How To Play The Lab Mobile Slot
One for Starburst fans looking for something a little different, we present to you The Lab mobile slot from Elk Studios.
One of the very first mobile games by the 2014 relatively unknown slot software games provider, you might be surprised by our wanting to give it such a high rating in our list.
We equally surprised ourselves. And we recommend you go get surprised. The Lab slot machine is strangely reminiscent of the NetEnt Starburst game, and for more than just the flashing graphics on a win and the chemical symbols that could easily pass for gems.
The thing is, this is quite a different slot machine from the more famous game in terms of features. But when you play you’ll soon see how you can easily come to love this one as much as the original star bursting gem game. It’s all about the constant smaller wins, the free spins feature that hits often, the betting strategies…
Wait, betting strategies? Yeap. And that belongs to Elk games only.
The Lab Slot free spins and wilds
Uniquely, the free spins are triggered by getting the logo on reel 2, row 2. The first three reels will then freeze, and move to become reel 3, 4 and 5, as reels 1 and 2 spin to get you wins.
It makes getting more than about 5x to 15x your bet out of this slots bonus feature nearly impossible, though all winnings are doubled. Thank-fully, after the free spin round, you’ll usually get a couple of scatters giving you an additional 2x multiplier, perhaps even 4x if you’re lucky and get two.
The thing is though, The Lab slot game isn’t meant to get you huge wins. 15x your bet is ‘big’. The trick is to use this mobile slots betting strategies effectively and to walk away when you’re 20% up on your starting budget.
Those betting strategies and unbreakable ways
Two things we love most about Elk Games.
- They have automatic betting strategies which work great on auto-play, so you don’t have to keep changing your bet yourself.
- We dare you to walk away for a half hour, come back, and not find this mobile slot still working.
The Lab video slot works wonderfully, whether as an Android slot or iOS slot. Genuinely, it’s dependable but doesn’t sacrifice sounds and graphics to make it more mobile friendly. Quick tip on the functionality though; hold the spin button to get the autoplay function up. We almost missed it ourselves.
As for the betting strategies, we go on more about them below, but we find the Booster option the best. It will automatically raise your bet level by one after each losing round, until you reach 4 levels up from your starting bet, where it will sit there till you win something, where it will reset to the start. As this slot is low variance, it’s worth upping your stake so you can get bigger wins, and you usually don’t go more than 10 to 15 rounds without winning something.
All in, The Lab slot machine deserves to get more attention from mobile phone casinos and players.
The Lab Slot Stats
| Slot Type | Video Slot |
| Software Provider | Elk Studios |
| Slot Reels / Paylines | 5 Reels / 15 Paylines |
| House Edge / RTP | 3.7% / 96.3% |
| Slot Volatility | Low |
| Coins Range | 0.01 - 0.10 |
| Min/Max Bet | 0.15 / 90 |
| Free Spins | Starts at 10 Free Spins / up to 4x Multiplier |
| Bonus Rounds | Free Spins, Wilds, Scatters, Multipliers |
| Slot Themes | Gems |
The Lab Bonus Features
Free Spins: Get The Lab slot logo in the middle of row two (where the vortex is spinning) and you'll trigger 10 free spins.
The problem here is that reel 1, 2 and 3 will now 'freeze' and move to the right, turning into reel 3, 4 and 5 for the whole of the free spin round. These don't change, though The Lab logo does turn into a wild.
Every win made here is doubled, and depending on the symbols on reel three, you might get lucky and walk away with 15x your bet. You can then hope that a couple of 'X' scatters show up for the final spin, giving you 2x multiplier, each.
Though you enter with 15 free spins, you get +1 and +2 symbols, that give you that amount of extra free spins. You usually end up with a healthy 15 to 20 free spins in total.
Scatters: Every time an 'X' scatter shows up anywhere, it gives a 2x multiplier on any wins that round. Simple, but surprisingly effective as they do have a good sense of timing, especially after free spins. You'd almost think it was done on purpose.
Betting Strategies: Press the bet button and you'll be able to change your min to max bet. Fine. But then slide to the right, and you'll have a choice of three betting options, for different types of game playing.
- Jumper: The bet level will increase by one after every win.
- Leveller: The bet level will increase by two after 5 losing round in a row.
- Booster: Bet will increase after every losing round by 1 level.
This will automatically change as you press spin, or if playing on auto-spin.
