Golden Chicken (SimplePlay) Demo Slot - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Golden Chicken Theme

You might think at first this is some kind of animal-themed slot, but a closer look will detect some Asian-themed imagery on and around the reels. The Chinese calendar is divided into twelve-year cycles based around different creatures, and one of the animals on the Chinese Zodiac is the rooster. That’s why this slot also has Chinese lanterns and pieces of bamboo among its symbols. Even the mandarin oranges are a fruit traditionally associated with Chinese New Year.

Golden Chicken Graphics & Soundtrack

As you might expect from the title, gold is a prominent colour in this slot, and it's emphasised by the luxurious red background. The rooster also appears in many forms, from egg to chick to adult. There are even shards of eggshell on the card symbols to help make the theme more immersive. The Asian aspects come from other themed symbols such as the bamboo and lanterns (all in 3D detail) and a clearly Chinese soundtrack.

How to Play Golden Chicken

One of several SimplePlay Free Slots, Golden Chicken has a simple and fairly self-explanatory layout. From left to right across the bottom, you can choose your coin bet, the number of paylines (you can pick anywhere between one and 30 depending on how challenging you like your slots) and your line bet. Then there are displays for your Total Bet and Win amount before you reach the buttons for Max Bet, the all important Spin, and Autoplay. All you really need to do is make your wager and click spin.

Like most slots, you win by matching consecutive symbols on a payline from left to right. An exception is the scatter symbol, which can pay from anywhere. The wild symbol can substitute for any symbol except for the scatter to increase your chances of filling in a line. The scatter and wild don’t just offer their own rewards and increase your chances of winning, but can also trigger two extra features with free spins and multipliers.

Bet & Win Sizes for Golden Chicken

Your coin bet in this slot can range from 0.05 to 10, whilst the line bet can be adjusted from one to ten. That gives you a decent range that shouldn’t frighten the more cautious player, despite the high volatility.

As for wins, the lowest paying symbols are, unsurprisingly, the card symbols. The 9 and 10 offer 5, 10 and 100 for three, four and five matches respectively. The Q and J keep 5 at the bottom but increase to 30 and 150 for four and five matches, whilst the K and A at the top see 100 for four matches and 500 for five.

Next are the Chinese symbols of lantern, bamboo and mandarin oranges. Your winning amounts are 20, 200 and 800 for three, four and five matches. The chicks may not be full grown but they are still golden, with wins of 30, 600 and 1,300. The adult rooster, on the other hand, gleams at 50, 800 and 8,888 when you match it three, four or five times.

Eight is a lucky number in China, as shown by the wild’s value of eight for two matches, 88 for three, 888 for four and another impressive 8,888 for five. Meanwhile, the scatter can offer 3x, 20x or 200x your bet.

If that wasn’t enough, there’s also a progressive jackpot on offer. It comes at Mini, Minor and Major levels and can be randomly triggered at the end of your game (though you’re more likely to win with a higher bet). Mini sits around 1,942, Minor at 88,114 and Major right up at 888,028.

Bonus Features & Free Spins in Golden Chicken

There are two big extra features in Golden Chicken, one courtesy of the wild and one courtesy of the scatter. Both come with free spins and potential multipliers.

The wild feature is triggered by the appearance of three or more wild symbols anywhere on the reels (though not during the scatter feature). You can pick four of eight offered items to be awarded 5, 10, 15 or 20 free spins with triple prizes for each. You can retrigger the wild feature, but there are no scatter symbols.

The scatter feature awards a straight 8 free spins for three or more scatters on the reels. Each free spin has a multiplier of either 3x, 4x or 5x and can be retriggered by wild symbols (as again there are no scatter symbols in the bonus round).

Max-win 8,888x

Volatility High

Top RTP 96.01%

Golden Chicken Payout & Volatility

The 96.01% Return to Player (RTP) of this slot is a satisfying figure that means that when you calculate the average return from a series of games, you could win 96.01 for every 100 you bet. Of course, the ability of a slot to vary wildly because of the random nature of results is part of what makes it fun, so don’t expect every spin to be average.

Volatility is about how frequently wins occur, so the high volatility of Golden Chicken means you might not win as often as on a low or middle variance slot, but when you do win, it could be big. High volatility games tend to favour high rollers, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy this game with a more cautious style.

Overall Review of Golden Chicken

This is a good looking slot that might seem strange in its choice of theme, but actually works pretty well. It’s not as comic as it might first appear. The high volatility may put off some cautious players, but there’s enough of a range in the betting and big enough rewards in the paytable and bonuses for everyone to be able to have some fun.

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