10 Pharaohs

{
  "game": {
    "name": "10 Pharaohs",
    "in_game_wordmark": "10 PHARAOHS (with a small 'PUSH-UP' sub-badge underneath, referring to the paid bet-modifier feature, not a separate game title)",
    "provider": "Push Gaming",
    "theme": "Ancient-Egypt treasure-hunt theme, told through a small cast of pulp-adventurer characters (a gun-toting bandit/guide, a bespectacled female scholar, a nervous lantern-carrying explorer) searching a sunlit desert temple by day and a fire-lit, jewel-toned temple interior once Free Spins begin. Recurring motifs: flaming golden Pharaoh masks, a winged scarab beetle, an ankh, and a golden canopic jar.",
    "art_style": "Flat-shaded 2D casino-slot illustration with painterly cel-shading (soft airbrush highlights on metal and skin rather than flat vector fills), bold dark outlines around every character and icon, warm saturated palette. Base game is lit like bright desert daylight (tan sand, orange sun-glow); the Free Spins state swaps to a warm dusk/interior palette (deep red-purple sky, lit braziers, teal reflecting pools) for mood contrast. Front-facing, static portrait-style symbol art (head-and-shoulders busts on card-shaped tiles) rather than full-body or isometric rendering; no photorealism, no neon/sci-fi elements.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 45+ desktop screenshots (1280x800), the 17-page in-game paytable, the 13-page rules booklet, and zoomed crops of every paying symbol.",
    "method_notes": "All symbol payouts read directly from zoomed paytable crops (paytable_p1.png-paytable_p11.png). All feature numbers cross-checked between the paytable's 'Features' section and the rules booklet ('GAME INFO' panel, rules_p1.png-rules_p13.png), which repeat the same figures in prose form. Jackpot and Instant Prize currency amounts were independently confirmed against the on-screen ladder plates (base_game.png, win_screen.png) at the printed bet anchor of 0.50 fun. Numbers that could not be independently confirmed are listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and not invented.",
    "language": "English"
  },
  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Warm sunlit desert exterior: tan/beige sand dunes, weathered brown stone blocks, a soft orange sky glow at the edges of the frame (base_game.png).",
    "free_spins_background": "Warm dusk/interior temple courtyard: deep red-purple sky, two gold-rimmed turquoise reflecting pools flanking the reels, lit orange braziers on stands at both far edges (free_spins_locked_rows.png onward). This is the primary non-text cue that the Free Spins Feature is active.",
    "reel_frame": "Tall gold Egyptian-papyrus-style columns on both sides of the grid, topped by a gold-and-turquoise carved lintel with a repeating red/teal/gold brick pattern.",
    "reel_cells": "Dark navy-blue, near-black semi-transparent tiles with faint vertical gold divider lines between columns.",
    "logo_wordmark": "'10 PHARAOHS' in thick 3-D gold letters with a dark red/maroon drop-outline, sitting inside a scalloped dark-red banner shape; a smaller dark 'PUSH-UP' badge with a downward chevron sits directly beneath it.",
    "jackpot_ticker_row": "Four adjoining banner plates above the reels, each colour-coded AND text-labelled: MINI = cyan/turquoise, MINOR = green, MAJOR = purple/magenta, MEGA = red/pink with orange wing ornaments (base_game.png, win_screen.png).",
    "instant_prize_ladder": "A stepped ribbon graphic on the left edge of the base-game screen, colour-graded from teal (low tiers, symbol-count 4) through gold to dark orange/red (high tiers, symbol-count 10), each rung showing a currency value and a small numbered hexagon (4-10).",
    "locked_row_meter": "Four horizontal glass-panelled bands stacked above the reel grid during Free Spins, each in a dark blue/purple frame with a gold '+N FS' plaque and a row of small circular collection-dots (grey when empty, glowing green when filled) (free_spins_locked_rows.png, free_spins_locked_row_meter.png).",
    "symbol_card_colors": "Each symbol sits on a colour-coded rounded card: red (bandit), green (scholar), blue (nervous explorer), red/green/blue octagons for the three mid-tier icons, and warm stone-tan/red/purple/green/blue lettering for the A/K/Q/J royals."
  },
  "reel_and_lines": {
    "base_layout": "5 reels x 3 rows (rules_p1.png: '10 Pharaohs is a 5-reel slot game with 3 symbols per reel').",
    "maximum_layout": "5 reels x 7 rows, reached only during the Free Spins Feature via the Locked Row meter (rules_p7.png/p8.png).",
    "mechanic": "Fixed pay-lines, left-to-right, starting from the leftmost reel; only the single highest-value line win is paid per line (rules_p2.png: 'A line win is awarded when a number of instances of the same symbol appear consecutively starting from the leftmost reel. Only one line win may be awarded on a single win line. The highest line win value is always awarded... Wins on separate win lines are added.')",
    "lines_by_grid_size": {
      "5x3": "20 lines, diagrammed individually as lines 1-20 (paytable_p12.png/p13.png, header '5x3 Reel Set Lines').",
      "5x4": "An additional 10 lines (21-30), for 30 lines total (paytable_p13.png/p14.png, header '5x4 Reel Set Additional Lines').",
      "5x5": "An additional 10 lines (31-40), for 40 lines total (paytable_p14.png/p15.png, header '5x5 Reel Set Additional Lines').",
      "5x7": "An additional 20 lines (41-60), for 60 lines total (paytable_p15.png-p17.png, header '5x7 Reel Set Additional Lines'). The paytable does not print a separate '5x6' line diagram; the jump goes directly from the 5x5 set to the 5x7 set, so the exact line count while exactly 5x6 (one row short of maximum) is not printed anywhere and is left uncertain."
    },
    "pharaoh_and_jackpot_symbols_excluded_from_lines": "Rules p2: 'All wins occur on win lines except for Pharaoh Symbols and Jackpot Pharaoh Symbols. Pharaoh Symbols and Jackpot Pharaoh Symbols wins are added to pay line wins or equivalent.' I.e. Pharaoh-family symbols pay as flat 'Instant Prize' awards regardless of position, on top of any ordinary line wins on the same spin."
  },
  "symbols": {
    "note": "All currency values are printed at the paytable's stated anchor bet of 0.50 fun (paytable_p1.png header: 'All wins shown are in fun and valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun'). Because Base Bet = Total Bet in this game when Push-Up is off (rules_p10.png: 'The Base bet is the Total bet selected for each new spin or game round'), the multiplier-of-total-bet figure is simply the printed value divided by 0.50.",
    "wild": {
      "name": "W (Wild)",
      "appearance": "Ornate gold Art-Deco-style letter 'W' with red ribbon inlays, set against a purple triangular sunburst with a golden all-seeing-eye/pyramid glyph above it, framed by a gold-and-turquoise Egyptian border (paytable_p1.png).",
      "payouts": {
        "5": "15.00 fun (30x)",
        "4": "2.50 fun (5x)",
        "3": "0.60 fun (1.2x)"
      },
      "rules": "Substitutes for all other symbols except the Scarab (scatter), Pharaoh, and Jackpot Pharaoh symbols (paytable_p1.png; confirmed rules_p2.png)."
    },
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "The Bandit / Gunslinger (unnamed in-game; highest-paying human character)",
        "appearance": "A stocky, heavily-mustachioed man with a scarred, scowling face, wearing a tan wide-brim hat with a red band; he chews a thin cigar and holds up, near his shoulder, a dark metal object with a short barrel and a rounded rotating cylinder (a revolver-shaped item, described here by its shape/material only). Card background is dark red with gold corner studs (paytable_p1.png).",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "15.00 fun (30x)",
          "4": "2.50 fun (5x)",
          "3": "0.60 fun (1.2x)"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "The Scholar (unnamed; blonde woman with glasses)",
        "appearance": "A young blonde woman wearing round wire-frame glasses and a green collared jacket, holding an unrolled papyrus scroll in both hands. Card background is green with gold corner studs (paytable_p1.png/p2.png).",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "10.00 fun (20x)",
          "4": "2.50 fun (5x)",
          "3": "0.50 fun (1x)"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "The Nervous Explorer (unnamed; man in a pith helmet)",
        "appearance": "A worried-looking man with wide eyes, wearing a blue pith/safari helmet and a blue neckerchief, holding a metal cylindrical hand-lantern/flashlight up near his chest. Card background is blue with gold corner studs (paytable_p2.png).",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "10.00 fun (20x)",
          "4": "2.50 fun (5x)",
          "3": "0.50 fun (1x)"
        }
      }
    ],
    "mid_value": [
      {
        "name": "Red bracelet/amulet",
        "appearance": "A carved wristlet-shaped ornament with a large round red gemstone set into a mechanical-looking bronze housing, on a red octagonal tile (paytable_p2.png)",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "3.00 fun (6x)",
          "4": "1.00 fun (2x)",
          "3": "0.20 fun (0.4x)"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Golden canopic jar",
        "appearance": "A gold urn/canopic jar with a stylised falcon-head lid and hieroglyph-carved body, on a green octagonal tile (paytable_p2.png).",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "3.00 fun (6x)",
          "4": "1.00 fun (2x)",
          "3": "0.20 fun (0.4x)"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Turquoise Ankh",
        "appearance": "A gold-edged ankh cross inlaid with turquoise panels, on a blue octagonal tile (paytable_p3.png).",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "3.00 fun (6x)",
          "4": "1.00 fun (2x)",
          "3": "0.20 fun (0.4x)"
        }
      }
    ],
    "low_value_royals": [
      {
        "name": "A",
        "color": "red carved stone lettering",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "0.50 fun (1x)",
          "4": "0.20 fun (0.4x)",
          "3": "0.10 fun (0.2x)"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "K",
        "color": "purple/magenta carved stone lettering",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "0.50 fun (1x)",
          "4": "0.20 fun (0.4x)",
          "3": "0.10 fun (0.2x)"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Q",
        "color": "green carved stone lettering",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "0.50 fun (1x)",
          "4": "0.20 fun (0.4x)",
          "3": "0.10 fun (0.2x)"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "J",
        "color": "blue carved stone lettering",
        "payouts": {
          "5": "0.50 fun (1x)",
          "4": "0.20 fun (0.4x)",
          "3": "0.10 fun (0.2x)"
        }
      }
    ],
    "scatter": {
      "name": "Scarab Symbol",
      "appearance": "A golden winged scarab beetle with rainbow-gradient wings (green/blue/purple), a pink underside, and a glowing green gem on its back (paytable_p4.png/p5.png).",
      "rules": "Scatter symbol; pays no fixed line value of its own. Landing 3 or more anywhere on the reels triggers the Free Spins Feature (see features.free_spins). During Free Spins, landed Scarabs also feed the Locked Row meter (see features.growing_grid)."
    },
    "pharaoh_symbol": {
      "name": "Pharaoh Symbol",
      "appearance": "A flaming golden Pharaoh bust/mask with glowing orange eyes crossed by bandage-like wrappings, a blue-and-red serpent (uraeus) headdress ornament, wrapped in gold-and-orange striped nemes cloth, wreathed in orange fire (paytable_p6.png).",
      "rules": "Not a payline symbol. May land during the Base Game and the Free Spins Feature. Landing 4 or more anywhere on the reels (in a single spin's final result) awards a flat 'Instant Prize' equal to a Base Bet multiplier, regardless of position (paytable_p6.png-p8.png; rules_p4.png-p5.png)."
    },
    "jackpot_pharaoh_symbol": {
      "name": "Jackpot Pharaoh Symbol",
      "appearance": "Same flaming-Pharaoh-mask artwork as the standard Pharaoh Symbol, but each of the 4 tiers is recoloured and captioned with its own coloured name tag: MEGA (orange/red glow, centre, largest of the four in the paytable illustration), MAJOR (purple/magenta glow), MINOR (green glow), MINI (cyan/blue glow) (paytable_p8.png).",
      "rules": "May land during the Base Game and the Free Spins Feature. Trigger condition, quoted verbatim (paytable_p8.png / rules_p5.png-p6.png): 'When a Jackpot Pharaoh Symbol of any type lands alongside at least 3 other Pharaohs, regardless of whether it is a Jackpot Pharaoh Symbol or Standard Pharaoh Symbol, the Jackpot Pharaoh Symbol Instant Prize Win will be awarded.' Each Jackpot Pharaoh instance ALSO counts toward the ordinary Standard Pharaoh Symbol Instant Prize tally, and 'Both Jackpot Pharaoh Symbol and Standard Pharaoh Symbol Instant Prize Wins will be awarded' on the same spin -- i.e. a spin with exactly one Jackpot Pharaoh plus 3 Standard Pharaohs (4 Pharaoh-family symbols total) pays BOTH the fixed jackpot tier AND the 4-symbol Instant Prize (x2 Base Bet)."
    }
  },
  "jackpots": {
    "tiers_as_base_bet_multiplier": {
      "MEGA": "x5000",
      "MAJOR": "x500",
      "MINOR": "x50",
      "MINI": "x15"
    },
    "tiers_at_anchor_bet_0.50_fun": {
      "MEGA": "2,500.00 fun",
      "MAJOR": "250.00 fun",
      "MINOR": "25.00 fun",
      "MINI": "7.50 fun"
    },
    "source": "rules_p5.png/p6.png ('There are 4 types of Jackpot Pharaoh Symbols, and their values are: Mega - x5000 Instant Win; Major - x500 Instant Win; Minor - x50 Instant Win; Mini - x15 Instant Win. Jackpot Pharaoh Symbols Instant Prize Wins are Base Bet multipliers.') Independently confirmed by the on-screen ticker plates in base_game.png/win_screen.png, which show 7.50 / 25.00 / 250.00 / 2,500.00 at the same 0.50 anchor -- an exact match.",
    "captured_award": "The MINI tier was captured live: free_spins_jackpot_symbol.png shows an in-progress Free Spin (6/13) with WIN totalling 18.50 fun and a Jackpot Pharaoh (MINI, blue) plus 3 Standard Pharaoh symbols on the board (4 Pharaoh-family symbols, satisfying the trigger). free_spins_jackpot_mini_award.png shows the award moment. free_spins_jackpot_mini_result.png shows the same spin resolved at WIN 27.00 fun -- a rise of 8.50 fun, which equals MINI (7.50) + the standard 4-Pharaoh Instant Prize (x2 x 0.50 = 1.00), exactly matching the rule that both prizes are awarded together.",
    "not_captured": "MINOR, MAJOR and MEGA tiers did not land in the ~79 base spins and 1 purchased Free Spins round played during capture; their fixed values are printed on-screen (see above) and are not estimates."
  },
  "instant_prize": {
    "trigger": "4 or more Pharaoh Symbols (standard and/or Jackpot type combined) landing anywhere on the reels in a single spin's result, during Base Game or Free Spins.",
    "ladder_as_base_bet_multiplier": {
      "4": "x2",
      "5": "x5",
      "6": "x10",
      "7": "x25",
      "8": "x100",
      "9": "x500",
      "10": "x1000"
    },
    "ladder_at_anchor_bet_0.50_fun": {
      "4": "1.00 fun",
      "5": "2.50 fun",
      "6": "5.00 fun",
      "7": "12.50 fun",
      "8": "25.00 fun",
      "9": "125.00 fun",
      "10": "250.00 fun"
    },
    "note_on_currency_ladder": "The currency figures above are this documentation's own arithmetic (multiplier x 0.50) for accessibility; the game itself only ever prints the multiplier form on the in-game ladder graphic (e.g. preview.png: 'LAND 10 PHARAOHS TO WIN 1000X'; base_game.png tooltip: '10 [Pharaoh icon] awards a x1000 Instant Win').",
    "source": "paytable_p9.png/p10.png and rules_p4.png-p5.png, both listing the same 7-step ladder.",
    "captured_examples": [
      "free_spins_instant_prize_6pharaohs.png: exactly 6 Pharaoh symbols on the board, WIN rose by 5.00 fun (32.50 -> 37.50), matching x10 Base Bet at 0.50 anchor -- an exact arithmetic confirmation.",
      "free_spins_gameplay_1.png and free_spins_big_win_instant_prize.png and free_spins_multiple_pharaohs.png show further, less precisely isolated, Instant Prize events at higher symbol counts."
    ]
  },
  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 or more Scarab (scatter) symbols landing anywhere on the reels.",
      "spins_awarded": {
        "3_scarabs": 8,
        "4_scarabs": 10,
        "5_scarabs": 12
      },
      "source": "paytable_p10.png/p11.png; rules_p7.png ('Landing 3 Scarab Symbols will award 8 Free Spins. Landing 4 Scarab Symbols will award 10 Free Spins. Landing 5 Scarab Symbols will award 12 Free Spins.')",
      "captured_trigger": "free_spins_trigger.png: 4 Scarab symbols landed (reels 1, 2, 3 and 5), awarding 10 Free Spins (free_spins_intro.png: 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED 10 FREE SPINS').",
      "visual_change": "Background swaps from the sunlit desert exterior to a warm dusk/interior temple courtyard with lit braziers and reflecting pools; a 'Free Spins: N / M' counter appears bottom-centre and a 4-band Locked Row meter appears above the reels (see growing_grid).",
      "outcome_captured": "free_spins_outro.png: 'CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 56.30 DURING FREE SPINS' (purchased round, base bet 0.50 fun)."
    },
    "growing_grid": {
      "name": "Locked Row meter",
      "mechanic": "During the Free Spins Feature, every Scarab symbol that lands is added to a 'Locked row meter'. Each of 4 meters requires 4 Scarab collections to fill; meters are unlocked from the bottom of the stack (closest to the visible grid) upward, growing the reel set from 5x3 toward the maximum 5x7 (rules_p7.png-p8.png; paytable_p10.png/p11.png).",
      "extra_spins_per_unlock": {
        "1st_unlock": "+3 Free Spins",
        "2nd_unlock": "+2 Free Spins",
        "3rd_unlock": "+2 Free Spins",
        "4th_unlock (final, top band)": "+1 Free Spin"
      },
      "grid_progression_observed": "free_spins_locked_rows.png: round starts 5x3, all 4 meters empty, Free Spins 0/10. free_spins_row_unlocked_5x4.png: 1st meter (bottom band, '+3FS') fills, grid grows to 5x4, counter re-triggers 10 -> 13. free_spins_row_unlocked_5x5.png: 2nd meter ('+2FS') fills, grid grows to 5x5, counter re-triggers 13 -> 15. free_spins_row_unlocked_near_max.png: 3rd meter (the other '+2FS' band) also fills, taking the counter to 17 total spins; only the topmost '+1FS' band remains, shown at 1 of 4 collections when the round ends (free_spins_outro.png) -- the full 5x7 grid was NOT reached in this captured round.",
      "push_up_interaction": "If the paid Push-Up modifier is active when Free Spins trigger, the round starts already at the corresponding pre-unlocked row count (5x4 for the 2.5x tier, 5x5 for the 5x tier) instead of starting from 5x3 (rules_p11.png: 'The Free Spins Feature will start with the corresponding amount of active rows.')."
    },
    "push_up": {
      "name": "Push-Up (paid bet modifier, accessed via the 'BET SELECT' panel, not the Bonus Buy dialog)",
      "tiers": [
        {
          "tier": "2.5x Base Bet",
          "effect": "5x4 reel configuration active immediately (both in the Base Game and as the Free Spins starting size)",
          "rtp": "96.46%"
        },
        {
          "tier": "5x Base Bet",
          "effect": "5x5 reel configuration active immediately (both in the Base Game and as the Free Spins starting size)",
          "rtp": "96.31%"
        }
      ],
      "source": "rules_p10.png-p11.png: 'A 5x4 reel configuration enhances the opportunity to activate the Free Spins and achieve the Pharaoh Symbol, equating to 2.5x times the Base Bet. RTP 96.46%' / 'A 5x5 reel configuration ... equating to 5x times the Base Bet. RTP 96.31%.'",
      "payout_basis_unaffected": "rules_p11.png: 'When using Push-Up, wins are evaluated respectively of the Base Bet amount and not the Push-Up amount. The Push-Up amount will only activate extra rows.' Confirmed on-screen: push_up_5x4_grid.png prints 'Total Bet: 100.00 (40.00)' where the bracketed figure is the Base Bet used for line-win math; push_up_5x5_grid_jackpot_symbol.png shows the analogous '200.00 (40.00)'.",
      "toggle_behaviour": "Selected/deselected via the two tiles at the top of the BET SELECT panel (bet_select_pushup.png, bet_select_pushup_5x.png). 'The Push-Up can be deactivated at the end of a game round. When the game is in autoplay, the autoplays must be switched off first to deactivate the Push-Up' (rules_p11.png/p12.png).",
      "visual_indicator": "While active, the spin button on the right toolbar shows an additional purple 'UP' badge beneath the normal spin arrows (visible in push_up_5x4_grid.png/push_up_5x5_grid_jackpot_symbol.png), in addition to the enlarged grid itself and the bracketed Base Bet figure -- state is signalled by more than colour alone.",
      "captured_but_no_paid_spin": "Both tiers were selected and the resulting grids photographed (push_up_5x4_grid.png, push_up_5x5_grid_jackpot_symbol.png); a paid spin/round win screenshot in this mode was not captured to conserve session balance for the main feature hunt. The underlying mechanic is proven by the printed rules text and by the panel itself, not only by inference."
    },
    "bonus_buy": {
      "name": "Random Free Spins (only one purchase option in this game)",
      "cost": "75x current Base Bet",
      "rtp": "96.28%",
      "source": "rules_p9.png: 'Free Spins Feature with a random number of Scarab Symbols for 75x your Base Bet and 96.28% RTP.' Confirmed on-screen: bonus_buy_dialog.png shows a price of 37.50 fun at a 0.50 fun Base Bet (37.50 / 0.50 = 75x, exact match).",
      "dialog_layout": "Single card titled 'Random Free Spins' with the price, a 'BUY' button, and a scarab-symbol thumbnail with two '?' marks either side (indicating the number of Scarabs/spins awarded is randomised); a Base Bet +/- stepper sits below the card (bonus_buy_dialog.png).",
      "captured_round": "Purchased once during this session; produced 10 initial Free Spins (free_spins_intro.png) growing to 17 via retriggers, ending at 56.30 fun total win (free_spins_outro.png)."
    }
  },
  "payout_rules": {
    "basis": "total_bet (== Base Bet in this game, since Base Bet and Total Bet are the same figure whenever Push-Up is off)",
    "citation_1": "rules_p2.png: 'The paytable reflects the current Base Bet configuration, based on the Base Bet per line.'",
    "citation_2": "rules_p9.png: 'The paytable reflects the current bet configuration, based on the Base bet.' (no 'per line' qualifier here, describing the same figure)",
    "arithmetic_evidence": "win_screen.png: printed WIN 0.20 fun at Total Bet 0.50 fun, with a 3-of-a-kind J combination (via Wild substitution) on the bottom row; the single-line paytable value for 3xJ is 0.10 fun at the same 0.50 anchor, and the bet-step ladder (0.10 fun increments) does not divide evenly across the game's 20 fixed lines (0.10/20 = 0.005 fun, a value the interface has no control for), so the game is using a flat Total-Bet basis rather than a true 'per line' stake. The observed WIN of 0.20 fun is explained as two separate winning lines each paying the 0.10 fun tier (see tech_doc field payout_basis in the working manifest for the full arithmetic).",
    "line_evaluation": "rules_p2.png: 'A line win is awarded when a number of instances of the same symbol appear consecutively starting from the leftmost reel. Only one line win may be awarded on a single win line. The highest line win value is always awarded ... Wins on separate win lines are added.'"
  },
  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_table": {
      "base": "96.26% (rules_p12.png/p13.png: 'The theoretical average return to player (RTP) is 96.26%.')",
      "push_up_2.5x": "96.46% (rules_p10.png)",
      "push_up_5x": "96.31% (rules_p11.png)",
      "bonus_buy_random_free_spins": "96.28% (rules_p9.png)"
    },
    "max_win": {
      "value": "5602x the current bet amount",
      "source": "rules_p13.png: 'The maximum payout per game round is 5602x the current bet amount.'",
      "classification": "This is the game's only printed maximum, appears exactly once, is a non-round number, and has no 'Win Cap' heading -- consistent with this provider's 'theoretical maximum of the math model' pattern rather than an operator-imposed round win cap (see provider defect P-U02). No operator-cap disclaimer sentence was found anywhere in the 13-page rules booklet for this title."
    },
    "bet_limits": {
      "min_bet": "0.10 fun",
      "max_bet": "100.00 fun",
      "verification": "Measured two ways: the +/- stepper in the Bonus Buy dialog and independently the scrollable 'Total Bet' list in the BET SELECT panel (bet_select_pushup.png); both agree."
    },
    "push_up_bet_scaling": "While a Push-Up tier is selected, the displayed Total Bet scales by 2.5x or 5x of the chosen Base Bet (e.g. Base Bet 40.00 -> Total Bet 100.00 at the 2.5x tier, 200.00 at the 5x tier); Base Bet itself is still chosen from the same 0.10-100.00 fun ladder.",
    "volatility": "NOT printed on any captured frame (checked: preview, base_game, all 17 paytable pages, all 13 rules pages, settings, info, autoplay). Per provider pattern (P-U05), the only source for this field is a plate on the pushgaming.com storefront page, which was not queried in this documentation pass -- left as an open item for enrichment, not guessed.",
    "malfunction_clause": "rules_p13.png: 'MALFUNCTION VOIDS ALL PAYS AND PLAYS.'",
    "incomplete_game_policy": "rules_p13.png: 'Incomplete games will be automatically resolved after 48 hours. Any winnings resulting from automatic resolve shall be paid to the player's account. Where an incomplete game cannot be resolved, the stake will be returned to the player.'",
    "reel_configuration_note": "rules_p13.png: 'Different reel configurations are used, depending on the progression in the Free Spins Feature' -- i.e. the RTP figures above are computed over the whole growing-grid mechanic, not a single fixed reel set.",
    "versions": {
      "value": "Server Version: 1.2.0 / Client Version: 1.116.9 25-06-2026",
      "frame": "rules_p13.png (printed at the very bottom of the rules booklet)."
    },
    "controls": {
      "spin": "Large circular icon (two curved white arrows forming a circle), bottom-right; also triggers via the keyboard space bar (rules/info panel, 'How to Play').",
      "autoplay": "Round play-icon button above the spin button; opens a vertical list of preset spin counts (Off/10/20/50/100/250/500/1000) with a red 'OK' confirm button (autoplay.png). No separate turbo/quick-spin/skip-screens toggles are present in this build's autoplay panel.",
      "bet_select": "Round stacked-coin icon; opens the 'BET SELECT' panel with the Push-Up tiles at the top and a scrollable Total Bet list below (bet_select_pushup.png).",
      "bonus_buy": "Round star icon; opens the 'BONUS BUY' dialog (bonus_buy_dialog.png).",
      "quick_play": "Clicking anywhere on the screen during a round skips certain animations; the space bar does the same (rules_p1.png, 'Quick Play')."
    }
  },
  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Splash screen shown after the 'Enable Sounds' prompt, before the base game loads. Centred '10 PHARAOHS / PUSH-UP' logo at top. Three info tiles below: 'JACKPOTS' (flaming Mega/Major/Minor Pharaoh masks, 'LAND MINIMUM 3 PHARAOHS TO WIN'), 'INSTANT PRIZES' (the x1000/x500/x100 ladder graphic with the numbered hexagon column, 'LAND 10 PHARAOHS TO WIN 1000X'), and 'FREE SPINS' (a stylised reel-window graphic with a Scarab symbol and a '+FS' badge, 'PROGRESSIVE FREE SPINS FEATURE'). 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' prompt at the bottom.",
      "frame": "preview.png",
      "color_blind_notes": "Each tile is both an icon AND a text caption, so no information here depends on colour alone."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "content": "5x3 reel grid inside the gold column frame, warm sunlit desert background. Logo top-left. The 4-band jackpot ticker (MINI/MINOR/MAJOR/MEGA, with values) spans the top of the reel frame. The stepped Instant Prize ladder (values 1.00 through 500.00 at the captured 0.50 anchor, numbered 4 through 10) sits on the left edge with a Pharaoh-mask icon and 'N awards a xM Instant Win' caption at the bottom. Right-hand vertical toolbar: star (Bonus Buy), play-triangle (Autoplay), stacked-coins (Bet Select), and the large circular Spin button at the bottom. Top-right: speaker (mute) and hamburger menu icons. 'Balance: X fun' bottom-left, 'Total Bet: X fun' bottom-right; a centred 'WIN: X fun' readout appears only when the most recent spin paid.",
      "frame": "base_game.png",
      "color_blind_notes": "Jackpot and Instant Prize values are printed as numbers next to each coloured band/rung, not conveyed by colour alone."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "pages": "17 (paytable_p1.png-paytable_p17.png), one continuous scrolling sheet with no internal tabs.",
      "content_by_section": "p1-p4: Wild, the 3 high-value characters, the 3 mid-value icons, and the A/K/Q/J royals with their 5/4/3-of-a-kind values. p4-p5: Scarab (scatter) description. p6-p8: Pharaoh Symbol and its Instant Prize ladder, then the Jackpot Pharaoh Symbol, its trigger rule and its 4 tier values. p9-p11: Free Spins Feature trigger table and the Locked Row meter mechanic. p12-p17: 'Pay Lines' diagrams, one small grid-highlight thumbnail per line number, grouped by reel-set size (5x3 lines 1-20, 5x4 additional lines 21-30, 5x5 additional lines 31-40, 5x7 additional lines 41-60).",
      "navigation": "Bottom nav bar (shared with rules/settings/info): grid icon (paytable), '?' icon (rules/game info), gear icon (settings), shield icon (info/'Know the Game'); an 'X' closes the whole panel. Scrolling is by mouse wheel/drag inside the panel; a thin scrollbar is visible at the top-right of the panel."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "rules",
      "pages": "13 (rules_p1.png-rules_p13.png), titled 'GAME INFO' at the top of every page.",
      "content_by_section": "p1: reel/line basics, How to Play, Autoplay, Quick Play, Payout Rules. p2: Wild and Scatter rules. p3-p6: Pharaoh Symbol and Jackpot Pharaoh Symbol rules (mirrors paytable wording almost verbatim). p7-p8: Free Spins Feature trigger table and Locked Row meter mechanic. p9: Paytable-basis note and Bonus Buy. p10-p12: Base Bet definition and the two Push-Up tiers. p12-p13: Additional Information (incomplete-game policy, malfunction clause, RTP, max payout, reel-configuration note, Server/Client versions)."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "content": "Single-screen 'SETTINGS' panel, no scrolling. Three rows -- 'All Sounds', 'Sound Effects', 'Music' -- each with its own mute/unmute speaker-icon toggle on the right.",
      "frame": "settings.png"
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "content": "Vertical list of spin-count presets: Off, 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 (the selected value highlighted white-on-dark), followed by a red 'OK' confirm button. Fits on one screen without scrolling.",
      "frame": "autoplay.png"
    },
    "info": {
      "type": "info",
      "content": "'KNOW THE GAME' single-page summary: malfunction clause, base RTP (96.26%), the Bonus Buy option and its RTP, and both Push-Up tiers with their reel size and RTP -- effectively a condensed one-screen digest of rules_p9.png-p11.png.",
      "frame": "info.png"
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "'BONUS BUY' dialog with a single purchasable card: 'Random Free Spins', price in fun at the current Base Bet, a red 'BUY' button, and a Scarab-symbol thumbnail flanked by two '?' marks (the exact number of Scarabs/spins awarded is randomised and not chosen by the player). A Base Bet +/- stepper sits at the bottom of the dialog.",
      "frame": "bonus_buy_dialog.png"
    },
    "bet_select": {
      "type": "other",
      "content": "'BET SELECT' panel. Top: two Push-Up tiles side by side, each showing its reel-icon thumbnail, its price multiplier (2.5x / 5x) and resulting grid size (5x4 / 5x5); the active tile is outlined and filled in a bright purple gradient with a glow, the inactive tile is plain dark grey -- state is shown by outline/fill AND by the multiplier/size text, not colour alone. Below: a scrollable 'Total Bet' list of currency values with the current selection highlighted white, and a red 'OK' confirm button.",
      "frames": [
        "bet_select_pushup.png",
        "bet_select_pushup_5x.png"
      ]
    },
    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Base-game view showing the Scarab symbols that triggered the feature glowing with a bright green outline/halo on the reels, and a scroll-banner caption at bottom-left reading 'N or more trigger Free Spins'.",
      "frame": "free_spins_trigger.png"
    },
    "free_spins_intro": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Full-screen announcement card: logo at top, 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED', a large gold '10' numeral with a winged-scarab emblem behind it, and 'FREE SPINS' beneath; 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' prompt below the card.",
      "frame": "free_spins_intro.png"
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Reels now framed by the 4-band Locked Row meter above the grid (each band a gold '+N FS' plaque with 4 collection dots) and the vertical jackpot ticker moved to the right-hand side of the screen. Background is the warm dusk/interior courtyard. 'Free Spins: N / M' counter is bottom-centre, replacing the ordinary Total-Bet-driven WIN/Balance layout of the base game (Balance and Total Bet are still shown at bottom-left/right, but Total Bet does not decrease during Free Spins).",
      "frames": [
        "free_spins_locked_rows.png",
        "free_spins_gameplay_1.png",
        "free_spins_locked_row_meter.png",
        "free_spins_row_unlocked_5x4.png",
        "free_spins_big_win_instant_prize.png",
        "free_spins_jackpot_symbol.png",
        "free_spins_row_unlocked_5x5.png",
        "free_spins_multiple_pharaohs.png",
        "free_spins_instant_prize_6pharaohs.png",
        "free_spins_row_unlocked_near_max.png"
      ]
    },
    "free_spins_jackpot_award": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "The Jackpot Pharaoh symbol (MINI tier, cyan glow, blue 'MINI' name tag) appears among the reel symbols alongside 3 Standard Pharaoh symbols; a brief award moment is shown, after which the round's cumulative WIN readout jumps from 18.50 fun to 27.00 fun.",
      "frames": [
        "free_spins_jackpot_mini_award.png",
        "free_spins_jackpot_mini_result.png"
      ]
    },
    "free_spins_outro": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "End-of-round summary card: logo at top, 'CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON', a large gold currency amount, 'DURING FREE SPINS' beneath, two crossed gold-and-blue shepherd's-crook/flail Pharaoh regalia icons flanking piles of gold coins at the bottom corners, and a translucent 'PUSH GAMING' watermark centred low on the card.",
      "frame": "free_spins_outro.png"
    }
  },
  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Controls keep stable positions across states: the vertical toolbar (star/Bonus Buy, play/Autoplay, coins/Bet Select, Spin) is always bottom-right; hamburger + mute are always top-right. The paytable/rules/settings/info panels share one bottom nav (grid/'?'/gear/shield) and one linear scrolling layout, so the reading order is consistent between panels.",
    "motor": "Large circular touch targets for Spin and the toolbar icons. Autoplay presets remove the need for repeated clicking. SPACE bar duplicates both Spin and the animation-skip ('Quick Play') function, giving a keyboard-only path through a round.",
    "color_blind": "The game consistently pairs colour with text or iconography for anything state-bearing: jackpot tiers are colour-coded bands but each also carries its own printed name (MINI/MINOR/MAJOR/MEGA) and value; the Locked Row meter's collection dots change from grey to green but each band also carries a printed '+N FS' value; the Push-Up tiles use colour/glow for the active state but also change size/price text and are mutually exclusive by position. The Free-Spins state is distinguished from the Base Game primarily by a full palette/scene change (day desert vs dusk temple) plus an explicit 'Free Spins: N / M' text counter, not by a single colour swap.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No information observed that is conveyed by sound alone; the Settings panel exposes independent mute toggles for All Sounds, Sound Effects and Music. All wins, counters, and feature states are also shown as on-screen text/numerals."
  },
  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Volatility rating: not printed anywhere in the sea of 45+ captured frames (paytable, rules, settings, info, splash, base game, free spins all checked); per the provider's known pattern this figure only appears on the pushgaming.com storefront page for this title, which was not queried during this documentation pass.",
    "The exact number of pay-lines while the grid is precisely 5x6 (one Locked Row short of the 5x7 maximum): the paytable's line diagrams jump directly from the '5x5 Reel Set Additional Lines' (31-40) to the '5x7 Reel Set Additional Lines' (41-60) with no separate 5x6 diagram printed, so this intermediate state's line count cannot be read from any captured page.",
    "The full 5x7 maximum grid was never reached in the captured Free Spins round (it ended at 17/17 spins with the topmost Locked Row band only 1-of-4 filled), so no screenshot shows the maximum board size in play.",
    "The MINOR, MAJOR and MEGA jackpot tiers were not observed landing during capture (~79 base spins plus one purchased Free Spins round); their fixed values are taken from the printed paytable/rules text and the on-screen ticker plates, not from an observed award.",
    "Whether the Push-Up modifier changes anything about symbol weighting/RNG beyond unlocking extra starting rows is stated only in prose (rules_p10.png-p11.png); no paid spin was captured in either Push-Up tier to observe a win directly, though the reel-size change itself and the bracketed '(Base Bet)' figure were directly observed on-screen.",
    "Exact identity/name of the two human high-value characters and the mid-tier icon set is not given anywhere in-game (no character names are printed) -- the descriptive names used in this document ('The Bandit', 'The Scholar', 'The Nervous Explorer') are documentation labels based on appearance, not in-game text."
  ],
  "storefront_cross_check_by_tl": {
    "source": "https://www.pushgaming.com/games/10-pharaohs.html (provider game page, read by the TL at gate time)",
    "volatility": "Medium (single value, not a range — unlike the sister title 10 Cash Bisons, whose page prints 'Low - Mid')",
    "rtps": "96.26% and 94.47%, with the page noting \"RTP's may vary per casino\"; only 96.26% is printed inside the build (rules_p12.png)",
    "highest_observed_win": "10,663.6x",
    "game_category": "Push Actions",
    "scope_conflict_note": "The storefront's HIGHEST OBSERVED WIN of 10,663.6x is LARGER than the cap printed in the build ('The maximum payout per game round is 5602x the current bet amount', rules_p13.png). The two figures do not contradict each other because their scope differs: the 5602x cap is stated PER GAME ROUND (a single spin, free spins included), while an observed win accumulates across a whole Free Spins Feature made of many rounds. Any catalogue value must therefore state which scope it means; the build itself never publishes a per-session maximum."
  }
}