LUCKY BUDDHA FREE SLOT REVIEW
The Lucky Buddha slot powered by King Show Games (before by IGT) plays out on a 5 x 3-reel grid and comes with 30 paylines and up to 95.00% RTP. The presence of ‘Buddha’ in the game title makes the slot’s theme obvious.
If your guess is Lucky Buddha comes with an oriental theme, then it’s very correct. Thanks to its oriental connection, players can expect to encounter a whole lot of Asian artefacts on the game reels.
GAME LAYOUT
The background graphics of the game can be categorized into two. The upper part depicts a plain green background while the bottom part depicts a brown decorated wall. Some huge red lanterns can be seen on the bottom graphics. It’s also the bottom graphics that house the 5 x 3 playing grid which is wholly covered in red.
PAYTABLE |
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SYMBOLS |
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| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Buddha | 60.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 | – |
| Turtle | 40.00 | 12.00 | 3.00 | – |
| Cat | 30.00 | 10.00 | 2.40 | – |
| A | 14.00 | 5.00 | 1.00 | – |
| K | 12.00 | 4.00 | 0.80 | – |
| Q | 10.00 | 3.00 | 0.60 | – |
SYMBOLS
Lucky Buddha reel symbols include Buddha, the turtle, the cat and traditional poker symbols.
BONUSES
- Wild: The wild comes in the form of the logo icon and it substitutes for all icons except the scatter, wild bonus and multiplier symbols.
- Scatter: The wheel icon inscribed BONUS acts as the scatter. During the base game, it appears on reels 1, 2 and 3 while in the free spins round it appears only on reel 1.
- Wild Bonus: The wild bonus icon is represented by the icon inscribed WILD BONUS. This symbol lands only on reels 2 and 3 during the free spins round. It possesses the power of substituting for all regular symbols except the multiplier sub-symbols.
- Repeating Win Multipliers: All standard symbols that feature in a win line after any spin will activate the same instance of the symbol for the next 7 spins. The activated symbols appear above the reels. When win lines occur featuring the activated standard symbols, the payout is subject to the multiplier value of the activated symbols. Players ought to note that the activated symbol’s multiplier value is pegged against the triggering bet amount. Changing the bet amount resets the activated symbols together with their corresponding multiplier values.
- Wheel Bonus: During the base game, the Wheel Bonus is activated when players land three scatters simultaneously. When players are playing in the Free Spins mode, they activate the Wheel Bonus when they land one scatter and two wild bonus symbols simultaneously. Players upon activation of this feature will spin the wheel. Once the wheel stops spinning, players win the prize highlighted by the pointer. The prizes include a free spins reward, free spins or cash prizes.
- Free Spins Bonus: This feature is triggered via the Wheel Bonus when players win the free spins reward. The feature is played at the same bet option as the spin that triggered the Wheel Bonus. All scatters on reels 2 and 3 are replaced by the wild bonus symbols during this feature. Scatters and wild bonus icons landing during the feature can help players retrigger more free spins up to 240 free spins.
CLOSING
For all players who have an affection for the Eastern hemisphere and its related cultural and traditional practices then Lucky Buddha is the slot for you. This is necessitated by the fact that it exposes all many artefacts from this part of the world.