Lightning Roulette is a live European roulette by Evolution Gaming with a twist: each round 1-5 numbers are struck by lightning and assigned random multipliers from 50x to 500x. Normal straight-up payouts are 30:1.
The 500x multiplier on Lightning Roulette is assigned rarely — only 1-5 numbers per round receive a multiplier, and the probability of 500x on that number is low. Spinlytics tracks the historical frequency of top multipliers.
The RTP of Evolution Gaming's Lightning Roulette is 97.30% for outside bets (red/black, odd/even). For straight-up bets (single numbers) the RTP drops to 97.10% due to the reduced payout of 30:1 instead of 35:1.
On Lightning Roulette, 1-5 Lucky Numbers appear per round, chosen randomly from the 37 numbers of the European roulette. On average about 2-3 Lucky Numbers appear per round.
The main difference is that Lightning Roulette pays 30:1 on straight-ups instead of 35:1, but offers the possibility of winning 50x-500x on "electrified" numbers. This makes the game more exciting but with a slightly lower RTP on straight-ups.