Play Lightning Storm

Lightning Storm is Evolution's most electrifying live game show, and one of the standout live casino releases of recent years. Launched in July 2024, it is the direct sequel to Funky Time and the fifth generation of Evolution's iconic money wheel format, the lineage that began all the way back with Dream Catcher. Filmed live from Evolution's studios in Riga, the whole thing is wrapped in a mad-scientist laboratory theme, all crackling electricity, neon multipliers, and a host guiding you through the chaos.

At its heart sits a 39-segment DigiWheel, the fully digital wheel that gives Lightning Storm its lightning-fast pace. The segments alternate between black and blue. The black segments are numbered 1 to 20, and the blue segments carry the Evolution leaf motif. Land on a leaf and you bank an instant payout. Land on a number and you could be heading into one of five different bonus games, each loaded with multipliers.

The numbers behind it are eye-catching too. The maximum win climbs all the way to 20,000x your stake, capped at £500,000. Volatility is high, which is exactly what you would expect from a game built around big multiplier swings and bonus-round drama.

Read on to learn how to play this electric live casino game at talkSPORT BET Casino and find out how much you can win as you ride out the Lightning Storm.  

Getting into Lightning Storm at talkSPORT BET is simple. Here is how a round plays out:

1. Open the live casino. Find Lightning Storm in the talkSPORT BET live casino through the main menu. If you do not have an account yet, hit the Sign Up button to register first.
2. Place your bets. Use the betting table to back individual numbers, all even numbers, all odd numbers, or all leaf segments. There are also two special side bets, Storm Chaser (covers all five bonus game symbols) and X Chaser (covers all multiplier spots).
3. Watch the wheel spin. Once betting closes, the host spins the 39-segment DigiWheel. Twenty bonus symbols are randomly assigned to the numbered segments, and random multipliers can be dropped onto them too.
4. Land your result. A leaf segment pays out instantly. A numbered segment can send you into one of the five bonus games, with any multiplier on that segment carried into the round.

A quick reminder before you spin. Lightning Storm is a game of chance and outcomes are always unpredictable, so play within your means. The talkSPORT BET Safer Gambling Portal is always there if you want to set deposit limits, time-outs, or product restrictions.

The wheel splits into two segment types, and how you bet determines what you can win. The leaf segments deliver straightforward instant wins at 1:1. The numbered segments, along with the Storm Chaser and X Chaser side bets, are where the big multipliers live, with potential payouts climbing all the way to the £500,000 cap.

The trade-off is the classic one. The Leaf bet is the safest with the highest RTP at 97.44%, while the bonus-chasing bets carry slightly lower RTPs (around 95.12%) but open the door to the life-changing multipliers in the five bonus games.

This is where Lightning Storm earns its reputation. Landing the right numbered segment triggers one of five bonus games, each a fully produced mini-experience with its own multiplier potential. Here is how all five work.

Battery Charger

The host heads to a conveyor belt carrying ten batteries, one global multiplier and nine regular ones. Underneath sits a small wheel split into two red and two green segments. The host spins it for each battery. A red result explodes the battery. A green result on a regular multiplier adds its value to your total, while a green result on the global multiplier doubles every other regular multiplier on the belt. The Battery Charger multiplier is capped at 10,000x.

Monster Mash

A playful one. You build a monster from three body parts using a cylinder of three horizontally spinning reels, the head on top, the torso in the middle, the legs at the bottom. Every option carries a multiplier, either regular or global. The host spins all three reels, and when they stop you collect the combined multipliers (and admire your creation). Capped at 10,000x.

Fireball

Played out in an enclosure with 149 pockets embedded in the floor, each holding a regular or global multiplier. The host launches a ball in. Land on a regular multiplier and it is yours, ending the round. Land on a global multiplier and every regular multiplier on the floor is doubled before the ball is relaunched. Capped at 10,000x.

Hot Spot

A giant vertical 9x12 grid, with the multipliers grouped by value and the highest ones clustered in the middle, the titular Hot Spot. The host plugs in a charger, the multipliers are hidden and shuffled, and you pick the tiles you reckon hide the biggest values. Once revealed, a 3x3 electrified square roams the board before settling, doubling the nine multipliers beneath it. Capped at 10,000x.

Lightning Storm

The headline round, and the one that can pay the full 20,000x. The host moves to a neon wire grid carrying three global and eight regular multipliers. Three lightning strikes wait at the bottom left, and you choose one. When the round fires, your chosen strike races around the board and strikes three times. Match it and you bank the multiplier it builds. This is the round with the biggest ceiling in the entire game.

Love the buzz of a live game show? talkSPORT BET stocks a deep range of them, including the titles that paved the way for Lightning Storm.

• Funky Time is the direct predecessor to Lightning Storm, Evolution's disco-themed wheel show packed with its own bonus rounds.
• Crazy Time is the most popular live game show of them all, a 54-segment wheel with four bonus games and multipliers up to 25,000x.
• Crazy Balls brings a fresh bingo-meets-wheel spin to the live game show format.

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