Lock It Link Diamonds Slot by Light & Wonder

Step into a purple-and-magenta cabaret room, deep velvet curtains drawn back, a sparkling diamond logo above the reels and four jewel-toned jackpot plaques (MINI, MINOR, MAJOR, GRAND) sitting like trophies over the 5x3 grid. This is the glamour-room cousin of the original Lock It Link Nightlife, swapping smoky neon for stage lights, gold watches and diamond rings. Symbols include the LADY, a martini glass, a pair of dice, the watch, the ring, plus the red and gold HEART cash symbols that drive almost every meaningful outcome.

The interesting choice here is the Feature Selection. Land three BONUS scatters on reels 2, 3 and 4 and you collect 5x your bet, then pick between two completely different bonus rounds. That decision matters, because the two paths suit different players. Lock It chases the $2,500 GRAND that only appears on reel 3; the Free Spins route takes the steadier multiplier line.

Choose Lock It and you get a guaranteed row of 3, 4 or 5 hearts on a random row, which mirrors the natural trigger from the base game when hearts line up. Each starting GOLD HEART gets seeded with 1x total bet, the hearts are bordered and held, and you spin for more. Hearts adjacent to a border join the cluster, the border expands, every surrounded heart gets +1x added, and the respin counter resets. Fill all 15 positions and every heart gets a +2x bump before the round closes. Triggering hearts on reel 3 can also display the GRAND or MAJOR; the smaller MINI and MINOR sit on reels 1, 2, 4 and 5. The jackpot values only pay when the Lock It round actually triggered on that spin, which is a detail easy to miss.

Pick Free Spins instead and you get 6 spins on an alternate reel set with no hearts at all. Every win is multiplied based on wilds on screen, scaling from 3x with zero wilds up to 8x with five. Three more scatters retrigger another 6 spins plus 5x bet. Wilds substitute for everything except bonus and heart symbols and double base-game wins, but the double does not carry into free spins. There is no buy bonus.

The 5,000x ceiling is modest for a high-volatility 2022 release, and it is the only honest knock here. The art direction lands the luxury brief without feeling sterile, and the choice between two distinct bonuses gives this entry a personality the rest of the Lock It series often lacks.