Year of Fortuneby RealTime Gaming

The Chinese are some the most superstitious in the world. Some flock to casinos just to see if they were born lucky. Gambling in Asian cultures is much like baseball is to Americans. It’s a national past time.

Given that Asians love gambling, what would make a better theme than a lucky Asian one?

Year of Fortune is an Asian themed video slot from Real Time Gaming that uses the superstitious fortunes of Asian culture and implements it beautifully into this slot. There’s no doubt that Year of Fortune is based on what the Chinese consider the New Year.

Throughout the slot you will spot a multitude of Asian luck symbols, lucky numbers and more. While not truly authentic, it’s more of a Western take on this culture. Think of it as the Chinese restaurants of slot machines. Everyone loves them, the food is good, but it’s not real Chinese food.

Regardless of its Asian authenticity, Year of Fortune is definitely a slot with where you can test your own luck.

Rules

Year of Fortune has 5 reels and 25 compulsory pay lines. You must play all 25 lines as there is no option to choose between 1 and 25. This is offset by the low bet per line of just a penny. And to keep things fun and low risk, the maximum bet is just $0.25 per line which makes the total maximum bet only $6.25.

Symbols

The standard symbols are lucky 8’s, firecrackers, a Chinese lantern, Fu Dogs, and an Asian temple. You’ll notice that all wins pay out in numbers that end in 8. This is a lucky number in Asian culture. The highest payout using these standard symbols is 8,888 coins.

Wild Symbol

The Golden Ox acts as the wild symbol and replaces all symbols except the scatter and God of Wealth. This wild only shows up on reels 2, 3 and 4. When a win is made using the wild symbol, it doubles that prize.

Scatter – Free Spins

The Year of the OX logo is the scatter symbol and triggers the free spins when 3 or more land on any of the reels. Eight free spins are awarded with a special feature. During free spins, there will be 88 pay lines instead of 25.

Wins are once again doubled when the Golden Ox wild symbol makes a winning combination. The max win jumps to 71,104 coins during the free spins.

Additional free spins may won during this round by hitting 3 or more of the scatter symbol.

Progressive Jackpot

As if free spins and doubled wins weren’t enough, Year of Fortune really lets you press your luck with the addition of a progressive jackpot. The jackpot gets bigger every second and doesn’t stop growing until someone wins it.

The jackpot is won when you hit 5 of the God of Wealth symbols anywhere on the reels during any mode of play.

The God of Wealth symbol will also pay out a normal coin prize when at least 2 in a row appear.

Do You Feel Lucky?

Year of Fortune isn’t the best looking slot in the world, but it does have some of the best features. The chance to win a progressive jackpot, along with unique features like the 88 pay lines during free spins makes Year of Fortune one of the more exciting and fun slots to play online.