Arowana's Luck - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction

This Playtech slot is one of the many Asian themed slots games on offer here at Slots Temple. It is fairly high volatility, so you can expect the payouts to be infrequent but pretty substantial when they do occur. The gameplay is very simple, but there are free spins and another feature to jazz up the experience.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

Arowana's Luck doesn’t lean too hard on its theme. The arowana fish, also known as the coin fish, is believed to bring good luck according to Chinese folklore. Apart from this and the Chinese decoration around the winning line, the Asian theme is not massively prominent.

The design is peaceful and oddly soothing, with a deep blue background like a freshwater lake and a navy blue background within the reels. There are some touches of gold and bright, bold-coloured fish, but this is not an in-your-face design.

Arowana's Luck only has sound when the reels are spinning. It is silent the rest of the time, which is quite nice because the sounds it does have are traditional slot machine noises that jar a little compared with the relaxing colours and straightforward gameplay - but who really plays slots games for the background music?

RTP & volatility

The theoretical return to player (RTP) of Arowana’s Luck is 97.52 per cent. Arowana’s Luck is a high volatility slots game - the base game prizes are substantial, but the probability of winning is comparatively low.

How to play Arowana's Luck

All you need to do to play Arowana's Luck is push the spin button and watch the fishes, but knowing how the different settings and controls work will help you to make the most of the gameplay:
 
1. Use the question mark symbol to pull up the game rules, where you can see information such as the RTP and the bonus features.

2. You can control and mute the audio using the speaker button, which is also to the bottom right.

3. Use the i symbol at the bottom of the screen to access the paytable and see the value of each winning symbol. The values are also shown at the top of the screen.

4. Choose your total bet by pressing the + and - symbols in the total bet window. There is a minimum bet of 0.1 and a maximum of 500.

5. Press and hold the play button to turn on autoplay. You can set the number of spins from 25 to infinity. Pressing this button again will resume manual play. Autoplay will always pause when you hit a feature, such as free respins; otherwise, it will run until you run out of money. Keep an eye on your balance and always play responsibly.

6. Watch the bottom of the screen to see your wins from the last spin.

Bet & win sizes

Bets in Arowana's Luck range from 0.1 to 500. They are not completely customisable, especially at the higher end (the top five bets are 500, 300, 200, 150 and 100), but there are plenty of options at the lower end of the range.

The paytable shows all the possible payouts in the currency of your bet; however, it does not update automatically in line with your current bet. The values on the main gameplay screen show multiples of your bet, so it is often easier to look there. The prizes are:

- Rainbow fish: 888x
- Gold fish: 100x
- Red fish: 60x
- Green fish: 40x
- Blue fish: 20x
- Mixed-colour fish: 8x

The Chinese theme comes through here too, as eight is a lucky number in Chinese culture.

Arowana's Luck bonus features

Arowana's Luck has one bonus feature and one feature that is part of the main gameplay but still worth pointing out. Both of these can increase your chances of winning considerably:

- Multi-coloured fish

The first feature is simple. In most slots games, you will need a line of the same colours/symbols to win; in Arowana's Luck, you just need to make a fish - any fish. If you have a fish made up of different coloured sections, such as a red tail, a yellow body and a green head, you win anyway. This is the smallest of the prizes, but an 8x multiplier is not to be sniffed at.

- Free spins

The bonus feature is the free spins. If you land a winning line that contains at least one part of the jackpot fish, which is a shimmering rainbow of colour, you get a respin with the same bet as the line that triggered it. During the respin, all fish parts will be the same colour, either red, green or gold. You still have to get them to line up, so this doesn’t guarantee you a win. What it does is increase your chances in a big way.

Overall review

Arowana's Luck by Playtech is one of many Asian themed slots available here at Slots Temple. For a free-to-play example of the theme, try games such as Fishin Frenzy slot. Although wins don’t happen often, they are satisfying in size when they do come up and the bonus features offer a couple of ways to increase the payout. For a very simple game, it offers some big prizes.

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