[3] Players must accumulate increasing amounts of money to pay their rent within a limited number of spins.

Symbols can interact with each other for extra money, such as cats drinking milk and bees pollinating flowers.

Dan DiIorio developed Luck Be a Landlord after being inspired by Slay the Spire and freeware for Windows 98.

[10] The game was banned in thirteen countries on Google Play for violating its policies on simulated gambling.

DiIorio disputes the claim's inconsistency by comparing Luck Be a Landlord with similar microtransaction-based video games that are nonetheless available in those countries.