  • For this jackpot the seed amount is $375,000, or the equivalent amount in other play currencies offered.
  • This jackpot is shared with other games.
  • This jackpot is not capped in any way.

Consecutive jackpot wins

  • Imperfections of internet communications should not affect progressive jackpot fairness or potential jackpot wins.
  • In each progressive jackpot there is a seed amount, used for intro and refills.
  • In each progressive jackpot, there can be two sequential wins, separated by anything from seconds to months apart.
  • Let’s say a given jackpot starts growing based on contributions made during subsequent players’ rounds. Let's suppose the jackpot is now at 1500 USD. If two players win the jackpot seconds apart, the first will win the 1500 USD while the second will win the seed plus all the contributions accrued since the first jackpot drop.
  • The in-game and lobby jackpot counters are refreshed every ~15 seconds (depending on the type of internet connection available to the player) which is very fast, so most likely the second (consecutive) winner would be already aware that the jackpot has been reset prior to winning it.
  • The above is true for both real money and demo money jackpots and for both PC and mobile-based games.

Game RTP

The player’s percentage of theoretical expected return is 94.47%, but can be as low as 93.47%, depending on the amount of wagers placed with Restricted Funds, free spins or FreePlay.

Game Control Panel

Below is a description of the PC game control panel:

Button Functionality
ButtonsPC_Play_Idle Click on the Spin button in order to spin the reels in the selected bet.
ButtonsPC_Stop_Idle Click on the Stop button in order to stop the spin.
ButtonsPC_AutoPlay_Idle Click on the Auto Play button in order to select the Auto Play value. This button will open a selection of predefined values. Once the value is selected the Auto Play will commence.
ButtonsPC_AutoPlay_BarNew Component Auto play selection menu.
Note that the Until Stop option is shown only in jurisdictions that permit it.
Autoplay pauses for special features, such as Bonus Rounds and Free Spins, and resumes when they are finished.
Autoplay can be stopped at any time by re-pressing the Spin (Stop) button.
ButtonsPC_Info_Idle Pressing on this button opens the Paytable immediately.
ButtonsPC_Bet_Minus_Idle ButtonsPC_Bet_Plus_Idle Pressing on the + and – buttons will increase and decrease the bet accordingly via a number of predefined values.
ButtonsPC_Sound_On_Idle The following icon can be used in order to turn the sound on and off.
Menu Help Inside the menu there is a help page button that will open the help page in an external page.

Mobile

The game rules apply for mobile as well.

The table below describes the different buttons found in the mobile game:

Button Functionality
ButtonsPC_Play_Idle Click on the Spin button in order to spin the reels in the selected bet.
ButtonsPC_Stop_Idle Click on the Stop button in order to stop the spin.
ButtonsPC_AutoPlay_Idle Click the Auto Play button in order to select the Auto Play value. This button will open a selection of predefined values. Once the value is selected the Auto Play will commence.
Bet The bet can be changed using the navigation buttons in the bet menu.
Menu Menu button will open the menu with additional options.
Menu Sound On Inside the menu there is a sound on/off button which will control the sounds in the game.
Menu Info Inside the menu there is a paytable button that will open the paytable on top of the game and close the menu.
Menu Help Inside the menu there is a help page button that will open the help page in an external page.
Menu Cash USD Inside the menu there is a cashier button that will open the cashier in an external page and close the game.
Menu Home Inside the menu upon pressing the home button will be returned to the lobby and the game will be closed.