Da Vinci Diamonds is IGT’s Renaissance art slot: Leonardo’s paintings and cut gemstones on five reels and 20 lines, with Tumbling Reels that clear every winning symbol so one paid spin can pay several times. It went online in January 2012 and soon became IGT’s most successful online slot, returning 94.94% with a 5,000x top win. The free demo below is a similar pokie, with no download.
Da Vinci Diamonds runs on five reels and three rows with 20 fixed lines that pay left to right for three of a kind or more from the first reel. The usual bet range is $0.20 to $200 a spin, though some casinos set narrower limits. The return to player is 94.94% or 94.93% depending on the source, one review site rounds it to 95%, and no land-based settings are published. Volatility ratings run from low to medium-high, with most sources saying low-to-medium or medium. There is no published hit frequency. The top award is 5,000x the total bet for a screen of logos, $1,000,000 at the $200 maximum, while five logos on one line pay 5,000x the line bet, or 250x the total bet.
Da Vinci Diamonds Pokies Characteristics
Wins need three or more matching symbols on a line starting from reel 1, and there are no two-of-a-kind pays. The Da Vinci Diamonds logo is the wild: it substitutes for every symbol except the Bonus and pays the top prize in its own right. The Bonus symbol pays nothing itself and, in the base game, lands only on reels 1, 2 and 3; several sources say the three must fall on a payline to start the free spins.
There is no progressive jackpot, no gamble and no bonus buy. One review describes a multiplier that grows with each tumble and another lists a bonus buy in a generic feature list, but no other source supports either claim.
Pays below are multiples of the line bet for three, four and five of a kind.
Divide by 20 for multiples of the total bet: five logos on a line are worth 250x the total bet, five Mona Lisas 50x and five yellow gems 4x. The Bonus symbol has no pay of its own. One review prints 1,000x for five logos, but that contradicts its own 5,000x top win and the other tables.
Tumbling Reels run on every spin, in the base game and the free spins. When a win pays, the winning symbols disappear and new ones drop into the gaps; any new win pays as well, and the chain continues until a drop forms nothing new, all from the one stake. There is no multiplier along the chain. The mechanic is the game’s claim to history: one review credits it with bringing tumbling reels to Las Vegas, another notes it used them before Gonzo’s Quest, and High 5 Games lists Tumbling Reels among its own features.
Three Bonus symbols on reels 1, 2 and 3 start six free spins on a separate set of tumbling reels, with the logo wild still active. More Bonus symbols during the feature add spins: three give 2, 3 or 4 more, four give 4, 6, 8 or 10, and five give 6, 8, 10, 12 or 15. The round ends when the spins run out or the total reaches 300; one review gives 200 in one place and 300 in another, and the rest say 300.
Six spins is a short start, so the value of the feature rests on retriggers and on tumbles chaining inside it.
At 94.94% the game keeps about 5 cents of every dollar bet over the long run, against 4 cents for a typical 96% pokie, and the return can vary by version and operator. The volatility is moderate by most accounts: tumbles can stretch one win into several, which smooths the base game, while the big pays sit on the logo, which pays 100x the line bet for three but 5,000x for five.
At $1 a spin, 5 cents a line, $50 buys 50 spins with a long-run expectation of about $47.47 back. At the $0.20 minimum the same $50 covers 250 spins, which gives the free spins far more chances to land.
IGT has made two follow-ups of its own. Da Vinci Diamonds Dual Play shows two reel sets linked by Tumble Thru, where top-reel symbols fall to replace unused symbols on the bottom reels; it has 40 fixed lines plus 20 more in free spins, a listed 95.22% return and the same 300-spin cap. Da Vinci Diamonds Masterworks (August 2018) is a remaster with 30 fixed lines, a 96.37% return, medium volatility, a 1,000x top win and a Gallery Picker that lets you choose Portrait Scatters, Boosted Multipliers or Gigantic 2x Wilds for the free spins.
High 5 Games has its own branch: Double Da Vinci Diamonds (2011) with 40 lines and Split Symbols, Triple Double Da Vinci Diamonds (August 2019) with 40 lines and Spin-crease, which unlocks more valuable symbols as total wagering grows across sessions, and a Quadruple edition whose details we have not confirmed. If a lobby lists plain Da Vinci Diamonds, it is the 20-line original described here.
The theme is Renaissance art: Leonardo’s paintings, led by the Mona Lisa, in a golden frame among cut gemstones on a black background. One review calls the flat background and sparse animation dated while praising the symbols, and there is no soundtrack, only traditional slot sounds and Vegas-style win effects. The online version is built in HTML5 and runs on Android, iOS, tablets and desktop with the same features, and the uncluttered screen suits a phone.
IGT supplies Australian venues through IGT (Australia) Pty Ltd, and a 2014 ACT approval lists its Golden Goddess and Siberian Storm, but no Australian approval for Da Vinci Diamonds turned up in the regulator records searched, and no source places it on a club, pub or casino floor here. Online, one review says real-money play is limited to the UK, many eurozone countries and New Jersey, leaving Australians out, and an Australian review site says the Dual Play version is not available here. None of the offshore casinos we checked that accept Australians could be confirmed to carry it, so availability varies and the lobby search is the way to check. IGT does not publish an official free demo; free play comes from review sites and, since 2012, from the DoubleDown Casino social app.
Da Vinci Diamonds has aged, but its central idea still works: tumbles give ordinary spins a second and third chance, the free spins can run long on retriggers, and a 5,000x ceiling is generous next to Masterworks’ 1,000x. It suits players who like classic IGT pacing and a moderate ride. It does not suit anyone after multipliers, a bonus buy or a jackpot, and 94.94% is below the usual online standard. The one thing to check is which return the casino runs, since it can vary by operator.
94.94% or 94.93% depending on the source, with one review site rounding it to 95%. It can vary by operator, and no land-based setting is published.
Land three Bonus symbols on reels 1, 2 and 3, which several sources say must sit on a payline. That gives six free spins, and more Bonus symbols during the round add spins up to 300 in total.
5,000x the total bet for a screen full of logos, which is $1,000,000 at a $200 stake. Five logos on one line pay 5,000x the line bet, or 250x the total bet.
Winning symbols disappear after they pay, new symbols drop into the gaps and any new win pays too. The chain runs until nothing new forms, all from one stake and without a multiplier.
No casino we checked that accepts Australians could be confirmed to carry it, and one review says real-money play is limited to the UK, many eurozone countries and New Jersey. No Australian venue approval turned up either.
No. Dual Play adds a second reel set with Tumble Thru, 40 lines plus 20 in free spins and a listed 95.22% return, while the original has one reel set and 20 lines.
