Lucky Empress & Inca Empress Advantage Play Strategy

Lucky Empress and its sister game, Inca Empress, feature persistent multipliers that stick to the left side of the rows. The multipliers first appear as tiles (diamond-shaped on Lucky Empress and circular on Inca Empress) with question marks on them. The tiles first land on the reels and then move onto the tile placeholders to the left.

Once three tiles are collected, the question marks reveal multipliers that are either 2x, 3x, 5x, 8x, 10x or 12x. The bottom multiplier then moves onto the reel and becomes active. It will say “10X NEXT PAY” directly on the left side of the row when a 10x multiplier is active.

The multiplier will stay active until a line hit beginning with that row triggers it causing it to disappear. Then the next multiplier behind it will move onto the reel and become activated. If more tiles are collected on that row while a multiplier is already active, it will add the new multiplier to the upcoming queue (with the multiplier already revealed rather than a question mark).

If all of this sounds confusing, just reference the photos below.

• The multipliers in this game come up frequently, so don’t get tricked into perpetually chasing them.

• The Inca Empress version doesn’t have progressive jackpots like Lucky Empress. Therefore, the line hits might pay better in Inca Empress, but I don’t think it makes enough of a difference to change the basic strategy.

• Many APs skip over this game entirely, but I believe it is a solid play if you follow the rules above. Just accept that you will lose money frequently on it, but you will make up for it with the occasional huge win.

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