Plinko

Ela Games' Plinko takes its name and its core idea from the arcade pegboard drop popularised by game shows: a token drops down a vertical, peg-studded board, bouncing between rows of pins before settling into one of the multiplier slots waiting at the bottom. Released in November 2022, it renders that idea with bright, saturated colours and bouncing animation rather than a muted or minimalist board.

There are no reels or paylines in the traditional sense — the format is described under its own Plinko Pay structure, where the payout comes from wherever the dropped token finally lands rather than from matching symbols across a grid. Each drop is independent of the last, and the multiplier value assigned to the landing slot is applied directly to the stake to determine the win.

The game carries a medium volatility rating and a 98% RTP, which favours steadier, more frequent returns over rarer high-multiplier hits, while still leaving room for a top result of 500 times the stake on any single drop. Bets range from 0.20 up to 50, giving space for both cautious, low-stake drops and larger single bets aimed at the higher multiplier zones toward the edges of the board.

Because the format skips reels, paylines and the usual feature-round structure entirely, a session plays out as a sequence of individual drops rather than spins — each one resolved the moment the token settles, with the board's layout and multiplier spread doing the work that symbols and paytables would normally do in a standard slot.