Lucky 8 Line

Tradition is good. It’s solid and dependable, and you know where you are with it. All these virtues apply to the gorgeously retro Lucky 8 Line slot from Net Ent. There is nothing new-fangled about this game, nothing brash or crude, and it is all the better for that.

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It is set up to look like an old-fashioned 1970s/early 1980s slot, with digital coin counter and authentic space invader-style sound effects. Your bet and winnings are displayed along the top in digital watch-style numerals and there are pleasingly big buttons to click so you can clear your bets, go for a single line, or all the lines. There is no distracting paytable on the slot. Instead you hit the Paytable button to see the many ways you can win. In the background you get a glimpse of an elegant bar – a casino lounge maybe, or the lobby in a classy hotel.

Lucky 8 Line is a classic nine-reel, eight-payline slot that is ideal for beginners because it is so easy to pick up. No bonus feature, no free spins, no nudges, not even a gamble option, so nothing confusing or distracting.

Because of this you can get up to a fair old pace on this machine, aided by the Autoplay feature, which whizzes through the reels at an eye-numbing rate. This also means your wager can dissolve, especially if you keep hitting the Max Bet button.

As well as Autoplay, there is also Net Ent’s trademark Skillstop feature, meaning you can stop the reels before the machine does it for you by hitting the Spin button. This may make you feel as if you have some control over the game, but the reels spin so quickly my reactions just weren’t good enough. Either that or my eyesight is going!

The satisfyingly high-pitched count-up noise as the computer calculates your win is, unsurprisingly, my favourite sound effect on this game. But the other urgent and staccato noises pleased me too. They shouldn’t do, it’s a pub fruity, they’re not supposed to be mellifluous, but there you go, I speak as I find!

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What this slot lacks in fancy stuff it makes up for in simplicity and payouts. There is nothing too challenging to get your head round and so little chance of making a mistake.

It is a traditional slot, so sticks to the symbols we all know and love – oranges, melons, grapes, bars, bells and cherries. They don’t move, or explode, or shimmer. They just spin, and stop, and then payout. Lucky 7 is the scatter, and if you get nine Lucky 7s then you hit a jackpot of 1,000 times your bet. Nothing boring about that, is there? Lucky 7 also pays out whenever it appears twice or more.

From the first press of the Max Bet button, which reveals the many and varied combinations of win lines, emblazoned across the screen in a spectrum of cheerful colours, we know that we’re on to a good thing here. A blast from the past perhaps, but still one that’s totally relevant for the present day game enthusiast.