Happy Richesby Net Entertainment

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Celebrate the Chinese New Year and go on an Asian reel adventure on the game from the Swedish-based software developer NetEnt.

Happy Riches will see you spin lucky symbols on a 5×3 game window with...

...lucky wild dragons, jade charms and Maneki-Neko cats that can appear as double symbols at any time.

Trigger the bonus feature with up to 30 free spins, and you could score wins of up to 15,000 times your bet.

Designed for the Asian market, the game is actually a clone of another game of theirs, called Flowers.

As with most slots from NetEnt, you will be treated to stunning graphics, exceptional animations, and crystal-clear sound effects.

Theme & Design

There are hundreds of Eastern-themed titles in the online gaming industry, which only shows how popular and nicely-designed they are.

In terms of its visuals, the game appears to be a standard Asian-theme game.

Its backdrop setting features clear blue skies with colourful fireworks in the distance, while...

...the very colourful and cheerful reels are set against a purple backdrop and are crafted to look like an old Chinese temple with lots of red and gold.

As players press the spin button, they will come across brightly coloured standard playing cards as well as more rewarding...

...lanterns, cymbals, oranges, and lucky cats among others.

The game’s medium win symbol can land on the reels as both single and double symbols, and, as expected, double symbols count as two single symbols and they can bring ten of a kind winning combos.

A red and gold dragon is the Wild symbol, which can be stacked in the bonus game, and...

...a gold ingot represents the Scatter, which sets off the free spins game and can also be a double symbol like the premium ones.

A Chinese musical theme is there to entertain and keep the players a company, but it can be readily toggled off from the bottom of the screen button.

Betting Options

The game itself is dynamic and knows how to make payouts that range between the basic and the medium, however, because it is a high variance slot...

...the big win possibility is there, except, it doesn't come often and for everyone.

You get 30 lines which are always active, so your bets will be modified only by changing the Level and the coin’s value.

You start from as little as $0.30 for one spin, and you can end up at a value of up to $75.

A game which is considered to be highly volatile (read more), Happy Riches has a 96.32% RTP as well, so long-term we know that it’s a fair pick.

The pay symbols start at the low end with the card royals from J through to A, awarding 3.33x to 6×66 for a single five of a kind.

The premiums can appear as double symbols and...

...they are in ascending order of value oranges, green jade charms, Asian lampoons, Koi fish and Maneki-Neko cats.

A five of a kind will yield 2.66x to 5.33x your stake while...

...hitting 10 on a line will pay 40x to 66.66x your bet.

Rounding off the paytable is a wild symbol in the form of a golden dragon.

This wild can substitute for any symbol except scatters, and it is also the highest paying symbol in the game with...

...five of a kind paying out 166 times the bet.

Special Features

One of the major features which were introduced in Flowers, and so it’s present in Happy Riches as well, the double symbol...

...is something that you can get from high paying positions.

Depending on whether they show one or two objects inside, they count as either 1 or 2 symbols, even though only one position is occupied.

Winning combinations of up to 10 symbols will then become possible.

Besides the Wild that will award you most...

...the other important symbol to look forward to, the Scatter, will be used here to trigger Free Spins.

As double symbols are a thing here as well, as...

...you need 4 to 8 of these scatters, to win 10 to 30 free spins.

During free spins, two things happen to help boost win rates and returns.

The extra ability for this feature would come in the form of a stacked wild, which makes it easier for it to take over entire reels.

Plus, 3X multipliers apply to all wins, in this mode, and...

...scatters continue to appear and the feature is extended when 4 or more of them are in view.

Wrapping Up

Though the Happy Riches game is average visually, the gameplay is good.

With an RTP of 96.32%, the variance is medium to high with the bigger wins coming in the Free Spins feature.

Fill the reels with wilds in the Free Spins feature and the 3x multiplier will result in a 15,000 x stake max win. Not bad right?

The original was immensely popular back in the days and actually remains one of NetEnt’s best titles to this day, so you really can’t go wrong with this remake either.