Book of Gates features three hidden rows positioned above the visible reel area. In the base game, these rows are covered by ornate golden panels decorated with Egyptian hieroglyphs. You cannot see or access these symbols—yet.
The moment you land a winning combination of left-to-right adjacent symbols, the first hidden row is revealed, and you're awarded a free respin with the expanded reel set. If that respin also results in a win, the second row unlocks. Win a third time, and the final row opens, giving you the full 5×8 grid.
Here's the crucial part: each reel column contains a random number of symbols, determined per spin. In the base game, you might see 2 symbols on reel one, 5 on reel two, 3 on reel three, and so on. This variability is what creates the "ways to win" count, which shifts with every single spin.
The RESPIN feature continues until either you hit a non-winning spin or you've unlocked all three rows. There's no limit to how many wins you can chain together on the third respin level—as long as you keep hitting winning combinations, you keep respinning with 32,768 ways active.
| Stage |
Symbols Per Reel |
Maximum Ways |
Extra Rows Unlocked |
| Base Game |
2–5 |
3,125 |
0 (all covered) |
| 1st RESPIN |
3–6 |
7,776 |
1 row visible |
| 2nd RESPIN |
4–7 |
16,807 |
2 rows visible |
| 3rd RESPIN |
5–8 |
32,768 |
3 rows visible (full grid) |
