Play Bonus Lotto for Free

Anyone who grew up in the UK will be able to appreciate just how important the lottery was as part of prime-time Saturday night entertainment. The novelty game show format, Dale Winton's nuclear orange glow, machines with medieval names like Lancelot and Gulliver, and then there was The Voice which would boom out the numbers as they fell along with some mind-blowing fact about how it has been three weeks since the number 7 appeared.

Players of this slot machine will hopefully see plenty of 7s as they spin the 3 reels of Bonus Lotto. That is thanks to the fact that the paytable contains three different 7 icons – white, red and blue – each of which will pay a prize when they appear on any of the 5 paylines. In fact, these 7s will also award a small prize if they combine in a combination of different colours.

The other symbols that appear on the reels are some classic arcade style BAR icons: a single BAR in white, a double BAR in red and a triple BAR in blue. There is also a “Wild Star” insignia that will act as a wild symbol to replace normal paying icons in order to fill in the gaps where a prize paying combination would be.

With just 3 reels and 5 paylines to play with, there isn't really anything too complicated about Bonus Lotto. The only thing that spinners should take note of is the fact that they can toggle the amount of lines that are in play by using the controls at the bottom of the game screen.

Normally, the amount of paylines active in a slot machine changes nothing except for increasing the total overall bet and the chances of landing a winner. However, in this game, there is an extra benefit to playing with the maximum number of lines because it will actually increase the value of the potential jackpot payout. As you can see in the mini diagram above the reels, players who have all 5 lines on the board will be able to win a top jackpot of 10,000 credits while those who have 4 lines on the reels will only be able to win a top prize of 5,000. The ultimate prize-winning potential keeps on dropping as less paylines are activated, with 3, 2 and 1 paylines offering jackpots of 4,000, 2,000 and 1,000 respectively.

As for the rest of the symbols, it doesn't matter how many paylines are activated since each one offers a standard coin bet multiplier whenever three align in a horizontal or diagonal row. You can see all of the possible wins in the paytable below:

Punters can even pick up a little boost whenever they find a Wild Star symbol in any payline position. That is because this icon multiply the value of the coin on that payline by 2x. It's not much, but it'll keep the betting balance from dropping too much.

This retro style slot machine lives up to its name by bringing a bit of Bonus Lotto action to the gameplay. This special feature is triggered by the game's logo symbol that appears from time to time on the reels.

Admittedly, this bonus round doesn't offer anything too extravagant in terms of extra entertainment – players won't be whisked away to any side game screen or anything like that. Instead, the bonus simply rewards punters with an addition win that can range from as little as 5 coins to as many as 1,000 coins.

Bonus Lotto is a neat and tidy 3-reel slot that doesn't go overboard on the visual design, nor does it promise anything too complicated on the gameplay front. That might well deter many a spinner who is used to the explosive action of video slots, but Bonus Lotto definitely has its merits as an easy to play game with the chance to win some cash prizes.