Caishen Wins

Sometimes a video slot can give you a bit more than just fun and prizes, if you are curious enough you will also find out new things about other cultures. That can happen if you play Caishen Wins, an entertaining title with a clear Asian theme. 

Caishen is a very important figure in Chinese mythology, and he is invoked during the New Year celebrations. He is the “God of Wealth”, often depicted as riding a black tiger with a tool that can turn stone and iron into gold. 

Let’s see if this game can turn reel spins into entertainment. 

Theme

The reels are placed on what seems to be the entrance to a temple, surrounded by pink clouds and flanked by golden fish. The symbols are all related to Chinese culture and mythology, we have firecrackers, the Lucky Number 8, a Golden Frog and so on. 

The background music is obviously a Chinese tune, with a nice optimistic tone and tempo. The sound effects could have been more adapted to the theme, but overall they tend to blend in if you play the game long enough. 

Betting Options and Functions

This slot has a rather unusual setup, there are 6 reels and 5 rows with a staggering number of 2025 paylines. As if that wasn’t enough, there is an additional reel placed just above the four central reels, and that one spins horizontally. 

Whenever you hit a winning combination, the symbols that make up that combo explode and disappear from the reels, making room for the ones above them to drop in their places. That can lead to spectacular cascading wins. 

The game has medium volatility while the theoretical return to player (RTP) is a solid 96.92%. 

Features

There is no shortage of special features in this game:

• Wilds-on-the-Way

There is a regular Wild symbol in this slot, and it does the usual job of replacing other symbols. However, the wilds-on-the-way feature takes the concept a little bit further. On any spin you can see that some symbols are surrounded by a silver frame and others by a golden frame. 

After every round, any silver-framed symbol that is part of a winning combo will become wild, and it will transform into another symbol at random, with a golden frame around it. 

That golden frame is quite powerful, any symbol that has it and is involved in a winning combination will transform into a full-on Wild. 

• Success Caishen

The Success Caishen symbol takes up four blocks and it can appear on the top reel, the one that spins horizontally. When it does appear, it will surely lead to some great wins because it will transform into four Wilds! 

• Free Spins

If you get four or more Scatter symbols in one spin you will be able to get to the Free Spins feature, you can either start it right away with the default number of rolls and multiplier or gamble for more. 

Conclusion

Caishen Wins is another entertaining title with an Asian theme from Pocket Games Soft, they have done a decent job with Mahjong Ways 2 as well. Even though its main target is the Asian market, it should be quite appealing for other players too. 

This game should offer every player quite a bit of fun thanks to the cascading wins mechanic, while the special features do add some extra spice to an already fun experience.