Irish Crown

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Irish Crown",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "theme": "Irish folklore / St. Patrick's Day luck theme: a friendly leprechaun mascot (orange-bearded man in a green top hat with a gold four-leaf-clover hatband ornament and green coat) in a sunny Irish meadow with rolling green hills, a rainbow, and a large leafy tree. The free-spins feature swaps the same meadow set to a magical night-time version (starry sky, glowing mushrooms, soft teal fairy-light glow).",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) from 24 desktop screenshots (1280x800) + OCR/manifest notes + zoomed pixel-level crops for the volatility bolt count and logo iconography.",
    "method_notes": "All numeric claims were verified by opening the full-resolution frame and/or a zoomed crop myself (volatility bolt count, crown-ladder $ values at three different bets, real bet ceiling on base_game_max_bet.png, RTP/max-win/bet-limit text on the info booklet). Nothing was taken from memory or inferred from the file name alone.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "grid_and_mechanic": {
    "layout": "5 reels x 3 rows, all reels the same height (3 symbols each) - confirmed on every base_game/free_spins frame.",
    "mechanic": "Lines (fixed paylines), NOT ways/megaways/cluster. 20 fixed paylines, shown as a 4-row x 5-column diagram of line-index numbers 1 to 20 on the info booklet page 4/7 (paytable_p4.png).",
    "mechanic_source": "paytable_p4.png: 'All symbols pay from left to right on selected paylines. All wins are multiplied by bet per line. ... Only the highest win is paid per line. When winning on multiple paylines, all wins are added to the total win.' plus the printed 1-20 line-number grid.",
    "note_on_slug": "The demo slug contains 'vs20irishcrown'. The '20' happens to match the real payline count here (confirmed by the diagram), but per project precedent this prefix is an internal PP code and was NOT trusted on its own - the diagram is the actual evidence."
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Bright daytime Irish meadow: pale blue sky with soft white clouds, a large multi-colored rainbow arcing from the upper-right, rolling bright-green hills, a large leafy green tree filling the top-left corner, small pink/white wildflowers and clover in the foreground grass.",
    "reel_frame": "Dark reddish-brown wood-panel reel background set inside an ornate gold frame with a raised gold Celtic-knot border and small gold four-leaf-clover ornaments at the frame's outer corners; the frame rests on a rounded gold pedestal base.",
    "title_plaque": "Dark forest-green rounded plaque above the reels reading 'IRISH CROWN' in bevelled gold 3-D letters, with a small gold crown icon perched above the 'C' of CROWN and tiny green clover-leaf decorations at each end of the plaque.",
    "reel_cells": "Individual symbols sit directly on the dark wood-brown reel background, separated only by faint vertical reel dividers (no per-cell border).",
    "crown_ladder_panel": "Tall vertical stack of rounded rectangular tiers on the far left of the screen: dark navy-blue tier background with a thin gold border; each tier number (3 through 9) is printed in gold inside a small dark-maroon circle with a gold ring; tier values are gold/yellow text; the top tier ('10') is a wider dark-purple plaque with green 'BIG MONEY' text and small gold stars either side, topped by a green 'BIG MONEY' ribbon banner over the '10'. When a tier is met on the current spin, its row background turns solid GREEN instead of navy-blue (seen in base_game_crown_ladder_win.png, tier 6).",
    "buy_and_ante_panels": "Two stacked vertical plaques on the right side of the base-game screen (base game only, not shown mid free-spins): the upper plaque is dark navy with a gold border and reads 'BUY FREE SPINS' in bold green letters over a gold-outlined dollar price; the lower plaque is the ANTE BET panel, also dark navy/gold, showing the preview bet amount in gold ('BET $x.xx'), green text 'HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE', and a pill-shaped toggle switch with a small gold four-leaf-clover token: the track fills RED with the clover token on the LEFT when ANTE is OFF, and fills GREEN with the clover token slid to the RIGHT when ANTE is ON.",
    "free_spins_background": "Night-time version of the same meadow: deep navy-to-purple starry sky, a glowing pale moon-light haze, a dark purple mountain silhouette on the right, soft teal/turquoise magical glow around the 'CONGRATULATIONS' trigger sign, glowing blue-cap mushrooms and clover tufts in the foreground grass. The reel frame, title plaque and crown ladder panel keep the same gold/wood styling as the base game.",
    "symbol_colors": "Green square gem (bright emerald green with a bright diagonal highlight), red round gem/ruby (deep red-pink), gold/amber round gem/topaz (warm yellow-orange), blue round gem/sapphire (cobalt blue); royal letters A (bright green), K (purple/magenta), Q (blue), J (red), 10 (orange-gold with an engraved Celtic knot pattern); WILD is a gold 3-D 'WILD' wordmark over a Celtic-knot medallion on a dark-blue background with a gold-and-red ornate border; SCATTER is a bright green four-leaf clover jewel with green 'SCATTER' text beneath it; MYSTERY is a dark-red plaque with green 'IRISH CROWN' text in a gold frame (the same title styling as the game logo, in miniature); CROWN is a solid gold crown with a red velvet interior cap and a green four-leaf-clover jewel set in the front band; LEPRECHAUN (free spins only, reel 5) is a portrait of the mascot leprechaun's head in a circular gold frame.",
    "buttons_and_ui": "Bottom-bar round icon buttons are white glyphs on dark semi-transparent circles (menu hamburger, speaker, spin-speed cycle icon, information 'i'); CREDIT and BET labels are yellow/gold text; the SPIN button is a large white double-curved-arrow icon on a black circle; bet +/- are white glyphs on white ('-') and green ('+') circles; AUTOPLAY is a dark pill button with white text.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold (frames, ladder borders, most numerals), green (title plaque, clover motifs, 'ON'/positive toggle states, BUY FREE SPINS text), navy/dark-blue (panel backgrounds), dark red/maroon (ladder tier-number circles, WILD/MYSTERY card backgrounds)."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All payouts read directly from the info booklet page 1/7 (paytable_p1.png), captured at the demo's default base bet of $2.00 (20 fixed paylines, bet multiplier 20x, coin value implied). Multiplier-of-total-bet column = dollar value / $2.00. Values were legible without zooming; no OCR uncertainty on this page.",
    "regular_symbols": [
      {"name": "Green square gem", "appearance": "Faceted bright-green square gem in a gold pronged frame", "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol", "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$40.00", "4": "$10.00", "3": "$5.00"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "20x", "4": "5x", "3": "2.5x"}},
      {"name": "Red round gem (ruby)", "appearance": "Faceted deep-red round gem in a gold claw setting", "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$20.00", "4": "$7.50", "3": "$2.50"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "10x", "4": "3.75x", "3": "1.25x"}},
      {"name": "Gold/amber round gem (topaz)", "appearance": "Faceted warm yellow-orange round gem in a gold claw setting", "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$5.00", "3": "$2.00"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "5x", "4": "2.5x", "3": "1x"}},
      {"name": "Blue round gem (sapphire)", "appearance": "Faceted cobalt-blue round gem in a gold claw setting", "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$6.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$1.00"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "3x", "4": "1x", "3": "0.5x"}},
      {"name": "A (royal letter)", "color": "bright green with a gold Celtic knot inline pattern", "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$4.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.50"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "2x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.25x"}},
      {"name": "K (royal letter)", "color": "purple/magenta with a gold Celtic knot inline pattern", "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$3.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.50"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "1.5x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.25x"}},
      {"name": "Q (royal letter)", "color": "blue with a gold Celtic knot inline pattern", "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$2.00", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "1x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "J (royal letter)", "color": "red with a gold Celtic knot inline pattern", "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$2.00", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "1x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "10 (royal letter)", "color": "orange-gold with an engraved Celtic knot pattern", "rank": "lowest-paying regular symbol", "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$1.00", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "0.5x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.2x"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Gold bevelled 'WILD' wordmark laid over an interwoven gold Celtic-knot medallion, dark navy background, ornate gold-and-red decorative border (same visual family as an ornamental playing-card back).",
      "reels_seen_on": "Any reel (observed on reel 3 of the base game, reel 4 during free spins, and reel 2 during free spins across the captured frames) - no reel restriction text found on the paytable.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols EXCEPT the SCATTER, MYSTERY and LEPRECHAUN symbols.",
      "payouts_usd_at_2_bet": {"5": "$50.00", "4": "$25.00", "3": "$5.00"},
      "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "25x", "4": "12.5x", "3": "2.5x"},
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "Bright-green four-leaf-clover jewel in a gold frame with green 'SCATTER' text beneath it.",
      "rules": "Can appear only on reels 2, 3 and 4. Has no direct line/scatter cash payout printed - its sole function is to trigger and retrigger the Free Spins feature (3+ anywhere = trigger; 1/2/3 during the feature = retrigger).",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png (appearance/reel restriction) + paytable_p3.png (trigger/retrigger rule)"
    },
    "mystery": {
      "name": "MYSTERY",
      "appearance": "Dark-red plaque with a gold ornate frame reading 'IRISH CROWN' in green 3-D letters - a miniature version of the game's own title art used as the mystery tile.",
      "reels_seen_on": "Can appear on all reels.",
      "rules": "Whenever it hits, ALL instances of the MYSTERY symbol currently on the grid transform into the same single randomly-chosen paying symbol, EXCEPT WILD (i.e. it can never resolve into a WILD).",
      "source": "paytable_p2.png; also visually confirmed on base_game_mystery_symbol.png (5 MYSTERY tiles + 2 SCATTER clover tiles landed simultaneously, pre-transformation)."
    },
    "crown_special_symbol": {
      "name": "CROWN",
      "appearance": "Solid gold crown with a red velvet interior 'cap' and a green four-leaf-clover jewel set into the front gold band; no text on the icon itself.",
      "reels_seen_on": "Can appear on all reels/any position.",
      "rules": "Not a payline symbol - it is counted anywhere on the visible grid (up to 15 cells) each spin to drive the Crown Ladder / BIG MONEY mechanic (see features.crown_ladder_and_big_money below). It has no per-symbol paytable entry of its own.",
      "source": "paytable_p2.png"
    },
    "leprechaun_free_spins_only": {
      "name": "LEPRECHAUN",
      "appearance": "Circular gold-framed portrait of the same red-bearded, green-top-hatted leprechaun mascot seen on the preview screen.",
      "reels_seen_on": "Can appear ONLY on reel 5, and only during the Free Spins round.",
      "rules": "Each time it lands, it causes the 10, J, Q, K and A symbols to permanently become CROWN symbols, IN THAT ORDER, one rank per LEPRECHAUN hit, applied after each spin for the rest of the round. After the 5th LEPRECHAUN hit (i.e. once A has also become CROWN), the LEPRECHAUN symbol itself stops paying/giving a win when it lands again.",
      "source": "paytable_p3.png"
    }
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent_base": 96.52,
    "rtp_percent_ante_bet": 96.53,
    "rtp_percent_buy_free_spins": 96.53,
    "rtp_source": "paytable_p4.png: 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.52%. The RTP of the game when using the \"ANTE BET\" is 96.53%. The RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.53%.'",
    "volatility": "High. Badge shows exactly 4 of 5 lightning-bolt icons fully filled solid gold and the 5th bolt fully grey/empty - verified with a x6 pixel zoom of the badge on paytable_p4.png; there are NO half-filled bolts. 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.'",
    "bet_min": "$0.20",
    "bet_max_normal_play": "$240.00 - measured directly: pressed the '+' bet button to the hard stop (base_game_max_bet.png), at which point the '+' button icon visibly greys out/disables and the bet-menu overlay (info_bet_menu_max.png) reads BET MULTIPLIER 20x, BET (units) 10, COIN VALUE $1.20, TOTAL BET $240.00, with a 'BET MAX' shortcut button.",
    "bet_max_printed_on_booklet": "$300.00 - this is the printed 'MAXIMUM BET' on paytable_p4.png, but it corresponds to the ANTE BET mode ceiling, not normal play: $240.00 (normal max) x 1.25 (ante multiplier) = $300.00. This matches the project pattern of printed MAXIMUM BET including a special-bet multiplier.",
    "ante_bet": {
      "mechanic": "A pill-shaped toggle switch in a side panel ('BET $x.xx / HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE') next to the reels. OFF = normal play, bet multiplier 20x per the bet menu. ON = bet multiplier 25x, i.e. total bet becomes 1.25x the base bet.",
      "measured_ratio": "Confirmed on three separate bet levels with the toggle ON: base $2.00 -> ante total $2.50; base $3.00 -> ante total $3.75; base $240.00 (max) -> ante total $300.00. All three give exactly the 1.25x ratio (25x/20x).",
      "rules_text": "paytable_p3.png: 'Bet multiplier 25x - the chance to win the FREE SPINS round naturally is higher. More SCATTER symbols are present on the reels. The BUY FREE SPINS feature is disabled. Bet multiplier 20x - Normal play.'",
      "caveat": "In the captured base_game_ante_on.png frame (ante toggled ON, total bet $3.75), the 'BUY FREE SPINS $300.00' side panel is STILL visibly rendered with the same bright, non-dimmed text as when ante is off (verified with a pixel diff against the matching ante-off frame at the same base bet - the only clearly changed element is the toggle-switch color/position itself, the panel text pixels differ only by a faint shimmer/animation-frame amount). This appears to be either a static-screenshot timing artifact (the panel may grey out only once an actual spin is attempted) or a minor UI-state lag; the PRINTED RULE TEXT ('BUY FREE SPINS feature is disabled' at 25x) is treated as authoritative and is what should be documented as the intended behaviour. Flagged in unreadable_or_uncertain."
    },
    "max_win": "5,000x total bet - printed identically in three separate places: the preview/splash screen ('WIN UP TO 5,000X BET'), info booklet page 3/7 ('The maximum win amount is limited to 5,000x bet. If the total win of a round reaches 5,000x bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining free spins are forfeited.'), and info booklet page 6/7 (near-identical restatement: 'awarded up to the cap and all remaining features are forfeited').",
    "buy_free_spins": {
      "cost_multiplier": "100x current total bet.",
      "example_at_2_bet": "$200.00 (confirmed on bonus_buy_dialog.png: 'BUY FREE SPINS $200.00' with X/checkmark confirm buttons).",
      "disabled_when": "Per rules text, disabled while ANTE BET (25x multiplier) is active - see ante_bet.caveat above for the observed on-screen discrepancy.",
      "source": "paytable_p3.png"
    },
    "reels": "5 reels, 3 rows each, all fixed height (no variable-height reels in this game).",
    "paylines": "20 fixed paylines (diagram on paytable_p4.png, lines numbered 1-20 in a 4-row x 5-column reference grid). Wins pay left-to-right on selected paylines; only the highest win per line counts; wins on multiple lines are summed; free spins/bonus wins are added to the payline win after the round completes.",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start/stop the spin (paytable_p4.png).",
    "malfunction_clause": "'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' (paytable_p4.png)."
  },

  "features": {
    "crown_ladder_and_big_money": {
      "display": "A persistent vertical ladder panel on the left of the screen at all times during base game and free spins, showing 8 rungs: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (each with a $ value at the current bet) and a top rung '10 - BIG MONEY' (no $ value printed, since 10 crowns launches a bonus round rather than paying a fixed amount).",
      "trigger_and_payouts": "Hit 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 CROWN symbols anywhere on the visible 5x3 grid (not tied to paylines) on a single spin to win 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 30x or 40x TOTAL BET respectively.",
      "measured_dollar_values_at_2_bet": {"3": "$2.00", "4": "$4.00", "5": "$10.00", "6": "$20.00", "7": "$40.00", "8": "$60.00", "9": "$80.00"},
      "measured_dollar_values_at_3_bet": {"3": "$3.00", "4": "$6.00", "5": "$15.00", "6": "$30.00", "7": "$60.00", "8": "$90.00", "9": "$120.00"},
      "measured_dollar_values_at_240_bet": {"3": "$240.00", "4": "$480.00", "5": "$1,200.00", "6": "$2,400.00", "7": "$4,800.00", "8": "$7,200.00", "9": "$9,600.00"},
      "arithmetic_check": "All three bet levels divide out to the same clean multipliers (1x/2x/5x/10x/20x/30x/40x of total bet), confirming these are pure bet multipliers, not fixed cash amounts.",
      "live_example": "base_game_crown_ladder_win.png: 6 CROWN symbols landed on the grid at $2.00 bet; the '6' rung on the ladder lights up GREEN showing $20.00; the round's total displayed win is 'WIN $51.00', which is HIGHER than the $20.00 crown-ladder prize alone because the same spin also produced separate line wins from the regular symbols in play (e.g. matching royal-letter/gem combinations on active paylines) - the crown-ladder prize and the payline wins are both added into the single displayed total, this is not a contradiction.",
      "big_money_bonus_rules_text": "paytable_p2.png: 'When 10 CROWN symbols are hit, the BIG MONEY bonus is triggered. In the bonus normal reels fade away, the hit CROWN symbols stay on the screen on their position and the game respins empty positions with only CROWNS and blanks. Any CROWN that hits in the respin also stays on the screen. Respins continue after each new CROWN hit. Respins end when no more new CROWNS are added to the screen or the screen is fully filled with CROWNS. At the end of the BIG MONEY bonus, the game pays depending on the total amount of CROWNS on the screen, as follows: 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 CROWNS pay 50x, 75x, 100x, 150x or 200x total bet respectively. If the BIG MONEY bonus ends with a screen full of CROWNS, a random SUPER REEL award is revealed. Possible SUPER REEL awards are: 250x, 500x, 1000x, 2000x or 5000x total bet.'",
      "big_money_bonus_capture_status": "NOT captured live. There is no separate purchase button for this specific bonus (only Free Spins has a Buy button); a dedicated hunt of 500 base-game spins at $2.00 (five 100-spin autoplay batches, quick spin + skip screens, some turbo) was run and the best outcome reached was 6 of the 10 required CROWN symbols in a single spin (the crown_ladder example above). This is an honest not_captured due to RNG rarity - the mechanic is documented exhaustively from the printed rules text as a substitute for live footage."
    },
    "mystery_symbol": {
      "trigger": "MYSTERY tiles (red 'IRISH CROWN' plaques) can land on any reel/position.",
      "effect": "On hit, every MYSTERY tile currently showing on the grid simultaneously transforms into the same one randomly-selected regular paying symbol (never WILD).",
      "source": "paytable_p2.png",
      "captured_pre_transform_frame": "base_game_mystery_symbol.png shows 5 MYSTERY tiles and 2 SCATTER tiles landed together at $2.50 bet (ante on), captured before/without the transform resolving into a single symbol on that particular frame."
    },
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 or more SCATTER symbols (green four-leaf-clover tiles, reels 2/3/4 only) anywhere = 10 free spins.",
      "retrigger": "During the feature: landing 1, 2 or 3 SCATTER symbols on a free-spin awards 2, 5 or 10 additional free spins respectively.",
      "leprechaun_mechanic": "See symbols.leprechaun_free_spins_only above - the LEPRECHAUN symbol (reel 5 only) progressively converts 10/J/Q/K/A into CROWN symbols across the round, boosting the crown ladder inside free spins.",
      "special_reels": "'Special reels are in play during the FREE SPINS FEATURE' (paytable_p3.png) - i.e. the free-spins reel strips differ from the base game (consistent with the visibly different night-time symbol mix observed).",
      "capture_summary": "Full cycle captured via Buy Free Spins: bonus_buy_dialog.png (confirmation dialog, cost $200.00 = 100x $2.00 bet) -> bonus_fs_trigger.png ('CONGRATULATIONS / YOU HAVE WON 10 FREE SPINS', credit debited to $99,800.00) -> free_spins_1.png and free_spins_2.png (mid-round gameplay, night background, running win total) -> bonus_fs_retrigger.png (natural in-round retrigger: 'CONGRATULATIONS / YOU HAVE WON +2 FREE SPINS' while FREE SPINS LEFT showed 0, cumulative WIN $11.50) -> win_screen.png (final summary: 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED', WIN $11.50 total across the base 10 + retriggered 2 = 12 spins, credit restored to $99,811.50 = $99,800.00 + $11.50).",
      "source": "paytable_p3.png"
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Splash/loading screen shown before the game loads. Centered reel-frame silhouette of the game behind the leprechaun mascot; large gold 'IRISH CROWN' title plaque at top (identical style to the in-game title); the crown ladder panel is shown on the left with tier numbers 3-10 but NO dollar values (since no bet context exists yet) - top tier reads '10 * BIG MONEY *'. Large promo banner text at the bottom: 'WIN UP TO 5,000X BET' in bold gold 3-D letters. On the right: the full-body leprechaun mascot (green top hat with gold clover hatband, orange curly beard, green coat, holding a gold coin), a round white double-arrow 'enter game' button below him, a 'VOLATILITY' badge (4 filled bolts + 1 empty), and a 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME' checkbox with an unfilled clover-shaped checkbox icon.",
      "purpose": "Entry point; clicking the round white double-arrow icon starts the base game.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Max-win banner and title are large high-contrast gold text on light sky background; volatility bolts are numeric-adjacent (count-based) rather than relying on a single hue."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5x3 reel grid centered on screen inside the ornate gold/wood frame described in color_palette, on a rounded gold pedestal.",
      "left_panel": "Crown Ladder (BIG MONEY) panel, always visible - see features.crown_ladder_and_big_money.",
      "right_panel": "BUY FREE SPINS price panel above the ANTE BET toggle panel - see color_palette.buy_and_ante_panels.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "Round hamburger MENU button (opens System Settings) with a round SOUND/speaker button below it; a separate round 'i' INFORMATION button just to their right (opens the 7-page info booklet).",
        "balance_labels": "Center-left, yellow/gold text: 'CREDIT $100,000.00' and 'BET $2.00' (values change with balance/bet); clickable to toggle coin/cash view per the rules text.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
        "right_controls": "Large round SPIN button (white double-curved-arrow icon) center-right; oval white '-' (decrease bet) to its left and green '+' (increase bet) to its right, both opening the bet menu overlay when clicked; an 'AUTOPLAY' pill button with a small spin-speed icon sits directly below the SPIN button.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text bottom-left corner."
      },
      "captured_bet_states": [
        {"file": "base_game.png", "bet": "$2.00 (default demo bet)", "notes": "Baseline state; Buy Free Spins $200.00; ante-preview shows BET $2.50 with the toggle track red/OFF."},
        {"file": "base_game_bet3.png", "bet": "$3.00", "notes": "Ladder recalculated proportionally (3=$3.00 ... 9=$120.00); Buy Free Spins $300.00; ante toggle still OFF, preview 'BET $3.75'."},
        {"file": "base_game_ante_on.png", "bet": "$3.75 total (base $3.00 x1.25 ante)", "notes": "Ante toggle switched ON (green track, clover slid right); footer bet reads $3.75; Buy Free Spins panel still visibly shows $300.00 in this static frame - see technical_summary.ante_bet.caveat."},
        {"file": "base_game_max_bet.png", "bet": "$240.00 (measured real ceiling)", "notes": "'+' bet button icon visibly disabled/greyed after reaching this value; ladder scaled up to $240-$9,600; Buy Free Spins $24,000.00 (100x); ante-preview toggle shows 'BET $300.00'."},
        {"file": "base_game_mystery_symbol.png", "bet": "$2.50 (ante on)", "notes": "5 MYSTERY 'IRISH CROWN' tiles + 2 SCATTER clover tiles landed simultaneously on the grid, captured pre-resolution."},
        {"file": "base_game_crown_ladder_win.png", "bet": "$2.00", "notes": "6 CROWN symbols landed; ladder tier 6 highlighted green ($20.00); total round win $51.00 (crown prize + payline wins combined); background rendered in the night-time palette (this base-game frame happened to be captured while the background's day/night ambient cycle - the same art used for free spins - was showing; the ladder/frame/UI chrome are unchanged from daytime base game)."}
      ],
      "color_blind_notes": "Controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based, not color-coded). The crown-ladder 'hit' highlight relies on a blue-to-green background swap for the winning tier; the tier NUMBER and DOLLAR VALUE text stay in place and remain legible regardless of the color shift, but the color swap itself is a residual risk for red-green color-blind users since navy and green can appear closer in luminance than in hue for some deficiencies - flagged as a minor accessibility note."
    },
    "paytable_booklet": {
      "type": "paytable/rules, 7-page linear info booklet, page numbers printed on-screen as 'Page N/7' bottom-right of each page and matched 1:1 to the manifest filenames",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left of each page: green left-triangle (previous page), green X (close, CENTER), green right-triangle (next page). A separate black 'X' button is also present top-right of the overlay to close directly.",
      "panel_style": "Dark semi-transparent black overlay panel over the dimmed reels; white body text, gold section headers.",
      "page_1_paytable": {"page": "1/7", "file": "paytable_p1.png", "header": "GAME RULES", "content": "Full symbol paytable for all 9 regular symbols plus SCATTER and WILD (values captured in symbols section above), plus the line-pay direction statement."},
      "page_2_mystery_crown": {"page": "2/7", "file": "paytable_p2.png", "header": "MYSTERY SYMBOL / CROWN SYMBOL", "content": "Full text rules for the MYSTERY tile and the CROWN ladder/BIG MONEY bonus (captured verbatim in features.crown_ladder_and_big_money and symbols.mystery)."},
      "page_3_freespins_maxwin_ante_buy": {"page": "3/7", "file": "paytable_p3.png", "header": "FREE SPINS / MAX WIN / ANTE BET / BUY FREE SPINS", "content": "Free Spins trigger/retrigger rules, LEPRECHAUN symbol rules, the 5,000x max-win cap and forfeiture rule, the ANTE BET 20x/25x explanation, and the Buy Free Spins 100x-total-bet rule."},
      "page_4_general_rules": {"page": "4/7", "file": "paytable_p4.png", "header": "GAME RULES", "content": "Volatility badge (4/5 bolts, 'High'), payline mechanic text, the 1-20 payline diagram, RTP figures (96.52% base / 96.53% ante / 96.53% buy), SPACE/ENTER keyboard shortcut, malfunction clause, MINIMUM BET $0.20 and (ante-mode) MAXIMUM BET $300.00."},
      "page_5_how_to_play": {"page": "5/7", "file": "rules_p5.png", "header": "HOW TO PLAY / MAIN GAME INTERFACE", "content": "Explains the bet +/- and bet menu, SPIN button, the settings-menu (hamburger) icon, the spin-speed cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo), sound toggle, information-page icon, CREDIT/BET coin-vs-cash toggle, and the AUTOPLAY menu icon/toggle-to-stop behaviour."},
      "page_6_settings_and_maxwin": {"page": "6/7", "file": "rules_p6.png", "header": "SETTINGS MENU / INFORMATION SCREEN / BET MENU", "content": "Describes INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX and GAME HISTORY settings toggles; info-page left/right scroll arrows and the X close; bet-menu BET/COIN VALUE fields; restates the 5,000x max-win cap and forfeiture-of-remaining-features rule."},
      "page_7_autoplay": {"page": "7/7", "file": "rules_p7.png", "header": "AUTOPLAY", "content": "Explains starting autoplay via the preset-count buttons and the SKIP SCREENS auto-skip-of-feature-intro/end-screens option."},
      "color_notes": "All 7 pages share identical navigation styling: three green icons distinguished by SHAPE (triangle/X/triangle), not by color alone - safe for color-blind users."
    },
    "settings_overlay": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Centered dark panel over the dimmed game; small gold 'X' close button top-right.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link (with an external-link glyph, greyed-out appearance) and a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: round white '-' button, value field (e.g. '$2.00'), round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labelled on/off switches, each with a short description line beneath: 'BATTERY SAVER' (save battery life by reducing animation speed - shown OFF, white/grey track with the handle on the left), 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (turn the game music on/off - shown ON, green track with the handle on the right), 'SOUND FX' (turn the game's sound effects on/off - shown ON, green), 'INTRO SCREEN' (show the intro screen before starting the game - shown ON, green).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by BOTH switch-handle position (left=off/right=on) AND track color (grey=off/green=on) - the position cue makes this safe without relying on color."
    },
    "autoplay_overlay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Dark panel centered over the dimmed reels; white 'X' close top-right.",
      "options": "Three checkboxes in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked), 'SKIP SCREENS' (checked, green fill with a white checkmark).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (thin grey track, green filled portion, round green handle with a pause-bars icon) showing the value '100' to the right of the slider.",
      "action": "Full-width green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button at the bottom, its number updating with the slider.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkboxes use an explicit white checkmark glyph on a green box (shape+color redundant); the primary action button carries explicit text ('START AUTOPLAY') rather than relying on color alone."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Confirmation dialog overlaying the darkened reels: large gold-bordered blue plaque reading 'BUY FREE SPINS' in green 3-D letters, then the price '$200.00' in large gold text beneath. Two buttons below: a red rounded-rectangle button with a white 'X' (cancel, left) and a green rounded-rectangle button with a white checkmark (confirm, right). A 'TOTAL BET' readout with its own +/- steppers sits at the very bottom of the dialog showing the current base bet ($2.00) used to compute the 100x price.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Cancel vs confirm are distinguished by BOTH color (red/green) AND glyph (X/checkmark) AND position (left/right) - triple-redundant, safe."
    },
    "free_spins_trigger_and_retrigger": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Full-screen 'CONGRATULATIONS' wood-sign graphic over the night-time garden background, with mossy top edge, mushrooms and clover decorating the base. Green text 'YOU HAVE WON' above a green ribbon banner showing the spin count in large gold numerals ('10' on first trigger via Buy Free Spins in bonus_fs_trigger.png; '+2' on the natural in-round retrigger in bonus_fs_retrigger.png), then green text 'FREE SPINS' below the ribbon. 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' in gold beneath. A 'FEATURE ACTIVE' side plaque is visible on the initial trigger screen (partially obscured by the sign); the retrigger screen shows the running 'WIN $11.50' total and 'FREE SPINS LEFT 0' in the footer just before the +2 spins are added.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Spin-count numerals are large high-contrast gold-on-green text, legible without color discrimination."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "reels": "Same 5x3 grid, but with the night-time background palette (starry sky, mountain silhouette) instead of the daytime meadow.",
      "counter_and_win": "Bottom bar shows 'WIN $x.xx' (running win for the current spin/round) and 'FREE SPINS LEFT n' (remaining spin counter, decrementing).",
      "captured_frames": "free_spins_1.png: WIN $9.50, FREE SPINS LEFT 3, a WILD symbol visible on reel 3. free_spins_2.png: WIN $11.50 (cumulative), FREE SPINS LEFT 1, a CROWN symbol visible bottom-left of reel 1 and a WILD symbol on reel 4 (evidence of the LEPRECHAUN-driven letter-to-CROWN conversion having already progressed).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state is signalled by BOTH the background palette shift (day-to-night) AND explicit text ('FREE SPINS LEFT') - not color alone."
    },
    "win_screens": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "free_spins_completed_summary": {
        "file": "win_screen.png",
        "content": "Reels return to the daytime base-game background; footer reads 'WIN $11.50' and 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' in place of the usual hint text; CREDIT restored/updated to $99,811.50 (= $99,800.00 post-purchase balance + $11.50 total free-spins win); BET still shows $2.00; the BUY FREE SPINS ($200.00) and ANTE BET ($2.50 preview) side panels have reappeared, confirming the game is back in normal base-game state."
      },
      "base_game_regular_win": {
        "file": "win_screen_1.png",
        "content": "An ordinary (non-feature) base-game win: footer shows 'WIN $0.50' at $2.00 bet, demonstrating a standard small payline win outside of any bonus feature, with a WILD symbol visible on reel 1 contributing to the win."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amounts are large, high-contrast gold/yellow text on a dark background footer - legible without color discrimination."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Stable control layout across all base-game states: menu+sound stacked far bottom-left, a separate 'i' info button just to their right, bet +/- flank the central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY sits directly below SPIN. The 7-page info booklet is a strictly linear sequence (triangle-left / X-close / triangle-right, with a printed 'Page N/7' indicator on every page) so position within the booklet is always announced.",
    "motor": "Large round click targets; the central SPIN button is the largest single target on screen. SPACE and ENTER are also spin/stop keyboard shortcuts (confirmed by on-screen text and the info booklet), reducing reliance on precise pointer clicks. AUTOPLAY (with an adjustable spin-count slider and a SKIP SCREENS option) further reduces the number of required interactions for extended play.",
    "color_blind": "Most affordances are non-color: icon glyphs (menu/speaker/info/spin-speed/spin), switch-handle POSITION for all toggles (settings panel and ante toggle), explicit checkmark glyphs on autoplay checkboxes, and explicit printed dollar/multiplier numbers throughout (crown ladder, RTP, bet limits, win amounts). Residual risks: (1) the crown-ladder 'tier hit' highlight relies mainly on a navy-to-green background swap for that one tier row, with no additional glyph/border change observed - flagged as a minor risk; (2) the ANTE toggle DOES duplicate its red/green track color with handle position, which is safe.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was found anywhere in the captured screens; all game state (wins, spins left, feature triggers, bet, credit, volatility, RTP, max win) is conveyed through on-screen text/graphics. AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are independently toggleable in System Settings, and are described purely as decorative audio."
  },

  "not_captured": [
    "The BIG MONEY bonus round itself (10th CROWN symbol trigger, the CROWN-only respin phase, the 10-14 crown payout table 50x-200x, and the possible SUPER REEL 250x-5000x award for a fully-filled screen). No dedicated purchase option exists for this specific bonus (Buy Free Spins only buys the Free Spins feature). A 500-spin hunt at $2.00 base bet (five 100-spin autoplay batches with quick spin + skip screens, partially with turbo) was run; the closest result reached 6 of the required 10 CROWN symbols in one spin (see base_game_crown_ladder_win.png). This is an honest not_captured due to RNG rarity of a 10-symbol-on-grid event; the full mechanic is documented from the printed rules text in features.crown_ladder_and_big_money."
  ],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Whether the ANTE BET toggle actually visually disables/greys out the 'BUY FREE SPINS' panel when switched ON: the captured base_game_ante_on.png frame (ante ON, total bet $3.75) still shows the Buy Free Spins panel rendered brightly at $300.00, pixel-identical in style to the ante-OFF frame at the same base bet, aside from a faint shimmer/animation delta. The printed rule text on paytable_p3.png explicitly states 'The BUY FREE SPINS feature is disabled' at the 25x (ante) multiplier, which is treated as the authoritative behaviour for documentation purposes, but this could not be confirmed as a visible UI state change from the static screenshots alone (would require clicking Buy Free Spins while ante is active to see if it is actually blocked, which was not attempted in this screenshot set).",
    "Whether WILD has any reel-position restriction (some PP games restrict WILD to specific reels) - no such restriction text was found on any captured paytable page, and WILD was observed on reels 1, 2, 3 and 4 across different frames, so it is documented as unrestricted, but reel 5 was not specifically observed with a WILD in the captured frames.",
    "Exact SCATTER cash payout (if any) for 4 or 5 of a kind - the paytable only describes SCATTER as a trigger symbol with no $ values printed; treated as 'no direct payout' rather than an omission, since the rest of the paytable's payout format is exhaustively printed for every other symbol and SCATTER has none."
  ]
}