Dancing Lions Slot by GameArt
by GameArtReleased Feb 3, 2015
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Dancing Lions throws a Chinese New Year street party across a 5x3 grid with 10 lines, lion-dance heads, drums, fans and red lanterns. Red pockets on reels 1, 3 and 5 award 10 free spins, where each turns wild and fills in for everything but the lion. Max win 1,371x. Press "Free Play" below to spin the Dancing Lions demo right in your browser.

Specifications
| Game Type | Slots |
|---|---|
| RTP | 96.03% |
| Volatility | Medium |
| Max Win | 1,371x |
| Grid | 5x3 |
| Paylines | 10 Fixed Paylines (left to right) |
| Min Bet | $0.1 |
| Max Bet | $100 |

About Dancing Lions Slot
The one rule worth knowing up front: when the bonus turns the Red Pocket into a Wild, that Wild covers everything except the Lion. So the lion-dance head stays the single symbol you have to land on its own merit, and the envelope props up every other combo around it. It's a small restriction, but it's the difference between the Lion being easy money and the Lion still being the symbol you're chasing.
Free spins start with the Red Pocket as a plain Scatter. You need it on reels 1, 3 and 5 at the same time, all three outside-plus-centre columns, and that lands you 10 spins. The round retriggers on the same condition, so a fresh trio of Red Pockets mid-feature stacks another 10 on top. Outside of the bonus the envelope does nothing but pay as a scatter and watch for that 1/3/5 alignment.
The base game is a straight 10-line setup, pays left to right, no tumbling or expanding anything. The Lion sits at the top of the pay ladder above a red ceremonial drum, a folding fan and a red paper lantern, with the usual A through 10 royals dressed in gold and red underneath. Standard GameArt card Gamble sits over each win if you want to push a hit on red/black, but there's no buy option to skip straight into the spins.
What carries it is the art. The reels light up over a nighttime festival street, gold dragon trim strung with paper lanterns, firecrackers going off down the sides, a red temple glowing behind it all. The white-and-gold lion bobbing at the top of the logo sets the tone before a single reel turns. For an older GameArt title with one feature and no modern mechanic bolted on, it leans almost entirely on that celebration look and the Red Pocket trigger to keep things moving.
Reviewed by Arina, Slots Editor at Spinoxy Media Ltd.