Deep Sea Magic Drop & Lock Slot by Light & Wonder

Two distinct features run side by side here, and they trigger off two different scatters, which is the first thing worth understanding before spinning. The Crystal Balls drive the branded Drop & Lock round. The Pyramids drive free spins with a stacking multiplier. They never share triggers, and once you grasp that split the game opens up.

Drop & Lock kicks in when three or more Crystal Balls land on the same row. You get 3 respins, and any Crystal Ball that falls drops to the lowest empty slot on its row and locks in place. The orbs carry printed cash values, blue for smaller amounts, orange for larger. Complete a full row of five and you collect the sum of every value on that row. Complete two or three rows on the same spin and the row-sum gets multiplied by however many rows you finished. The hook is the reset rule: any spin that completes at least one row sends your respin counter back to 3, so a streak can run far longer than the initial three attempts suggest. Lock all 15 positions and the round caps out.

The free spins path needs a Pyramid scatter on each of reels 2, 3 and 4 in the same spin. You get 6 spins, and a multiplier equal to the count of triggering Pyramids parks above the reels, up to 9x. That multiplier applies to every winning combo for the duration. Land another full set of Pyramids on those middle reels mid-feature and you add 6 spins, with the multiplier carrying forward. One fair note: if Drop & Lock triggers during free spins, the multiplier does not touch the Crystal Ball cash payouts. It only boosts your regular reel wins. Worth knowing before you assume a big stacked round.

The Mermaid wild only appears on reels 2, 3 and 4, and she lands at single, double or full triple height. She covers everything except the two scatters. Visually the game leans into a sunken-temple underwater setting, with ornate seashell-blue borders, glowing reefs at the sides, and Crystal Balls that hold a tiny submerged temple inside the glass. It's a polished entry in Light & Wonder's Drop & Lock series, with the hold-and-spin mechanic doing the heavy lifting.