Lothar Matthaus: Be a Winner Demo Slot - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction

If you like your slots with plenty of innovation, give Lothar Matthaus: Be a Winner from Skywind slots a spin. This may look like a standard five-reel, 15-payline slot, but the bonus features really make it stand out. More on these later, but you will need your best Mexican commentator voice for the winning cheer bonus!

Land the golden ball wild to complete winning combos and the biggest base game prize. This symbol does the usual substitution duties for every icon except the three special bonus symbols.

The nine paytable symbols are all connected to the German player, including shirts, boots and a German flag. Payouts are in multipliers of your stake, with the wild the pick of the bunch.

This action-packed slot definitely deserves a few free play spins to get the hang of all the features, as the bonuses are what make this game so special.

You can also play on any device from just 0.15.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

Lothar Matthaus is the German with the thunderkick who captained his side to victory in the 1990 World Cup and was named European player of the year. He is now a successful football manager.

Lothar's real voice is there to keep you going through the dead spins, with comments such as ‘awesome’, ‘I like that’, or simply ‘winner’.

The look and feel of this slot are truly awesome, with its animated symbols and angled reels putting you right at the heart of the action. The pounding soundtrack adds another level of immersion to this fantastic football-themed game.

RTP & volatility

You don’t get to be a winner without taking risks, and this is a highly volatile game. The RTP is nothing to write home about at just 93.9 per cent; however, this game has some good potential.

How to play Lothar Matthaus: Be a Winner

1. Before you load the reels, set a budget for your session that lets you enjoy your spins responsibly.

2. You will want to know more about the bonus features, so check out the paytable by clicking the ‘i’ to the bottom left of the screen.

3. Click or tap auto to select between 10 and 99 spins. You can speed up your spins with the turbo feature.

4. Use the plus and minus widgets to select your bet over all 15 fixed paylines.

5. Hit the spin button and see whether you can be a winner!

Min & max bets + top wins

You can play this slot from as little as 0.15 per spin up to a max bet of 300. The top base game win is 750x your stake when you land five-of-a-kind wilds. There is more potential in the bonus features, but the big wins are all incredibly tough to land. As an indication of the kind of wins you could expect, these are the five-of-a-kind wins in this slot:

- Wilds pay 750x
- Lothar portrait pays 750x
- Lothar orange background pays 500x
- Winner pays 300x
- German flag pays 200x
- Red shirt pays 100x
- White shirt pays 100x
- Striped shirt pays 60x
- Football boots pay 60x

Bonus features

This slot is almost as action-packed as a World Cup final, with several inventive and highly entertaining bonus features.

Winning Cheer bonus

Land two or more goal symbols on reels two and four to trigger this bonus.

Long press the hold button and shout ‘goal’ as loudly as you can, then release to win a cash prize of between 3x and 40x. If you are not playing with the microphone, long press hold and then release to achieve the highest cheer level.

Free Kick bonus

Land two or more bonus symbols on reels two and four to get a shot on goal. Pick a shooting angle and reveal a cash prize of between 3x and 25x your total bet.

Free spins

Lothar’s autograph on reels one, three and five triggers the free spins round. Lothar will also award you three free spins for your next free spins feature.

The Winner’s Trophy

This symbol appears above the reels and moves to the left throughout the free spins. If it lands above Lothar, he will reach up and award you one extra free spin. The collected trophies award up to 20 free spins the next time the feature is triggered.

Thunderkick

This feature triggers at random. Lothar kicks the golden ball and scatters wilds across the reels.

Overall review: our verdict

This is a very different style from Skywind and highlights some highly innovative bonus features. This slot may have a football theme, but it is designed to suit every player and is definitely worth a spin.

Knockout Football from Habanero slots doesn’t match this game's visuals; however, it does have a 96.80 per cent RTP.

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