5Lions
5 Lions ships in 2 return configurations, from 96.50% down to 95.51%. The casino chooses; the game's rules screen tells you which one you are playing.
The highest configuration any source lists. Pragmatic Play, SlotCatalog list it.
5.9 out of 10, built from the figures.
- Return to player35% of the rating 8.5
- Win potential20% of the rating 4.2
- Risk and reward15% of the rating 0.0
- Feature depth20% of the rating 5.8
- Transparency10% of the rating 5.0
Our editorial rating for slots, computed the same way for every game from the figures on this page: the return (its top and its lowest configuration), the top win, whether that win rewards the game's volatility, the depth of its features, and how much of its data the studio publishes itself. Where a figure is not available, that part is left out rather than guessed. It rates the game, not a casino or the studio, and it is not a prediction of what you will win.
What the figures say about 5 Lions.
Our reading
5 Lions is listed in 2 return configurations, from 96.50% down to 95.51%. Pragmatic Play publishes 96.50% on its own game page; 95.51% comes from SlotCatalog. The 0.99-point gap between the top and the bottom costs about €2 more an hour at €0.50 a spin and 500 spins an hour, for identical play.
The 2018 original of the series. Any win with a golden lion Wild is multiplied by a random value of up to 40×.
Three to five scatters let the player pick a free spins option, combining up to 25 spins with Wild multipliers up to 40×; during them an extra row joins the grid, raising the ways from 243 to 576. SlotCatalog gives a 3,520× maximum and lists 95.51% as a lower configuration.
Core mechanics Studio
- Multiplier Wilds
- Extra row in free spins
Bonus features Studio
- Free spins choice
Free spins Studio
Three to five scatters give a choice of free spins and Wild multiplier, up to 25 spins and 40×.
Multipliers Studio
Wild multipliers up to 40×.
2 sources, one story.
The studio's own page is read first. Third-party databases are research sources: we name them, and do not link to them. A studio can supply a game in more than one return configuration, and the casino chooses one. A higher figure at one source and a lower one at another usually means they read different configurations, not that one is wrong.
What an hour of this game is expected to cost.
That is the maths, not a prediction — a single session can end far above or below it.
Thirty seconds, before your first spin.
What people ask about this game.
The sources we read list 96.50%, 95.51%. Each is a configuration of the same game; the casino chooses which one runs.
3,520× the stake.
High. Higher volatility means longer dry runs between wins and bigger swings in a session.
Because a studio can ship several configurations and each casino chooses one. A review that quotes a single figure is quoting one configuration.
Where every figure on this page comes from.
- Pragmatic Play — official game pageRead · 12 Oct 2026
- SlotCatalogResearch source, not linked · 12 Oct 2026
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The verdict.
5 Lions is a high-volatility Pragmatic Play game released in May 2018, with a 5×3 layout and a maximum win of 3,520× the stake. The sources we read list 96.50%, 95.51% — the same game, set to return less at some casinos than at others. At a €0.50 stake and 500 spins an hour, the lowest configuration costs about €2.47 more per hour than the highest. The sources agree on the figures shown.Open the game rules before you play and check the return printed there.