Paylines
10 Paylines (2-way pay)
Ten paylines sounds modest. Then you notice the 2 Way Pay banner sitting top-right, and the whole thing reframes itself. Every line on Dragon Lady scores in both directions, left-to-right and right-to-left, so a cluster of matching symbols anchored on the fifth reel counts for just as much as one starting on the first. That doubled reading is doing most of the heavy lifting in the base game, and honestly it has to, because ten lines on a 5×3 grid would feel pretty bare without it.
This is GameArt's older Khan-engine work, and it shows in a good way. No buy feature, no jackpot ladder, no ante toggle. The headline act is the Dragon Lady herself, a winged maiden in a golden dragon helmet who only turns up on the middle three reels. When she lands she stretches to fill the entire column and hands back a free respin with that reel locked solid Wild. So one Wild can pay both directions at once and then spin again on top. Two Scatters drop a small 2x and open 15 free spins, where those expanding Wilds keep firing.
The numbers: 95.73% RTP, high volatility, and a ceiling of roughly 2,282x your bet. Bets run from 0.25 up to 100. The card gamble sits over every win if you want to push red/black or suit. My one gripe? That RTP is below the 96% mark you'd expect now, a sign of the game's age more than anything. Visually it ditches Chinese-dragon clichés entirely – deep-red brocade, grey stone arches, spellbooks and crystal balls in a castle dungeon. Lean, but the two-way scoring keeps it interesting.