Editorial note: this is a general guide to how The Spin Lab works. Slot rules, feature availability and RTP can vary between operators and game versions, so always check the in-game information panel before you spin. Slots are games of chance — nothing here is a prediction of results, and no strategy changes the odds.
The Spin Lab slot review
The Spin Lab is a NextGen Gaming slot released in 2015, played on five reels and three rows with 25 fixed paylines. Its main mechanic is the Spin Lab Bonus: three or more scatters award five free spins, and before they start you build the round by picking one feature from each of three rows. With three options in every row, that makes 27 possible combinations.
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How The Spin Lab plays
The game is set inside a neon laboratory, with the reels in front of a blue circuit-board backdrop. Four science symbols sit at the top of the paytable: a circuit-covered cube, an atom, a molecule and a DNA strand, and the cube pays the most of the four. Card ranks from A down to 9 cover the smaller wins.
Wins pay on 25 fixed lines. A multicoloured wild substitutes for every symbol except the scatter, a silver orb that drives the whole game, because three or more of them anywhere on the reels open the Spin Lab Bonus.
The Spin Lab Bonus
The bonus gives five free spins. Before they begin, the game shows a panel of nine features laid out in three rows, and you choose one from each row to create the round:
- Row one: Symbols the Same turns every cube, atom, molecule and DNA symbol into one of the four, Symbols Stacked makes one of them land stacked, and Symbol Prizes picks one that pays a prize each time it appears.
- Row two: Stacked Wilds, Extra Wilds, or Wild Multipliers, which give any win that uses a wild a random multiplier of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x.
- Row three: all wins doubled, wins paid in both directions, or five extra free spins for ten in total.
Your picks change how the round plays, but each result is still random. Because the game hands the design of the round to you, one bonus can look nothing like the last.
Game information
| Provider | NextGen Gaming (now part of Light & Wonder) |
|---|---|
| Released | 2015 |
| Reels and lines | 5 reels, 3 rows, 25 fixed paylines |
| Volatility | Medium to high |
| RTP | Shown in the game’s information panel |
| Stake per spin (UK) | UK stakes are capped at £5 a spin (£2 for players aged 18 to 24) |
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Frequently asked questions
Is The Spin Lab a NetEnt slot?
No. The Spin Lab was made by NextGen Gaming, a studio that is now part of Light & Wonder.
How many free spins does The Spin Lab give?
The Spin Lab Bonus starts with five free spins. Choosing the extra spins option in the third row raises that to ten.
What slots are similar to The Spin Lab?
Try Lab of Madness It's A Wild!, Starburst or Cash Volt. The tiles at the top of this page show them, and you can play them at Fortune Games.
What is the RTP?
The game’s information panel shows it. RTP can differ between operators and game versions, so check the panel in the version you play.
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