Slingo Shark Week slot
Slingo Shark Week is a Gaming Realms Slingo game released in 2022 and made in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery around its Shark Week television event. Spins of a reel of five mark numbers off a 5x5 grid, and each Slingo moves you up a ladder whose higher steps open shark-themed bonus games. Collect ten Slingos and the ladder sends you to the Shark Wheel.
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Slingo Shark Week: key facts
| Studio | Gaming Realms |
|---|---|
| Theme | Discovery’s Shark Week, made in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Format | A 5x5 number grid above a single reel of five |
| Volatility | Medium |
| Maximum win | 790x stake |
| Slingos | Five marked numbers in a row, across, down or diagonally; each Slingo moves you up the pay ladder |
| Full House | Every number on the grid marked; it has its own prize |
| Wild and Super Wild | Wild: any number in the column above it. Super Wild: any number on the grid |
| Free Spin | Adds one spin, played at the end of the game |
| Bonus games | Reached by climbing the ladder; they include Break the Cage, Fish Grab and What Did the Shark Eat? |
| Shark Wheel | Spun with ten Slingos; a wheel of enhanced bonus rounds and multiplier prizes |
| Extra spins | Can be bought once the game’s spins are used up |
| Autoplay and turbo | Not available at sites licensed in Great Britain; UK rules require at least 2.5 seconds between the start of one game cycle and the next |
| Stakes | UK rules cap online slot stakes at £5 per game cycle, or £2 if you are 18 to 24 |
| RTP | Shown in the game’s information panel |
| Series | Gaming Realms’ Slingo range (Slingo Deadliest Catch is compared below) |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
How Slingo Shark Week plays
Each game starts with a 5x5 card of numbers and a reel of five underneath it. A spin shows a number or a symbol in every one of the five positions, and any number that matches one on the card is marked off. Line up five marks across, down or corner to corner and you have a Slingo, which moves you a step up the ladder beside the grid. Some reel positions show symbols instead of numbers. The Wild lets you mark a number in the column directly above it, the Super Wild opens up the whole card, and the Free Spin symbol banks one more spin for the end of the game. Mark off every number and you reach the Full House, which has its own prize.
Slingo Shark Week: A 5x5 number grid above a single reel of five. Each spin marks matching numbers on the card.
Climbing the ladder to the shark bonus games
The ladder is where Slingo Shark Week departs from a plain number card. As the Slingo count rises, the steps lead to bonus games themed on the television event, played once the spins are over. Gaming Realms names Break the Cage, Fish Grab and What Did the Shark Eat? among them. Which game you reach depends on how far up the ladder your Slingos have carried you by the final spin.
The Shark Wheel at ten Slingos
Ten Slingos lead to the Shark Wheel rather than to a single bonus. Gaming Realms describes it as a colourful wheel full of enhanced bonus rounds and multiplier prizes, so the spin of the wheel decides which reward follows: a stronger version of one of the bonus games or a multiplier prize.
Slingo Shark Week compared with Slingo Deadliest Catch
Gaming Realms took a second Discovery show into Slingo with Slingo Deadliest Catch, built on the same 5x5 card and reel of five. The difference is in what the base game carries forward. Deadliest Catch has Golden Crabs that can land at random and are banked in a pot, each one adding a pick or a spin to the bonus games, and its three bonus games, Crab Grab, Crab Fishing and Crab Hunt, each come in a Day and a Night version. Slingo Shark Week’s headline extra is the Shark Wheel at ten Slingos, which mixes enhanced bonus rounds with multiplier prizes.
| Game | Grid and lines | Bonus games |
|---|---|---|
| Slingo Shark Week | 5x5 grid above a reel of five | Shark-themed bonus games on the ladder; ten Slingos spin the Shark Wheel |
| Slingo Deadliest Catch | 5x5 grid above a reel of five | Crab Grab, Crab Fishing and Crab Hunt in Day and Night versions; Golden Crabs add picks or spins |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
Slingo Shark Week at Fortune Games
At Fortune Games (18+) Slingo Shark Week is filed with the slot games, and the tiles above put it next to other Gaming Realms Slingo titles, including the other Discovery game compared on this page. The UK caps in the table apply to every player. There is no autoplay or turbo mode, as at every site licensed in Great Britain. Fortune Games has an app on the App Store and Google Play.
Frequently asked questions
Is Slingo Shark Week connected to the Discovery TV event?
Yes. Gaming Realms released it in 2022 in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, and it is themed on Discovery’s Shark Week. The theme shows most in the bonus games, with names such as Break the Cage and What Did the Shark Eat?, while the reel itself deals in numbers, Wilds, Super Wilds and Free Spin symbols.
Can you keep playing Slingo Shark Week after the last spin?
You can. Any Free Spin symbols you land during the game each add one spin, and those spins are played at the end of the game. Once the spins have run out, Gaming Realms lets you buy extra spins to keep marking numbers and chasing more Slingos on the same card before the game closes.
How do you reach the Full House in Slingo Shark Week?
By marking every number on the card. Matched numbers do most of the work, while Wilds fill gaps in the column above them and Super Wilds can reach any square on the card. The Full House carries its own prize, separate from the bonus games reached through Slingos.
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Checked on 13 November 2026 against Gaming Realms’ Slingo Shark Week game page, consumer game page and launch post, its Discovery deal announcement and May and June 2022 news round-up, the SlotCatalog record for Slingo Shark Week, Gaming Realms’ game pages for Slingo Deadliest Catch with the SlotCatalog record, and the Gambling Commission’s stake-limit and online games design guidance. How we research and check our guides: our editorial policy.