Colt Lightning Slot Overview
Colt Lightning is a wild horse themed slot from Play'n GO set on the American prairie. You get 5 reels in a 3-4-4-4-3 layout with 576 ways to win at the start, but those reels can expand massively during the Rapid Re-Spin feature. I quite liked the look of it, proper open landscape with animals everywhere.
RTP sits at 96.24% by default, volatility is high, and the max win is 25,000x your bet. Bets range from 0.10 to 100, so it covers most budgets. Features include Colt Strike, Rapid Re-Spin, and Super Colt Spins. Decent lineup, though the prairie theme is hardly new territory for slots, is it?
Symbols and Paytable
Low-paying symbols are your usual 10, J, Q, K, and A card royals, paying between 1.2x and 2.5x for five of a kind. Nothing exciting there. Premium symbols are a snake, wolf, cougar, and eagle, worth 3x to 5x for a full line. Fair enough for a high-volatility game, but the base payouts are modest.
Where it gets interesting is the Colt symbol, a young horse that pays 6x for five. During Super Colt Spins, it upgrades to the Super Colt at 12x for five of a kind. Wild symbols show up on reels 2, 3, and 4, substituting for everything except the Scatter and Horseshoe. Pretty standard stuff, but the Super Colt upgrade during free spins is a nice touch.
Symbol Payouts
Bonus Features
Colt Strike can trigger randomly on any base game spin, throwing extra Colt symbols onto the reels. You have no control over it; just a pleasant surprise when it pops. Honestly, it does not happen often enough to carry the base game on its own, but when it does land, the screen fills up nicely.
The Horseshoe symbol only appears on reel 3 and triggers Rapid Re-Spin. Each time it lands, the grid expands by one row on every reel. Re-trigger it twice and you go from 576 ways to a whopping 12,348 ways on a 6-7-7-7-6 grid. During re-spins, the chance of Colt Strike firing goes up too, though Scatters are removed so you cannot trigger free spins.
Land 3 Scatters and you get 10 Super Colt Spins. All Colt symbols upgrade to Super Colts paying double. You can re-trigger with 3 more Scatters, up to a maximum of 100 free spins. The Rapid Re-Spin can also kick in during the bonus, so those expanding reels plus doubled payouts is where the big 25,000x max win lives.
Bonus Buy Options
Triggers randomly on any base game spin, adding extra Colt Symbols to the reels for bigger wins.
Triggered by a Horseshoe on reel 3. The grid expands by one row per reel and can retrigger up to two more times for a 6-7-7-7-6 layout with 12,348 ways to win.
Land 3 Scatters for 10 free spins. Colt symbols become Super Colts paying double. Retrigger up to 100 free spins total. Rapid Re-Spin can also trigger during free spins.
Volatility and RTP
96.24% default RTP is solid and above average. Just watch out because there are lower RTP versions floating around at 94.27%, 91.28%, 87.25%, and 84.27%. Always check before you play, mate. High volatility means you will see dry spells, but the 25,000x max win makes those patience-testing stretches a bit more bearable.
