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Lightning Zap: How to Play and Super Zap Explained

Lightning Zap is Everi's instant-win game with a charge meter and multiple prize awards. Learn the play sequence, how Super Zap changes the prizes, and why the meter does not change the chance of winning.

Lightning Zap illustrated guide cover with prize orbs and a Super Zap multiplier
Original illustration for this Lightning Zap rules guide. The layout is simplified and is not a game screenshot. Original guide illustration

Lightning Zap is an Everi digital casino game built around instant results and several prize awards in one winning play. There are no reels to line up and no paylines to select. Instead, a central charge animation leads into the result, with highlighted prize orbs showing the awards on a win.

The most useful distinction on its screen is between the displayed prize values, the awards actually collected, and the final round total. Super Zap changes the prize values before collecting them. The charge meter itself does not change the odds.

How to play Lightning Zap

  1. Open the game’s help and check the credit value and available wager settings for that version.
  2. Select the amount for one play. Check the displayed prize values after changing it.
  3. Press the play control and let the charge animation finish.
  4. Read the highlighted awards and the completed round total. If Super Zap activates, wait for its multiplier application and prize collection to finish before starting another play.

The Atlantic Lottery rules say the displayed prizes already include the bet multiplier. Do not apply that multiplier to the displayed amount a second time. The credited result and game history are the places to check a completed round.

Simplified Lightning Zap play sequence: choose a wager, start the charge animation, then read the awarded prizes
Original gameplay diagram, with a simplified layout. Read the awards after the animation; the meter is a visual effect, not a prediction of the next result.

Multiple prizes in a normal win

Under the cited rules, a normal winning play awards between 3 and 20 prizes. The total is the sum of the prizes awarded in that round. A number visible on the screen is a possible prize; it becomes part of the round total only when the game awards it.

The game marks awarded amounts in red until the next wager. This gives you time to distinguish the prizes collected from the other values still on the board. The count of awards is separate from their size: several smaller prizes and fewer larger prizes produce different totals.

What Super Zap changes

Super Zap is a feature that can activate on a winning play. Before collecting prizes, it applies a multiplier from 2× to 7× to the prize values. Its winning sequence awards 3–10 prizes. These are the rules for the feature, rather than a second set of selectable wagers.

The diagram uses an arithmetic example: three prizes worth 10, 20, and 30 credits total 60 credits; applying 3× makes them worth 30, 60, and 90, for a total of 180 credits. This explains multiplication rather than quoting a game payout or predicting a result. Add only the amounts actually awarded to calculate the feature total.

Lightning Zap Super Zap illustration explaining a prize value multiplied before the awarded prizes are collected
Original Super Zap diagram. The multiplier changes prize values before collection; the feature awards 3–10 prizes. The illustration explains the sequence and does not reproduce a live result.

The increased prize values do not carry over to the next wager. When that next play starts, the values revert to their normal amounts. Check the new wager and display instead of treating the previous feature’s boosted prizes as a permanent upgrade.

What the charge meter means

The meter supplies the electrical animation that gives Lightning Zap its name. Atlantic Lottery explicitly says that the charge has no effect on the odds of winning. A full-looking meter does not establish that another winning round is due, and a previous losing play does not build a guaranteed award.

Read the controls and help within the version you opened for its credit denomination and transaction history. This guide explains the original digital game’s normal-play and Super Zap rules; the listed amounts on your own game screen remain the reference for a particular wager.

For a reel-based game with a different bonus structure, the Lightning Shenlong guide explains active reels, Lightning Respin, and dragon-triggered free games.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Does Lightning Zap use reels or paylines?

No. Everi's digital Lightning Zap uses an instant-win format. A winning play awards several displayed prizes instead of evaluating a line of matching reel symbols.

How many prizes does a winning Lightning Zap play award?

Atlantic Lottery's rules specify 3–20 prizes during normal winning play and 3–10 prizes when Super Zap is active. These counts describe winning plays, not a promise that every wager wins.

What does Super Zap do?

Super Zap applies a multiplier from 2× to 7× to prize values before the feature's awards are collected. The prize values return to their normal amounts for the next wager.

Does a charged meter improve the odds?

No. Atlantic Lottery's rules state that the meter is an entertainment animation and does not affect the odds of winning. It does not show progress toward a guaranteed prize.

Sources

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