Monopoly Lunar New Year is a video slot with 5 reels and up to 7776 paylines which runs on Light & Wonder software platform. This time you will get to spend some time playing board games, and not just any board game, but the famous Monopoly, but in a different version than classic. Let’s test the blend of Asian culture and one of the most popular family board games of all times here for fun, or at any Light & Wonder Casino for real.
How to Play Monopoly Lunar New Year Slot
Set your bets and let’s explore a different and more festive side of capitalism.
- Coin Stack +/- will help you regulate coins size.
- Spin will set the reels in motion after you choose your bets.
- Two Arrows will turn the reels automatically without interruption for a chosen number of times.
Slot Features
Wild symbol can substitute for all the symbols in the game except for the Lunar Coin, Crescent or Full Moon symbols, and help you form win combos by substituting. Wild, however, can appear only on reels 2, 3 and 4.
Lunar Coin and Chests
Chest prizes will change values on each spin, and at the top of reels 1, 3 and 5 there is a Chest which can display a multiplier. During the Base Game, Lunar chests pay from x3 to x188 token value, and in Lunar Free Spins, Lunar chests will pay from x2 to x188 token value.
If a Lunar Coin lands on the reels it will reveal either a Token Value multiplier or Crescent Moon symbol. If Crescent Moon gets revealed on reels 1, 3 or 5, it will award the Chest above that reels, and if it lands on 2 or 4, no wins will be granted.
Expanding Reels Free Spins
The feature can be triggered only during the base game when a Crescent Moon lands on the same reel as Expand feature Chest. Once this happens, you will get 8 spins and during the feature the reels may expand to either 4x5, 5x5 or 6x5 grid. Coins 1 Spin and 2 Spin will award extra spins when the land, and the max cap of Free Spins to win for one go is 50, after that there will be no more spins to award until the next trigger of the feature.
Lunar Chest Free Spins
This feature can be triggered only in the base game when a Crescent Moon lands on the same reel as Lunar Feature Chest. You will be awarded with 8 spins once the round is triggered, and only symbol you will see is the Coin symbol that will either have Token Value multiplier displayed, 1 or 5 chests or 5 extra spins. Chests, however, display only Token Value multipliers.
Jackpots
When you land a Crescent Moon on the same reel as Jackpot Feature Chest you will trigger the Jackpot feature. You will get 15 picks of the cards in front of you that can reveal to be either Property or Upgrade cards. If 3 Upgrade Cards are uncovered before Jackpot is awarded, all Jackpots will upgrade to next level. Different combo of property cards award different Jackpots, and there are 4 of them, Grand, Major, Minor and Mini, and if you win the upgrade to next level, the Grand Jackpot will turn to Double Grand.
Red Envelope
This is a random base game feature that can award a red envelope mystery prize. For wagers from 22 to 62 credits the prize is 888 and for all other wagers the prize is 3888 credits.
Summary
Monopoly Lunar New Year lacks that spirit of true Monopoly that we were really looking forward to. Light & Wonder chose to go light on Monopoly aspects and heavy on Asian culture, which is okay, but will disappoint all the Monopoly fans for sure. Overall, the slot that comes with high volatility and x13771 max win cap, is not to be taken lightly and worth a couple of spins, if nothing more, than just for kicks, but admittedly, the game comes with a fairly interesting features that will surely be entertaining for some time.
