Lucky Symbols

Players seeking the best online slots will want to look closely at Lucky Symbols, a release from BF Games that oozes good fortune.

Since 2013, this privately-held design company has been developing elite-level gaming content that players rave about. Their work often has a boutique feel, especially since they don’t release nearly as many titles as giants like NetEnt, yet always seem to hold their own against the better-known competition.

So how does this release stack up?

Read on to find out.

Theme

This title celebrates some of the most beloved icons of East Asian culture. From the smiling buddha (who has every reason for bliss, as he offers this game’s top payout of 20 times the bet size for five-of-a-kind wins) to the gleaming koi, every symbol on the reels carries hundreds (if not thousands) of years of associations with happiness and good fortune.

In fact, the design team squeezes quite a lot into this three-reel mini slot! There are gold coins, golden bowls, resplendent foo dogs, tortoises, and frogs, with all animal symbols appearing fully-stacked. Special notice should be paid to the dragon, which acts as wild, helping players form winning combinations.

This title’s most important gaming symbol, however…

… is the Chinese character scatter symbol. It opens the way to Free Games, this maximalist mini-slot’s most lucrative feature.

The soundtrack has a classical East Asian feel, as does the background: the reels are framed by massive, twisting dragons before a warm, red backdrop.

Betting Options and Functions

Instead of along traditional paylines, this slot awards wins to all adjacent combinations of matching symbols of three, beginning from the leftmost reel. This yields 27 ways to win. Bet size is set simply along a range of 0.10 – 50.00 times the betting currency.

Autoplay can be engaged with a simple on/off toggle, while a “reality check” is available at selected intervals, informing players of their overall bankroll swings since logging on. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is excellent at 96.12%.

Bonus Features

• A Gamble option is active for every win in base play.
• Players attempt to predict the color of the next playing card to appear.
• A correct guess doubles the size of the win; an incorrect guess drops the win total down to zero. 

• The appearance of three scatter symbols on the middle reels activates the Free Spins feature.
• 15 freebies will be awarded.
• The feature can be re-triggered.

Our Take

BF games has delivered another quality title here. It’s refreshing to see this high-quality design applied to a simple, three-reel mini-slot, which is often an overlooked sub-genre within the online slot gaming milieu.