Lucky Money

The Lucky Money slot, available at Platipus online casinos, is based on a fun Asian luck theme. The graphics are excellent and offer a beautiful layer of depth to the visual aspect of the game. In terms of gameplay, this title also offers quite a bit of depth since it centers around a pretty balanced pay schedule while still offering exciting features. This combination lends itself to a fair amount of replay value, and it's a game that's pretty easy to become engrossed by. As a result, we wouldn't be surprised if it becomes a favorite for a lot of players who prefer to sit back and relax instead of having a ton of bells and whistles constantly going off.

Format and Layout

The format for this title offers 25 paylines with five reels and three horizontal rows of symbols. Players will not have the option to change how many paylines are activated at any given time, but you will be able to pick from 10 different line bet sizes that range from $0.02 to $10 per turn. This means your overall range of available bets is $0.50 to $250 per spin. While it's not a major complaint, we would have liked to see a $0.01 option for the line bet sizes for a $0.25 total wager be available at the bottom end of the spread.

Wild Dragon Symbol

A golden dragon with green hair and a red ring around it shows up as a wild symbol. This wild appears on the first, third and fifth reels. As such, it will not build into its own winning combinations. However, it does help you to get extra payouts, and when you see how it combines with the re-spin feature we describe below, it's not difficult to see that it's an important part of the game's feature set.

Scatter Symbols and Free Spins

The gorgeous yin-yang symbol in black, white and blue with a red border around it offers players an opportunity to get free spins as a scattered bonus symbol. You can get between five and 15 of this symbol for between 10 and 75 free spins, respectively. You only need three for a chance at free spins thanks to the re-spin feature below, but you only get them if you're able to get five of this scatter on the reels at once.

Re-spin Feature

The main dynamic that this title centers around is the re-spin feature. The way it works is that if you get any winning combination, then the winning symbols lock into place while all of the other symbols spin. If you pick up more winning combos, or if you extend the combinations that were already in place, then those new symbols lock to allow yet another re-spin, and this continues until there are no new winning symbols added.

You'll also trigger this feature for at least three scatters, even though you need five to have a winning combination. This makes it easier to get free spins in the first place, but it also makes it more likely that you pick up more free turns than you would have had otherwise.

Payouts and Prizes

The blue dragon symbol is the top-paying symbol on the pay table, and he'll get you a prize of 500x for five on a payline. Five of a kind of the lucky cat is worth 350x, which isn't that big of a drop off. You'll also earn 250x for five of the pair of masks and 200x for five of a kind combinations of the golden buddah.

The pay table as a whole is pretty flat, and it continues this way with the card rank symbols. The green A gets 150x for five, and five of a kind of the red K earns 100x. You can pick up 75x, 60x or 50x for five of the orange Q, blue J or purple 10 symbols as well.

Overview

With the Lucky Money slot by Platipus, you'll get a serious amount of action with the re-spin feature that everything else seems to center around. However, the hit-rate and low volatility offer a fairly relaxing experience overall at the same time. This is a good mix of gameplay aspects, and when you add that to the great graphics and aesthetic appeal, it forms a strong overall slot. If you're the type of player who prefer big jackpots and a lot of volatility, then you might want to try something else, but we think most players will get something out of this game.