Play Lock and Pop Slot Online

If Starburst had a second cousin who was a bit less stylish but had a lot more features hidden under the hood, it might look something like Lock and Pop. Developed by NetEnt, this slot takes its cues from the studio’s spacey back catalogue and repurposes them into a neon-lit feature engine. The background floats somewhere in cosmic purgatory — stars twinkling faintly in an otherwise minimal scene — and the game mechanics, while initially flat, quietly build toward a more involved bonus round that serves as the slot’s true focus.

The layout starts off modest. You’ve got 5 reels, each showing 3 active rows in the base game. That expands to a full 5x5 during the bonus feature, but while you’re grounded in the main game, 20 paylines handle the bulk of win calculations. It’s all fairly straightforward, with a minimum bet of 0.20. If the base game feels a little subdued, that’s partly the point — Lock and Pop saves its bigger swings for the free spins.

NetEnt has, in recent years, leaned into accessible mechanics, and Lock and Pop continues that trend. It isn’t a spiritual sequel to any previous hit, but fans of Reef Raider, Dazzle Me Megaways, or even the aging Starburst may recognise the studio’s fingerprints. Where it does diverge is in its use of prize symbols, bonus reel modifiers, and cascading mechanics to deliver a cluster of overlapping features — eventually.

Here’s how you can get started and play Lock and Pop for yourself:

1. Sign in to your account at BetVictor.
2. Head to the online slots page.
3. Search for “Lock and Pop” and click the game when it appears.
4. Once it's loaded, click on the pile of coins to find an appropriate stake size.
5. Then the game is ready to go.

If you aren't already registered, click on the green 'Sign Up' button in the top right corner and fill in the required fields. You can then verify your account and make a deposit if you want to play Lock and Pop with real funds.

The slot’s symbols fall neatly into two categories: standard card ranks for the low pays and a set of more traditional high-value symbols for the top tier. Payouts are granted for matching combinations on any of the 20 paylines from left to right. You can check out the entire paytable below:

Of course, there’s the special symbols to account for. On the one hand, wilds substitute for all regular pay symbols but do not replace Prize or Coin symbols. Then there are the prize symbols, which land with values from 0.5x to 1,000x the bet and are central to the bonus mechanic.

Prize Symbols & Free Spins

In the base game, Prize symbols can land carrying bet multipliers. If you hit six or more, the Free Spins round is triggered. You start with 7 free spins, and those Prize symbols that triggered the round become Sticky Prize symbols, staying fixed on the reels for the duration of the bonus unless collected through one of the upcoming features.

Once the bonus begins, all five reels expand to a full 5x5 grid, and the focus shifts to locking reels and triggering bonus modifiers when entire columns are filled with Sticky Prizes.

Lock and Pop Reel Features

Each time a reel fills completely with Sticky Prizes during free spins, it activates one of ten unique Lock and Pop bonus features. These features apply only to the triggering reel and can’t be shared or transferred. After the effect plays out, all potential prize values on the reel are collected to the top row.

• Retrigger: Adds +3 free spins to your remaining count.
• Adder: Adds either 1x or 2x the bet value to each Sticky Prize symbol on the triggering reel.
• Magnet: Copies the Sticky Prize values from adjacent vertical reels onto the triggering reel.
• Super Magnet: Copies the value from the same position across all five reels onto the triggering reel.
• Topper: Identifies the highest Sticky Prize on the triggering reel and copies it to all other positions on that reel.
• Blaster: Adds 1x or 2x to each Sticky Prize on the triggering reel, collects their total, and then adds the same value to three random empty positions elsewhere on the grid.
• Duplicator: Creates a second prize grid (a "ghost" layer) that spins horizontally. If it potentially aligns with the current grid, it duplicates and overlays new prizes onto empty positions — or stacks them on top.
• Big Bang: Doubles all Sticky Prizes on the triggering reel, then doubles the total collected from those prizes.
• Super Collector: Collects all prizes from the triggering reel, then adds the collected totals from all other reels into the same top row slot.
• Hammer: Collects all potential prizes from the reel, spreads their combined value back across every position on that reel, and collects them again.

Lock and Pop offers feature-heavy free spins and a cosmic setting that loosely echoes Starburst. Still, fans of the game may also appreciate Dazzle Me or Bone Raiders, both available at BetVictor.