Fu Dao Le Online Slot: Good Fortune May Arrive via Base-Win Boosters, 8 Free Games and 2 Jackpot Features
Fu Dao Le, the Bally/SG Interactive land-based slot machine has arrived online, furnishing the same base game win-boosters, Free-Spins Bonus Round and two Jackpot Features. Fu Dao Le in Mandarin means “fortune or luck has arrived”— which could very well be the case in this Chinese-themed, 243 ways-to-win slot. First off, players can count on different types of Wild Symbols that help complete a grouping of adjacently-positioned identical symbols. During Free Games more Wilds appear, at times with a 2x or 3x Wild-Win Multiplier to boot.
An Expanded Wild called Clumped Wilds could trigger the Jackpot Bonus Feature that awards a Mini, Minor, Major, or Maxi Progressive Prize. Then, there are the Red Envelopes that simply award an Instant Bonus Win once two of such symbols altogether take positions in appropriate reels. While waiting for all those features to occur, every base game spin is configured to return with a full-reel Golden Mystery Symbol in a random column. After a spin makes a full turn, the Mystery Symbol will reveal a stack of identical images.
Fu Dao Le Online Slot: Base and Bonus Game Wild Symbols
A tile with a Chinese Gong-like image poses as both Wild and Bonus Game Symbols, therefore labeled as Wonus by Bally. After any base game spin, only Reels 2, 3, and/or 4 may return with a Wonus icon. When appearing in succession with identical images starting from the leftmost column, the Wonus Symbol can complete a winning arrangement or lengthen the grouping into a higher-paying combo.
If after a paid spin all three (3) reels return with a Wonus Symbol, the Free-Spins Bonus Round activates.
Free-Spins Wild Symbols – The icon bearing the Mandarin character for Fu dao le represents the Free Games Wild Symbol. Instead of displaying a Wonus icon, Bonus Reels 2, 3, and/or 4 may return with a Fu dao le Wild. Two (2) other Wild Symbols may appear after a bonus spin, a 2x Wild or a 3x Wild. However, those Multiplier Wilds take position only in Reel 3 of the bonus game board.
Clumped Wild – are Wild icons appearing as a stack of 3 Fu dao le Wilds held by a single reel. This type of Wild occurs only after a base game spin and only in Reel 3. In the event the third reel displays only a portion of the Clumped Wild, the reel nudges automatically in order to show a full image of the 3-tier Fu dao le Clumped Wild.
The greater significance of this symbol once it appears in Reel 3, is that it initiates the loading of the Jackpot Bonus Game.
Fu Dao Le Online Slot: Free Games
The free-spins bonus feature awards eight (8) free turns and an instant Bonus Reward of 2x the Total Bet. The Wonus Wild Symbol will still appear during the free round but only in Reel 5, serving as additional substitute icon to the Free-Spins Fu Dao Le Wild, 2x Wild and 3x Wild. Moreover, every Bonus Game Wonus icon emerging in Reel 5, adds one (1) additional free game to the remaining free-spins.
Fu Dao Le Online Slot: Jackpot Features
Good fortune may indeed arrive in this game by way of two special bonuses: The Red Envelope and the Progressive Jackpot. Both features though are accessible only in the base game mode, but available at any bet level.
The Red Envelope -This feature triggers when Reels 1 and 5 simultaneously display a Red Envelope in any reel-position. Such an event awards the Red Envelope Bonus Prize displayed on the Fu Dao Le slot screen.
The Progressive Jackpot – A Clumped Wild in Reel 3 activates this bonus feature, initiating the presentation of 15 Gold Coins. Qualifying Fu Dao Le players simply need to click on a Gold Coin to reveal a prize label, which may be for the Maxi, the Major, the Minor or the Mini Prize. Once three (3) of those prize labels make a match, the corresponding value displayed on the slot screen will be awarded.
