Slot Game Responses

This guide explains how to read the scenario field that placeBet returns for slot games. @hizi.io/engine-sdk (0.2.5 and later) exports the shapes below. Earlier versions used a separate package, @hizi.io/slot-types. @hizi.io/engine-sdk is the same package as the API client. You do not need an extra install to type-check your scenario handling on the frontend.

Overview

The slot engine inside hizi-engine-creator generates slot game databases. The creator's playGame() produces the IResult objects that it stores as scenarios. At runtime, gameResult.scenario contains exactly that structure.

For single-result spins, the scenario is a single IResult object. For multi-result spins (cascades, Hold & Win), the scenario is an array of IResult objects, one per step.

The IResult Structure

interface IResult {
  featureName?: string;
  board: TBoard;
  wins?: IWin[];
  winAmount: number;
  symbolSubstitutions?: ISymbolSubstitutionData[];
  duplicatingSymbolData?: IDuplicatingSymbolData[];
  stuckSymbols?: TStuckSymbols;
  bookSpinChosenSymbol?: string;
  bookSpinWin?: IBookSpinWin;
  spinMultiplierTotal?: number;
  multiplierCollectionData?: IMultiplierCollectionData[];
  cascadeData?: ICascadeData;
  boardStates?: IBoardState[];
  holdAndWinData?: IHoldAndWinData;
  wheelWins?: IWheelWin[];
  randomFeatureEntry?: string;
  featureMultiplier?: number;
  collectorTargetData?: ICollectorTargetData[];
  collectorLevelData?: ICollectorLevelData;
  collectedSpinMultiplierData?: ICollectedSpinMultiplierData;
  reelRows?: number[];
  cascadeMultiplierValue?: number;
  featureRoundId?: number;
  spinInfo?: ISpinInfo[]; // consolidated rounds only - see Feature progression below
  nextFeature?: string; // consolidated rounds only - see Feature progression below
  singleGameRoundProgressionData?: ISingleGameRoundProgressionData[]; // jackpot games only - see Single-Gameround Jackpots below
}

Most fields are optional and only present when the corresponding feature is active. A minimal base game result without features contains just board, wins, and winAmount.

Reading the Board

board is a 2D array indexed by column (reel), then row (top to bottom):

type TBoard = Array<Array<string>>;

const scenario = gameResult.scenario as IResult;

// A 5×3 slot: 5 columns, 3 rows each
// scenario.board[0] = ['cherry', 'lemon', 'bar']     ← reel 0
// scenario.board[1] = ['seven', 'cherry', 'cherry']   ← reel 1
// ...

for (let col = 0; col < scenario.board.length; col++) {
  for (let row = 0; row < scenario.board[col].length; row++) {
    const symbol = scenario.board[col][row];
    // Render symbol at grid position (col, row)
  }
}

Reading Wins

wins is an array of IWin objects. Each describes one winning combination:

interface IWin {
  mode: 'winline' | 'ways' | 'scatter' | 'cluster' | 'unconditional' | 'collector';
  positions: Array<{ column: number; row: number }>;
  winMultiplier?: number;
  featureWin?: { featureName: string; featureCount: number };
  overrideWins?: boolean;
  symbolMultiplierTotal?: number;
  spinMultiplierValue?: number;
  multipayCount?: number;
  collectedSymbols?: ICollectedSymbol[];
}

Highlighting winning positions

if (scenario.wins) {
  for (const win of scenario.wins) {
    for (const pos of win.positions) {
      // Highlight the symbol at (pos.column, pos.row)
    }
    console.log(`${win.mode} win: ${win.winMultiplier}x`);
  }
}

Win modes

Mode	Description
winline	Consecutive matching symbols along a configured payline
ways	Matching symbols in adjacent columns (left-to-right or both ways)
scatter	Matching symbols anywhere on the board
cluster	Adjacent matching symbols forming a connected group
unconditional	Awards that fire on every spin regardless of symbols
collector	Collector symbols gathering target symbol values

Feature triggers

A win can trigger bonus features via featureWin:

for (const win of scenario.wins ?? []) {
  if (win.featureWin) {
    console.log(`Triggered ${win.featureWin.featureName} × ${win.featureWin.featureCount}`);
  }
}

featureWin only tells you what triggered. To track progression, read spinInfo, nextFeature, or currentFeature. These tell you which feature a spin belongs to, how many spins remain, and what plays next. Where they live depends on the round type. See Feature progression for the unified accessor that works for both. For consolidated slot rounds, the engine bakes them onto the scenario IResult (scenario.spinInfo, scenario.nextFeature, scenario.featureName). Otherwise, they come from engineData.

Override wins

When a win sets overrideWins, the engine pays only the highest-paying override win on the spin. The engine suppresses all other wins on that spin. Use this to detect wins that you should render exclusively (for example, a jackpot scatter that hides the line wins).

Multipay scatters

The engine sets multipayCount on scatter wins when the configured award uses multipay. The win's winMultiplier already includes the multipay scaling. multipayCount is just the multiplier, so you can show "2× scatter pay" alongside the win.

Win Multipliers

Several multipliers can modify a win's payout (winMultiplier). The engine surfaces each multiplier on the win or the spin, so you can render the breakdown without recomputing it:

Field	Where	Meaning
win.winMultiplier	per-win	Final win value, after the engine applies every multiplier on this win
win.symbolMultiplierTotal	per-win	Combined multiplier from symbols-with-multipliers in this win (uses the slot's symbolMultiplierBehaviour: highest / multiply / add). Only present when > 1
win.spinMultiplierValue	per-win	A spin-multiplier award that this win contributes (for example, multiplier symbols on the board). The engine aggregates this across all wins into result.spinMultiplierTotal
result.spinMultiplierTotal	per-spin	Sum of every win's spinMultiplierValue on this spin. The engine applies this to result.winAmount. Only present when > 0
result.cascadeMultiplierValue	per-spin	Final cascade multiplier value after all cascade steps. Only present when the config sets cascadeMultiplier
result.featureMultiplier	per-spin	Effective feature-level Win Multiplier that the engine applies to this spin's wins. The field does not show the source: the value can come from featureConfig.multiplier (static), randomMultiplierOptions (rolled once per run), or perSpinRandomMultiplierOptions (rolled fresh every spin). Only present when ≠ 1×. See Win Multiplier

winAmount is the final value that the spin paid out. The multipliers above are a breakdown for display purposes. If you multiply them yourself, you will not always reproduce winAmount exactly, because rounding happens at intermediate steps.

Symbol Substitutions and Duplications

When the slot config has symbolSubstitutions (for example, wilds that turn into specific paying symbols) or symbols with duplicatingCount (a symbol that copies itself onto another position), the engine reports what happened. You can then animate the transformation:

interface ISymbolSubstitutionData {
  position: { column: number; row: number };
  originalSymbol: string;
  newSymbol: string;
}

interface IDuplicatingSymbolData {
  sourcePosition: { column: number; row: number };
  targetPosition: { column: number; row: number };
  symbol: string;
}

for (const sub of scenario.symbolSubstitutions ?? []) {
  // Animate sub.originalSymbol turning into sub.newSymbol at sub.position
}
for (const dup of scenario.duplicatingSymbolData ?? []) {
  // Animate dup.symbol jumping from dup.sourcePosition to dup.targetPosition
}

scenario.board is always the final post-transformation board. Use boardStates (see Board States) when you also need the pre-transformation board. A base spin surfaces 'After Expanding Wilds', 'After Substitution', and 'After Duplication' there as separate entries, one per transform that actually changed the board.

Cascades / Tumbles

When the config enables cascades, cascadeData tracks the full tumble sequence within a single spin:

interface ICascadeData {
  count: number; // Number of cascade iterations (0 = no cascades)
  steps: ICascadeStep[]; // Each step of the cascade
}

interface ICascadeStep {
  inputBoard?: TBoard; // Board before transformations
  board: TBoard; // Board at this step
  wins: IWin[]; // Wins found at this step
  winAmount: number; // Win from this step
  cascadeMultiplier?: number; // Active multiplier on this step (only when cascadeMultiplier is configured)
}

When the slot config enables cascadeMultiplier, the multiplier ramps up across cascade steps. Each step's cascadeMultiplier is the value that the engine applies to that step's wins. The engine also surfaces the final value on the spin's top-level cascadeMultiplierValue.

if (scenario.cascadeData) {
  for (let i = 0; i < scenario.cascadeData.steps.length; i++) {
    const step = scenario.cascadeData.steps[i];
    // step.board = board state at this cascade step
    // step.wins  = wins found at this step
    // step.winAmount = payout from this step
    // Animate: remove winning symbols, drop new ones, show next board
  }
}

Step 0 is the initial evaluation. Steps 1 and later are cascade iterations. In each one, the engine removes winning symbols. Then it drops in new symbols.

TIP

When cascade is active with multi-result scenarios, each placeBet call returns one step. Use scenarioInfo.inProgress to check if more cascade steps follow.

Hold & Win

holdAndWinData tracks the state of a Hold & Win (respin) feature:

interface IHoldAndWinData {
  multipliers: (number | null)[][]; // Payout multiplier at each position
  symbols?: (string | null)[][]; // Symbol at each stuck position
  livesRemaining: number; // Remaining respins
  totalMultiplier: number; // Sum of all placed multipliers
  ended: boolean; // Feature complete?
}

if (scenario.holdAndWinData) {
  const hw = scenario.holdAndWinData;
  // Render the grid: non-null entries in hw.multipliers are stuck symbols
  for (let col = 0; col < hw.multipliers.length; col++) {
    for (let row = 0; row < hw.multipliers[col].length; row++) {
      if (hw.multipliers[col][row] !== null) {
        // Show stuck symbol with its multiplier value
      }
    }
  }
  console.log(`Lives: ${hw.livesRemaining}, Total: ${hw.totalMultiplier}x`);
}

The engine bundles Hold & Win results as a multi-result scenario. The trigger spin and all H&W respins come as sequential steps.

Sticky Symbols

During features with sticky symbols, stuckSymbols tracks which positions the engine locks:

type TStuckSymbols = Array<Array<string | null>>;
// Same shape as board - null means the position is not stuck

if (scenario.stuckSymbols) {
  for (let col = 0; col < scenario.stuckSymbols.length; col++) {
    for (let row = 0; row < scenario.stuckSymbols[col].length; row++) {
      if (scenario.stuckSymbols[col][row] !== null) {
        // This position has a locked symbol that persists across spins
      }
    }
  }
}

Multiplier Collection

multiplierCollectionData tracks accumulated multiplier progress within a feature:

interface IMultiplierCollectionData {
  symbol: string; // Symbol being collected
  count: number; // Total collected across all spins
  multiplier: number; // Current active multiplier
  target: 'winline' | 'ways' | 'scatter' | 'cluster' | 'bookwinline' | 'totalwin';
}

if (scenario.multiplierCollectionData) {
  for (const mc of scenario.multiplierCollectionData) {
    console.log(`${mc.symbol}: collected ${mc.count}, multiplier ${mc.multiplier}x on ${mc.target} wins`);
  }
}

Collected Spin Multiplier

For games like Gates of Olympus where multiplier symbols accumulate within a cascade or feature:

interface ICollectedSpinMultiplierData {
  collectedMultiplier: number; // Accumulated multiplier across spins
  appliedMultiplier: number; // Multiplier applied to this spin's wins (0 = not applied)
}

Win Multiplier

Every feature spin can carry a Win Multiplier from one of three sources. The result exposes all three via the same featureMultiplier field, so consumers do not need to branch on the source:

Source	Config	Behaviour
Static	featureConfig.multiplier	Flat multiplier that applies to every spin of every run of the feature.
Run-level random	featureConfig.randomMultiplierOptions	The engine rolls one value from the weighted list at the start of each feature run. The same value applies to every spin of that run.
Per-spin random	featureConfig.perSpinRandomMultiplierOptions	The engine rolls a fresh value from the weighted list on every individual feature spin. The multiplier varies spin-to-spin within one run. Cascades within a single spin keep that spin's value, because cascades happen within one spin.

Precedence when more than one is configured: per-spin > run-level > static.

if (scenario.featureMultiplier !== undefined) {
  // e.g. show "5x" alongside the feature wins
  console.log(`Feature multiplier: ${scenario.featureMultiplier}x`);
}

The engine omits the field when the effective multiplier is 1× (no feature multiplier configured, or base spins).

Per-spin random and the DB shape. Per-spin random forces the feature into the consolidated or grouped DB path, the same way randomMultiplierOptions does. Outcomes cannot be pre-baked when the engine rolls the multiplier at runtime. So all spins of the run land in a single grouped scenario entry. Configurations that need each free spin to come from an independent scenario table should use multiple feature configs with different static multipliers. They should also route entries through a player-choice or weighted award.

Hold & Win. The engine ignores per-spin random on Hold & Win features. H&W settles cumulatively at the end of the respin sequence, so a per-spin pick has nowhere meaningful to land. H&W falls back to the run-level pick (or static). featureMultiplier reflects that single applied value.

Random-entry preview spins. When featureRandomEntryConfig replaces a base spin with a feature-style preview, the preview spin picks its own multiplier. It uses per-spin if the substituted feature configures it, otherwise run-level. It picks independently of any surrounding feature run.

Wheel Features

wheelWins contains results from wheel bonus spins:

interface IWheelWin {
  selectedSegment: number; // Index of the landing segment
  winAmount?: number; // Cash prize (if any)
  featureAward?: IFeatureWin; // Feature triggered (if any)
}

Board States

boardStates provides named snapshots that show intermediate board transformations. A base spin emits one entry per transform that actually changed the board, in pipeline order: 'Input', then any of 'After Expanding Wilds', 'After Substitution', or 'After Duplication' that applied. A spin where none of those changed the board has no boardStates at all. Feature spins add their own steps on top of that (for example, 'Generated', 'After Sticky', 'Book Expanded'):

interface IBoardState {
  name: string; // e.g. 'Input', 'After Expanding Wilds', 'After Substitution', 'After Duplication', 'Generated', 'After Sticky', 'Book Expanded'
  board: TBoard;
}

Use these to animate board transformations step by step. For example, show the raw generated board before it expands wilds or applies sticky symbols.

Cascade steps currently expose only their own before and after board, not this same per-transform breakdown. This gap is tracked separately.

Book Spins

During book-spin features:

• bookSpinChosenSymbol: the expanding symbol that the engine selects for the feature
• bookSpinWin: additional win data from the book expansion:

interface IBookSpinWin {
  symbolWinAmount: number; // Win from the chosen expanding symbol
  totalWin: number; // Total book spin win multiplier
}

Collector Features

When collector mechanics are active, the spin reports per-symbol target values as well as the player's level progression:

interface ICollectorTargetData {
  symbol: string; // Target symbol on the board
  position: { column: number; row: number };
  value: number; // Weighted random value assigned to this target instance
}

interface ICollectedSymbol {
  symbol: string; // Target symbol gathered by the collector
  position: { column: number; row: number };
  value: number; // Payout value assigned to this target
}

interface ICollectorLevelData {
  currentLevel: number; // 0-based index into the levels array
  collectedCount: number; // Collected in the current level (resets on level up)
  totalCollected: number; // Total across all levels in this feature
}

• scenario.collectorTargetData lists the values that the engine rolls for each target symbol present on the board this spin (regardless of whether the collector gathered them).
• win.collectedSymbols (on collector mode wins) lists the targets that a collector win actually gathers and the value it awards for each.
• scenario.collectorLevelData is the level-progression state after this spin, when the slot has a collectorLevelConfig.

if (scenario.collectorLevelData) {
  const cl = scenario.collectorLevelData;
  console.log(`Level ${cl.currentLevel}, collected ${cl.collectedCount} this level, ${cl.totalCollected} total`);
}

Megaways (Variable Reel Heights)

When the slot config sets megaways, each reel generates a random number of rows per spin. The engine reports the chosen heights on reelRows, so you can size the grid before you render symbols:

if (scenario.reelRows) {
  // scenario.reelRows[col] = number of rows on reel col for this spin
  // scenario.board[col].length matches scenario.reelRows[col]
}

reelRows is only present when the active config (base or feature) has megaways enabled.

Random Feature Entry

If the slot config has featureRandomEntryConfig, the engine can replace a base spin with a feature-style spin. It applies the feature's symbols, awards, and multiplier. The spin's randomFeatureEntry carries the name of the feature whose config the engine used:

if (scenario.randomFeatureEntry) {
  console.log(`This spin used the "${scenario.randomFeatureEntry}" feature config`);
}

A random-entry spin can also queue additional spins of the same feature (when the feature's count > 1). Those queued spins are normal feature spins. They have featureName set instead.

Feature Run Identification

featureRoundId is a 1-based counter that distinguishes separate runs of the same feature within one round. If a feature triggers, completes, then re-triggers from a base spin or wheel award later in the round, the second run gets featureRoundId: 2:

// Group feature spins by run
const runs = new Map<string, IResult[]>();
for (const r of allResults) {
  if (r.featureName && r.featureRoundId !== undefined) {
    const key = `${r.featureName}#${r.featureRoundId}`;
    if (!runs.has(key)) runs.set(key, []);
    runs.get(key)!.push(r);
  }
}

Hold & Win in particular uses this to count respins within a single trigger. Every step of the run carries the same featureRoundId. So filtering on featureName and featureRoundId gives you the spins of one respin sequence.

Single-Gameround Jackpots

singleGameRoundProgressionData carries a jackpot mechanic that fills and pays entirely within one gameround. The engine creates it fresh at round start and discards it at round end. It never carries over between rounds. This is a different mechanic from Progression Counters, which persist for a player across rounds. See How this differs from Progression Counters below if you have already integrated that one.

interface ISingleGameRoundProgressionData {
  counter: string; // Jackpot name (matches an entry in the game's singleGameRoundProgression config)
  value: number; // Meter value after this step, always in [0, 1)
  completed?: {
    cashWin?: number; // Cash paid, in stake-multiplier units - already included in this step's winAmount
    featureAwards?: { feature: string; count: number }[]; // Feature spins granted on completion
  };
}

The mechanic needs the whole round to replay as one unit. So a game that configures any single-gameround jackpot always sets consolidateRounds. gameResult.scenario is then the array-of-IResult shape described in Single vs Multi-Result Scenarios below. It has one array entry per step of the round (base spin plus every feature spin), each carrying its own singleGameRoundProgressionData. There is no engineData equivalent to read instead. Unlike spinInfo or progressionCounters, this mechanic has no runtime-persisted state. So the data lives only on the scenario steps you already have.

Reading the meter

Every jackpot that the game configures gets one entry in singleGameRoundProgressionData on every step, whether or not it changed that step. So you always have a complete, current fill level for every jackpot, without tracking state yourself between placeBet calls:

const steps = Array.isArray(gameResult.scenario) ? gameResult.scenario : [gameResult.scenario];

for (const step of steps as IResult[]) {
  for (const jackpot of step.singleGameRoundProgressionData ?? []) {
    renderMeter(jackpot.counter, jackpot.value); // fill level, 0 to just under 1
  }
}

Handling a trigger

completed is present only on the step where a jackpot's meter actually crosses 1.0. A meter can cross more than once in a single step, for example when several jackpot symbols land at once. In that case, cashWin is the total across every crossing on that step. featureAwards lists the combined spin counts.

for (const step of steps as IResult[]) {
  for (const jackpot of step.singleGameRoundProgressionData ?? []) {
    if (!jackpot.completed) continue;
    if (jackpot.completed.cashWin) {
      // Already included in step.winAmount / the round's totalWin - use this
      // only to show which jackpot paid and how much, not to add to a total.
      showJackpotWin(jackpot.counter, jackpot.completed.cashWin * stake);
    }
    for (const award of jackpot.completed.featureAwards ?? []) {
      showFeatureAward(jackpot.counter, award.feature, award.count);
    }
  }
}

The meter can also drop back to 0 with no completed, on a step where none of your own logic changed it. This happens when the jackpot's resetOnFeatureEnd scoping fires (the meter is scoped to one feature run rather than the whole round). Treat it the same as any other value change. Just re-render the meter at its new value.

How this differs from Progression Counters

Both mechanics look similar in shape: a fractional meter that fires an onComplete award. However, you read them from different places, and they mean different things:

	Progression Counters	Single-Gameround Jackpots
Where it lives	engineData.progressionCounters / engineData.progressionEvents	scenario (baked onto each IResult step)
Persistence	Across rounds, per player (and optionally per stake)	One gameround only, never carries over
Cash award	Paid on top of totalWin, not part of it	Already included in winAmount / totalWin. It is a normal win
Counts toward maxPayout / max-exposure	No	Yes

If a game uses both, read each from its own location. A jackpot name is never also a progression counter name on the same game.

Single vs Multi-Result Scenarios

Single-result (most spins): gameResult.scenario is one IResult object.

Multi-result (cascades, H&W): gameResult.scenario is an array of IResult objects. engineData.scenarioInfo.inProgress is true. Each placeBet call returns the next step in the sequence.

// Check if this is a multi-result scenario
if (gameResult.engineData.scenarioInfo.inProgress) {
  // Current step index
  const step = gameResult.engineData.scenarioInfo.currentScenarioIndex;
  // More steps to come - call placeBet({ backendURL, token })
}

Minimal Example

import { placeBet, IGameResult } from '@hizi.io/engine-sdk';

// Define your scenario type matching hizi engine slot's IResult
interface ISlotScenario {
  board: string[][];
  wins?: Array<{
    mode: string;
    positions: Array<{ column: number; row: number }>;
    winMultiplier?: number;
    featureWin?: { featureName: string; featureCount: number };
  }>;
  winAmount: number;
  cascadeData?: {
    count: number;
    steps: Array<{ board: string[][]; wins: any[]; winAmount: number }>;
  };
  holdAndWinData?: {
    multipliers: (number | null)[][];
    livesRemaining: number;
    totalMultiplier: number;
    ended: boolean;
  };
  featureMultiplier?: number;
  // ... other optional fields as needed
}

const response = await placeBet({ backendURL, token, stake });
if (response.success) {
  const { scenario, engineData, totalWin } = response.result.result;
  const slot = scenario as ISlotScenario;

  // Render the board
  renderBoard(slot.board);

  // Highlight wins
  for (const win of slot.wins ?? []) {
    highlightPositions(win.positions);
  }

  // Handle cascades
  if (slot.cascadeData) {
    for (const step of slot.cascadeData.steps) {
      await animateCascade(step);
    }
  }

  // Continue if round is in progress
  if (engineData.inProgress) {
    await placeBet({ backendURL, token });
  }
}

Supported Features

This is a complete reference of every mechanic the slot engine can model. The "Example" column points to a recognisable commercial slot that uses the same mechanic. This is useful shorthand when you discuss configurations with designers. The configuration field shows the relevant key on ISlotConfig, ISymbol, IAwardTrigger, or IFeatureConfig.

Grid & reels

Mechanic	Config	Example	Notes
Fixed grid	columns, rows	Starburst (NetEnt)	Standard fixed grid.
Variable reel heights (Megaways)	megaways	Bonanza Megaways (Big Time Gaming)	Each reel rolls a random number of rows per spin within [minRows, maxRows]. Per-reel ranges use reelRowRange.
Fixed reel strips (reelsets)	reelSetConfig	Mechanical-style NetEnt slots	Board generation picks a window of rows consecutive symbols from each strip. You can weight multiple reelsets against each other. When enabled, this bypasses per-symbol reel weights and stacking.

Symbols

Mechanic	Config	Example	Notes
Wilds	symbol.isWild	20 Super Hot (EGT)	Substitutes for paying symbols.
Expanding wilds	symbol.isExpandingWild	Starburst (NetEnt)	Wild expands to fill its reel.
Wild scatters	symbol.isWildScatter	Book of Ra (Novomatic)	Wild that also counts toward scatter awards (per-award opt-in via canIncludeWildScatters).
Per-reel symbol weighting	symbol.reelWeights[]	virtually every modern slot	Different probability per reel.
Reel spacing	symbol.reelSpacing	high-volatility scatter symbols	Minimum stop distance between occurrences on a reel.
Symbol stacking	symbol.minStack symbol.maxStack symbol.averageStack	Buffalo (Aristocrat)	A symbol either appears alone or in a contiguous group on a reel. averageStack skews stack sizes toward a target.
Symbol multipliers	symbol.multiplier symbolMultiplierBehaviour	Sweet Bonanza (Pragmatic Play)	Multiplies the win when this symbol is part of it. Combination across multiple multiplier symbols: highest / multiply / add.
Multi-position symbols	symbol.winlineCount	"double-wide" symbols in various Pragmatic Play / BTG titles	A symbol counts as N adjacent positions for win length.
Duplicating symbols	symbol.duplicatingCount	various "cloning wild" mechanics	Symbol clones itself onto another position before evaluation.
Symbol substitutions	symbolSubstitutions[]	Mystery Symbols (Fishin' Frenzy series, Reel Time Gaming)	One symbol transforms into another via a weighted pick. uniformSubstitution makes all source occurrences resolve to the same target. noSubstitutionWeighting lets the source survive untransformed.

Win evaluation modes

Mechanic	Config	Example	Notes
Paylines	award.mode: 'winline' winlines[]	Book of Ra (Novomatic)	Configured payline patterns.
Ways pays	award.mode: 'ways'	243 Ways (Microgaming)	Adjacent-reel matching, no payline patterns.
Scatter pays	award.mode: 'scatter'	universal	N matching symbols anywhere on the board.
Multipay scatter	award.multipay	various	Scatter pays floor(count / N) times for big counts.
Cluster pays	award.mode: 'cluster' adjacency	Aloha! Cluster Pays (NetEnt), Reactoonz (Play'n GO)	Connected groups of matching symbols. adjacency is fourWays (default) or eightWays.
Unconditional awards	award.mode: 'unconditional'	bonus picks, "always pays" mechanics	Fires every spin regardless of board state.
Collector awards	award.mode: 'collector' collectsSymbols	Money Train (Relax Gaming)	A collector symbol gathers values from target symbols on the board into one win.
Override wins	award.overrideWins	jackpot lines, super-wild wins	Only the highest override win pays. It suppresses other wins on the spin.
After-cascade evaluation	award.afterCascade award.cascadePersist	various	The engine evaluates the award only on the final post-cascade board (or its symbols persist through cascades).
Range-based scatter triggers	award.maxCount	bonus tiers (for example, 3/4/5 scatters → different awards)	Award only triggers when the symbol count is within [count, maxCount].

Cascades (tumble mechanics)

Mechanic	Config	Example	Notes
Cascading wins	cascade	Gonzo's Quest (NetEnt)	The engine removes winning symbols. Remaining symbols drop down. New symbols fill from the top. This repeats until there is no win.
Progressive cascade multiplier	cascadeMultiplier	Sweet Bonanza (Pragmatic Play), Sugar Rush (Pragmatic Play)	Multiplier ramps up across cascade steps.
First-step substitutions only	cascadeSubstitution	various	Substitutions apply only on the first cascade step (default is every step).

Bonus features

Mechanic	Config	Example	Notes
Free spins	featureConfig.type: 'freespins'	universal	Standard bonus spins.
Bonus spins (lower priority)	featureConfig.type: 'bonusspins'	Book of Holla: Bonus Spins (Hoelle Games)	Only run when no free spins feature has remaining spins.
Wheel features	featureConfig.type: 'wheel'	Mega Moolah (Microgaming), Wheel of Fortune (IGT)	Single weighted segment pick. The segment can pay cash, trigger another feature, or both.
Hold & Win (respin)	featureConfig.holdAndWin	Lightning Link (Aristocrat)	Coin symbols stick. The respin counter resets on every hit (lives). The feature ends when the grid is full or lives reach 0. fullScreenBonus, symbolWeights, blankWeight, and payouts shape the maths.
Book Spins (expanding feature symbol)	featureConfig.bookSpinSymbolAllowList	Book of Ra (Novomatic), Book of Dead (Play'n GO)	The engine rolls one symbol from the allow list at feature start. On each spin, it expands to fill all positions and pays as a winline regardless of position.
Random feature entry	featureRandomEntryConfig featureRandomEntryBaseWeighting	random Hold & Win drops on a base spin	Weighted chance to replace a base spin with a feature-style spin (using the feature's full config). Can also queue additional feature spins.
Static feature multiplier	featureConfig.multiplier	"wins multiplied by 3 during free spins"	Flat multiplier on every win during the feature. The result surfaces this via featureMultiplier.
Random feature multiplier (run-level)	featureConfig.randomMultiplierOptions	Random Multiplier Free Spins variants	The engine rolls one multiplier from a weighted list at the start of each feature run. This multiplier applies to the entire run. The result surfaces it via featureMultiplier. This forces the feature into a grouped DB entry.
Per-spin random feature multiplier	featureConfig.perSpinRandomMultiplierOptions	"every free spin a fresh global multiplier" variants	The engine rolls a fresh multiplier from the weighted list on every individual feature spin. So the multiplier varies spin-to-spin within one run. This overrides both multiplier and randomMultiplierOptions. It applies to regular feature spins only. Hold & Win and wheel features fall back to the run-level pick. The result surfaces it via featureMultiplier. This forces the feature into a grouped DB entry.

Sticky mechanics (feature-scoped)

All fields below live on IFeatureConfig (featureConfig.X).

Mechanic	Config	Example	Notes
Sticky wilds / sticky symbols	stickySymbols	Dead or Alive (NetEnt)	Listed symbols persist on the board across feature spins once they land.
Sticky wins	stickyWins	various	All symbols involved in any winning combination become sticky.
Sticky winlines	stickyWinlines	various	Symbols on a winning payline become sticky.
Sticky symbol limit	stickySymbolLimit	various	Caps how many symbols can be sticky simultaneously.
Sticky overwrite rules	stickySymbolOverwriteRules	upgrading stuck symbols (low → high)	A new sticky can replace an existing stuck symbol per defined replacement rule.

Multiplier mechanics (per-feature)

All fields below live on IFeatureConfig (featureConfig.X).

Mechanic	Config	Example	Notes
Multiplier collection	multiplierCollectionConfigs	various "multiplier symbol counter" free spins features	Counts collected symbols across all feature spins. Thresholds map count to active multiplier. Targets a specific win type (winline/ways/scatter/cluster/bookwinline/totalwin).
Collected spin multiplier	collectedSpinMultiplier	Gates of Olympus (Pragmatic Play)	Spin multiplier values accumulate across feature spins (add = sum, multiply = product). application is always or onHit.

Collector mechanics

Mechanic	Config	Example	Notes
Target value pool	collectorTargetValues	Money Train (Relax Gaming)	The engine assigns weighted random values to each target symbol type when a collector evaluation runs.
Collector level progression	collectorLevelConfig	Big Bass Bonanza (Pragmatic Play)	Collector symbols progress through ranked levels. Each level has its own multiplier. Each level can grant additionalSpins and can transition to a different feature via nextFeature. Base game and features share this mechanic.

Triggers, awards & round control

Mechanic	Config	Example	Notes
Feature awards from wins	awardResult.featureAward	universal scatter-bonus triggers	A win awards featureCount spins of a named feature.
Spin multiplier awards	awardResult.spinMultiplier	Gates of Olympus (Pragmatic Play), using board multiplier symbols	A win contributes a spin-multiplier value. The engine sums it into result.spinMultiplierTotal and applies it to the spin's win amount.
Pot awards (combination-aware)	potAwards	3 Pots of Egypt (3 Oaks), combined trigger tables	The engine evaluates multiple scatter groups together against one outcome table. This allows correlated triggers and shared probability budgets.
Progression counters	progressionCounters awardResult.progressionAwards	various "meter/charge/level-up" mechanics	Wins increment named counters. A counter at 1.0 awards configured features. Counters can be stakeSpecific for separate counters per stake.
Single-gameround jackpots	singleGameRoundProgression awardResult.progressionAwards	"Three Pot Progression"-style in-round jackpot pots	Same increment mechanism as progression counters, but scoped to one gameround only. There is no cross-round persistence. A cash award is part of winAmount/maxPayout, like any other win. Forces consolidateRounds. See Single-Gameround Jackpots.
Random-choice / player-choice award resolution	progressionCounter.onComplete.type	various player-choice bonus picks	When a counter completes, the engine either rolls the awards randomly or surfaces them as a player choice via the SDK.
Max payout cap	maxPayout consolidateRounds	Pragmatic Play 5,000× / 25,000× max-win cap	When cumulative win reaches the cap the round ends immediately.
Consolidated rounds	consolidateRounds	bundled bonus/H&W games	Bundles all feature spins into the base scenario instead of separate feature DBs. maxPayout requires this.
Scenario variety cap	maxScenariosPerEntry	(generator-level tuning)	Caps stored scenarios per unique entry. A higher cap gives more variety and a larger DB.
Zero-win scenario cap	maxScenariosPerZeroWinEntry	(dead-spin tuning, default 2000)	Separate, larger cap for 0-win spins (~60% of volume), so dead-spin variety is not starved.
Loose scenario cap	looseScenarioCap	(default on in the creator)	Pools the scenario cap across outcomes that share win, feature spins, and progression, but differ only in cosmetic tags. This keeps scenarios.jsonl small on the large sims needed to reach jackpot-odds wins, without changing entries or weights.

Provably Fair Verification

When a slot round runs with config.rng === 'pf', every spin's outcome is fully determined by the RNG draws committed to in the round's pf block. Use pfVerify to have the engine replay the round from its revealed seeds and compare the result to what you recorded live.

Request

The slot replay needs the opening stake and any featureToBuy that it used. To replay each continuation step in the live round (wager-feature decisions, random-choice or player-choice awards), pass the matching playerChoiceIndex in actions. Free spin and feature cascades that resolve internally need no player choice and no entry in actions. The engine cascades them itself.

import { pfVerify } from '@hizi.io/engine-sdk';

const reply = await pfVerify({
  backendURL,
  token,
  serverSeed: pf.revealedServerSeed,
  clientSeed: pf.clientSeed,
  stake: 100,
  featureToBuy: 'freespin',     // only if the round opened on a buy feature
  actions: [
    { playerChoiceIndex: 1 },   // first wager-feature / playerChoice resolution
    { playerChoiceIndex: 0 },   // second
  ],
});

Reading the response

rngData mirrors the live round's pf.rngData row-for-row: same pf:start-end ids, same nonces[], same values[]. steps[] is the per-step IGameResult chain that placeBet returned in order. The terminal step is steps[steps.length - 1]. Compare against your recorded round:

if (!reply.success) {
  // handle reply.error
  return;
}
const { rngData, steps } = reply.result;

// 1. RNG audit
const audited = rngData.length === pf.rngData.length &&
  rngData.every((row, i) => deepEqual(row, pf.rngData[i]));

// 2. Scenario / totalWin (terminal step)
const terminal = steps[steps.length - 1];
const resultOk = deepEqual(terminal.scenario, lastLiveResult.scenario) &&
  terminal.totalWin === lastLiveResult.totalWin;

If both line up, the engine could not have rigged the outcome. Every draw and every cascade trace back to (serverSeed, clientSeed, your actions).

Next Steps

• Response Handling: the IGameResult structure and engineData fields.
• Plinko Responses: how to read plinko game responses.
• Types & Interfaces: the full SDK type reference.