Lucky Larry’s Lobstermania 2 is a 5×4 40-payline slot and the second edition of the Lobstermania game from IGT. The first game proved to be successful with online casino gamblers so the vendor released another installment and equipped it with three stunningly huge non-progressive jackpots, free spins, two wild symbols, random multipliers of x3 and x5, and a couple of second-screen bonus games. Fun is added by stacked wilds that appear very often in needed positions, thus increasing your bankroll considerably. The game was made compatible with smartphones and tablets, and is available at any time at any place. Join in and have fun with Larry!

This second installment of the game got an extended board that features 4 rows instead of traditional three rows in many other online casino slots. Graphics are nearly the same as in the first version of the game: behind the reels you can see a picturesque bay, calm ocean and a lonely lighthouse. Every element on the screen is associated with the fishing theme: Reels are separated from each other with long ropes, line markers on both sides of the reels are designed as small fishing floats and the reels are encased in an aged wooden frame.

Symbols, bet sizes and payouts

Symbols include low-valued playing cards 8 to K that award x5 to x150. The remaining symbols have to do with fishing and include a boathouse (x300), a lighthouse (x300), a fishing boat (x400) and a buoy (x400). Matching symbols need to appear on a payline beginning with reel 1 in order to be considered a winning combination, and they must number at least 3.

The slot has 40 fixed lines but the minimum bet is 60 coins, not 40 as you might expect it. The minimum coin value is set at $1, while the maximum is as high as $500. With this in view, the lowest and highest stakes one can wager per spin are $60 and $30,000. Payouts are calculated by multiplying a coin value by a related paytable value. For example, hitting 5 buoys at the maximum bet will pay you 400 x $500 = $200,000. This is the top payout that non-feature symbols can produce. There are also very lucrative feature pays and jackpots to be described below.

Two Wild symbols

The slot has two wild symbols depicted by the game logo on the blue and orange backgrounds. An orange wild is more valuable than the blue one. Hitting five of the former, you will get x8000, while a blue wild pays out x1000 for five of a kind. Both are substitutes for all regular icons and are used interchangeably. Besides, the wilds come in stacks, meaning a spin can end up with multiple copies of the same symbol on the screen, and this almost inevitably leads to good wins.

Multiplier feature

You will sometimes see a small sub-symbol of x3 or x5 appearing on reels 3 on top of some other symbols. These are bonus multipliers that apply to a line win, if any. The multiplier of x5 may appear on all high-valued symbols and the triple multiplier can land on the same symbols except for Boat. If, for example, you manage to hit five buoys plus a x5 multiplier, you may scoop up to one million dollars if playing at max.

Bonus picker

A happy pop-eyed lobster wearing a cowboy hat and smoking a pipe is a bonus symbol. When 3 of them land on reels 1, 2 and 3, you are offered to select a bonus you want to play: free spins or Lucky Larry’s Buoy Bonus 2. Before proceeding to the selected feature, you get an instant award of x40 to x95.

Free spins

If you chose this kind of bonus on the Bonus Picker stage, you get 5 free spins with the possibility of 5 extra spins if 3 bonus symbols land. During free spins, the paytable is actually the same as in base game but the gameplay has some limitations such as no bonus multipliers on reel 3 and no Jackpot symbols.

Buoy Bonus 2

This is a multi-leveled feature with a very high win potential. It starts if you have picked Lucky Larry’s Buoy Bonus 2 on the Picker stage. On a new screen you are to choose your fishing location, either Brazil, Australia or Maine.

You will see Larry on board a fishing boat and nine big fishing floats. You are awarded 2 to 4 picks at the beginning and your task is to pick any float. Each selection adds 2 to 4 lobsters to the trap, and each lobster than awards x10 to x575 a coin value. One of the fishing floats reveals a Golden Lobster that advances you to the next bonus stage.

• If you fished in Australia, the slot unlocks a Kangaroo bonus in which you are to pick kangaroos and earn more cash prizes (a total of x200 to x800 per bonus)
• If you fished in Brazil, you will open the Octopus bonus where you are to find treasures in octopus-guarded sunk chests (a total of x200 to x1000)
• If you were located in Maine, you proceed to a Pelican bonus which pays out x160 to x625.

To summarize, hitting three bonus icons, you can choose free spins or go fishing to three destinations, each having the chance to unlock one more pick-to-win bonus.

Non-progressive jackpots

Above the reels there are three jackpot meters that have variable values and depend on a coin value selected for wagering. Light Trap (the smallest) is x2500 times a coin value, Full Trap is x10,000, while Mother Lode (the biggest) generates a healthy x50,000. These are not progressive prizes because they are not accumulated but have a fixed nature.

A small Jackpot icon may at any time appear on top of any symbol. To get a related jackpot (from the smallest to the biggest), you need to see three, four or five of these icons in any position on consecutive reels. No information is available on the bet size to winning odds correlation.

Summary

Lucky Larry’s Lobstermania 2 is a 5-reel video slot with three huge jackpots, free spins and two-level bonus games. There are also two different wild symbols that appears stacked. Besides, you will enjoy win multipliers on the central reel. Compatible with all major mobile devices.