JPM Snakes & Ladders: the board, pyramid and coin grid

Snakes & Ladders puts a densely packed square board above the reels. Cash amounts, mystery spaces, skill labels and nudge awards run across the grid, with direction arrows marking its route.

There is more to the upper glass than the main board. An hourglass-shaped display stands on the left, while a pyramid of arrows and a grid of coin-shaped lights occupy the right. Those three shapes make this JPM cabinet recognisable even in a dim arcade photograph.

The pictured version is marked 25p play and £10 jackpot. Its lower game has three reels, a number display beside them and a vertical nudge ladder. Those markings describe this example; they should not be treated as specifications for every game carrying the Snakes & Ladders name.

If you spot another Snakes & Ladders cabinet, compare the square board, hourglass, pyramid and coin grid before treating it as the same version. Keep the stake and jackpot markings with the photograph: on this example they are part of the identification.