Serengeti Sunrise 2: Magic Wheel

Serengeti Sunrise 2: Magic Wheel is the sequel to the savannah hit from Mancala, released in November 2026. It keeps the 5x4 grid, the 40 fixed paylines, the lion wild and the Hold and Win respin round of the first Serengeti Sunrise, and adds a golden wheel that can multiply the coins on the reels. The RTP is 95%, the volatility is high and the top prize is 5,000x the stake.

Sunset On The Plains

The sunrise of the original has turned into a warm evening. The reels sit in a carved wooden frame in front of acacia trees, and a huge wooden wheel is half hidden behind the left side of the grid, with prize numbers painted on its golden segments. Four jackpot plaques are set above the reels: Grand and Minor on the left, Major and Mini on the right, with small x5 and x4 badges on the two biggest ones. When the bonus starts, the sky changes from blue to a deep purple and red, and a roaring lion fills the screen.

Animals And Card Symbols

The paytable is built around four animals: the elephant, the hippo, the antelope and the meerkat. They are followed by the card symbols A, K, Q and J in bold colours. Wins pay from left to right on the 40 lines, only the highest win on a line is paid, and wins on different lines are added together.

At a total bet of 20 the paytable lists these values for five, four and three of a kind: elephant 1,000 / 500 / 200, hippo 500 / 200 / 100, antelope 250 / 150 / 80, meerkat 100 / 80 / 60, A 80 / 60 / 50, K 60 / 50 / 40, Q 50 / 40 / 30 and J 40 / 30 / 20. Five elephants therefore pay 50x the bet, and even three Js return the full stake.

The Lion Wild

The golden-maned lion is the Wild. It appears in stacks of four on the reels and substitutes for all regular symbols. Five lions on a line pay the same as five elephants, so the wild is also a good symbol to land in the base game. The stacks cover a whole reel at once and can connect several lines in a single spin.

Coins, Jackpots And The Collector

Three special symbols shape the game. The round gold coins carry cash multipliers of 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 50x, 75x or 100x the stake. The lion-faced Jackpot symbol is worth one of the four fixed jackpots, and the paytable ranks them from Mini and Minor up to Major and Grand. At the demo bet of 20 the plaques read Mini 10,000, Minor 20,000, Major 40,000 and Grand 60,000, so even the top plaque stays within the 5,000x limit of the game.

The Collector symbol gathers the values of all visible coins in the base game, so a screen full of coins followed by a Collector can pay a lot in one spin. In the bonus the Collector takes the coin values and clears them from the grid, which leaves empty positions for new symbols.

The Hold And Win Bonus

Six or more special symbols, or Jackpot symbols, anywhere on the screen start the Hold and Win bonus with 3 respins. All coins and Jackpot symbols stay in place on the reels, and only they can land and pay during this round. Every new symbol resets the respin counter to three. The round ends when no respins are left or when all 20 positions are filled. It works like the classic Hold and Spin respin bonus, but with a wheel on the side that changes the odds. A congratulation screen shows the three respins before the board turns purple and the coins freeze in place.

The Magic Wheel

The new feature is the Magic Wheel symbol. When it appears anywhere on the grid, the big wheel is activated, and the result depends on where you are in the game:

• in the base game it can give an instant multiplier of 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x, 20x, 30x, 40x or 50x the current stake, or the Mini or Minor jackpot;
• in the bonus game it applies a random multiplier of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x or 10x to all special symbols on the grid, except the Jackpot symbols.

The bonus wheel is the most exciting moment of the game. It opens over the whole screen and the pointer stops on one of the numbers. When it landed on x3, the coins on the board tripled: a 100 coin became 300, a 200 coin became 600 and a 40 coin became 120, while the Jackpot symbols stayed as they were.

Buy Bonus

The Buy Bonus Feature button sits at the top right of the screen. It opens a window where you choose the stake per spin and see the total cost. The bonus costs 80x the stake: at a stake of 20 the price is 1,600. The purchase starts the Hold and Win round directly with 3 respins and a chance to win the Grand jackpot.

Controls And Rules

The control panel has a spin button, a stop button for the current round and an Autoplay option with a loss limit that ends the series when your losses reach the chosen amount. The stake cannot be changed during a round, and all bonus games use the stake of the spin that triggered them. Unfinished games and unclaimed prizes are stored for 45 days.

RTP, Volatility And Max Win

The RTP of Serengeti Sunrise 2: Magic Wheel is 95%, and operators can configure lower versions, so it is worth opening the rules screen where you play. The volatility is high: the base game can be quiet between coin features, but a bonus with a big wheel multiplier can change the balance quickly. The maximum win is 5,000x the stake.

Who Will Enjoy It

If you liked the first Serengeti Sunrise, this sequel is an easy choice: the same animals, the same lion wild and the same four jackpots, with a wheel that gives the respin round a real turning point. Players who prefer simple line wins will find the base game familiar, and those who like Hold and Win slots get a multiplier spin on top of the coins.