DA HONG BAO

About Da Hong Bao

If you’ve played slots for any length of time, you’ll undoubtedly know that there is an abundance of Chinese wealth-themed slots. In fact, those focusing on the God of Wealth are particularly plentiful. Da Hong Bao is one of these. Developed by Genesis Gaming; Da Hong Bao isn’t overly different from many of these similarly themed games. However, it is a decent looking game, even if predictable when it comes to its features. The game is played over fifty paylines and costs a minimum of 0.05 per line per spin. As all lines must be active, you’re looking at minimum bets of 2.50 a pop. Da Hong Bao clearly isn’t the cheapest slot out there, then. With stakes like that, Da Hong Bao should deliver a mammoth non-progressive prize but doesn’t. Da Hong Bao offers you a top prize of 5,000x a stake, which simply isn’t rewarding enough given the high cost of the bets.

Special Features

Look out for the God of Wealth here, as he pops up as a wild symbol. When showing up, he can substitute for any standard paying symbols. Scatter symbols won’t get replaced. Worse still, wilds can only appear on the second to fifth reels, not the first reel.

You can find red and gold scatter symbols. Your reward for bagging three of them is the Lucky Spins bonus. What follows is not your conventional free spin bonus, but we’ll get to that in a moment. Land four scatters, and you’ll unlock a Fortune Spins bonus, while a Da Hong Bao bonus can be yours if you trigger the feature with five scatters.

Scatters don’t dish out cash prizes on their own accord, but they offer something far better than that, as you’ll see below.

Bonus Feature

Once the Lucky Spins mode has been activated, you’ll receive a free spin. After that spin, you’ll get the chance to re-spin and improve your win. If you manage to improve your win, you can take a chance at improving it again, and so on. However, once you fail to improve your win, the bonus ends. This is an interesting take on a free spin bonus, but one that seldom leads to massive improvements. During this round, any wilds you strike will double your wins.

In the Fortune Spins bonus, the God of Wealth wild locks into place in the middle of the fifth reel. Before each spin, another will lock into place and remain there until the round ends. Meanwhile, the Da Hong Bao bonus gives you the same features, although it will double whatever you win. It is possible to retrigger the bonus in all three free spin rounds, so there is plenty up for grabs here.