Casino Online Slots

With the dawn of the New Year in January 2009, came the launch of an online slot called “Happy Golden Ox of Happiness” by RTG (Real Time Gaming) since it is declared as the year of the OX. This slot game was primarily introduced with an objective to attract the Chinese audience. Now, within a span of 8 months RTG has launched an equally attractive slot game called Year of Fortune slot.

Though both the games have a number of features which are similar, there are many distinct differences which are unique to each slot game. There are a number of common symbols on the reels, the ox is the ‘wild sign’ and the’ year of the ox’ emblem is the ‘scatter sign’ which is similar in both cases. The common signs are Masked Dancer, Lantern, Firecracker and 8.

In ‘Year of Fortune’ the ox does not proffer any payout but plays the part of a multiplier, however in the older version i.e. “Golden Ox of Happiness” the sign represented the jackpot. The animation of the OX graphics is the same in both games. When 5 of them line up in a pay line and the progressive jackpot is struck then the sign “God of Wealth” emerges. In both games the scatter signs generate 8 spins, a number declared to be lucky amongst the Chinese. In Happy Golden Ox of Happiness the free spins are by default tripled while in the Year of Fortune slot each ox sign emerges in winning combination’s and doubles the payouts enabling 88 pay lines and increasing the chances of payouts!

The progressive slots jackpot is another advantage in the game of Year of Fortune slot as it can be struck during free spins, whereas in Happy Golden Ox of Happiness slot it is not allowed. Happy Golden Ox of Happiness comprises of 50 pay lines, while Year of Fortune comprises of 25. In the former the stake is fixed at 0.02 for each pay line and in the latter 0.01 to 5.00.