Wheel of Happiness

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Wheel of Happiness",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "theme": "East Asian / Chinese good-fortune theme: gold dragon, fu-dog (guardian lion), turtle and koi fish rendered as ornate gold-and-jewel statuettes, on a deep purple background with a repeating gold Chinese meander (key-fret) pattern. A decorative 'fortune wheel' with red/green pie-slice wedges is mounted above the reels inside a red-and-gold pagoda-roof frame with flanking clouds.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind users of all types, motor-impaired users) built from 22 desktop screenshots (1280x800) plus 2 TL evidence crops (_evidence_coinsview1.png, _evidence_paytable_coins.png, not part of the delivered screenshot set) and OCR ground truth.",
    "method_notes": "Numbers taken verbatim from on-screen rules text and cross-checked with pytesseract OCR on the rules pages (paytable_p1-p5), which returned clean, reliable text. OCR on screens with heavily stylized/decorative game-art fonts (CONGRATULATIONS, SENSATIONAL!, the WHEEL of HAPPINESS wordmark, the fortune-wheel wedge labels) is unreliable/garbled on this game (ornamental typeface + particle/coin overlay effects defeat the OCR engine); those texts were read by eye directly off the image pixels instead and are reported with high confidence since the lettering is large and high-contrast. Symbol icons and their payout numerals were verified with 2x-6x zoom crops (scripts/zoom.py) directly against both the cash-view and coins-view paytable captures. Nothing legible was left as 'uncertain' except where explicitly marked in unreadable_or_uncertain.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "payout_basis": {
    "summary": "CRITICAL, verified by TL against two paytable captures (cash view and coins view) plus the literal rules text — do not confuse with a simpler 'multiplied by total bet' reading.",
    "coin_unit": "The paytable's symbol payouts are expressed in COIN units, and the coin's cash value is derived from the bet-multiplier mechanic, NOT from the full displayed total bet.",
    "evidence": [
      "Rules page 4/8 (paytable_p4.png): 'Bet multiplier 20x - Normal play.' (30x under the ANTE BET / Double Chance option).",
      "Rules page 5/8 (paytable_p5.png): 'All wins are multiplied by bet per way. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins.'",
      "At displayed TOTAL BET $2.00, the coins-view HUD (_evidence_coinsview1.png) shows the same bet as 'BET 20' (coins) and credit '1,000,000' (coins) vs '$100,000.00' (cash) -> 1 coin = $0.10.",
      "Coins-view paytable (_evidence_paytable_coins.png) lists dragon 5-of-a-kind as '100' (coins) vs cash-view paytable_p1.png '$10.00' -> 100 coins x $0.10 = $10.00, confirms the $0.10 coin value.",
      "Cash-view Ante Bet / Double Chance shown as $3.00 = 30 coins x $0.10, consistent with the 30x bet-multiplier."
    ],
    "coin_value_at_demo_default_bet": "$0.10 per coin when TOTAL BET is $2.00 (bet multiplier 20x). Scales with the chosen total bet since the multiplier itself is fixed at 20x (normal play) or 30x (Ante Bet); the underlying 'bet per way' unit rises/falls proportionally with the total bet selected in the bet menu.",
    "basis_asymmetry_warning": "Different parts of the rules use different bet bases - read each literally, do not assume one basis for the whole game: (1) SYMBOL PAYOUTS are per COIN ('bet per way'), coin = total bet / 20 (or /30 under Ante). (2) BUY FREE SPINS costs '70x current TOTAL BET' (at $2.00 total bet = $140.00 = 1400 coins) - this is against the FULL bet, not the coin. (3) MAX WIN is '4,000x bet' (full bet, i.e. up to $8,000 at $2.00 bet) - also full-bet based, not per-coin. (4) ANTE BET / Double Chance costs a straight 30-coin (vs 20-coin normal) total bet, i.e. 1.5x the normal total bet."
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "overall_background": "Deep purple/magenta background with a subtle repeating gold Chinese fretwork (meander/key-pattern) motif, used behind the reels and on the preview/promo screen.",
    "frame_and_wheel": "Warm red-and-gold pagoda/temple-roof frame sits directly above the reel grid; the decorative fortune wheel is mounted just above that, with alternating red and green triangular wedges bearing gold-outlined yellow text, a central carved gold dragon-head hub, and red stylized cloud ornaments flanking the frame's outer edges.",
    "reel_grid": "Each reel cell has its own tinted background that matches the symbol occupying it in the paytable: blue for the koi fish, purple for the fu-dog/lion, green for the turtle, red/dark-red for the dragon, and plain dark navy-blue for the letter/number symbols (A/K/Q/J/10/9). Thin gold dividing lines and small gold corner ornaments separate the cells.",
    "text_and_UI_accents": "Gold and yellow for headings, money amounts and highlighted buttons; green for confirm/navigation controls (paytable nav arrows, buy-free-spins confirm tick, autoplay start button, on-state toggle switches); red for cancel/close controls (buy dialog X) and for big celebratory banners (CONGRATULATIONS ribbon is green-and-gold banner with red plaque body; SENSATIONAL banner is red-outlined yellow text); white for most body/informational text on dark panels.",
    "free_spins_palette_shift": "During Free Spins the whole background/reel-frame area shifts from purple to a deep red/maroon tone, and the reel-mounted dragon/turtle/fish/lion art appears with a warm golden-amber tint (vs. the cooler gold tone in the base game) - a full-screen palette change signals feature state in addition to the on-screen text counters."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Identities and payouts verified by zoomed crops of paytable_p1.png (cash view, at demo default TOTAL BET $2.00) and cross-checked against the coins-view evidence crop (_evidence_paytable_coins.png, TOTAL BET 20 coins). All symbol wins are multiplied by 'bet per way' (see payout_basis) - the coin values below are the base multiplier unit; cash values are what is actually shown on screen at BET $2.00; full-bet multiplier = coins / 20 (i.e. the number of times the full $2.00 bet the win represents).",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Golden Dragon (top symbol)",
        "appearance": "Snarling gold Chinese dragon head/bust with green eyes, red mane/whiskers, framed on a red card with a gold Chinese key-pattern border.",
        "payouts_coins": {"5": 100, "4": 40, "3": 20},
        "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$4.00", "3": "$2.00"},
        "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "5x", "4": "2x", "3": "1x"},
        "rank": "highest-paying symbol"
      },
      {
        "name": "Fu Dog / Guardian Lion (with pink treasure ball)",
        "appearance": "Gold statuette of a seated guardian lion (Chinese fu dog) with a crown, purple eyes/gems, holding/resting a paw on a round pink jewel/treasure ball, framed on a purple card.",
        "payouts_coins": {"5": 80, "4": 25, "3": 12},
        "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$8.00", "4": "$2.50", "3": "$1.20"},
        "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "4x", "4": "1.25x", "3": "0.6x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Golden Turtle",
        "appearance": "Gold statuette of a turtle with an ornate shell, framed on a green card.",
        "payouts_coins": {"5": 75, "4": 20, "3": 10},
        "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$7.50", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$1.00"},
        "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "3.75x", "4": "1x", "3": "0.5x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Golden Koi Fish",
        "appearance": "Gold-and-blue koi carp leaping out of stylized blue water/wave, framed on a blue card.",
        "payouts_coins": {"5": 60, "4": 16, "3": 8},
        "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$6.00", "4": "$1.60", "3": "$0.80"},
        "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "3x", "4": "0.8x", "3": "0.4x"}
      }
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "red with gold outline", "payouts_coins": {"5": 40, "4": 12, "3": 4}, "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$4.00", "4": "$1.20", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "2x", "4": "0.6x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "cyan/light-blue with gold outline", "payouts_coins": {"5": 40, "4": 12, "3": 4}, "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$4.00", "4": "$1.20", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "2x", "4": "0.6x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "magenta/pink with gold outline", "payouts_coins": {"5": 30, "4": 10, "3": 3}, "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$3.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.30"}, "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "1.5x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.15x"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "green with gold outline", "payouts_coins": {"5": 30, "4": 10, "3": 3}, "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$3.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.30"}, "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "1.5x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.15x"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "royal blue with gold outline", "payouts_coins": {"5": 20, "4": 8, "3": 2}, "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$2.00", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.20"}, "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "1x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.1x"}},
      {"name": "9", "color": "purple with gold outline", "payouts_coins": {"5": 20, "4": 8, "3": 2}, "payouts_cash_at_bet_2": {"5": "$2.00", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.20"}, "payouts_x_full_bet": {"5": "1x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.1x"}}
    ],
    "colorblind_notes": "The 4 high-value animal symbols are each pinned to a unique COLORED FRAME (red=dragon, purple=lion, green=turtle, blue=fish) but are also fully distinguishable by SHAPE/silhouette alone (dragon head, lion statue, turtle, fish), so color is redundant, not load-bearing, for these. The 6 royal letters/numbers (A/K/Q/J/10/9) are each a distinct color, but are also distinguishable by their GLYPH (letter/number shape) alone - safe for all forms of color blindness.",
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Rectangular gold-framed tile with a red textured background bordered by a repeating gold Chinese fretwork pattern; the word 'WILD' is written in large gold block letters outlined in purple/magenta with a pink glow.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols except SCATTER. Appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4 during base-game spins; ALSO appears on reel 5 during FREE SPINS and RANDOM AWARDS (confirmed both by rules text on paytable_p1.png and visually in free_spins_gameplay.png, where WILD tiles appear in the 5th/rightmost reel column). Has no symbol-payout table of its own.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png rules text"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "Circular gold medallion shaped like a gear/sunburst with alternating red and green triangular points around the rim, a thin gold ring border, and a snarling gold dragon-face at the center on a dark charcoal-grey backdrop.",
      "rules": "Appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4. Landing 3 SCATTER symbols anywhere on those reels triggers a Random Award (see features.random_awards). Has no symbol-payout table of its own.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png rules text"
    }
  },

  "bet_mechanic": {
    "type": "ways",
    "value": 243,
    "grid": "5 reels x 3 rows, FIXED uniform grid (every reel always shows exactly 3 symbols) - NOT a variable-height/Megaways column layout.",
    "evidence": "paytable_p1.png explicit text '243 ways to win' plus a diagram (two 5x3 grids with black-dot examples: one marked with a green check showing a left-to-right adjacent-reel win, one marked with a red X showing a non-adjacent/skipped-reel non-win) and 'Wins awarded for left to right adjacent symbol combinations.' Arithmetic check: 3 symbols/reel ^ 5 reels = 243, consistent.",
    "cascade_mechanic": "TUMBLE FEATURE (cascade): after a winning spin, all symbols in winning combinations are removed/paid, remaining symbols fall down, empty spaces are refilled from above, and this repeats until no further wins occur on that base spin. All wins from the whole tumble sequence are added together before being credited (rules page 2/8, paytable_p2.png)."
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent_base": 96.47,
    "rtp_percent_ante_bet": 96.50,
    "rtp_percent_buy_free_spins": 96.49,
    "rtp_source": "rules page 5/8 (paytable_p5.png): 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.47%. The RTP of the game when using the \"ANTE BET\" is 96.50%. The RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.49%.'",
    "volatility": "High - shown as 5 of 5 filled gold lightning-bolt icons next to the word 'VOLATILITY', with literal text: 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.' (rules page 5/8). Both the bolt count and the text phrase agree.",
    "bet_min": "$0.20",
    "bet_max": "$360.00",
    "bet_source": "rules page 5/8: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.20  MAXIMUM BET: $360.00'",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_default_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "max_win": "4,000x bet. If a Free Spins round's cumulative win reaches 4,000x bet, the round ends immediately, the win up to the cap is paid, and any remaining free spins are forfeited (rules page 4/8 and page 7/8, and the promo splash text 'WIN UP TO 4,000 X BET' on preview.png).",
    "bonus_buy": "Present. 'BUY FREE SPINS' costs 70x the current TOTAL BET (shown as $140.00 at the $2.00 demo bet). Instantly triggers the Free Spins round; which of the 4 Random Award outcomes (FREE SPINS or FREE SPINS+, with its randomized starting spin count and, for the '+' variant, a randomized multiplier) is granted is itself randomized - buying does NOT let the player choose WILD WINS/WILD WINS+ outcomes, only guarantees a Free Spins-type award (rules page 4/8).",
    "ante_bet": "Optional 'DOUBLE CHANCE TO WIN' feature, shown on the bottom-left HUD panel as a bet toggle labelled 'BET $3.00 DOUBLE CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' with an ON/OFF switch (captured OFF in base_game.png/bonus_buy_dialog.png). Selecting the 30x bet multiplier (vs the default 20x) increases the chance of triggering a Random Award (more SCATTER symbols are seeded on the reels) but DISABLES the Buy Free Spins option while active (rules page 4/8).",
    "ways_to_win": "243 ways (5 reels x 3 rows fixed grid; see bet_mechanic).",
    "win_rules": "All wins are multiplied by 'bet per way' (see payout_basis); values are expressed in coins internally, converted to cash for display; only the highest win per way is paid; when winning on multiple ways in the same spin/tumble, all wins are added together; Free Spins total win is credited to the player only after the whole Free Spins round completes (rules page 5/8, paytable_p5.png).",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start/stop the spin; holding SPACE also engages Turbo Spin (label 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' shown continuously above the spin controls in the base game HUD).",
    "currency_view": "CREDIT and BET labels can be clicked to toggle between a cash view (dollar amounts) and a coins view (raw integer coin counts) - demonstrated in the evidence crops (_evidence_coinsview1.png / _evidence_paytable_coins.png)."
  },

  "features": {
    "tumble": {
      "name": "Tumble Feature (cascading wins)",
      "mechanic": "After every spin, winning symbol combinations pay out and disappear; remaining symbols fall to fill the empty spaces from above; this repeats until a spin/tumble sequence produces no further win. All wins across the whole tumble chain are summed and credited together after the sequence ends.",
      "source": "rules page 2/8 (paytable_p2.png), header 'TUMBLE FEATURE'"
    },
    "random_awards": {
      "name": "Random Awards (via the 'Wheel of Happiness')",
      "trigger": "Landing 3 SCATTER symbols anywhere on reels 2, 3 and 4 (in the base game or during Free Spins) triggers one of 4 random award types.",
      "presentation": "The decorative fortune wheel mounted above the reels plays a zoom-in reveal animation and lands a pointer on one of the 4 wedge labels (WILD WINS / WILD WINS+ / FREE SPINS / FREE SPINS+) before the award text banner appears - HOWEVER the rules explicitly state: 'Random awards are given through a wheel that exists only as a graphical representation for entertainment purposes' (paytable_p2.png). This means the actual award is determined by the RNG the instant 3 scatters land; the wheel spin/zoom animation is a non-mechanical visual flourish, not a physically-simulated wheel outcome.",
      "types": [
        {"name": "WILD WINS", "effect": "At the end of all tumbles, the grid clears and a new result is generated with 2, 3, 4, 5 or 7 WILD symbols randomly added, guaranteeing at least one winning combination on that result."},
        {"name": "WILD WINS+", "effect": "Same as WILD WINS (2/3/4/5/7 added WILD symbols, guaranteed win), PLUS a randomly selected multiplier of x2, x3, x4, x5 or x10 applied to subsequent wins during that spin."},
        {"name": "FREE SPINS", "effect": "Triggers the Free Spins feature with 6, 8, 10, 15 or 25 starting free spins awarded randomly (base game trigger values; see features.free_spins for in-feature retrigger values, which differ)."},
        {"name": "FREE SPINS+", "effect": "Same as FREE SPINS, PLUS a randomly selected multiplier of x2, x3, x4, x5 or x10 applied to all wins throughout the subsequent Free Spins round (this becomes the starting 'FREE GAME MULTIPLIER')."}
      ],
      "source": "rules page 2/8 (paytable_p2.png), header 'RANDOM AWARDS'"
    },
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "A Random Award of type FREE SPINS or FREE SPINS+ (natural, via 3 scatters) or via the Buy Free Spins purchase.",
      "starting_spins_natural_trigger": "6, 8, 10, 15 or 25 (randomly selected) when the Random Award is won via 3 SCATTER symbols in the base game.",
      "free_game_multiplier": "If the award was FREE SPINS+, a starting 'FREE GAME MULTIPLIER' of x2, x3, x4, x5 or x10 is set and applies to ALL wins for the rest of the round; shown throughout the feature on a labelled panel at the top-left of the reel area ('FREE GAME MULTIPLIER' with the current value, e.g. '3X' observed in free_spins_gameplay.png, later '6X' after a retrigger in free_spins_retrigger.png).",
      "in_feature_random_awards": "During Free Spins, hitting 3 SCATTER symbols again triggers a further Random Award, drawn from the SAME 4 types (WILD WINS / WILD WINS+ / FREE SPINS / FREE SPINS+), but with DIFFERENT (smaller) value tables than the base-game trigger: retrigger FREE SPINS/FREE SPINS+ award 3, 5, 10, 15 or 20 additional spins (vs 6/8/10/15/25 for the initial trigger); a retriggered FREE SPINS+ multiplier is drawn from x1, x2, x3, x4 or x5 (vs x2/x3/x4/x5/x10 for the initial trigger) and ADDS to the existing Free Game Multiplier rather than replacing it. If a WILD WINS+ award is won mid-feature while a Free Game Multiplier is already active, the WILD multiplier and the Free Spins multiplier are MULTIPLIED together before applying to the win (not summed) - explicit text on rules page 3/8.",
      "special_reels": "'Special reels are in play during the feature' (paytable_p3.png) - i.e. the Free Spins round uses a different (undisclosed) reel strip/weighting than the base game; this also matches the WILD symbol becoming available on reel 5 only during Free Spins/Random Awards.",
      "end_condition": "The round ends when free spins reach 0 (after any retriggers) OR the cumulative round win reaches the 4,000x bet cap, whichever comes first; a final summary screen shows the total amount won and the total number of free spins played.",
      "observed_in_this_capture": "Buy Free Spins purchased for $140.00 (70x the $2.00 total bet) -> wheel reveal animation landed on FREE SPINS -> trigger screen 'YOU HAVE WON 10 FREE SPINS' -> feature intro (flaming dragon reveal graphic, 'FEATURE ACTIVE' label, FREE GAME MULTIPLIER 3X) -> gameplay with tumbles, multiple WILD symbols including on reel 5, and per-symbol win call-outs (e.g. '$36.00', '$72.00') feeding into a running 'WIN $54.45' -> mid-round retrigger 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON +15 FREE SPINS' with the Free Game Multiplier having grown to 6X -> round completion overlay 'SENSATIONAL!' with an animating/counting-up amount, settling at a fixed '$127.20' single-spin win -> final feature summary 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $449.40 IN 30 FREE SPINS' -> returned to base game with credit updated to $100,309.40.",
      "source": "rules pages 2/8 and 3/8 (paytable_p2.png, paytable_p3.png) plus live capture (bonus_buy_dialog.png -> bonus_wheel_reveal.png -> free_spins_trigger.png -> free_spins_intro.png -> free_spins_gameplay.png -> free_spins_retrigger.png -> win_celebration.png -> win_screen.png -> free_spins_summary.png)"
    },
    "ante_bet_double_chance": {
      "name": "Ante Bet / 'Double Chance to Win'",
      "mechanic": "A bet-multiplier toggle. Normal play uses a 20x bet multiplier. Enabling Double Chance switches to a 30x bet multiplier (1.5x the normal total bet, e.g. $3.00 vs $2.00 at the demo base bet), which increases the natural probability of hitting a Random Award by seeding more SCATTER symbols on the reels, but DISABLES the Buy Free Spins button while active.",
      "ui": "Bottom-left HUD panel: label 'BET $3.00' (the cost if enabled) above 'DOUBLE CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' with a green arrow icon and an ON/OFF pill switch, captured in the OFF state in every screenshot of this capture set.",
      "rtp_impact": "RTP with Ante Bet enabled is 96.50% (vs 96.47% base) - see technical_summary.",
      "source": "rules page 4/8 (paytable_p4.png), header 'ANTE BET'"
    },
    "buy_free_spins": {
      "name": "Buy Free Spins",
      "cost": "70x the current TOTAL BET (shown as $140.00 / 1400 coins at the $2.00 / 20-coin demo bet).",
      "mechanic": "Instantly triggers the Free Spins feature from the base game. On purchase, the RNG immediately rolls between the FREE SPINS and FREE SPINS+ Random Award outcomes only (not WILD WINS/WILD WINS+) - i.e. buying guarantees a Free-Spins-type award but the exact starting spin count (and, for FREE SPINS+, the multiplier) is still randomized.",
      "ui": "Confirmation dialog: purple/violet plaque titled 'BUY FREE SPINS' with the price '$140.00' in large gold text, a red circular button with a white X to cancel (left) and a green circular button with a white checkmark to confirm (right).",
      "rtp_impact": "RTP with Buy Free Spins used is 96.49% (vs 96.47% base) - see technical_summary.",
      "source": "rules page 4/8 (paytable_p4.png) and bonus_buy_dialog.png"
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Promo/splash screen shown before entering the game. Top: the fortune wheel graphic (partially cropped at the very top of the viewport). Left/center: a snapshot of reel symbols (letters A/K/K and dragon/koi/dragon/9/9/9 visible) framed by the red-and-gold pagoda-roof top bar. Top-right: full game wordmark 'WHEEL of HAPPINESS' in a 3D gold/orange bevelled font with a magenta glow, mounted over a red-and-green Chinese-cross medallion graphic. Bottom-center: promo text 'WIN UP TO 4,000 X BET' in red-outlined gold letters. Bottom-right: a round black 'enter' button with a white double-arrow refresh/spin icon and a small hand-pointer icon at its upper-left, a 'VOLATILITY' pill showing 5 of 5 gold lightning bolts, and a 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME' checkbox (yellow-outlined square, unchecked) with white label text.",
      "purpose": "Entry point; clicking the round button in the bottom-right enters the base game.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Max-win text and volatility bolts are high-contrast gold-on-purple; the enter button is a white icon on black (shape-based, not color-coded)."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5-reel x 3-row grid centered on screen, capped by a red-and-gold pagoda-roof top bar; the decorative fortune wheel above it is cropped at the very top edge of the 1280x800 viewport (visible only as the lower rim/wedge-tips) - this is the game's own layout behavior at this resolution, not a capture defect (the same wheel is shown uncropped on preview.png, whose layout differs).",
      "background": "Deep purple background with a faint repeating gold Chinese fretwork pattern visible around the outer frame.",
      "reel_cells": "Each symbol sits in its own colored mini-frame (see color_palette.reel_grid); thin gold divider lines separate the 5 reel columns.",
      "left_hud_panel": "Fixed panel to the left of the reels, stacked top-to-bottom: 'BUY FREE SPINS' button showing its cost '$140.00' in gold-on-purple; below it 'BET $3.00 / DOUBLE CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' with a green arrow icon and an OFF toggle switch (white circle on the left/dark side = off).",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "A round hamburger MENU icon ('=', three horizontal lines) opens System Settings; a round speaker/SOUND icon below/beside it toggles audio; a round 'i' INFO icon opens the paytable/rules booklet.",
        "balance_labels": "Center-left, gold/yellow text: 'CREDIT $100,000.00' and 'BET $2.00'; clickable to toggle coins/cash view.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white, persistent across the base game HUD.",
        "right_controls": "Large round SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a circle) with an arrow-and-hand-pointer hint icon at its upper-left in this capture; oval '-' (decrease bet) to its left and oval '+' (increase bet) to its right; an 'AUTOPLAY' pill button just below the spin button.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text at the bottom-left corner."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "Bet +/- distinguished by glyph; CREDIT/BET are yellow text on dark background, high contrast; the DOUBLE CHANCE toggle position (left=off) is a non-color cue in addition to its grey-vs-green fill."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Centered dark panel over the dimmed reels; closed via an X at the top-right of the panel.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link with an external-link icon; a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: white circular '-' button, a value field ('$2.00'), and a green circular '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labelled on/off switches, each with an explanatory sub-line: 'BATTERY SAVER' (save battery life by reducing animation speed) - captured OFF (white circle on dark/left side); 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (turn on/off the game music) - captured ON (green fill, circle on right); 'SOUND FX' (turn on/off the game sounds) - captured ON (green); 'INTRO SCREEN' (show the intro screen before starting the game) - captured OFF (white/left).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Every toggle's state is doubly coded: switch handle POSITION (left=off/right=right) and fill color (grey=off/green=on) - position alone is sufficient for colorblind users."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark panel over dimmed reels, X close at top-right.",
      "options": "Three square 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 (green filled track to the left of the handle, grey track to the right) with the handle roughly in the middle-left and the numeric value '100' shown to the right.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the bottom of the panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checked state uses a white checkmark glyph (shape), not color alone; the primary action button carries explicit text."
    },
    "paytable_p1": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1/8, header 'GAME RULES'",
      "content": "Subtitle: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Row 1: the 4 high-value animal symbols (dragon/lion/turtle/fish) each with their 5/4/3-of-a-kind payouts. Row 2: the 6 royal letters/numbers (A/K/Q/J/10/9) each with 5/4/3 payouts. Below-left: the WILD tile with its substitution/reel-restriction rules. Below it: the SCATTER medallion with its trigger/reel-restriction rules. Right side: a '243 ways to win' heading with a small two-grid diagram (one 5x3 grid with a green checkmark showing a valid adjacent-reel win pattern in black dots, one 5x3 grid with a red X showing an invalid/non-adjacent pattern) and the caption 'Wins awarded for left to right adjacent symbol combinations.'",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: green ◄ (previous), green X (close, center), green ► (next, advances to page 2). 'Page 1/8' at bottom-right. A separate X closes the booklet from the top-right of the overlay (shared across all 8 pages).",
      "color_blind_notes": "The three green nav glyphs are differentiated by SHAPE (left triangle / cross / right triangle)."
    },
    "paytable_p2": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "2/8",
      "content": "Two sections. 'TUMBLE FEATURE': explains the cascade mechanic (see features.tumble). 'RANDOM AWARDS': explains the 3-SCATTER trigger and all 4 award types (WILD WINS, WILD WINS+, FREE SPINS, FREE SPINS+) with their exact value ranges, ending with the explicit disclosure: 'Random awards are given through a wheel that exists only as a graphical representation for entertainment purposes.'"
    },
    "paytable_p3": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "3/8",
      "content": "'FREE SPINS' section: explains that the round starts with a randomly-awarded spin count, that 3 SCATTERs during the round retrigger a (differently-valued) Random Award, gives the retrigger value tables (3/5/10/15/20 spins; x1-x5 multiplier for FREE SPINS+), the multiplicative stacking rule for WILD WINS+ multiplier x Free Spins multiplier, the additive stacking rule for repeated Free Spins multipliers, and the note 'Special reels are in play during the feature.'"
    },
    "paytable_p4": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "4/8",
      "content": "'MAX WIN' section (4,000x bet cap, forfeits remaining spins). 'ANTE BET' section (20x normal / 30x Double Chance bet multipliers, effect on scatter frequency, and that Buy Free Spins is disabled under the 30x option). 'BUY FREE SPINS' section (70x current total bet cost, randomized Free-Spins-type outcome)."
    },
    "paytable_p5": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "5/8",
      "content": "'GAME RULES' with a 'VOLATILITY' pill (5/5 lightning bolts) and the literal high-volatility explanatory sentence. General win rules (selected payways, bet-per-way multiplier, coin-based values, highest-win-per-way, summed multi-way wins, free-spins win credited after round completion, free-spins history entries show cumulative round win). RTP figures for base/Ante/Buy Free Spins. SPACE/ENTER keyboard controls. 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' MINIMUM/MAXIMUM BET figures."
    },
    "paytable_p6": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "6/8",
      "content": "'HOW TO PLAY': explains the +/- bet buttons and bet menu, the SPIN button, the hamburger/menu icon (Settings), the spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo), the speaker icon (sound/music toggle), the 'i' info icon, the CREDIT/BET labels and their coins/cash toggle, and the AUTOPLAY button/menu, each illustrated with a small icon glyph next to its description."
    },
    "paytable_p7": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "7/8",
      "content": "'SETTINGS MENU': describes INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX and GAME HISTORY toggles/links. 'INFORMATION SCREEN': describes the ◄/► page-scroll arrows and the X close control. 'BET MENU': describes the bet multiplier and total-bet display in coins and cash, and the +/- controls in the BET and COIN VALUE fields. Also repeats the 4,000x max-win cap text at the bottom of the page."
    },
    "paytable_p8": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "8/8",
      "content": "'AUTOPLAY': explains that clicking a preset auto-spin-count button starts Autoplay, and that the SKIP SCREENS option auto-skips feature intro/end screens after a short delay. This page is a static text overlay over a dimmed reel background (not the live Autoplay Settings dialog, which is captured separately in autoplay.png)."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Confirmation dialog centered over the dimmed reels: purple/violet plaque bordered in pink-then-gold, titled 'BUY FREE SPINS' in orange/gold 3D letters, price '$140.00' in large cream/gold text below the title, a red circular button with a white X (cancel) at bottom-left of the plaque and a green circular button with a white checkmark (confirm) at bottom-right.",
      "footer": "TOTAL BET $2.00 shown centered at the very bottom with its own +/- steppers."
    },
    "bonus_wheel_reveal": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Close-up zoom-in animation of the decorative fortune wheel: a carved gold dragon-head hub at the top center, radiating red and green trapezoidal wedges labelled (visible in this frame) 'WILD WINS' (red, with a '+' mark, left and right edges), 'WILD WINS' (red, center-left), 'FREE SPINS' (green, center), 'FREE SPINS' (green, right-of-center) - a gold pointer/triangle sits at the bottom center indicating the selected wedge. Credit shown as $99,860.00 (post-purchase-deduction), Bet $2.00. The spin/autoplay button is shown disabled (greyed circle with a red square 'busy' icon) during the animation.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Wedge category is labelled in white/gold text, not conveyed by color alone."
    },
    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Full-screen award reveal: a green ribbon banner reading 'CONGRATULATIONS!' at the top (gold text with red outline, unfurled red-and-gold scroll ends on either side); below it 'YOU HAVE WON' in gold; a blue-and-gold plaque showing the number '10'; then 'FREE SPINS' in gold-outlined-red letters; 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' in yellow at the bottom. Gold coins/ingots are scattered along a red shelf at the bottom of the banner artwork.",
      "footer": "CREDIT $99,860.00, BET $2.00, and a live 'FREE SPINS LEFT 10' counter already visible at the very bottom."
    },
    "free_spins_intro": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Transitional reveal animation: a large flaming/glowing golden dragon head bursts in from the right side of the frame over the reels, which now show the maroon/dark-red Free Spins background tint. Left HUD shows a 'FEATURE ACTIVE' label panel.",
      "counter": "'FREE SPINS LEFT 10' at the bottom."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "top_left_panels": "Stacked labelled panels: 'TUMBLE WIN $108.00' (this tumble step's win), '7 FREE SPINS LEFT' counter, 'FREE GAME MULTIPLIER 3X'.",
      "reels": "Same 5x3 grid, now on the warm red/maroon Free Spins background; multiple WILD tiles are visible including on reel 5 (rightmost column), each overlaid with its own per-symbol win amount (observed '$36.00' and '$72.00' floating over adjacent WILD tiles), confirming WILD's reel-5 availability during the feature.",
      "win_readout": "Bottom-center: 'WIN $54.45' with 'WINNER' beneath it (running total for the spin/tumble sequence so far).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state is signalled by BOTH the red/maroon palette shift AND explicit text labels ('FREE SPINS LEFT', 'FREE GAME MULTIPLIER') - not color alone."
    },
    "free_spins_retrigger": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Same 'CONGRATULATIONS!' banner layout as the initial trigger, but the plaque reads '+15' and the text below reads 'FREE SPINS' (retrigger during the feature, i.e. additional spins added to the remaining count rather than replacing it). A partially visible label at the left edge shows the multiplier increased to '6X' (from the 3X seen in free_spins_gameplay.png), consistent with the additive Free Spins multiplier stacking rule on paytable_p3.png.",
      "footer": "WIN $148.20, FREE SPINS LEFT 1 (i.e. this retrigger fired on what would otherwise have been the last spin)."
    },
    "win_celebration": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Transient overlay during the win count-up: large yellow 'SENSATIONAL!' banner text with a red/black outline across the top; below it a red bordered plaque with the win amount mid-count (captured value '$10.18', visibly less than the final settled amount, i.e. the counter animation had not finished when this frame was captured); the fortune-wheel graphic and gold coin-shower particles are visible faintly through/around the banner.",
      "note": "This is a mid-animation snapshot; do not treat '$10.18' as a final or meaningful value on its own (see accessibility_observations on animated counters)."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Same 'SENSATIONAL!' overlay, now with the win amount settled at '$127.20' (matches the bottom HUD's 'WIN $127.20'), i.e. the full win for that individual free spin's tumble sequence."
    },
    "free_spins_summary": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "End-of-Free-Spins summary using the same scroll-banner layout as the trigger/retrigger screens: 'CONGRATULATIONS!' ribbon, 'YOU HAVE WON' in gold, a blue-and-gold plaque with '$449.40', then 'IN 30 FREE SPINS' in gold-outlined-red text, 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' at the bottom.",
      "footer": "CREDIT $100,309.40 (base credit $99,860.00 after the $140.00 buy, plus the $449.40 round win), BET $2.00, WIN $449.40 - all three figures are mutually consistent."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control layout is stable across base game states: menu/sound/info icons are grouped at the far bottom-left; bet +/- flank the central SPIN button; AUTOPLAY sits just below SPIN; the BUY FREE SPINS and DOUBLE CHANCE controls occupy a fixed left-side vertical panel. The rules/paytable booklet is a strictly linear 8-page sequence navigated with ◄/►/X, with a 'Page n/8' indicator on every page.",
    "motor": "Large circular click targets for SPIN/menu/sound/info; SPACE and ENTER are keyboard alternatives for spinning (SPACE also engages Turbo when held); Autoplay (with adjustable spin count and a Skip Screens option) substantially reduces the number of discrete actions required to play extended sessions.",
    "color_blind": "Most state and identity cues are redundantly coded: animal symbols by silhouette, royals by glyph, toggle switches by handle position, nav controls by icon shape, and feature state (Free Spins) by BOTH a palette shift and explicit on-screen text/counters. No exclusively-color-coded critical information was found (see symbols.colorblind_notes for a per-symbol breakdown).",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No information observed that is conveyed by audio alone; AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are independent, clearly-labelled toggles in System Settings, and every game-state change (wins, spins remaining, multiplier value, feature trigger/retrigger/summary) is also presented as on-screen text/graphics."
  },

  "layout_quirk_note": "At the captured 1280x800 desktop resolution, the top rim/wedge-tips of the decorative fortune wheel and the right-hand portion of the 'WHEEL of HAPPINESS' wordmark are cropped off-screen on the live in-game screens (base_game, paytable overlays, bonus/free-spins screens) because the wheel graphic and wordmark are pinned above/beside the reel frame near the very top/edge of the viewport. This is the game's own responsive layout behavior at this window size, not a screenshot capture defect; the full uncropped wheel and wordmark are visible on preview.png, which uses a different promo-screen layout.",

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Exact scatter/random-award trigger probabilities (how likely 3 SCATTER symbols are to appear per spin, and the relative weighting between the 4 Random Award types) are not disclosed anywhere in the 8-page rules booklet - only the resulting award value ranges are given.",
    "The precise mid-animation win amount on win_celebration.png ('$10.18') is a transient counting-up value, not a final figure - the true settled value for that screen is $127.20 as shown on win_screen.png."
  ]
}