Le Pharaoh slot guide

The Le Pharaoh slot at a glance

Le Pharaoh is the Egyptian entry in a run of “Le” games from Hacksaw Gaming, following titles such as Le Bandit and Le Viking. The grid is six reels wide and five rows deep, giving 30 positions, and 19 fixed paylines run across it. The art borrows gold, pyramids and lucky charms, but the play is all about two linked mechanics: wins that stay on screen, and coins that appear where those wins were.

Hacksaw rates the game 3 out of 5 for volatility, which is the middle of its scale. Yet the top prize is a 15,000x multiple of the stake, which tells you that a small share of rounds carry most of the return. Read the game the way you would any Egyptian slot machine with collect mechanics: steady small results, rare large ones.

Sticky Re-drops: how a Le Pharaoh spin builds

On Hacksaw’s own Le Pharaoh page, the base game is described as a chain. When a winning combination lands, its symbols stay put and the rest of the grid drops again. Any paying symbols that extend that win, or form a new one, also stick and trigger another re-drop. This continues until a drop adds nothing new, and then all the wins are paid together.

1. You start a spin and the grid fills with symbols.
2. A line win lands; those symbols lock as sticky symbols.
3. Every other position drops again.
4. New matching symbols that extend a win, or create another, lock too and earn a further drop.
5. When a drop adds nothing, every locked win is paid.
6. Each square covered by a sticky paying symbol becomes a Golden Square for the rest of that spin.

The Wild substitutes for all paying symbols, which helps chains continue. Rainbow and FS scatter symbols that land during a chain also stick, but they do not create Golden Squares. All sticky symbols and Golden Squares clear at the start of the next paid spin, so nothing carries over between spins in the base game.

Golden Riches: what the Rainbow symbol does

If a Rainbow symbol is on the grid when the re-drops finish, Golden Riches starts. Every Golden Square turns over to reveal a coin, and sometimes a clover or a Pot Of Gold. This is a cash collect mechanic: the prize is the sum of the values shown, multiplied by your stake.

Two kinds of clover change those values. A Green Clover multiplies the coins and Pots Of Gold next to it by between x2 and x20, while a Golden Clover multiplies every coin and Pot Of Gold on the grid by between x2 and x20. A Pot Of Gold collects the values of all coins and other pots, working top to bottom and left to right. Any Golden Squares that have not yet turned then reactivate, and the cycle repeats until nothing new appears.

A worked Golden Riches example at 20p

Say a chain of re-drops leaves six Golden Squares and a Rainbow on the grid. They reveal Bronze 1x, Bronze 2x, Silver 5x, Bronze 0.5x, Bronze 0.2x and a Green Clover showing x3 that sits next to the Silver and the Bronze 2x. The clover lifts those two to 15x and 6x, so the total is 1 + 6 + 15 + 0.5 + 0.2 = 22.7x. At 20p that is £4.54, paid on top of the line wins from the chain. This example is illustrative; the values on any spin are drawn at random from the listed ranges.

Seeing a Rainbow and several Golden Squares does not mean a large coin total is coming. The values are decided by the game’s random number generator like every other part of the result.

Le Pharaoh free spins and bonus choices

FS scatters lead to the bonus rounds, and the number you land sets your options. Three scatters give a choice between Luck of the Pharaoh and Lost Treasures; four give a choice between the Super versions of each; five go straight to the Epic bonus, Rainbow Over the Pyramids.

In the three free spins variants, more scatters add spins: two add 2 and three add 4. The key change from the base game is that Golden Squares do not reset after Golden Riches fires. They stay highlighted until the round ends, so the board gets steadily more gold and every later Rainbow has more squares to work with.

Lost Treasures: the lives-based coin bonus

Lost Treasures plays nothing like the free spins rounds. The paying symbols and scatters are removed, and the reels carry only coins, clovers, Pots Of Gold, two kinds of Stone Tablet and blank “dead” symbols. You begin with three lives. Each spin uses one, and any symbol other than a blank resets the count to three. The round ends after three spins in a row with no refill, or when every position is filled.

Coins and pots stay on the grid until a pot collects them or the round ends. Stone Tablets stay too and act on every spin: the Adding Tablet adds between 1x and 500x to one random coin, and the Multiplying Tablet multiplies one random coin by x2 to x20. That makes Lost Treasures a close relative of the hold and win format, with tablets working as persistent modifiers.

Le Pharaoh RTP: what 96.18% costs per 100 spins

The Le Pharaoh RTP in our facts is 96.18%. Over a very long run, the game is designed to return £96.18 of every £100 staked, so the house edge is 3.82%. Some casinos may run a lower version, which the help screen will show.

Those are averages over millions of spins. In a short session, the result depends mostly on whether a bonus lands and how the coins fall. Our guide to how long £100 lasts on slots explains why two players at the same stake can see very different outcomes.

Le Pharaoh max win at UK stake limits

Hacksaw caps the Le Pharaoh max win at 15,000 times the stake. Online slots in Great Britain are capped at £5 per spin for players aged 25 and over, and at £2 per spin for those aged 18 to 24, as set out in the Gambling Commission’s stake limit guidance (opens in a new tab).

The cap is a ceiling, not a target. Reaching it would need gold coins, clovers and pots to combine in one bonus, and the game will end the feature and pay the capped amount if that happens. See max win caps for how studios set them.

Le Pharaoh demo and how to read the help screen

A Le Pharaoh demo is a useful way to watch the re-drop chain and the bonus choices before staking money. In Great Britain, play-for-free versions are only available after age verification, a rule in force since May 2019. The demo uses the real game’s maths, so it shows behaviour, not future results.

1. Open the game and select the menu or information icon.
2. Read the Sticky Re-drops and Golden Riches pages to confirm the coin values.
3. Scroll to the theoretical RTP line and compare it with 96.18%.
4. Check the maximum win line, which should read 15,000x the bet.
5. Confirm that the bonus pages list scatter triggers only, with no purchase option.

How the UK version of Le Pharaoh differs

Hacksaw supplies many markets where bonus rounds can be bought. Slots at UK-licensed casinos do not offer that, so in Great Britain the only route into Luck of the Pharaoh, Lost Treasures or the Epic bonus is landing FS scatters. The Gambling Commission’s online game design rules (opens in a new tab) also apply since 31 October 2021: no autoplay, no turbo or slam-stop, a minimum of 2.5 seconds per spin, and no celebration of returns that are equal to or smaller than the stake.

In practice, the re-drop animation runs inside that game cycle. A chain of several drops can take longer than 2.5 seconds, but no spin can be shorter. You can read more on our slot game design rules page.

Le Pharaoh slot machine myths

• “Golden Squares build up between spins.” In the base game they clear at the start of each new spin. Only during the free spins rounds do they stay lit.
• “Choosing Lost Treasures pays more.” Each option is a different shape of risk. Hacksaw has not published a return for each choice, so no option can be shown to be better.
• “After a long run without scatters, the bonus is close.” Spins are independent. Our page on whether slot machines remember past spins explains why.
• “The medium rating means small wins only.” A 15,000x cap on a medium-rated game shows that the rating describes the typical session, not the ceiling.

Who the Le Pharaoh slot suits

It suits players who enjoy reading a rules screen and want variety in the bonus. If you would rather have one simple feature, a classic free spins game will feel more direct.

Le Pharaoh and other Hacksaw slots

Le Pharaoh shares its family resemblance with Le Bandit and Le Viking, both rated medium in our facts with 10,000x caps. Dork Unit is an older Hacksaw line game built around wild multipliers rather than coins. For other Egyptian-themed titles, Book of Dead and Legacy of Ra Megaways take very different routes, and our full slot machine guides list every game we cover.

Where to play the Le Pharaoh slot in the UK

We cannot confirm that a specific partner lists Le Pharaoh today, so search the casino’s lobby, because game availability changes. Coral offers 100 free spins at 10p each to new players who deposit and bet £10 or more on slots; the spins are on selected games, must be accepted within 48 hours and last 7 days. Ladbrokes gives 50 free spins a day for ten days (up to 500, 10p each) after you spend £10 on slots. PlayOJO gives 80 free spins at 10p on Big Bass Bonanza with a first deposit of at least £10. Winnings from all three are paid without wagering, and none of the spins is played on Le Pharaoh.

Every offer is for customers aged 18+ and full terms apply, including payment methods that do not qualify. Coral and Ladbrokes share an operator, so read the terms on holding both accounts. Slots are paid entertainment and losses over time are likely; set a deposit limit first, and use GAMSTOP (opens in a new tab) if you want to block all UK-licensed gambling sites. Full details sit on our casinos page.

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