Lucky Carnival

By Matthew Kennedy | Updated 10 June 2026

Head off to Rio De Janiero and enjoy the celebrations with Lucky Carnival from Red Tiger Gaming. Bonus features include free spins, stacked symbols, lucky diamonds, mega symbols and adjacent pays where wins can start from any reel.

About the slot

Lucky Carnival is a 5 reel, 10 payline video slot which will cost you from 20p up to a whopping £200 per spin and can be played across all devices.The purple framed reels are set on a psychedelic colourful backdrop. Symbols are the 10 to the Ace royals which are all lower value, and three samba dancers each with a different coloured headdress, each will payout x5  of your wager for landing 5 on a payline.The free spins logo is the scatter symbol.

Gameplay

Three matching symbols on adjacent reels will result in a winning combination.The samba dancers can appear on the reels as stacked symbols and if they are only partially in view, the Lucky Nudge feature will come into play.The Lucky Diamond will be triggered when a diamond symbol lands on the centre reel, it will explode and a random number of dancer symbols will be added to the reels.Landing just 1 of the scatter symbols on the centre reel will activate the bonus round where you will have to choose one of the dancers and you will also get bonus spins with only the chosen dancer appearing on the reels with the lower value symbols.Mega 3 x 3 symbols can land on the reels at any time.Lucky Carnival is an interesting game with some nice graphics and animations and a fab soundtrack that will get your feet tapping. It is a medium variance slot with an RTP of 95.16%. You can win up to x1,000 of your wager, and the attraction of  wins starting from any reel makes it more appealing.

Matthew Kennedy

Co-founder & Technical Director at Play Cash Games

Matthew Kennedy co-founded Take Marketing Limited in 2008 alongside Becky Mosley and has worked in the UK online gambling industry ever since. He runs the technical side of the operation, building and maintaining the platforms that power Play Cash Games and the wider Take Marketing portfolio.

Matt's role is hands-on. He writes the code behind the offer feeds, the comparison tools readers use, and the back-office systems that keep every casino listing accurate and current. If you have used a feature on this site, the chances are he built it. He is also responsible for site performance, mobile usability, and the technical SEO that lets a small independent comparison site compete with much larger publishers.

Over 17 years in the industry, Matt has worked directly with affiliate platforms, casino operators, and software providers. He has seen the market move from desktop Flash slots to mobile-first HTML5, lived through every iteration of UK Gambling Commission rules, and built the systems that keep our coverage compliant as regulation evolves. He has a particular interest in responsible gambling tooling and player-fund safety — the parts of the industry most people do not see but that matter most.

Matt is a Companies House registered director (Take Marketing Limited, company no. 07619813) and is based in Lincolnshire, England.

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