Ladybug Luck Slot by Pragmatic Play 🎰 Free Demo and Review

Ladybug Luck Review

With the Ladybug Luck slot, studio Pragmatic Play expands its range of nature-themed games, inviting players to a magical forest to try their luck reaching for massive 5,000x rewards.

Once you load in, however, another Pragmatic Play slot immediately comes to mind - Wild Hop and Drop, which Ladybug Luck is a complete copy of, and this is, in turn, somewhat of a makeover of Push Gaming’s iconic Fat Santa game. Those familiar with the latter know what kind of gameplay to expect. Central are Wild symbols, which obtain special powers during the free spins, increasing in size and producing bigger winning opportunities on each spin.

The concept of the Wild Hop and Drop slot is very similar to the one of Fat Santa, but the developers have implemented a range of changes and adjustments, with the main difference being the reel engine. People seemed to enjoy Pragmatic Play’s take, and it was received quite well by punters, and up to date it remains popular all over the globe. That’s probably why they’ve decided to follow in the footsteps of the success and present another game built on the same mechanics, namely Ladybug Luck. However, they’ve taken a somewhat lazy approach, since the design was by far the only room for developers to get creative.

Much like the gameplay, the math also remained untouched. The Ladybug Luck slot comes in different RTP values, with 96.46% being the highest and the most common. Yet, depending on where you play, you can come across lower values, including 95.33% and 94.44%. The volatility is high, and the max win is capped at 5,000x the stake, which is standard. Finally, bets from £0.2 to £100 are accepted, which should appeal to most.

Ladybug Luck Slot - Start Screen

Ladybug Luck Slot Features

The game plays out across a 6x6 grid, where winning combinations are achieved in clusters of 6 or more vertically or/and horizontally adjacent symbols. There are 7 different symbols to be found: the lower ones are classic A-J card ranks, and the three higher symbols are green, purple, and blue ladybugs.

There’s also a golden one, which is a Wild symbol, and you can spot it sitting to the left of the reels. It can appear as 1x1-sized Wild, or randomly hop on the reels in the form of a Mega Wild, sized from 2x2 up to 6x6. When the Wild cover the grid entirely, the game’s top prize of 5,000x is paid.

The most desired out of all symbols though are Scatters, which activate the bonus when 4 or more appear simultaneously anywhere in view. The bonus round starts with 6 free spins, but it’s possible to extend the feature. Whenever a Scatter hits on the reels during free games, it gets collected and added to a special meter, and for every four Scatters collected, a retrigger is awarded, granting from 1 to 3 extra spins randomly. However, the feature can be retriggered up to 4 times only, and only 1 additional free spin is given for the last retrigger.

Ladybug Luck Slot - Free Spins

In the free spins, a Wild symbol is always present on the reels, moving to a random position between spins. It starts as a 1x1 Wild, and each retrigger increases its size progressively, to 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, and eventually 6x6.

If the feature was triggered with 4 Scatters, players have to fill the meter from the very beginning. Yet, if 5 or 6 Scatters were used in the triggering combination, the bonus game starts with 1 or 2 Scatter symbols already collected, which speeds up the collection process.

The free spins can be triggered immediately for a fixed cost. You can buy access to the bonus with 4, 5, or 6 triggering Scatters for 100x the total stake.

Review Summary

All said and done, Ladybug Luck is certainly a fun slot, with a lovely theme and powerful features on board, providing huge payouts and loads of entertainment. Yet, for players who love Pragmatic Play’s older Wild Hop and Drop game, there’s no point in switching to this one as there’s nothing new to be found, except the skin, of course.