Pirate Gold

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Pirate Gold",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "wordmark_in_game": "PIRATE GOLD (with a small skull emblem inside the 'O' of GOLD, and a small superscript trademark symbol)",
    "theme": "High-seas pirate treasure hunt: two rival pirate captains (a bearded man and a red-haired woman), ghost ships, treasure maps, coin hoards and hidden jackpot treasure bags.",
    "art_style": "Flat-shaded 2D illustrated/painted cartoon style (digitally painted, not photoreal, not 3D-rendered), bold thick dark outlines around every symbol tile, warm painterly rim-lighting on portraits. Two distinct lighting moods used deliberately by screen: the base game and paytable use a bright warm sunset/dawn harbor (soft pink-orange sky, calm turquoise sea, small lit coastal town silhouette) while the promo carousel and every bonus/free-spins screen switch to a dramatic stormy night (dark teal-green sea, driving rain streaks, a lightning bolt, a distant ship on fire). Camera is a static frontal view of the reel case (no isometric/side angle). Overall mood is adventurous/swashbuckling rather than cute-casual, but colours stay saturated and readable rather than photorealistic.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, colour-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 23 desktop screenshots (1280x800) + OCR + zoomed crops of the paytable and jackpot ticker.",
    "method_notes": "Every number below is either read directly off a screenshot or explicitly marked uncertain/not captured. Payout basis (per-line vs total-bet) verified against the booklet's own wording, not assumed. Jackpot values cross-checked at three different bet levels ($0.40 / $2.00 / $200.00) to confirm they are fixed, bet-proportional jackpots.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Warm sunset/dawn seascape: pink-to-orange sky blending into pale blue near the horizon, calm turquoise-teal ocean, silhouettes of pirate ships and a small lantern-lit coastal town/dock in the distance.",
    "feature_and_promo_background": "Stormy night seascape: dark teal-green rough ocean, heavy diagonal rain streaks, a white lightning bolt, a burning/damaged ship silhouette glowing orange in the distance.",
    "reel_frame": "Dark carved wood-plank frame with weathered brass/bronze corner brackets; a lit brass oil lantern with warm yellow glow hangs from a chain at the top-left and top-right posts of the frame.",
    "reel_cells": "Symbols sit on individual square tiles with thin gold/bronze borders; no additional cell background tint beyond the artwork itself.",
    "title_banner": "Dark teal wood-plank ribbon banner; wordmark 'PIRATE GOLD' in bright gold/yellow bevelled 3D lettering with a dark outline, small skull-and-crossbones motif worked into the 'O' of GOLD.",
    "jackpot_ticker": "Wood ribbon strip below the title split into three plaques: 'MAJOR' (dark maroon/red plaque, gold label text, cyan/light-blue value text), 'GRAND' (dark green plaque, gold label text, cyan value text, largest/centre position), 'MINOR' (dark maroon/red plaque, gold label text, cyan value text).",
    "ui_bottom_bar": "CREDIT and BET labels in orange/gold text on the dark wood background; centre hint text 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white; round control buttons (menu, sound, info, bet -, spin, bet +, autoplay) are white glyphs on dark semi-transparent circles.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold/yellow (titles, jackpot labels, WILD/BONUS lettering, coin symbols), cyan/light blue (jackpot values, some UI highlights), green (positive action buttons: BET MAX, START AUTOPLAY, the round spin refresh icon background, respin-feature multiplier bags), maroon/dark red (MAJOR and MINOR plaques, MAJOR money-bag colour), purple/magenta (default money-bag colour before it is revealed as MINOR/MAJOR)."
  },

  "reel_layout": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 4 rows, all reels fixed at 4 symbols tall (no expanding/cascading grid in the base game).",
    "win_lines": "40 fixed paylines, numbered 1-40 with a diagram on rules page 5/9 (rules_p4.png) showing each line's zig-zag pattern in a distinct colour per line. Lines cannot be switched off; only COINS PER LINE and COIN VALUE can be changed.",
    "win_direction": "All symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel (rules_p1... 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel'; restated on the payout-basis page as 'left to right on selected paylines').",
    "source": "paytable_p1.png header text; rules_p4.png (40-line diagram); bet_max.png/bet_min.png bet-menu header 'BETTING ON 40 LINES'."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All ten regular symbols and their 2/3/4/5-of-a-kind payouts read directly off the paytable (page 1/9), captured twice: once in currency view (paytable_p1.png, at a $2.00 total bet) and once in coin view (paytable_coin_p1.png, at 200 coins total bet / $0.01 coin value). The two views were cross-checked for the Parrot 3-of-a-kind tier ($0.75 == 75 coins) and match exactly.",
    "payout_basis_reminder": "These are PER-LINE payout values (see 'payout_basis' section below) — NOT simple multipliers of the total $2.00 bet. Per-line stake at this bet was $2.00 / 40 lines = $0.05/line; do not divide the printed booklet numbers by 40 again downstream.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Pirate captain (man)",
        "appearance": "Head-and-shoulders portrait of a bearded man with an eye patch, a dark tricorn/bandana pirate hat, colourful green/red/pink feathers and braided beads in his hair, warm orange card background with a gold ornate border.",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$25.00", "coins": 2500}, "4": {"currency": "$5.00", "coins": 500}, "3": {"currency": "$1.00", "coins": 100}, "2": {"currency": "$0.10", "coins": 10}},
        "note": "Becomes a WILD symbol on reels 2-5 during the Free Spins feature (see features.free_spins)."
      },
      {
        "name": "Pirate captain (woman)",
        "appearance": "Head-and-shoulders portrait of a red-haired woman in a dark tricorn hat with a green feather, holding a flintlock pistol, warm orange card background with a gold ornate border.",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$25.00", "coins": 2500}, "4": {"currency": "$5.00", "coins": 500}, "3": {"currency": "$1.00", "coins": 100}, "2": {"currency": "$0.10", "coins": 10}},
        "note": "Becomes a WILD symbol on reels 2-5 during the Free Spins feature."
      },
      {
        "name": "Parrot (macaw)",
        "appearance": "Orange/yellow macaw with blue wingtips perched on a wooden branch, green foliage background.",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$15.00", "coins": 1500}, "4": {"currency": "$2.50", "coins": 250}, "3": {"currency": "$0.75", "coins": 75}, "2": {"currency": "$0.10", "coins": 10}},
        "note": "Confirmed on-screen: paytable_coin_p1.png shows a live spin readout 'LINE 12 PAYS 75' matching this exact 3-of-a-kind tier."
      },
      {
        "name": "Ghost ship",
        "appearance": "Dark pirate galleon with a glowing teal skull-and-crossbones emblem on its sails, misty grey-blue background.",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$15.00", "coins": 1500}, "4": {"currency": "$2.50", "coins": 250}, "3": {"currency": "$0.75", "coins": 75}, "2": {"currency": "$0.10", "coins": 10}}
      },
      {
        "name": "Treasure map (scroll)",
        "appearance": "Aged tan parchment scroll with a red dotted path leading to a red X mark and a small ship icon.",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$10.00", "coins": 1000}, "4": {"currency": "$2.00", "coins": 200}, "3": {"currency": "$0.50", "coins": 50}, "2": {"currency": "$0.10", "coins": 10}}
      }
    ],
    "low_value": [
      {
        "name": "Spyglass (telescope)",
        "appearance": "Brass/gold collapsible spyglass with a teal-tinted lens, dark wood-plank background.",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$10.00", "coins": 1000}, "4": {"currency": "$2.00", "coins": 200}, "3": {"currency": "$0.50", "coins": 50}, "2": {"currency": "$0.10", "coins": 10}}
      },
      {
        "name": "Hook",
        "appearance": "Silver pirate hook-hand prosthesis with a teal-and-gold wrapped leather cuff.",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$3.75", "coins": 375}, "4": {"currency": "$1.25", "coins": 125}, "3": {"currency": "$0.25", "coins": 25}},
        "note": "No 2-of-a-kind payout listed for this symbol (paytable shows only 5/4/3 rows)."
      },
      {
        "name": "Gold coin (kraken/octopus seal)",
        "appearance": "Round gold coin embossed with a stylised octopus/kraken tentacle emblem.",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$3.75", "coins": 375}, "4": {"currency": "$1.25", "coins": 125}, "3": {"currency": "$0.25", "coins": 25}}
      },
      {
        "name": "Silver coin (skull seal)",
        "appearance": "Round dark-silver coin embossed with a skull emblem and dotted-ring border pattern.",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$2.50", "coins": 250}, "4": {"currency": "$0.75", "coins": 75}, "3": {"currency": "$0.25", "coins": 25}}
      },
      {
        "name": "Copper coin (trading-seal)",
        "appearance": "Hexagonal rose-gold/copper coin with a scalloped rim; the raised centre panel shows a compass-rose-style cross and the four letters E, T, I, C at its points (an old trading-company-style seal).",
        "payouts": {"5": {"currency": "$2.50", "coins": 250}, "4": {"currency": "$0.75", "coins": 75}, "3": {"currency": "$0.25", "coins": 25}}
      }
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD (treasure chest)",
      "appearance": "Open wooden treasure chest overflowing with gold coins, pearls and jewels, teal-bordered card.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols except BONUS and MONEY. Present only on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 (never reel 1). During the Free Spins feature, the two pirate-captain symbols additionally transform into WILD on reels 2-5.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (booklet page 2/9)"
    },
    "bonus_scatter": {
      "name": "BONUS",
      "appearance": "Round gold-and-red medallion with a teal compass-rose/sunburst face and the word 'BONUS' beneath it in blue-outlined gold letters.",
      "rules": "Appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4. 3 of a kind pay 1x total bet AND trigger the Free Spins feature (10 spins). 3 of a kind landing again DURING the Free Spins feature award 10 more free spins, with no stated limit on retriggers ('No limits!').",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (booklet page 2/9)"
    },
    "money_symbol": {
      "name": "MONEY SYMBOL",
      "appearance": "A cloth/leather drawstring bag; colour and printed content vary — a plain purple/maroon bag showing a random currency value (e.g. '$8,000' scale value in the promo art, or small $ amounts like $2.00/$8.00/$10.00/$40.00 seen in the actual captured respin round), a pink/red bag reading 'MAJOR', or a blue/teal-striped bag reading 'MINOR'.",
      "rules": "Present on ALL 5 reels (unlike BONUS, which is restricted to reels 2-4). Each spin, every MONEY symbol independently takes either a random value from a predefined set, or the current MINOR jackpot value, or the current MAJOR jackpot value. The MAJOR jackpot value can be hit only once per respin round. 8 or more MONEY symbols landing in a single base-game spin (or during Free Spins) trigger the LUCKY TREASURE BAG FEATURE respin round.",
      "role": "Trigger/feature-container symbol — it is not part of the regular 10-symbol payline paytable and pays no line win by itself; its value is only realised through the Lucky Treasure Bag Feature.",
      "source": "rules_p2.png (booklet page 3/9)"
    }
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 or more BONUS symbols anywhere on reels 2, 3 and 4 in a single spin.",
      "spins_awarded": "A fixed 10 Free Spins per trigger (booklet states '3x [BONUS] trigger 10 Free Spins' — no variable table by symbol count, unlike some other Pragmatic titles).",
      "wild_transformation": "During the Free Spins round, the Pirate captain (man) and Pirate captain (woman) symbols additionally act as WILD on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 (in addition to the normal treasure-chest WILD).",
      "retrigger": "3 or more BONUS symbols landing again during the Free Spins round award 10 MORE free spins each time, with no stated cap ('No limits!').",
      "visual_shift": "The scene's lighting/mood switches from the base game's calm sunset harbor to a stormy night (dark sea, rain, lightning) for the duration of the round; a banner across the top reads '[pirate man] AND [pirate woman] ARE WILD ON REELS 2, 3, 4 AND 5' and the jackpot ticker stays visible above the reels.",
      "counter": "'FREE SPINS LEFT N' shown bottom-centre, decrementing each spin.",
      "end_condition": "Round ends 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' text with the total win for the whole round shown large ('WIN $14.55' in the captured example).",
      "lucky_treasure_bag_during_fs": "The Lucky Treasure Bag (respin) feature can also trigger during the Free Spins round (8+ MONEY symbols in a Free Spin), per rules_p3.png: 'The LUCKY TREASURE BAG FEATURE is available during the FREE SPINS ROUND.'",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (booklet page 2/9)",
      "captured_evidence": {
        "trigger_gameplay": "free_spins_1.png — real trigger caught: banner reads pirate captains are WILD on reels 2-5; counter shows FREE SPINS LEFT 10 (round start); WIN $2.00 on this spin; visible reel has two WILD (pirate-woman) stacked plus scattered coin/ship/hook/scroll symbols.",
        "mid_round_gameplay": "free_spins_2.png — FREE SPINS LEFT 8; two BONUS medallions visible on reels 2 and 4 (not 3, so no retrigger this spin — retrigger needs 3); two stacked pirate-woman WILDs on reel 4; WIN $2.25.",
        "win_screen": "win_screen_free_spins.png — 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED', 'WIN $14.55' (this final spin shows three stacked pirate-woman WILDs on reel 4)."
      }
    },
    "lucky_treasure_bag_respin": {
      "trigger": "8 or more MONEY symbols landing in a single spin (base game or Free Spins).",
      "setup": "All non-triggering symbols fade away; only the MONEY symbols that triggered the feature remain on screen. The 5x4 grid is replaced with special reels that contain only MONEY symbols, RETRIGGER symbols, MULTIPLIER symbols, and blank/empty spaces.",
      "respin_counter": "Starts with 3 respins. Any MONEY symbol landing that hits AT LEAST one position resets the respin counter back to 3. The round continues until either the respins run out, or all 20 grid positions are filled with MONEY symbols.",
      "multiplier_symbol": {
        "appearance": "Green drawstring bag printed with a value like '2x', '3x' or '5x'.",
        "rule": "Each MULTIPLIER symbol that lands takes a random value of 2x, 3x or 5x, which is ADDED to a running total multiplier for the whole round (additive, not per-symbol independent). At the end of the round the total money won is multiplied by this accumulated total multiplier."
      },
      "retrigger_symbol": {
        "appearance": "Gold-banded wooden treasure chest with a silver skull emblem on the lid.",
        "rule": "When a RETRIGGER symbol lands, after the current round finishes a brand NEW Lucky Treasure Bag round is awarded, starting over from the beginning WITH THE SAME starting MONEY-symbol grid as the very first (triggering) round."
      },
      "completion": "When the feature ends, the values of all MONEY symbols collected during the round are added together, and the total is multiplied by the accumulated total multiplier to produce the round's payout. If all 20 positions on the grid end up filled with MONEY symbols, the GRAND JACKPOT is additionally awarded on top of that sum.",
      "source": "rules_p2.png and rules_p3.png (booklet pages 3/9 and 4/9)",
      "captured_evidence": {
        "gameplay": "bonus_1.png — a mid-round snapshot of the special 5x4 grid: 12 of 20 cells clearly show filled MONEY bags ($2.00 x4, $10.00 x3 (one of the three appears in a different position — see raw values below), $8.00, $40.00, $4.00, $2.00 x2), the rest are empty dark-purple tiles; a floating running-total animation reads '+$18.00' then '+$8.00' above the grid mid-tally. The manifest note for this frame states 13/20 positions filled; our own recount of this specific static frame reads 12 filled cells summing to $94.00. This small discrepancy is NOT resolved here — it is flagged in unreadable_or_uncertain rather than guessed away.",
        "win_screen": "win_screen_bonus.png — full-screen 'SENSATIONAL! $90.04' banner with falling gold coins and a skeleton pirate reclining on an overflowing treasure chest. NOTE: $90.04 does not equal the simple sum of the MONEY bags visible in bonus_1.png ($94.00). Since bonus_1.png is explicitly a MID-round snapshot (respin round can continue across multiple respins after any single captured frame), the final grid at completion may have differed from the one frame we captured; no arithmetic reconciliation is asserted."
      }
    }
  },

  "jackpots": {
    "type": "fixed (bet-proportional), NOT progressive/pooled — confirmed by measuring all three tiers at three different total-bet levels and finding a constant ratio to bet at every level.",
    "tiers_measured": [
      {"total_bet": "$0.40", "minor": "$20.00", "major": "$80.00", "grand": "$400.00", "source": "bet_min.png"},
      {"total_bet": "$2.00", "minor": "$100.00", "major": "$400.00", "grand": "$2,000.00", "source": "base_game.png / bet menu default"},
      {"total_bet": "$200.00", "minor": "$10,000.00", "major": "$40,000.00", "grand": "$200,000.00", "source": "bet_max.png"}
    ],
    "ratio_to_total_bet": "MINOR = 50x total bet, MAJOR = 200x total bet, GRAND = 1000x total bet (consistent across all three measured bet levels).",
    "how_awarded": "NOT a separate bonus round of their own. MINOR and MAJOR are two of the possible random values a MONEY symbol can take inside the Lucky Treasure Bag Feature (MAJOR limited to once per respin round, per rules_p2.png). GRAND is awarded as an extra top-up payout specifically when all 20 positions of the Lucky Treasure Bag grid end up filled with MONEY symbols (per rules_p3.png). None of the three jackpot values match any tier in the regular 10-symbol paytable, confirming they are a distinct mechanic layered on top of the Lucky Treasure Bag Feature rather than an ordinary paytable line.",
    "display": "A three-plaque ticker ('MAJOR' / 'GRAND' / 'MINOR') is shown permanently above the reels on every screen (base game, paytable, rules, promo, features), always reflecting the values for the currently selected total bet."
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent": 96.5,
    "rtp_source": "rules_p4.png (booklet page 5/9): 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.5%'. Only one RTP value is printed anywhere in the booklet or the bet menu — there is no ante/side-bet mode in this game, so no alternate RTP variant exists.",
    "volatility": "LOW. Confirmed via TWO independent in-game locations: (1) a text badge 'LOW VOLATILITY' with a wave-shaped icon on the promo splash (preview_1.png / preview_2.png / preview_3.png, all three carousel slides), and (2) the rules booklet page 5/9 (rules_p4.png) under the same 'LOW VOLATILITY' heading with the explanatory text 'Low volatility games pay out more often in smaller amounts, while still having the chance to win big.' This build has no numeric/bolt-scale volatility indicator, only the text badge.",
    "volatility_tension_note": "The printed max win 'WIN UP TO 32,270 X BET' sits alongside a LOW volatility rating, which reads as an unusual combination for this provider (low volatility normally correlates with a modest cap). This is recorded as observed, not smoothed over or second-guessed.",
    "bet_min": "$0.40",
    "bet_max": "$200.00",
    "bet_source": "Printed in the booklet (rules_p4.png: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.40  MAXIMUM BET: $200.00') AND independently measured by pressing the bet -/+ buttons to their limits: bet_min.png shows COINS PER LINE 1 / COIN VALUE $0.01 / TOTAL BET $0.40 with the '-' arrows all greyed out; bet_max.png shows COINS PER LINE 10 / COIN VALUE $0.50 / TOTAL BET $200.00 with the '+' arrows all greyed out. No ante/super-bet mode exists in this game (bet menu only ever shows COINS PER LINE, COIN VALUE, TOTAL BET and a single 'BET MAX' shortcut), so unlike many other Pragmatic Play titles there is no risk of the printed maximum belonging to a hidden special-bet mode (see provider-defects P-P02) — confirmed by the absence of any ante/super-spin toggle anywhere in the UI.",
    "bet_formula": "TOTAL BET = COINS PER LINE (1-10) x COIN VALUE ($0.01-$0.50) x 40 fixed lines.",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "reels": "5 reels x 4 rows fixed (no dynamic/expanding grid in the base game).",
    "win_mechanic": "40 fixed paylines; wins pay left to right on adjacent reels from the leftmost reel; only the highest win is paid per line; wins on multiple lines are added together.",
    "max_win": "'WIN UP TO 32,270 X BET' — printed on the promo splash (preview_1.png). No separate/alternate max-win figure found anywhere else in the booklet.",
    "max_win_source": "preview_1.png",
    "bonus_buy": "None. No BUY BONUS/BUY FEATURE control found anywhere (base game bar, bet menu, or settings) after reviewing the whole UI and the full 9-page booklet.",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start/stop the spin (rules_p4.png); holding SPACE also engages Turbo Spin per the on-screen hint 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
    "currency_view_toggle": "Clicking the CREDIT/BET labels (or the paytable) toggles between currency view (dollar amounts) and coin view (raw coin counts) throughout the game.",
    "malfunction_clause": "'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' — rules_p4.png."
  },

  "payout_basis": {
    "value": "per_line — NOT a simple multiplier of the total $2.00 bet.",
    "text_confirmation": "rules_p5.png (booklet page 6/9), printed verbatim: 'All symbols pay from left to right on selected paylines. Free Spins win is added to the payline win. All wins are multiplied by bet per line. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Only the highest win is paid per line. When winning on more than one payline, all wins are added to the total win.'",
    "cross_check": "paytable_coin_p1.png shows a real prior-spin readout at the bottom of the screen: 'WIN 170' / 'LINE 12 PAYS 75' with three Parrot icons highlighted. 75 coins matches the Parrot 3-of-a-kind tier exactly (both the currency table's '3 - $0.75' at $2.00 total bet, and the coin table's '3 - 75'), reproduced with no extra division or multiplication by 40 or by the total bet.",
    "structural_caveat": "This game always runs on exactly 40 lines (they cannot be disabled), so a pure numeric measurement cannot mathematically distinguish 'per_line' from 'per_total_bet' — both formulas are linear in total bet at a fixed line count. The verdict above rests on the booklet's own wording ('multiplied by bet per line'), not on arithmetic alone.",
    "bet_anchor": {"total_bet": 2.00, "lines": 40, "line_bet": 0.05, "coin_value": 0.01, "coins_per_line": 10, "total_bet_coins": 200}
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview_carousel": {
      "type": "preview",
      "slide_count": 3,
      "navigation": "Three dot indicators at the bottom-centre; the lit/filled dot shows the current slide.",
      "slide_1": {
        "content": "Lucky Treasure Bag grid filled almost entirely with 'MINOR' bags (one pink 'MAJOR' bag in the middle). Header shows 'WIN MULTIPLIER 15X'. A round white refresh/continue icon sits to the right with an arrow pointing at it. 'LOW VOLATILITY' badge and a 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME' checkbox on the right. Bottom banner: 'WIN UP TO 32,270 X BET'.",
        "file": "preview_1.png"
      },
      "slide_2": {
        "content": "Same grid layout showing MULTIPLIER bags (3X green, 2X green), large-value MONEY bags ('8000', '9600', '5X', '9600'), and one 'MINOR' bag. Caption: 'LUCKY TREASURE BAG FEATURE WITH MULTIPLIERS AND JACKPOTS'.",
        "file": "preview_2.png"
      },
      "slide_3": {
        "content": "The 5x4 base-game reel populated with pirate-themed symbols (both pirate captains, several stacked pirate-woman WILDs, hook, ship, scroll, coins). Caption with small captain-man and captain-woman icons reads: '[icon] AND [icon] ARE WILD IN FREE SPINS'.",
        "file": "preview_3.png"
      },
      "shared_elements": "All three slides show the jackpot ticker (MAJOR/GRAND/MINOR) at fixed reference values, the stormy-night background, and the 'PIRATE GOLD' wordmark banner at the top."
    },

    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "layout": "5x4 reel grid centred in a dark carved-wood frame with brass corner brackets and hanging lit lanterns at the top corners.",
      "background": "Calm sunset/dawn harbor scene (warm pink-orange sky, turquoise sea, distant ship silhouettes, small lit coastal town).",
      "title_banner": "'PIRATE GOLD™' in bevelled gold 3D letters on a dark teal wood-plank ribbon at the very top.",
      "jackpot_ticker": "MAJOR $400.00 / GRAND $2,000.00 / MINOR $100.00 shown directly under the title (values correspond to the default $2.00 bet).",
      "visible_symbols_this_frame": "A transient random mix (changes every spin): treasure chest (WILD), scroll, pirate woman, gold treasure-chest icon (a different chest — likely the same WILD art shown larger in one cell), parrot x3, ship x2, telescope, hook, gold/silver coin. This is a random snapshot, not a fixed layout, so it is not enumerated cell-by-cell as game content.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "left_icon_column": "Three round white-glyph-on-dark-circle buttons stacked vertically at the far bottom-left: a hamburger MENU icon (opens SYSTEM SETTINGS), a speaker SOUND icon, and an 'i' INFORMATION icon (opens the 9-page paytable/rules booklet).",
        "balance_labels": "'CREDIT $100,000.00' and 'BET $2.00' in orange/gold text, left-of-centre; clickable to toggle coin/cash view.",
        "centre_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white, centred.",
        "right_controls": "A round '-' (decrease bet) button, a large round SPIN button (white double-arrow refresh icon) and a round '+' (increase bet) button, with an 'AUTOPLAY' pill button (small icon + text) directly beneath the spin button.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text, bottom-left corner."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "All bottom-bar controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based, not colour-coded). CREDIT/BET are gold text on dark, high contrast. The jackpot ticker distinguishes tiers by BOTH plaque colour (maroon/green/maroon) AND printed label text (MAJOR/GRAND/MINOR) — label text is the safe channel for colour-blind users."
    },

    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 9 (header 'GAME RULES')",
      "views_captured": "Two views of the SAME page: currency view (paytable_p1.png, at $2.00 total bet) and coin view (paytable_coin_p1.png, at 200-coin total bet), toggled by clicking the CREDIT/BET label.",
      "content": "Header instruction: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Below it, a 5x2 grid of the ten regular paying symbols with their 5/4/3/2-of-a-kind payouts (see 'symbols' section above for full detail).",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: three green icons — left triangle (previous page), X (close, centre), right triangle (next page). 'Page 1/9' printed bottom-right.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The three green navigation icons are differentiated by SHAPE (triangle-left / cross / triangle-right), not colour alone — safe for all colour-blind types."
    },

    "rules": {
      "type": "rules (info booklet pages 2-9 of 9, dark semi-transparent panel over the dimmed reels; same green triangle/X/triangle nav and 'Page n/9' indicator on every page)",
      "p2_wild_and_bonus": "Page 2/9 (rules_p1.png). Shows the treasure-chest WILD (substitutes all but BONUS/MONEY, reels 2-5) and the BONUS medallion (reels 2-4 only; 3x pays 1x total bet and triggers 10 Free Spins; during Free Spins the two pirate-captain symbols also become WILD on reels 2-5, and 3x BONUS during Free Spins adds 10 more spins with no limit).",
      "p3_money_symbol": "Page 3/9 (rules_p2.png). Introduces the MONEY SYMBOL (present on all 5 reels, random value or MINOR/MAJOR jackpot value, MAJOR capped at once per respin round) and the trigger condition (8+ MONEY symbols) plus the opening description of the Lucky Treasure Bag Feature (special reels, 3 starting respins, respin counter resets to 3 on any MONEY hit, ends when respins exhausted or grid full).",
      "p4_multiplier_and_retrigger": "Page 4/9 (rules_p3.png). Describes the MULTIPLIER symbol (2x/3x/5x, additive to a running total multiplier) and the RETRIGGER symbol (restarts a brand-new Lucky Treasure Bag round from the same starting MONEY grid). States the completion rule: sum of all MONEY values x total multiplier, plus GRAND JACKPOT if all 20 positions are filled; also confirms the feature can trigger during Free Spins.",
      "p5_volatility_lines_rtp_limits": "Page 5/9 (rules_p4.png). 'LOW VOLATILITY' badge and explanation text; a numbered 1-40 diagram of every payline pattern in its own colour; 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.5%'; 'MINIMUM BET: $0.40 / MAXIMUM BET: $200.00'; SPACE/ENTER start-stop instructions; 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.'",
      "p6_payout_basis": "Page 6/9 (rules_p5.png). The exact payout-basis rules quoted verbatim in 'payout_basis' above (per-line bet basis, highest win per line, free-spins win added after round completes).",
      "p7_how_to_play": "Page 7/9 (rules_p6.png). Explains bet +/- and bet menu, SPIN button, the settings-menu (hamburger) icon, the spin-speed cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo), the sound toggle, the information ('i') icon, CREDIT/BET coin-vs-cash toggle, and the AUTOPLAY button (click again to stop).",
      "p8_settings_menu": "Page 8/9 (rules_p7.png). Documents SYSTEM SETTINGS entries: INTRO SCREEN (toggles the intro/carousel on/off — confirms the promo carousel is an optional intro, not a fixed splash), AMBIENT (music), SOUND FX, GAME HISTORY (opens a separate history page); also explains the info-page nav arrows/close and the BET MENU's COINS PER LINE / COIN VALUE fields.",
      "p9_autoplay": "Page 9/9 (rules_p8.png). Explains starting Autoplay by choosing a spin count, and the SKIP SCREENS option which auto-skips feature intro/end screens after a short delay.",
      "color_notes": "Body text throughout the booklet is white on a dark semi-transparent panel; headings in white/gold; the jackpot ticker and dimmed base-game reels remain faintly visible behind the panel on every page."
    },

    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Centred dark translucent panel over the dimmed reels, closed via an 'X' at the top-right.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link (with an external-link icon) and a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: round white '-' button, value '$2.00' in a dark field, round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Five labelled on/off toggle switches, each with a short description line: 'BATTERY SAVER' (off in the captured frame — 'save battery life by reducing animation speed'), 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (on — 'turn on or off the game music'), 'SOUND FX' (on — 'turn on or off the game sounds'), 'INTRO SCREEN' (on — 'show the intro screen before starting the game'), 'SLOTS PROMOTIONS' (on — 'display promo badge').",
      "toggle_visual_state": "OFF toggles are grey with the round handle/glyph on the LEFT; ON toggles are green with the handle/glyph on the RIGHT — position is the colour-blind-safe cue.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is conveyed by BOTH colour (grey/green) AND handle position (left/right), so it remains distinguishable without colour perception."
    },

    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark panel centred over the dimmed reels; 'X' close at top-right.",
      "options": "Three square checkboxes in a row, all unchecked in the captured frame: 'TURBO SPIN', 'QUICK SPIN', 'SKIP SCREENS'.",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track left of the handle, grey track right of it) with the value '100' printed to the right.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the panel width at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state uses a filled/empty square (shape), not colour alone. The primary action button carries explicit text ('START AUTOPLAY') in addition to its green fill."
    },

    "bet_menu": {
      "type": "other",
      "content": "A right-side panel titled 'BETTING ON 40 LINES' with three steppers: COINS PER LINE (round white '-' / green '+'), COIN VALUE (same), and TOTAL BET (same), plus a green 'BET MAX' shortcut button at the bottom.",
      "bet_max_frame": "bet_max.png — COINS PER LINE 10 (all '+' arrows greyed out, i.e. at maximum), COIN VALUE $0.50 (greyed out '+'), TOTAL BET $200.00 (greyed out '+'). Confirms the printed booklet MAXIMUM BET of $200.00 with no hidden higher special-bet mode.",
      "bet_min_frame": "bet_min.png — COINS PER LINE 1 ('-' greyed out), COIN VALUE $0.01 ('-' greyed out), TOTAL BET $0.40 ('-' greyed out). Confirms the printed booklet MINIMUM BET of $0.40.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Disabled/at-limit steppers are shown as a dimmed/greyed icon rather than only a colour change, so the limit is perceivable without colour discrimination."
    },

    "free_spins_trigger_and_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "See 'features.free_spins.captured_evidence' above for the three captured frames (trigger spin, mid-round spin, and the completion screen) with their exact WIN/counter readouts.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state is signalled by BOTH the stormy-night palette shift AND explicit text ('FREE SPINS LEFT N', the WILD-transformation banner) — not colour alone."
    },

    "bonus_lucky_treasure_bag": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "See 'features.lucky_treasure_bag_respin.captured_evidence' above for the mid-round grid frame and the completion banner.",
      "color_blind_notes": "MONEY bag values are printed as plain readable numbers/currency text on every bag; MINOR/MAJOR/GRAND tiers are distinguished by printed label text in addition to plaque colour."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control layout is stable across the whole session: menu/sound/info icons stacked at the far bottom-left, bet -/spin/bet + clustered centre-right with autoplay directly below spin. The info booklet is a strictly linear 9-page sequence navigated with left-triangle/X/right-triangle and a 'Page n/9' counter, so a screen-reader flow can announce page position reliably.",
    "motor": "All primary controls are large round touch targets; SPIN is the largest. SPACE/ENTER also start/stop a spin (keyboard-operable) and holding SPACE engages Turbo Spin. Autoplay (up to 100 spins, adjustable via slider) reduces the number of required clicks for extended play.",
    "color_blind": "Most game-state information is duplicated in text: jackpot tiers (MAJOR/GRAND/MINOR labels), free-spins counter, WILD/BONUS labels stamped directly on symbol art, settings toggle position (left=off/right=on), and MONEY-bag values printed as plain numbers. Residual risk: the base-game-vs-feature mood shift (sunset vs stormy night) relies partly on overall colour temperature, but it is always accompanied by explicit banner text, so it is not the sole cue.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No information observed to be conveyed by audio alone; AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are purely decorative toggles in SYSTEM SETTINGS. All wins, feature triggers, counters and jackpot values are shown as on-screen text/numbers."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Full 20/20-position completion of the Lucky Treasure Bag grid (the trigger condition for the extra GRAND JACKPOT payout) was not captured on camera. Roughly 140 base-game spins were played hunting for it; the feature triggered exactly once and reached 13/20 positions filled per the capture log (bonus_1.png) — the feature itself (trigger, mid-round gameplay, and its win screen) IS fully captured, only the rare full-grid sub-outcome is not.",
    "bonus_1.png cell count discrepancy: the capture log's note for this frame states 13/20 positions filled; our own recount of the same static frame finds 12 clearly filled cells (summing to $94.00 in visible bag values). Not reconciled — flagged rather than guessed.",
    "bonus_1.png vs win_screen_bonus.png value discrepancy: the MONEY bags visible in the mid-round grid frame sum to $94.00, while the eventual round payout shown on the completion screen is $90.04. Since bonus_1.png is explicitly a mid-round (not necessarily final) snapshot of a respin feature that can continue across further respins, this is recorded as an open discrepancy rather than resolved by assumption.",
    "Exact wording/value of the 'WIN MULTIPLIER 15X' figure shown on preview slide 1 (preview_1.png) — it is not explained anywhere in the 9-page booklet whether 15x represents an observed maximum accumulated respin multiplier, a marketing figure, or something else; recorded verbatim but not interpreted.",
    "Per-cell content of the base-game reel snapshot (base_game.png) is a random spin outcome, not a fixed game property, so it is intentionally not enumerated symbol-by-symbol as documentation content."
  ]
}