Lucky New Year Slot

This is one of those slots that you probably should only play when the time is right. New Year just happens to be a very specific celebration. Still, at least Pragmatic Play has done a great job with the execution here, producing a game with plenty of animations, features, and wins. Worth noting that the theme is one about the Chinese New Year, not that there seems to be any difference in the way it is celebrated. ...

All in all this Lucky New Year mobile slot is good enough; the theme doesn't particularly stand out, but the mechanics are solid.The three in-game jackpots are clearly the big draw, and you can expect wins of around 50x your bet (on averages) in the two bonus features.However, it can be a little unsympathetic at times, so if you don't find the wins come quickly, you might be better off finding something a little more generous - Lucky Little Gods by Microgaming perhaps?Ultimately, unless you win on the jackpots, you won't walk away that much richer, so don't chase your losses. ...

Lets take a better look into each feature.

The Jackpot Prizes are of 3 types, namely Minor, Major and Grand, but the prizes aren't that big to be honest, with the Grand Jackpot paying only a 1000x total bet prize. 3 Scatter symbols are needed to activate the Free Spins Game, but the 3 Scatters would only pay back your bet amount instead of the usual 4x or 5x. Not only that, you only get 5 free spins with no win multiplier (argh!), and getting 3 or more Scatters would add another 3 more free spins only (yet one more argh!). If you ask me, this feature sucks!

As for the Money Respins feature, you need to get at least 6 Lantern symbols on the reels to activate it. During the feature game, the initial Lanterns are held in place, whilst all the other positions take a respin. 3 Respins are awarded initially, but each time a new Lantern symbol lands, it resets the number back to 3. Respins continue until all the empty spaces have been filled up, or until no more Respins are available. The cash value shown in each Lantern would then be added up and paid out. This feature may look good, reminding me of NetEnt's Divine Fortune game, but the cash value of each Lantern has much to be desired - they are way too small to produce any big wins - very disappointing!

Okay, so you may now be wondering how the Jackpot prizes can be won, right? In the base game, each appearing Lantern may either show a cash value or show Minor or Major, representing the jackpot. The Grand Jackpot can only be won when you get all 15 Lanterns during the Money Respin feature game. Simple as that, but not simple to get, hehehe.

In one of my Money Respins game, I managed to get 13 out of 15 Lanterns, just short of 2 more Lanterns to win the Grand Jackpot, all part of its 'teaser' no doubt, but what disappointed me the most was in the total winning amount - it only gave a 51x bet win! Getting 14 Lanterns out of the possible 15 would not have made the final win much bigger anyway, so this really sucks!