Lightning Link Slot Grand Jackpot
Lightning Link slot machines by Aristocrat were groundbreaking with their introduction of the 'Hold & Spin' feature players love, which has since inspired similar features in other popular titles such as Lock It Link, Ultimate Fire Link, Spin It Grand, Celestial King, and Dragon Link, just to name a few.
Written by Joshua Lightning Link and its cousin, Dragon Link, offers four jackpots, with the two most exciting being the Major and the Grand. Some players don’t understand the various ways that a Major or Grand can be won. Come and play real slots and go for the Jackpot! Lightning Link Casino is the app brought to you by the makers of online slots games Heart of Vegas and Cashman Casino, Aristocrat. Get ready to win big! Flip the switch and get charged up for an electrifying new slots games journey with Lightning Link Casino. The most exciting new slot game from. Each of the Lightning Link video slots comes packaged with two special features. The first is a free spins bonus game that comes complete with a “Mega Symbol.” Hit three scatter symbols, and you’ll earn six or more free spins, during which a large, 3x3 symbol may appear to cover the middle three reels in.
It would be rare at this point to find a casino that does not have Lightning Link, and some even have whole dedicated areas to the title - Lightning Link Lounges as they are known. Even still to this day, the original launch titles released in 2015 remain busy even as newer themes are being introduced. Talk about staying power!
For those that do that know, all Lightning Link titles follow the same formula which incorporates two bonus symbols: one type for the 'Hold & Spin' bonus and another for the 'Free Games' bonus. Progressives and Bonus Awards are won during the Hold & Spin feature and can be of four types: Mini Bonus, Minor Bonus, Major Progressive , and Grand Progressive . What's interesting is that the values of the Mini and Minor Bonuses depend on your selected denomination and your chances of having one of those bonus symbols land increases as you increase your bet. And the differences are not trivial: at the penny denomination the Minor Bonus is $50 while at the dime denomination it's $500!
The Major Progressive always remains the same regardless of denomination although once again, the greater your bet, the more frequently you will have a shot to win it.
The Grand Progressive is won by Filling the Screen during the Hold & Spin Bonus, certainly not an easy task, but doable!
Launch titles for Lighting Link included the following themes: High Stakes, Magic Pearl, Sahara Gold, and Happy Lantern.
To the casual observer, these may look like four completely separate games although they are not as some are clones of others.
Where the games differentiate themselves is during the Free Spins Bonus:
High Stakes: 6 free games are initially awarded when triggering with 3 or more bonus symbols with reels 2, 3, and 4 merged into 1 Mega-Reel with oversized symbols, which will always fully land. If the Suitcase symbol lands,you retrigger for 3 additional spins. If a Chip symbol lands, the Hold & Spin Bonus triggers. You can see High Stakes in all of its glory in this exciting Jackpot slot video:
Magic Pearl is a clone of High Stakes and you can see it here:
Happy Lantern: Upon bonus trigger, 2 Lions are presented for you to choose. Either the Hold & Spin bonus will be triggered or 6, 9, or 15 free spins will be randomly awarded with either 25, 100, or 250 wilds added to reels 2 thru 5. Check out Happy Lantern at the $25 Max Bet level in this slot video:
Sahara Gold is a clone of Happy Lantern and you can see it here:
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With such a successful launch, other themes were inevitable, and now include:
Best Bet: During the bonus, all non-premium symbols are removed giving you a better chance to Fill the Screen for that Big Win or Jackpot. You can see my best Lightning Link win here on Best Bet:
Moon Race: Moon Race is a clone of Best Bet:
Tiki Fire: During the bonus, Wild symbols become 2x Multiplier symbols giving you a shot for a tremendous win, as you will see here!
Heart Throb: This is a clone of Tiki Fire and here you can see a Live Play Jackpot at the $25 Max Bet level!
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The latest themes include Bengal Treasures and Wild Chuco which I believe to be clones of each other, where the novelty is that during the bonus, special 'Reveal' stacked symbols are added, which always resolve to the same symbol, and can even resolve to the Hold & Spin symbol - giving you a shot to Fill the Screen for that Big Win or Jackpot!
And there will undoubtedly be more Lightning Link coming, Enjoy!
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I've played these machines enough to know what to expect. For example, if you have 14 balls and the 15th isn't lighting up/you don't see it whizzing by (even as that drum music and rim shot happen to hasten the excitement), you're not getting the Grand.
I also know that the denomination can increase the mini and minor progressives. But that the major jackpot is set. That doesn't change with denom. I've gotten the major on the penny machines probably 6 times in the last few years. And I got the major on the high limit version once, playing $5.00 on a dime denom. I've even gotten the RANDOM major on a penny Heartthrob slot! I saw it happen on YT but never while playing or by anyone around me by playing.
I thought I saw it all when it comes to LL.
So imagine my complete surprise today when I scan the bank of machines and sit down at the one with the highest major of $1,000. Because that's the max it will reach. The minimum is $500. It was the Sahara themed one.
I play the penny denom, $2.50/spin. Maybe 10 spins in, I land 6 balls. None of them are that impressive. Then, surprise -- the major hits! Hooray. $1,000. Awesome. I'm thrilled. The total was $1060. Excellent.
So after it finishes counting up (first it does the major -- I smile and others silently seethe around me -- been there done that) then it counts the other balls for a total of $1060. Okay, all done. My card is still in. My ticket is still in. And the Major Jackpot is STILL AT $1000. Huh? I thought it was supposed to reset to $500.
So I think, maybe I need to cash out? I do, but it still says $1000. I've never seen that. It usually goes right back to $500.
So I hit the service light because now I'm thinking: What if I keep playing this machine and it hits the major again and it's $1000 and then the casino finds out it was a malfunction and comes looking for their $1000? I seriously thought that could happen.
So, attendant comes over. I explain the issue. They are stumped. They also have not seen it happen. They call a slot tech. He goes through a bunch of system checks. Also is stumped. Finally, they get a hold of someone at Aristocrat! And it's all happening in front of me. And they are told -- and tell me -- that the major and grand progressives are essentially escrow accounts. The major could REALLY be holding $2000 in escrow before it hits but only advertises $1000. So I hit the $1k and the remaining $1k in escrow means it still says $1k as the major jackpot. I didn't know this was the case.
Has anyone heard of this?