Fortunate Buddha Slots

The Fortunate Buddha appears from the moment you decide to load and play this game. Resplendent in gold, bearing a smile, it is the ideal introduction. We wanted to know what else we might expect though, so we decided to play it for a while before compiling this review.

Reels and paylines: How many of each do you get?

There are five reels in the game, and more lines than we expected, with 50 in all to bet on.

Does this make it more expensive to play?

It depends how you approach it. A penny wager per line gives the cheapest total bet of 50 cents. However, there are other coins worth more, so there is more scope to make higher wagers as well.

Which symbols are worth looking for in Fortunate Buddha?

There is a wild – literally saying WILD on the front – and this appears on all the reels apart from the first one. You can use it to substitute for most of the other game symbols, but not the cash bag (this is a scatter symbol) or the blue orb (this is a bonus symbol).

Let’s look at those bonuses more closely

Find three scatters and you will be able to play six free games, although there is nothing special to mention about those.

If you get six blue orbs landing anywhere, you will see them all stay in position for three respins of the other positions. You’ve likely played a similar feature before, whereby the idea is to find new orbs. Do that and you get your respins reset to three left. When you run out, you score a prize based on the values of all the orbs. If you manage to fill the reels with blue orbs, you will score the Grand Prize.

Will you like what you find in Fortunate Buddha?

Let’s hope good fortune might follow you in this game, especially given the potential in the blue orb round. It’s good to get those free games too though, especially if you can pick up a prize or two along the way.