5 Lions Gold

{
  "game": {
    "name": "5 Lions Gold",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "internal_code": "vs243lionsgold",
    "series": "5 Lions (family confirmed present in catalog alongside 5 Lions, 5 Lions Dance, 5 Lions Reborn, 5 Lions Megaways, 5 Lions Megaways 2; not confirmed as an in-game/on-screen label, inferred from name pattern and provider catalog)",
    "theme": "Chinese prosperity / good-fortune theme. Recurring golden Chinese guardian lion (shishi/foo-dog) head as the game's mascot and WILD symbol; other high symbols are a red-gold dragon head, a golden phoenix, a golden pixiu (money-toad) statue with green jade highlights, a koi carp and a turtle; low symbols are royal card ranks 9-A rendered as ornate jewelled letters. Background art: deep blue/indigo cloud-swirl pattern with stylised turquoise ocean waves at the bottom of the frame; the reel frame itself is gilded gold with red inlays and small golden lion-head finials sitting on top of each reel column.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 18 desktop (1280x800) screenshots curated by the TL, plus zoomed crops of the paytable and hero art. OCR (pytesseract) could not be run reliably during this session because of very high host CPU load (load average ~20, other concurrent capture sessions) causing repeated tesseract timeouts on every frame; every screenshot below was instead read and transcribed directly by vision, cross-checked against the TL's manifest notes. All quoted texts/numbers below are read directly off the images.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "grid_and_bet": {
    "reels_rows": "5 reels x 3 rows (5x3 grid), 243 fixed ways-to-win (not adjustable). A blue plaque with vertical gold '243' numerals sits on the far left and far right of the reel frame on every base-game and free-spins screen, constantly reminding the player of the ways count.",
    "bet_mechanic": "ways (243 ways-to-win, left-to-right only)",
    "payline_direction": "left-to-right (ltr) — confirmed by paytable p1 text: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.'",
    "demo_default_bet": "$1.80 (shown as 'BET $1.80' bottom-left throughout base_game/free_spins frames)",
    "demo_credit_start": "$100,000.00",
    "min_bet": "$0.18",
    "max_bet": "$243.00",
    "bet_source": "rules page 7/10 (paytable_p6.png): 'MINIMUM BET: $0.18' / 'MAXIMUM BET: $243.00'",
    "currency_view": "Values shown in USD dollars; rules text (page 7/10) notes 'All values are expressed as actual wins in coins', and CREDIT/BET labels can reportedly be toggled between coin view and cash view (per How-To-Play page), though only the cash/dollar view was captured."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Exact payouts read verbatim from the zoomed paytable page 1/10 (paytable_p1.png). Payout figures below are the game's own dollar amounts at the demo bet of $1.80; multiplier-of-total-bet values are calculated by dividing by $1.80 and given alongside for accessibility/portability.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Dragon (red-and-gold Chinese dragon head, profile facing right, flowing golden mane/whiskers, red ornate card frame)",
        "rank": "top-paying symbol",
        "payouts_usd": {"5": "$12.60", "4": "$4.50", "3": "$1.50", "2": "$0.20"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "7x", "4": "2.5x", "3": "0.833x", "2": "0.111x"},
        "note": "The only symbol in the game with a listed 2-of-a-kind payout."
      },
      {
        "name": "Phoenix (golden firebird with outstretched wings crossed in front of its body, pink/magenta ornate card frame)",
        "payouts_usd": {"5": "$8.10", "4": "$3.00", "3": "$1.20"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "4.5x", "4": "1.667x", "3": "0.667x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Pixiu / golden money-toad (squat golden toad statue sitting on a pile of coins, green jade spots and green ornate card frame)",
        "payouts_usd": {"5": "$8.10", "4": "$3.00", "3": "$1.20"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "4.5x", "4": "1.667x", "3": "0.667x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Koi carp (blue-and-gold fish leaping over a wave, blue ornate card frame)",
        "payouts_usd": {"5": "$6.30", "4": "$2.40", "3": "$0.90"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "3.5x", "4": "1.333x", "3": "0.5x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Turtle (golden long-life turtle with a purple/violet jewelled shell, purple ornate card frame)",
        "payouts_usd": {"5": "$6.30", "4": "$2.40", "3": "$0.90"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "3.5x", "4": "1.333x", "3": "0.5x"}
      }
    ],
    "low_value_royals": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "red with gold outline", "payouts_usd": {"5": "$3.60", "4": "$1.20", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "2x", "4": "0.667x", "3": "0.222x"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "orange/gold gradient", "payouts_usd": {"5": "$3.60", "4": "$1.20", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "2x", "4": "0.667x", "3": "0.222x"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "solid yellow-gold", "payouts_usd": {"5": "$2.70", "4": "$0.90", "3": "$0.30"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "1.5x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.167x"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "blue with gold outline", "payouts_usd": {"5": "$2.70", "4": "$0.90", "3": "$0.30"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "1.5x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.167x"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "pink/magenta with gold outline", "payouts_usd": {"5": "$1.80", "4": "$0.60", "3": "$0.20"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "1x", "4": "0.333x", "3": "0.111x"}},
      {"name": "9", "color": "green with gold outline", "payouts_usd": {"5": "$1.80", "4": "$0.60", "3": "$0.20"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_bet": {"5": "1x", "4": "0.333x", "3": "0.111x"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD (golden Chinese guardian lion / shishi head, curly golden mane, bright green glowing eyes, open mouth showing green tongue/gums)",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols except the yin-yang SCATTER symbol. Appears ONLY on reels 2, 3 and 4 (never on reel 1 or reel 5).",
      "source": "paytable page 2/10 (paytable_real_p2.png)",
      "no_direct_payout_listed": "The WILD's own paytable payout is not shown separately on page 1 or 2 of the info booklet; it is not one of the 11 symbols listed on the payout page. Its win contribution is only via substitution."
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER (round yin-yang symbol: classic black-and-white swirl inside a gold ring with small red Chinese-pattern corner motifs)",
      "rules": "Appears ONLY on reels 2, 3 and 4. Hitting 3 SCATTER symbols triggers the FREE SPINS FEATURE.",
      "source": "paytable page 2/10 (paytable_real_p2.png); also re-stated on page 3/10 (free_spins_rules.png)"
    },
    "total_symbol_count": "13 distinct symbols captured: 5 high-value (dragon, phoenix, pixiu, koi, turtle), 6 low-value royals (A, K, Q, J, 10, 9), 1 WILD (lion head), 1 SCATTER (yin-yang)."
  },

  "jackpots": {
    "type": "3 fixed jackpots, each a fixed multiple of total bet (not a pooled/progressive jackpot pool)",
    "tiers": {
      "GRAND": {"value_at_demo_bet": "$3,600.00", "multiplier_of_total_bet": "2000x", "color": "red plaque, gold text"},
      "MAJOR": {"value_at_demo_bet": "$270.00", "multiplier_of_total_bet": "150x", "color": "purple/magenta plaque, gold text"},
      "MINOR": {"value_at_demo_bet": "$27.00", "multiplier_of_total_bet": "15x", "color": "green plaque, gold text"}
    },
    "display": "All 3 jackpot plaques (MAJOR left, GRAND center-largest, MINOR right) are shown permanently above the reels on every base-game and free-spins frame, each capped by a small golden lion-head icon matching the WILD symbol.",
    "mechanic_golden_reels_jackpot": "Named 'GOLDEN REELS JACKPOT' in the rules (page 5/10). Available ONLY during the FREE SPINS ROUND. On every free spin, random reels turn gold, up to a maximum of 5 reels. If 3 reels turn gold, MINOR is awarded; 4 reels gold awards MAJOR; all 5 reels gold awards GRAND.",
    "source": "paytable page 5/10 (paytable_p4.png)",
    "captured": false,
    "not_captured_reason": "Feature is randomly awarded only inside the Free Spins round and no bonus-buy exists to force it; the single natural Free Spins round played during capture did not trigger any reels turning gold. Mechanic fully documented from the rules text."
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 SCATTER (yin-yang) symbols anywhere on reels 2, 3 and 4.",
      "picker": "At the start of the feature the player must choose ONE of 7 options from a horizontal row of golden lion-head medallions (each a different color), shown on a screen titled 'SELECT FREE SPINS AND WILD MULTIPLIER':",
      "picker_options": [
        {"medallion_color": "silver/grey", "spins": 25, "wild_multiplier_range": "2x, 3x or 5x"},
        {"medallion_color": "red", "spins": 20, "wild_multiplier_range": "3x, 5x or 8x"},
        {"medallion_color": "bronze/copper", "spins": 15, "wild_multiplier_range": "5x, 8x or 10x"},
        {"medallion_color": "purple", "spins": "MYSTERY CHOICE (number of free spins randomly selected from the other 6 options)", "wild_multiplier_range": "MYSTERY MULTIPLIER (range randomly selected from the other 6 options)"},
        {"medallion_color": "blue", "spins": 13, "wild_multiplier_range": "8x, 10x or 15x"},
        {"medallion_color": "gold/yellow", "spins": 10, "wild_multiplier_range": "10x, 15x or 30x"},
        {"medallion_color": "green", "spins": 6, "wild_multiplier_range": "15x, 30x or 40x"}
      ],
      "in_round_multiplier": "On every free spin, a multiplier value is randomly selected from the chosen option's range. At the end of every free spin, all winning combinations that contain at least one WILD symbol are multiplied by that spin's randomly-selected multiplier value. Wins without a WILD are NOT multiplied.",
      "retrigger": "Hitting 3 SCATTER (yin-yang) symbols during the Free Spins round triggers a NEW Free Spins feature, played at the end of the current round; the player can pick a different option before the new round starts. There is NO limit to the number of possible retriggers.",
      "special_reels": "'Special reels are in play during the FREE SPINS FEATURE' (exact difference from base reels not detailed in the rules text; base-game and free-spins symbol art appeared consistent in the captured frames).",
      "background_change": "Free Spins gameplay screens use a warm dark-red/maroon background (with a subtle glowing pink/red orb visible top-right in the captured frame) versus the base game's cool blue background — a non-color, whole-scene cue in addition to any on-screen counters.",
      "source": "rules pages 3/10 and 4/10 (free_spins_rules.png, paytable_p3.png)",
      "captured": true,
      "capture_notes": "Natural 3-scatter trigger was captured: picker screen (25/20/15/MYSTERY/13/10/6 options) -> gameplay (20 Free Spins chosen, 3x/5x/8x multiplier range; visible win $0.20 with dragon WILD pair) -> the feature's autoplay continuation is visible resuming in the base game with 'AUTO SPINS LEFT 55' and credit risen to $99,988.80. No explicit textual 'total free spins win' summary screen was captured (SKIP SCREENS appears to have been enabled, matching the note in the manifest); the round's win is evidenced by the credit increase (~+$30.30 net across the round per manifest tracking)."
    },
    "caishen_random_award": {
      "name": "CAISHEN RANDOM AWARD",
      "rules": "At every spin during the Free Spins round, a random feature can be won. Possible features are: (1) FREE SPINS ROUND — an additional Free Spins round is triggered and plays normally; (2) JACKPOT BONUS GAME — the player enters a bonus game and picks gold coin symbols to reveal a jackpot label (GRAND/MAJOR/MINOR); matching 3 of the same jackpot label awards the corresponding jackpot.",
      "availability": "Available ONLY during the Free Spins round (not in the base game).",
      "source": "rules page 6/10 (paytable_p5.png), titled 'CAISHEN RANDOM AWARD'. Caishen is the Chinese god of wealth/prosperity depicted on the jackpot-tier medallions (bearded figure in red/purple/green robes) shown throughout the jackpot and bonus-game diagrams.",
      "captured": false,
      "not_captured_reason": "Purely random award inside the Free Spins round; there is no bonus-buy option in this game to force it, and it did not trigger during the single natural Free Spins round played. Mechanic and the pick-a-coin match-3 bonus game are documented in full from the rules text and its accompanying 3x3 diagram of coin/jackpot-label tiles."
    },
    "bonus_buy": "Not present. No 'BUY BONUS' / 'BUY FEATURE' control was found on any captured screen (base game, settings, autoplay, or info booklet pages)."
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_max_percent": 96.5,
    "rtp_min_percent": 95.94,
    "rtp_source": "rules page 7/10 (paytable_p6.png): 'The maximum RTP of this game is 96.5%' / 'The minimum RTP of this game is 95.94%' — implies the operator can configure/select an RTP variant between these bounds; the default/currently-active RTP shown in this demo is not separately labelled.",
    "volatility": "High. Shown as 4 of 5 filled yellow lightning-bolt icons (5th bolt is grey/unfilled) next to the word 'VOLATILITY' on rules page 7/10 and again (smaller) on the preview/splash screen. Accompanying text: 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.'",
    "ante_bet": "Not present. No ante-bet control or text was found on any info page or in the base-game UI.",
    "max_win": "Not stated on any captured screen (no 'max win' banner on the preview/splash screen, base game, or rules pages). Marked uncertain below; per project rule this is NOT invented — if needed it should be sourced externally (e.g. affiliate database) and clearly marked as such, which was not done in this pass.",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER buttons start and stop the spin (rules page 7/10); holding SPACE also triggers Turbo Spin per the base-game hint text 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
    "win_rules": "Only the highest win is paid per winning combination on the same pay way; when winning on multiple pay ways, all wins are added to the total win. Free spins and bonus wins are added to the pay-way win. All wins are multiplied by base bet; all values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Free-spins win is awarded to the player after the round completes; the free-spins total win in the history contains the whole win of the cycle. Malfunction voids all pays and plays.",
    "source": "rules page 7/10 (paytable_p6.png)"
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Splash/loading screen shown before entering the game. Large 3D game logo at top-center: '5 LIONS GOLD' — '5' in red-and-gold, 'LIONS' in red-and-gold with white sparkle highlights, 'GOLD' in gold letters with a small golden lion medallion replacing the dot of a stylised 'O'. Below the logo, a purple-framed gold-bordered panel headed 'PICK COINS TO REVEAL JACKPOTS / MATCH 3 TO WIN' shows a 3x3 grid of round tokens: bearded warrior-king portraits labelled GRAND (appears twice) and MAJOR/MINOR, plus plain gold coin tokens with a red Chinese character — a preview of the Caishen jackpot-bonus pick game. Vertical blue '243' plaques flank this panel on both sides. To the right, a large golden Chinese guardian-lion head (green eyes) fills the right portion of the screen — the game's mascot/WILD art — with a white circular reload/enter icon (two curved arrows forming a circle) below it and a small white arrow pointing at it. Below the central panel: 4 round coin/token icons in a row, three dark navy-blue (unrevealed) and one lit gold-orange. Large text beneath: 'WIN FREE SPINS OR JACKPOTS RANDOMLY'. Bottom-right: a 'VOLATILITY' badge with lightning-bolt icons and a square checkbox labelled 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME'. Background: deep indigo/blue cloud-swirl pattern over turquoise stylised ocean waves at the very bottom edge.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Jackpot tier names (GRAND/MAJOR/MINOR) are always paired with text labels, not just colored plaques; the volatility indicator uses filled-vs-unfilled bolt icons (shape/fill), not hue alone."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5-column x 3-row reel grid inside a wide gold-and-red ornate frame; a small golden lion-head finial sits centered above each of the 5 reel columns (6 finials total including the frame's outer corners).",
      "top_bar": "3 jackpot plaques permanently displayed above the reels: 'MAJOR $270.00' (purple/magenta plaque, left), 'GRAND $3,600.00' (red plaque, larger, center), 'MINOR $27.00' (green plaque, right).",
      "side_plaques": "Vertical blue plaques with gold '2 4 3' digits stacked top-to-bottom on both the far left and far right edges of the reel frame, permanently reminding the player of the 243-ways mechanic.",
      "background": "Deep indigo/blue cloud-swirl wallpaper; a band of stylised turquoise ocean waves runs along the bottom of the screen below the reel frame.",
      "symbols_on_this_frame": "A transient random mix (changes every spin) — captured frame shows: phoenix, dragon head, koi, koi, phoenix (top row, left to right); J, pixiu toad, koi, turtle, J (middle row); Q, pixiu toad, K, A, A (bottom row). NOTE: exact per-cell content is random each spin and not a fixed game property, so it is not treated as a documented layout.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "Round hamburger MENU button ('≡' three horizontal lines in a dark circle, opens System Settings) stacked above a round SOUND button (speaker icon, toggles audio).",
        "info_button": "Separate round 'i' INFORMATION button just to the right of the menu/speaker column — opens the 10-page info booklet.",
        "balance_labels": "'CREDIT $100,000.00' and 'BET $1.80' in yellow/gold text, left-of-center.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
        "right_controls": "Round '−' (decrease bet) and round '+' (increase bet) buttons flank a large round SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a circle, with a small red-glowing rounded-square icon inside it in some captured frames — likely a mid-spin/turbo state indicator). An 'AUTOPLAY' pill button sits just below the spin button.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text, bottom-left corner."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "All bottom-bar controls are white icon glyphs on dark circles (shape-based, not color-coded); jackpot tiers are labelled by text (GRAND/MAJOR/MINOR) in addition to plaque color; the 243-ways reminder is numeric text, not a color cue."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "A base-game win captured mid-celebration: reel grid shows two golden guardian-lion-head WILD symbols stacked in reel 2 (rows 2-3) plus a dragon head, a red 'A' pair on reels 4-5, and koi/turtle symbols. Large gold text 'WIN $13.61' appears bottom-center over the reel frame; the 3 jackpot plaques remain visible at top. CREDIT shows $99,940.61, BET $1.80.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large high-contrast gold/yellow text on a dark background, legible without color discrimination; the winning WILD symbols are also identifiable by their distinct lion-face shape."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 10 (header 'GAME RULES')",
      "content": "Grid of all 11 paying symbols (5 high + 6 royals) each with its 5/4/3-of-a-kind (dragon also shows 2-of-a-kind) payout figures in a stacked list to the right of the icon (see 'symbols' section for exact values). Intro text: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Below the symbol grid: '243 ways to win' heading with two small example diagrams — a 3x5 grid with 3 highlighted black dots in a valid left-to-right adjacent pattern next to a green checkmark, and a second 3x5 grid with a red highlighted column (non-adjacent-from-leftmost pattern) next to a red X — captioned 'Wins awarded for left to right adjacent symbol combinations.'",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: 3 green nav controls — left triangle (previous page), X (close, center), right triangle (next page). Page indicator 'Page 1/10' bottom-right. A separate X (grey, top-right corner) also closes the booklet.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The 3 green nav icons are differentiated by SHAPE (triangle-left / cross / triangle-right), not color alone; the valid/invalid ways diagrams use a green checkmark vs. a red X (shape + conventional color pairing, redundant with the checkmark/X shapes themselves)."
    },
    "rules_booklet_pages_2_to_10": {
      "type": "rules",
      "shared_layout": "Same dark semi-transparent panel over a dimmed reel background, framed by the game's gold Aztec... (note: this is a Chinese-themed gold/red frame, not Aztec) ornate border, with the same green ◄ X ► navigation row and 'Page n/10' indicator bottom-right on every page.",
      "p2_wild_and_scatter": "Page 2/10 'GAME RULES'. Shows the golden lion-head WILD icon with text 'This symbol is WILD and substitutes for all symbols except for [yin-yang icon]. WILD symbol appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4.' Below it, the yin-yang SCATTER icon with text 'This is the SCATTER symbol. It appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4. Hit 3 SCATTER symbols to trigger the FREE SPINS FEATURE.'",
      "p3_free_spins_rules": "Page 3/10 'FREE SPINS RULES'. Text: trigger (3 SCATTER), choose 1 of 7 options at feature start, per-spin random multiplier from the chosen range, WILD-containing wins multiplied at end of each free spin. (Full detail in features.free_spins.)",
      "p4_free_spins_options": "Page 4/10 'FREE SPINS OPTIONS'. Row of 7 colored lion-head medallions with spin counts and multiplier ranges (see features.free_spins.picker_options); plus retrigger text (3 yin-yang during the round, no retrigger limit) and 'Special reels are in play during the FREE SPINS FEATURE.'",
      "p5_golden_reels_jackpot": "Page 5/10 'GOLDEN REELS JACKPOT'. Text and 3 jackpot-tier icons (GRAND/MAJOR/MINOR, each capped by the bearded Caishen figure in red/purple/green robes respectively) with '2000 x total bet' / '150 x total bet' / '15 x total bet'; mechanic: random reels turn gold each spin (up to 5), 3 gold reels = MINOR, 4 = MAJOR, 5 = GRAND; feature available only in Free Spins.",
      "p6_caishen_random_award": "Page 6/10 'CAISHEN RANDOM AWARD'. Text plus a 3x3 diagram of the Jackpot Bonus Game pick tiles (Caishen figure GRAND/MAJOR/MINOR label tiles and plain gold-coin tiles with red Chinese characters — the ones to be matched 3-of-a-kind).",
      "p7_volatility_rtp_bet": "Page 7/10 'GAME RULES'. VOLATILITY badge (4 of 5 lightning bolts lit = High) with explanatory text; win-calculation rules (see technical_summary.win_rules); 'The maximum RTP of this game is 96.5%' / 'The minimum RTP of this game is 95.94%'; 'MINIMUM BET: $0.18' / 'MAXIMUM BET: $243.00'; 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.'",
      "p8_how_to_play": "Page 8/10 'HOW TO PLAY'. Explains +/- bet buttons and bet menu, SPIN button, the hamburger-menu SETTINGS icon, the spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo), sound toggle icon, 'i' Information-page icon, CREDIT/BET coin-vs-cash toggle, and the AUTOPLAY button/toggle-to-stop behaviour.",
      "p9_settings_menu": "Page 9/10 'SETTINGS MENU'. Text describing INTRO SCREEN / AMBIENT / SOUND FX toggles, GAME HISTORY link, info-screen ◄ ► navigation and X close, and the BET MENU's bet-multiplier / total-bet-in-coins-and-cash display with its own +/- buttons.",
      "p10_autoplay": "Page 10/10 'AUTOPLAY'. Text: click a preset auto-spins-count button to start Autoplay; 'SKIP SCREENS option auto-skips the feature introduction and end screens after a short period of time.'",
      "color_notes": "Body text throughout is white on a near-black semi-transparent panel; page headers are white/gold; the game's gold-and-red Chinese ornate frame surrounds every page."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Centered dark panel over the dimmed reels, closed via a grey X at the top-right of the panel.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' (grey text with an external-link icon) and a 'TOTAL BET' adjuster: white round '−' button, dark value field '$1.80', green round '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "4 labelled on/off toggle switches, top-to-bottom: 'BATTERY SAVER' (white/grey, OFF position, left) — 'Save battery life by reducing animation speed'; 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (green, ON position, right) — 'Turn on or off the game music'; 'SOUND FX' (green, ON) — 'Turn on or off the game sounds'; 'INTRO SCREEN' (green, ON) — 'Show the intro screen before starting the game'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by the switch's physical position (thumb left = off / thumb right = on) as well as green-when-on fill — position is the non-color cue that remains legible to all color-vision types."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark panel centered over the dimmed reels; grey X closes it top-right.",
      "options_row": "3 square checkboxes in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked), 'SKIP SCREENS' (checked, green fill with white checkmark).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal green-filled slider track with a round green handle positioned toward the middle-right; current value '100' shown to the right of the slider.",
      "action_button": "Full-width green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button at the bottom of the panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state is shown by a white checkmark glyph (shape), not color alone; the primary action button carries explicit text ('START AUTOPLAY') in addition to its green fill."
    },
    "free_spins_picker": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Screen shown immediately after the 3-SCATTER trigger. Game logo '5 LIONS GOLD' at top. Banner 'SELECT FREE SPINS AND WILD MULTIPLIER' on a dark red plaque. Row of 7 vertical medallion panels (silver/red/bronze/purple/blue/gold/green), each showing a spins count ('25 FREE SPINS' / '20 FREE SPINS' / '15 FREE SPINS' / 'MYSTERY CHOICE' / '13 FREE SPINS' / '10 FREE SPINS' / '6 FREE SPINS') above a colored lion-head medallion icon, and the multiplier range below it (see features.free_spins.picker_options for exact text). Footer: 'PRAGMATIC PLAY' branding bottom-left; 'CREDIT $99,958.50' / 'BET $1.80' bottom-center.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Every medallion option carries its own explicit spin-count and multiplier-range TEXT; the 7 medallion colors are a decorative/mnemonic aid only, not the sole means of distinguishing the options."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Same 5x3 reel grid as the base game but on a warm dark-red/maroon background (a soft glowing pink-red orb is visible in the top-right corner of the captured frame — likely decorative ambient lighting for the feature). The 3 jackpot plaques (MAJOR $270.00 / GRAND $3,600.00 / MINOR $27.00) remain displayed at the top. Captured frame shows a small win: 'WIN $0.20' with 'PAYS $0.20' and two small dragon-head icons shown as the paying combination, at CREDIT $99,958.50 / BET $1.80. A visible partial dragon-head WILD-style flame effect is drawn across two reel-2 cells (glowing gold flame trail), consistent with an animated win highlight rather than a distinct symbol.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state is signalled by BOTH the red/maroon palette shift AND explicit 'WIN'/'PAYS' text — not color alone."
    },
    "free_spins_end": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Frame captured just after the Free Spins round completed and autoplay resumed in the base game: reel background is back to the base game's cool blue/indigo, jackpot plaques still shown at top, and 'AUTO SPINS LEFT 55' is displayed bottom-center in place of the usual center hint text, confirming autoplay is continuing automatically. CREDIT reads $99,988.80 / BET $1.80.",
      "note": "No distinct textual 'total Free Spins win' summary screen was captured; per the manifest, this is attributed to the SKIP SCREENS autoplay option being enabled (page 10/10 explicitly states this option auto-skips feature intro/end screens). The round's net win is evidenced only by the credit trajectory, not by an explicit summary panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The return to the base game's cool-blue palette (vs. the Free Spins' warm red palette) is itself a non-textual state cue, reinforced by the removal of any 'FREE SPINS LEFT' style counter and the appearance of the 'AUTO SPINS LEFT' autoplay counter instead."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Stable control positions across all base-game/free-spins frames: hamburger-menu + sound stacked far bottom-left, 'i' info button just to their right, CREDIT/BET labels left-of-center, bet +/- flanking the large central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY directly below SPIN. The info booklet is a strictly linear 10-page sequence (◄/► to move, X to close), with a consistent 'Page n/10' indicator every page.",
    "motor": "Large round click targets throughout; the central SPIN button is the largest single control. SPACE/ENTER keys also start/stop spins (keyboard-operable) and holding SPACE triggers Turbo Spin. Autoplay (with adjustable spin count and Skip Screens) substantially reduces the number of required clicks for extended play.",
    "color_blind": "Most game-state affordances are non-color: jackpot tiers are named in text (GRAND/MAJOR/MINOR) in addition to plaque color; toggle switches use thumb position in addition to green-fill; checkboxes use a checkmark glyph; the Free Spins picker medallions each carry explicit spin-count/multiplier text, not just color; volatility is shown as a count of filled vs. unfilled bolt icons (shape/fill), not hue. Residual note: the 5 high-value symbols are partly distinguished by their card-frame accent color (red dragon / pink phoenix / green pixiu / blue koi / purple turtle) as well as by their distinct creature silhouette — silhouette remains a fully non-color-dependent cue for all 5.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed; AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are purely decorative toggles in System Settings. All game state (wins, credit, bet, jackpot values, autospins remaining, feature options) is conveyed through on-screen text and imagery."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Max win (e.g. 'up to Nx bet') is not stated on any captured screen (preview/splash, base game, or the 10-page rules booklet); left as not documented here rather than guessed.",
    "Which of the two currently-active RTP values (96.5% max vs 95.94% min) is the one actually configured in this specific demo session is not indicated on-screen; both bounds are quoted verbatim from the rules text.",
    "The WILD symbol's own paytable payout (if any, for a full line of WILD-only symbols) is not listed on the symbol payout page; only its substitution rule is documented.",
    "Golden Reels Jackpot gameplay/win screens and Caishen Random Award gameplay (Free Spins Round bonus or Jackpot Bonus Game pick-screen) were NOT captured — both are randomly awarded only inside the Free Spins round, there is no bonus-buy to force them, and they did not occur during the single natural Free Spins round played. Fully documented from rules text only (see 'features' and 'jackpots').",
    "No explicit textual 'Free Spins total win' summary screen was captured for the played round (Skip Screens option appears to have suppressed it); the round's win is inferred only from the credit balance change across frames, not from an explicit on-screen total.",
    "Series/family membership ('5 Lions') is inferred from the Pragmatic Play catalog (5 Lions, 5 Lions Dance, 5 Lions Reborn, 5 Lions Megaways, 5 Lions Megaways 2 all exist as siblings) and from the shared name stem — it is NOT an on-screen/in-game label found on any captured frame."
  ]
}