Divine Fortune is NetEnt’s Greek mythology slot and the studio’s best known progressive jackpot game. It arrived in 2017 with a stone temple setting, mythological beasts on the reels and a jackpot meter sitting above them. The base game is ordinary five-reel play; what people come for is the jackpot round, which is why the game turns up in almost every lobby that carries NetEnt titles.
- Falling wild respins
- Wild on reel
- Free spins
- Three-tier jackpot
- Studio
- NetEnt
- Released
- 2017
- Layout
- 5 reels, 3 rows
- Ways to win
- 20 fixed lines
- Volatility
- Medium
How It Plays
Five reels, three rows and twenty fixed paylines. The paylines cannot be switched off, so the stake is set only by the bet level and the coin value, and the twenty lines are always in play.
Wins are paid for three, four or five matching symbols on a line, counted from the leftmost reel rightwards. Only the highest combination on a line pays. The exact stake range depends on the casino and the currency, so the figure to trust is the one shown in the bet controls rather than any number quoted elsewhere.
Symbols
The low symbols are card ranks cut into gold and stone, and they make up most of what lands. Above them sit the creature symbols of the theme — a phoenix, a minotaur and a lion among them — which pay several times more for the same number of matches.
There is also a wild, which substitutes for the regular symbols and drives the respin feature, and a separate bonus symbol that has nothing to do with line wins and exists only to start the free spins. The order of the regular symbols is listed in the game’s own paytable, which is worth opening once before the first spin.
Bonus Feature
The mechanic that runs through the whole game is the falling wild respin. Any wild that lands triggers a respin, and on that respin the wild drops one row down the reel. It keeps triggering respins and keeps falling until it slides off the bottom of the screen, so a single wild high on the reels can carry three spins in a row. A related feature turns a whole reel wild, which does the same job in a more direct way.
Three bonus symbols start the free spins round. It is short, and its point is not the spins themselves but the jackpot meter above the reels. Bonus coins that land during the round are collected onto that meter, which is split into three levels — Minor, Major and Mega. Filling a level awards the jackpot attached to it.
The Mega is a pooled progressive: it grows from play across every casino running the game and has no fixed value, which is why the figure on the meter changes while you watch it. It also means the jackpot can go for a long time without being hit and then be hit twice in a week. A jackpot is never due — each spin is decided on its own and knows nothing about the ones before it.
Controls
The control panel runs along the bottom of the screen in the standard NetEnt layout. Coin Value sets the size of a coin, Level sets how many coins go on each line, and the total stake shown next to the spin button is the two multiplied by the twenty fixed lines. Max Bet raises the level to its ceiling and spins immediately.
Autoplay runs a set number of automatic spins and its settings can stop the sequence on any win, when a single win passes an amount you choose, or when the balance moves by a set figure in either direction. The jackpot meter stays visible through autoplay, and the game stops on its own if a jackpot level fills.
Every game also carries an information panel with its rules and its return-to-player figure for the build running here. That panel is the accurate source; a number copied from elsewhere may describe a different build — see how to read RTP.
Pros and Cons
Divine Fortune suits a player who wants a jackpot game from a studio with a long record, in a slot that is otherwise easy to follow. The base game is plain by design — twenty fixed lines, one respin mechanic, no tumbling reels or ways-to-win arithmetic to keep track of. The jackpot round is what the whole game points at, and it is reached through the free spins rather than bought or triggered on demand.
It is a poor fit if you want a rich base game, because outside the features there is not much happening, and it is a poor fit if the jackpot is the only reason you are there: the top level is rare by construction, and a long run without it is the normal case, not a sign that the game is close. Nothing accumulates between spins except the shared pool itself.
- Three jackpot levels, so the feature can pay something short of the top prize
- Falling wild respins turn one wild into a short sequence of spins
- Simple to read: twenty fixed lines and no side bets
- From a mainstream studio, so the game behaves the same in every casino
- The base game is thin between features
- The jackpot round is only reachable through the free spins
- The Mega level is hit rarely, and long dry runs are normal
- Card ranks make up most of the symbols on screen
18+ or the legal age where you live. This game carries a house edge like every other. Play only with money you can afford to lose.
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Questions
- How is the jackpot won?
- Through the free spins round. Bonus coins collected during that round fill a meter with three levels — Minor, Major and Mega — and filling a level pays the jackpot attached to it. There is no way to trigger the jackpot round directly.
- What are the falling wilds?
- A wild that lands awards a respin and moves one row down the reel on that respin. It keeps doing this until it falls off the bottom of the reels, so one wild can produce several spins in a row.
- Is the Mega jackpot ever “due” after a long dry spell?
- No. The pooled amount grows over time, but every spin is settled independently and carries no memory of what came before. A jackpot that has not landed in months is no closer than one that landed yesterday.
- Do I have to bet the maximum to qualify?
- The game does not lock the jackpot behind a minimum stake in the way some jackpot slots do, but the rules and current values shown in the game are the ones that apply in your casino, so check the meter and the info panel before you set the stake.
- Can I try it for free?
- Yes, there is a demo mode on virtual credits, and it is a fair way to see the falling wilds and the free spins round. The pooled jackpot exists only in real-money play, so the demo will not award it.