While the fanfare of welcoming the New Year may have faded, there’s no reason to stop the party now, thanks to two thrilling January pokie releases by Pragmatic Play and Play’n GO.
Pragmatic Play’s new title, Lucky New Year adopts a Chinese New Year theme, with all the vibrant colours and brilliant visuals of the eastern nation’s celebration.
The game runs on a 5 reel, 25 payline format with citrus fruit, drums, firecrackers, lanterns, and a New Year dragon mask appearing as symbols. The wild symbol is a golden dog with a money tree filled with Chinese lucky coins acting as the scatter.
If six or more Lucky Lanterns land on a single spin, you will activate a bonus feature where you try to collect as many collecting lanterns as possible to claim huge prizes worth up to 1000x your stake. Landing three money tree scatters will award you five free spins where the central reels merge to display giant 3×3 symbols and landing 3 more scatters retriggers the feature, for potentially unlimited free spins.
The pokie’s vibrant, Asian flair creates an authentic celebratory atmosphere, just the thing you need to welcome 2022.
Moving into more traditional territory, Play’n GO’s New Year Riches features a New Year’s theme with a more cosmopolitan appeal, with golden reels set against a glittering night-time cityscape.
International monuments like Big Ben and the Statue of Liberty feature among the high-value symbols and a Champagne bottle alongside a filled glass is the wild symbol while the scatter is represented by a clock dial.
Trigger the New Year Free Spins round by landing three scatters and you will be awarded 10 free spins with a multiplier that starts at 2x and increases by 2 with each free spin, up to a maximum of 20x. If more scatters appear during free spins, you will receive up to 6 respins, prolonging and enriching your bonus game experience. Party hard and take home the pokie’s maximum prize of 5000x your stake.
