Treasure Horse

Treasure Horse is a Pragmatic Play take on the classic three-reel slot, dressed in Chinese style with pagodas on the horizon and lucky coins on the reels. It has three reels, three rows and 18 paylines, high volatility and stakes from 0.18 € to 90 € per spin.

The real draw is the free spins round. Three horse scatters award eight spins, a fourth reel full of multipliers joins the grid, and every symbol becomes stacked, while each extra scatter adds another spin with no upper limit. With a 96.52 % RTP and a top win of 540000 €, it suits players who like retro layouts but want a bonus with genuine punch.

The game combines a traditional fruit-machine layout with an Asian setting. Pagodas stand in the distance behind the reels, and the colour scheme leans on the reds and golds associated with good fortune.

A control bar along the bottom keeps the stake settings simple, and a soundtrack plays during the session. The graphics are clean and load quickly in the browser, so there is no software to install.

Treasure Horse is a high-variance slot. On average it pays out less often, but the chance of a large win in a short space of time is higher than in calmer games. That makes it best suited to players who enjoy some risk, although its simple layout keeps it easy for beginners to understand.

Players who want a similar retro feel can also look at Triple Dragons, another Pragmatic Play three-reel game with Chinese styling.

The paytable is short and easy to read, ranked from top to bottom:

• Gold coin: the best regular symbol, paying up to 2,000 coins.
• Bag of coins: up to 750 coins.
• Double 8s: up to 375 coins.
• Bar symbols: the triple bar pays 100 coins, the double bar 50 coins and the single bar 25 coins.

The stake is built from two settings in the control bar: a coin value between 0.01 and 0.50, and between 1 and 10 coins. Together, they produce a range of 0.18 € to 90 € per spin. Autoplay can repeat spins at the chosen stake.

Even with only three reels, the game offers 18 paylines, which gives a 3x3 grid far more ways to connect than a traditional single-line machine. Three matching symbols on a payline are needed for a win.

The wild tops the paytable: three on one payline pay up to 5,000 coins, more than double the gold coin's best result. Wins on more than one line in the same spin are added together.

The bonus round transforms the game:

• Wild: substitutes for every symbol except the scatter and pays up to 5,000 coins for three on a line.
• Horse scatter: appears on all reels. Three of them trigger eight free spins.
• Multiplier reel: during the free spins, a fourth reel containing only multipliers is added. After each spin, one multiplier on that reel is chosen at random and applied to the spin's total win.
• Stacked symbols: every symbol is stacked on every reel for the duration of the feature, making full-line hits more frequent.
• Extra spins: each additional scatter landed during the round adds one more free spin, with no limit.

Stacked reels and a multiplier on every spin are what give this compact slot its 540000 € ceiling.