The rulebook

How Voltage Rush actually works

Every mechanic, every number, written down. Nothing here is hidden behind a login or buried in a tooltip.

Specification

SettingValue
Reels and rows5 × 3
Paylines20, fixed, left to right
Bet range25 to 10,000 coins
Line betTotal bet ÷ 20
Coin RTP96.5%
Hit frequency34.9% of paid spins
Free spin frequency~1 in 96 paid spins, ~9 spins per run
Win of 10x bet or more~1 in 96 paid spins
Top line pay120× total bet (five Live Wires)

Worked example. Stake 500 coins. The line bet is 500 ÷ 20 = 25. Three Reactor Cores pay 50× the line bet, so that line returns 1,250 coins. Wins on separate lines are added together.

Reading a win

  • Wins start on reel 1 and continue across adjacent reels, left to right.
  • Three or more matching symbols on a line pay. Two never do.
  • Only the highest win on each line is paid; separate lines stack.
  • Paytable figures are multiples of the line bet. The Master Switch is the exception — it pays on the total bet.

Live Wire (wild)

The Live Wire substitutes for every symbol except the Master Switch and appears on all five reels, not just the middle three. It also pays in its own right: three, four or five on a line return 160, 600 and 2,400 times the line bet. Five Live Wires on one line is the largest single win in the game, at 120 times your total bet.

Master Switch (scatter) and free spins

The Master Switch pays wherever it lands, no payline required, and it pays a multiple of your total bet.

Master SwitchesScatter payFree spins
33× total bet8
415× total bet12
5 or more60× total bet20

Free spins run automatically at the triggering bet and every win inside them is doubled. More switches during the feature add more spins. Runs average around nine spins including retriggers.

Overload Respin

This is the mechanic that separates Voltage Rush from a plain twenty-liner. If a paid spin lands exactly two Master Switches and returns nothing, reel five respins on its own, for free. You get a second look at the free-spin trigger on the spins that would otherwise be dead. It does not fire during free spins and it never costs a coin.

The respin is already included in the published 96.5% figure — the simulator plays it exactly as the game does.

Jackpot meters

Spark, Surge, Overload and Powergrid sit above the reels and grow with every paid spin. Any paid spin can drop one at random; there is no combination to chase. Bet size scales the chance proportionally up to a cap. A dropped meter resets to its seed value and starts climbing again.

Jackpots pay coins. Like every other win here they have no cash value and cannot be withdrawn, transferred or exchanged.

Controls

ControlEffect
− / +Steps the bet through 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1,000, 2,500, 5,000 and 10,000
Max betJumps to the largest bet your balance covers
TurboShortens the reel animation
AutoCycles 10, 25, 50 and 100 automatic spins. Press again to stop
SpacebarSpins, unless you are typing in a field

Coins, levels and refills

  • You open with 25,000 coins.
  • Spins earn XP; each level pays a coin bonus that scales with the level reached.
  • A daily drop is claimable every six hours.
  • Below 1,000 coins, a free 10,000-coin top-up is available as often as you need it.
  • There is nothing to buy. No shop, no coin packs, no payment form exists on this site.

Randomness

Each reel carries a fixed strip of symbols. Every spin selects an independent random starting position on each strip using the browser's random number generator and displays three consecutive symbols. Earlier spins have no bearing on later ones: there is no due win, no hot streak and nothing that reacts to your balance or session length.

The strips, the paytable and the evaluation code all ship with the page in /assets/js/slot.js. If you want to audit the maths rather than take our word for it, read the file.

Malfunction

A malfunction voids all plays and pays. Coins hold no value, so nothing is owed in either direction. Clearing browser storage resets balance, level and statistics to a fresh start.

The grid is still live

No account, no card, no download. Just twenty lines and a spin button.

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