Three Star Fortune

Pragmatic Play's Three Star Fortune draws on the Chinese star gods Fu, Lu and Shou, who stand for wealth, status and longevity. The backdrop is a misty mountain landscape dotted with traditional buildings, bridges and waterfalls, and the reels sit in a green-tiled frame with peaked corners and deep red tones that make the gold-heavy symbols stand out. The game came out in June 2020.

The layout is 5x3 with 10 paylines, and every line pays in both directions, left to right and right to left. Three matching symbols are the minimum for a win, and a five-of-a-kind line is paid once for each direction. The low-value symbols are the characters for the three gods, followed by a gourd, a scroll and a pink fruit. A gold sycee is the top symbol and pays 25x the stake for five on a line.

There is one feature, and it belongs to the three gods, who act as expanding wilds. Each god is tied to one reel: Fu appears only on the middle reel, Lu on the second and Shou on the fourth. When one lands it expands to fill its reel, wins are paid, and the expanded wild is held in place for a respin. Another wild landing during a respin expands and earns a further respin. When the respins end, the wilds are cleared before the next spin.

On the numbers, Three Star Fortune has high volatility, rated 5 out of 5. The default RTP is 96.27%, with lower configurations of 95.50% and 94.49% that operators can select instead. Hit frequency is 1 in 4.7 spins, the maximum win is 5,000x the stake, and bets range from 0.10 to 100 per spin.