Joker's Jewels in South Africa: Five Lines and a 1,000x Joker
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Betway SA
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Lowest bet we saw: R0.10 a spin at World Sports Betting
Joker's Jewels is a retro-styled Pragmatic Play slot from 2018: five reels, three rows, five lines that are always in play, and a paytable printed above the reels. There are no free spins, no wilds and no bonus round, and the crown marked Bonus simply pays wherever it lands. What remains is a joker worth 1,000x the stake for five on a line, in a game Pragmatic rates as low volatility.
RTP (return to player): the share of bets the game pays back over time, as Pragmatic Play publishes it.
RTP as the studio publishes it.
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In short
Joker's Jewels is a slot by Pragmatic Play, released in 2018. Studio figures: RTP 96.50%; max win 1040x. Found at 23 casinos we cover, from R0.10 a spin at World Sports Betting. No. 8 in our South African top 100.
What Joker's Jewels looks like
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Images: Pragmatic Play, official game page (pragmaticplay.com); Our screenshot of Pragmatic Play's official free demo (pragmaticplay.com), September 2026.
Where Joker's Jewels comes from
Joker's Jewels is a 2018 game: Pragmatic Play's news of 8 May 2018 named it the studio's most recent release. Its name later went to four separate Pragmatic games, and this page covers only the original.
How Joker's Jewels works
Joker's Jewels has five paylines: the three rows straight across, a V from the top corners down to the middle of the bottom row, and the same V upside down. All five are always in play, and there is no setting for the number of lines.
Line wins count from the leftmost reel on adjacent reels. Only the best win on each line is paid, and wins on different lines add up. The crown marked Bonus pays in any position, on the total stake rather than the bet per line.
There is no wild, no free spins, no multiplier and no bonus round, and nothing carries over between spins. Every result can be checked against the paytable with a pen.
The paytable above the reels shows prizes in cash for your stake, on a phone too. Change the bet and the amounts change, while the multiples behind them stay.
What each symbol pays, as a multiple of your stake
Each prize as a multiple of the total stake. At R1 a spin, 20x is R20 and 1,000x is R1,000.
| Symbol | 3 on a line | 4 on a line | 5 on a line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joker | 20x | 200x | 1,000x |
| Lute | 10x | 40x | 200x |
| Juggling pins | 10x | 40x | 200x |
| Jester's shoes | 4x | 10x | 40x |
| Red jewel | 4x | 10x | 40x |
| Turquoise jewel | 4x | 8x | 40x |
| Round blue jewel (two on a line pay 1x) | 4x | 8x | 40x |
| Bonus crown (anywhere, not on a line) | 10x | 50x | 250x |
Low volatility, and where the big prizes sit
Pragmatic rates Joker's Jewels low volatility: 'Low volatility games pay out more often in smaller amounts, while still having the chance to win big.' The paytable shows the sizes at both ends, not how often each lands.
At the small end, the shoes and the three jewels pay 4x for three on a line and no more than 40x for five, three lutes or juggling pins pay 10x, and two blue jewels pay 1x.
At the top, five jokers pay 1,000x, five crowns anywhere 250x, and five lutes or juggling pins 200x. Pragmatic's game page speaks of 'wins of up to 1,040x'. With no multiplier and no free spins, no spin goes past what the paytable adds up to.
Three details worth knowing before you set a stake
- Two blue jewels only return the stake. The round blue jewel is the only symbol that pays for two on a line, and two pay exactly 1x the total stake. That counts as a win but leaves your balance where it was.
- Turbo spin speeds up the spending. Holding the spin button, or the space bar on a computer, switches to turbo spin. More spins a minute means more rand staked an hour at the same bet.
- The rand limits are the casino's. Each casino sets its own bet limits in rand, and the casino list on this page shows the minimum where we have it.
The newer Joker's Jewels games
Pragmatic has since released other games with Joker's Jewels in the name, each a separate game with its own features.
- Joker's Jewels Wild. Joker Wilds always expand to cover the whole reel, and the symbols are bells, guitars, maracas, diamonds and gems.
- Joker's Jewels Hot. Hot Wilds can pop up in the base game, and a bonus round can start as Hot and Hot Wild symbols appear.
- Joker's Jewels Cash. Three to five bonus symbols start a feature where 18 coins hide six jackpot levels, from mini to grand.
- Joker's Jewels Hold & Spin. Three or more money symbols start three respins, and every new money symbol resets the count.
Joker's Jewels RTP and volatility
Pragmatic Play gives Joker's Jewels's return to player as 96.50%.
Volatility is low: wins come often and small.
Top payout: 1040x.
Paying for Joker's Jewels in rand
We found Joker's Jewels at 23 casinos. All take cards, 22 take Ozow, 16 take Capitec Pay and 21 take cash vouchers.
The lowest minimum deposit among them is R1, at Luckyfish, World Sports Betting and Hollywoodbets.
Winnings are paid to a bank account in your own name, after the FICA check.
Get FICA done first (the ID and address check every licensed site runs) · How to deposit in rand · Every payment method
Is Joker's Jewels legal in South Africa?
Joker's Jewels is a slot. In South Africa you find it at licensed bookmakers, next to their sports markets.
All 23 operators we list for Joker's Jewels hold a South African provincial licence.
Before you play with real money
Set a budget and a deposit limit before your first round. If it stops being fun, the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation helpline is free on 0800 006 008.
Pros, cons and verdict
- The whole game can be read off the paytable: five fixed lines, eight symbols, no features
- Rated low volatility by Pragmatic
- Five jokers pay 1,000x the stake; five crowns pay 250x anywhere
- Prizes are shown in cash for your stake, on a phone too
- No free spins, wilds or bonus round: nothing to build towards
- The top figure Pragmatic's page gives is 1,040x, and no multiplier or feature can lift a spin past the paytable
- Two blue jewels count as a win while only returning the stake
- Newer games share the name, so the lobby tile needs a second look
Joker's Jewels can be read in full before the first spin: five lines, eight symbols, a crown that pays anywhere, and nothing hidden behind a feature. The four lowest symbols top out at 40x, five jokers on a line pay 1,000x and five crowns 250x, while Pragmatic's page puts the top win at 1,040x. Choose it for simplicity: there is no bonus round to wait for.
Joker's Jewels FAQ
Does Joker's Jewels have free spins?
No. It has no free spins, no wild and no bonus round. The Bonus crown pays 10x, 50x or 250x the total stake for three, four or five anywhere, and does nothing else.
What is the maximum win in Joker's Jewels?
Pragmatic's game page speaks of 'wins of up to 1,040x'. In the paytable, five jokers on one line pay 1,000x the stake and five crowns 250x. At a R2 stake the joker line alone is worth R2,000.
Is Joker's Jewels high or low volatility?
Low, by Pragmatic's own rating: it pays out more often in smaller amounts while keeping a chance of a big win. Volatility changes how results are spread, not how much of the stake the game keeps.
Can I play fewer than five lines?
No. All five lines are always in play. Coins per line, coin value and the total bet change the size of every prize, never the number of lines.
Is this the same game as Joker's Jewels Hot or Joker's Jewels Cash?
No. Hot, Wild, Cash and Hold & Spin are later, separate Pragmatic games, with wilds, respins or bonus games the original lacks. The casinos on this page are the ones where we have found the 2018 original.
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Where to play Joker's Jewels in South Africa
Licensed South African operators where we have found Joker's Jewels, with each one's licence and our score. Ordered by that score. How we score Offers checked September 2026.
Hollywoodbets
4.9
Betway SA
4.9
Luckyfish
4.9
SuperSportBet
4.9
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