5 Lions Dance Demo Mode

From Pragmatic Play, 5 Lions Dance sticks to a festive lion-dance theme and keeps gameplay lean. Heads of different lions do the heavy lifting, while a separate Lion Reel can drop a straight multiplier to the bet. If you want to poke around before risking anything, the demo is available right on this page; other titles from the same studio are easy to try in the Legalbet slots section.

96%
Return to player
RTP means Return to Player and describes the theoretical payout ratio of casino games. The higher the RTP, the higher percentage of your bets you can expect to get back in the form of winnings. The RTP in real-money casinos can differ.
2700x
Max win
Medium volatility
Volatility
Volatility, in online gambling, is a term used to assess the risk of losing a bet. In other words, it suggests how rare or often players can expect to win or how big or small they can expect the prizes to be.
Slots
Game type
0,2
Min bet
The lowest amount a player can wager on a specific game. It is also a bonus requirement where you can bet above a certain amount to claim your bonus.
100
Max bet
The rule which indicates the highest amount you can bet on a casino game. It is also a bonus requirement where you can only bet up to a certain amount to claim your bonus.

Where to play for real money?

All casinos
Betfred Casino Review
Bet £10 Get 200 Free Spins
JeffBet Casino Review
100% welcome bonus up to £100
Bluefox Casino Review
Welcome Package Up To £1,000 + Free Spins
Unibet Casino Review
Get 200 Free Spins on £10 Deposit
10bet Casino Review
100% up to £50 on first deposit.
Play
Gentleman Jim Casino Review
20 FREE SPINS
Play
Hollywoodbets Casino Review
100 Free Spins
Cosmic Spins Casino Review
100% bonus match up to £100

Information

Bonus game
Available on mobile
Jackpot
Quickspin
Auotoplay
Demo mode
Game developer Pragmatic Play
Release date 15.09.2020
Last page update November 2025

More games by Pragmatic Play 48

Design and Theme

🖼️ Graphics

The base game features a warm night scene with lanterns and tiled roofs on the edges, the reels boxed in red lacquer and gold filigree. The board feels dense: glossy lion masks stack in columns, accented by neon-pink letters and a soft firework haze behind the frame.

In the bonus mode, the backdrop cools to deep blue, sparkles drift across the reels, and the gold trim pops harder against the darker field. Lion heads appear larger and more frequent, so a spin can look like a festival float packed edge to edge, while scatter panels and win banners add extra glare.

🎶 Sound

Asian motifs carry the soundtrack. Spins land with a muted drum thud. Small wins add a quick splashy flourish, like a cymbal flick. In features, the music tightens and loops faster, but still sits behind the action, keeping the rhythm without nagging the ears.

Mechanics

🥁 Grid size

5x4

📊 Ways to win

1,024

➕ Bonus game

🤑 Jackpot

💸 Extra bet / Ante Bet

🪂 Fixed multipliers

♻️ Respins

❎ Gamble

Winning Combinations

Top symbols:

Symbol

3

4

5

Gold lion

x1

x4

x20

White / Red lion

x0.5

x3

x8

Green / Teal / Jade lion

x0.4

x1.5

x4

Low symbols:

Symbol

3

4

5

A / K

x0.2

x1

x3

Q / J / 10

x0.1

x0.4

x2

Special Symbols

  • Wild (golden drum-knot bauble): substitutes for all except Scatter and Lion Reel. Appears on reels 2–5 only.
  • Scatter (drum with “SCATTER”): needed to launch Free Spins; also pays x1 total bet when 3 land.
  • Lion Reel (green “LION REEL” tile): launches the Lion Reel Bonus.

Bonus Game

  • Free Spins launch when 3 Scatter symbols land anywhere on the reels, awarding 10 free spins to start. During this feature, all lion-head symbols that appear on the screen behave differently: once the initial win is paid, every lion head on the grid transforms into another random lion head. The slot then recalculates and pays again according to the new symbol’s paytable.
    Landing another 3 Scatter symbols during Free Spins retriggers the feature for 10 extra spins, and there’s no retrigger limit.
  • Lion Reel Bonus: Triggered by 3 Lion Reel symbols. Reels 1 and 2 fuse into a single expanded money reel that contains only straight bet multipliers. The reel spins once and pays one of the following: x5, x10, x15, x20, x25, x50, x75, x100, x150, x200.

RTP, Volatility, Max Win

RTP — 96.5%. Volatility high. Max win capped at x2,700 of the bet.

Our Verdict

This is a festival slot that keeps things clean. The base can feel narrow, but the Free Spins morph pays off visually and mechanically when a messy board flips into matching heads and scores twice. The Lion Reel is a blunt tool, yet satisfying because it resolves in a single click. 

We’d pick it when we want straightforward features with tidy presentation, not a maze of modifiers. If you prefer a classic book mechanic with a symbol that is both wild and scatter, try Book of Dead. If, after this parade, you want to walk into the dark, go for Mental.

Post by:

Andy H
Andy H
Site Manager
Copy the token