Diamond Rise in South Africa: Three Reels, Three Lines and a Ball-Drop Bonus
Diamond Rise is a three-reel, three-line Playtech slot, and its opening screens carry the logo of Rarestone, one of Playtech's own studios. The paytable pays three of a kind only, with the bell on top. A wild lands only on the middle reel, and three diamond scatters start the Diamond Rise Feature, where balls drop through a triangle of 15 pegs into six cups worth x4, x2, x1, x1, x2 and x4. Playtech's help for four builds of the game, each titled Diamond Rise, gives RTPs from 87.96% to 95.96%.
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How Diamond Rise works
Diamond Rise has three reels of three symbols and three fixed lines, one per row: line 1 on top, line 2 in the middle and line 3 at the bottom, as the paytable draws them. The help says the total bet is equal to one coin value, so the stake you set with the plus and minus buttons is the coin.
A line win runs from the leftmost reel across adjacent reels, and the paytable lists three of a kind only, so a win takes three matching symbols along one row. Line wins are multiplied by the coin value, and wins on different lines are added.
The wild, a neon script Wild, lands only on reel 2 and stands in for every symbol except the scatter. The scatter is the diamond: three in any position start the bonus, and a diamond on reel 3 may carry an X2, X3 or X5 multiplier.
What three of a kind pays
The paytable shows each pay as money at the current bet, here a €5.00 total bet. The last two columns, our arithmetic, divide each amount by that bet and apply the result to a R2 spin.
| Symbol | Three on a line at €5.00 | Times the total bet | On a R2 spin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell | €160.00 | 32x | R64 |
| Red seven | €80.00 | 16x | R32 |
| Grapes | €40.00 | 8x | R16 |
| Cherries | €20.00 | 4x | R8 |
| BAR | €10.00 | 2x | R4 |
What three lines and one wild add up to
By our division of the paytable, one line pays at most 32 times the stake, for three bells, and bells on all three rows at once would add up to 96 times, our sum. The paytable lists no pay for two of a kind or for mixed symbols.
The paytable gives the wild no pay of its own. Every line crosses reel 2, so a wild can finish a win on any row, but only between matching symbols on reels 1 and 3: it turns bell, wild, bell into three bells and does nothing for bell, wild, cherries.
The Diamond Rise Feature: balls, pegs and six cups
Three scatters landing on one spin start the feature. Six cup multipliers, x4, x2, x1, x1, x2 and x4, sit at the bottom of a triangle made from 15 pegs. If the triggering diamond on reel 3 carried a multiplier, the rules apply it to the cup multipliers at the start, increasing their value; by our reading, an X5 diamond makes them x20, x10, x5, x5, x10 and x20.
The feature awards three Diamond Balls. Each press of Ball Drop sends a blue ball through the pegs into a cup, whose multiplier is added to a tally. A blue peg on the way awards an extra ball, one per peg per drop. A gold peg turns a blue ball pink and a pink ball gold, once per drop; in the rules' words, pink balls increase the value of the cup they land in by x2 and gold balls by x4.
When the last ball has dropped, the tally is paid. By our arithmetic, three blue balls in both x1 cups and one x2 cup make x4, while one gold ball in an x4 cup after an X5 diamond adds x80 alone, 20 times 4. We read the multipliers as multiples of the stake, like the coin.
The Ball Drop button does not steer the ball
The help says it in bold: the player's action has no impact on the outcome of the feature. It adds that the plinko board represented in the game does not reflect the real plinko board, and that the odds differ from those in real-life scenarios. Timing the button or studying the bounces will not steer a ball.
On the reels, too, no staking pattern or system beats the house edge, and the return is the figure the help of your version states.
Before your first Diamond Rise spin
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Find the RTP line in the help
Playtech's help covers four builds of the game, each titled Diamond Rise, with the same pays and almost word for word the same rules, but their help gives 95.96%, 94.95%, 92.94% and 87.96%. Each build's help states its figure under Return to Player. By our arithmetic, the theoretical return on R1,000 staked is R959.60 at the top figure and R879.60 at the bottom one. -
Give autoplay a number
The help says autoplay ends when the set number of spins has run, when the balance cannot cover the next spin or when a feature is triggered, and that Until Feature spins until a feature is triggered. A set number of spins caps how many bets autoplay places.
Playtech and Rarestone
Playtech ONE, Playtech's own site, files Diamond Rise under Rarestone on its Studios pages. The game's opening screens and top bar carry the Rarestone logo. Playtech's website describes Rarestone as an Australian-based studio in the Playtech family that focuses on maths-led development, and names the Fire Blaze series among its key releases.
Playtech's YouTube channel posted a 38-second clip of the game as a new slot on 16 June 2022, describing "classic 3-reel slot action" with a ball and peg "pachinko" style feature. Playtech Plc holds UK Gambling Commission account 38516.
Diamond Rise RTP and volatility 📊
Playtech gives Diamond Rise's return to player as 95.96%.
Playtech supplies Diamond Rise in 4 RTP settings - 95.96%, 94.95%, 92.94% and 87.96% - and each operator picks one. The highest is 95.96% and the lowest 87.96%: an 8-point gap on the same game with the same name.
What RTP and volatility mean, and why the operator picks the RTP
Paying for Diamond Rise in rand
Diamond Rise is in the lobby at 3 operators we list: all of them take cards; 2 take Ozow; 1 takes Capitec Pay; 2 take cash vouchers.
The smallest first deposit for Diamond Rise among them is R1, at Luckyfish.
Diamond Rise winnings are paid by EFT to an account in your own name, after FICA.
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Is Diamond Rise legal in South Africa? 📜
Diamond Rise is a slot, which licensed bookmakers carry under their provincial betting licences.
All 3 operators we list for Diamond Rise hold a South African provincial licence.
Before you play with real money ⚠️
Set your Diamond Rise budget and a deposit limit before the first round, not after a losing one. If it stops being fun, the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation helpline is free on 0800 006 008.
Pros, cons and verdict ⚖️
- Three lines on one coin: the whole stake is one number
- Extra balls and pink or gold upgrades in the bonus
- A diamond on reel 3 can raise every cup with X2, X3 or X5
- The help states the RTP of the version you open
- Three of a kind only, at most 32 times the stake per line by our division
- The wild lands only on reel 2 and pays nothing itself
- Four builds, 87.96% to 95.96% RTP by their help, each titled Diamond Rise in the game
A three-reel neon slot with a short paytable and the multipliers saved for the bonus, where balls drop into cups worth x1 to x4, raised by a diamond multiplier and by pink and gold balls. It suits players who like one-coin, three-line play and a bonus they watch rather than steer. Before playing for money, read the RTP line in the help of your casino's version.
Diamond Rise FAQ ❓
How do you trigger the Diamond Rise Feature?
Land three diamond scatters on one spin, in any position. The feature awards three Diamond Balls, which drop through 15 pegs into six cups worth x4, x2, x1, x1, x2 and x4. A diamond on reel 3 may carry X2, X3 or X5, which the rules apply to the cups at the start.
Can I aim the balls in the bonus?
No. The help says the player's action has no impact on the outcome of the feature, and that the plinko board in the game does not reflect a real one, with odds that differ from real-life scenarios. Ball Drop only releases the next ball.
What RTP does Diamond Rise have?
It depends on the build. Playtech's help for four builds of the game, each titled Diamond Rise, gives 95.96%, 94.95%, 92.94% and 87.96%, each calculated from a billion simulated rounds. Each build's help states its figure under Return to Player.
What is the maximum win in Diamond Rise?
The help gives no figure: it says the maximum win has an upper limit and refers to the Terms and Conditions, so look for it there before you play. The largest line pay is three bells, 32 times the stake by our division of the paytable, and a bonus tally depends on the cups, the balls and any diamond multiplier.
Where to play Diamond Rise in South Africa
Licensed South African operators we have found carrying Diamond Rise, each with its licence and our score, and the date where we saw the game in the lobby ourselves. Ordered by that score. How we score Offers checked September 2026.
