A traditional red pagoda building is the setting for the action in Lucky New Year. On the reels you’ll see Chinese style A to J characters as well as oranges, drums and firecrackers. Top of the standard symbols is the dragon which awards 1, 10 or 20 times your stake if you land 3, 4 or 5 on the same payline. Those same payout figures are on offer from the golden dog which is the game’s wild - it replaces all other symbols apart from the money tree scatter.
That scatter can hit on reels 1, 3 and 5 only - when it does, you’ll trigger the Free Spins feature. You’ll receive 5 free spins to start with - not many we grant you. Boosting your winning chances are the colossal 3x3 symbols that fill the middle 3 reels throughout the round. Another 5 free spins are added to your tally if you land 3 scatters – you can therefore win an infinite amount of extra free spins.
Joining the usual selection of symbols are lanterns, each of which carries a monetary value. Land 6 or more of these on the same spin to trigger the Money Respin feature. The money symbols are held and all the other symbols removed. You’ll then receive 3 respins where only blanks or money symbols will spin around the reels.
Land a money value and the respins total resets to 3 – you can play with 9 in total. When all of your respins have played out, all the money symbols are added together and awarded as a cash prize. If you manage to fill all 15 positions with money symbols, you’ll also win the Grand Jackpot of 1,000 times your stake as well as the combined money values.
Lucky New Year isn’t the flashiest slot game you’ll see in terms of design. What makes this an attractive game to play are the features. Both the streak respins and the free spins with colossal symbols can deliver plenty of potential thrills. Get on a roll with either of them and Lucky New Year could live up to its name. I also recommend you try Chinese New Year by Play ‘N Go which has a similar theme.