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Jewel of the Dragon

On cruise ships

Reported on 2 ships across 2 cruise lines

3 public reportslatest Sep 2026

1 report is a repeat sighting on the same ship.

Royal Caribbean · Princess

How it plays. It is L&W's take on the Dragon Link formula. Gem symbols land during normal play and show how close you are to the bonus. Six or more start a hold & respin: gems lock in place, you get three respins, and each new gem resets the count to three. More on how it plays

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Where Jewel of the Dragon has been reported

3 dated public reports from 2 named ships, grouped by ship: mostly player videos, plus articles and cruise line pages. Machines move during refits, so check on board.

Liberty of the Seas

Royal Caribbean

1 report · latest Sep 2026

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Public video Sep 2026
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Caribbean Princess

Princess Cruises

2 reports · latest Jul 2026

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How Jewel of the Dragon plays

How it plays

Gems carry credit prizes or jackpot labels, and covering all 15 spots wins the Grand. Separate free spins are triggered by scatter symbols. The land rules come from trade press, and the online versions follow the same outline.

Features

Gem symbols that show progress toward the hold & respin and can also trigger smaller bonuses
Hold & respin with three resetting respins
Grand jackpot for filling all 15 positions
Scatter-triggered free spins
Online versions (Red Phoenix, Valley of the Tiger) at US online casinos

At a glance

Maker: Light & Wonder
Series: Jewel of the Dragon
First released: 2022
Type: Hold & Spin
Mechanics: Hold & respin, Gem symbols that track progress toward the bonus, Four jackpots with a Grand for a full screen, Free spins
Theme: Asian fortune (phoenix, tiger, dragon)
Layout: 5x3 with 50 lines (per a 2024 casino launch notice and the online version); the hold & respin uses 15 positions
Denominations: Multi-denomination; a 2026 cruise video shows 1¢, 2¢, 5¢, 10¢, $1 and $2 choices on one machine
Bets: The online version runs $0.20 to $60 per spin. Land machines vary; a 2026 player video shows a $90 bet on a $1 machine.
Jackpots: Mini, Minor, Major and Grand. The Grand goes to filling all 15 positions in the hold & respin. Cruise footage shows a Grand meter above $20,000 on one ship, so the Grand is progressive there; online versions pay fixed multiples of the bet.
Payback: Not published. On ships, the operator sets it and doesn't post it.

In the Jewel of the Dragon series

Red PhoenixValley of the TigerA Thousand Warriors (announced in 2022 as a third theme)

Tips from players and reviewers

Treat it as a game on its way out. Under the 2026 settlement L&W must try to remove installed machines, so a ship that had it on your last cruise may not have it now.
Players look for machines whose Major meter has climbed high ('maxed-out majors', per Shinobi Slots and Jess vs Slots). A high meter means a bigger prize if it hits, not a better chance of hitting it.
On multi-denomination machines the jackpot meters can differ by denomination, so look at the meters for the one you plan to play.

Tips can't change the odds of any spin. They help you pick a bet level and a machine.

Industry standing and land-casino jackpots

Players who like Dragon Link-style hold & spin found a close cousin here, and the Red Phoenix theme also caught on with BetMGM's online players. It never spread widely on land. L&W says about 150 machines were in North America when it pulled the game in April 2025, after Aristocrat added it to its trade-secrets lawsuit over Dragon Train. In the January 2026 settlement L&W agreed to stop selling the game worldwide and to make best efforts to remove machines already installed.

Why it's popular

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How reports are checked

Only signed-in members with a confirmed email address can report.
One report per member for each game, ship and month, from the line's fleet list.
Up to 20 reports a day per member.
A report without a note is published straight away. A report with a written note is held until an editor has read it.
Editors can approve or reject held reports and remove any report. You can delete your own reports at any time.
Published reports show the line, ship, month and note, never your name or email.

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