Happy Golden Ox of Happiness Slots

Happy Golden Ox of Happiness is a bit of a mouthful but alludes to the theme of Chinese New Year. This game is based on the Year of the Ox! This slot features a fun and creative holiday theme that Chinese slot players will definitely appreciate. It includes traditional vases, flower-detailed fans, Chinese signs, firecrackers, and more as the reel symbols. This game comes with a beautiful and alluring theme. The background is colorful with festive lights and other holiday decorations. All the winnings in this game relate to the number 8. This game includes scatters, a multiplier, and free spins. During normal play, the Happy Ox substitutes for all other symbols except the scatter symbol, which is the Year of the Ox. This video slot has 5 reels and 50 paylines. Developed by Real Time Gaming, this slot has a progressive jackpot that can be triggered at the end of every spin. The bet size has a decent range—anything from $0.02 per spin with a maximum bet of $1 per line.

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The Wild Symbol and Bonus Features

The Golden Ox of Happiness is vibrant and wonderful. This wild replaces all other symbols on the reels apart from the scatters to make a combination that will bring you a prize. If you are lucky enough to land 5 Ox symbols at once, you'll win the progressive jackpot! When the Happy Ox shows on reels 1 and 5, you'll trigger a special feature. This feature can only be triggered if it's on the 1st and 5th reel. In this special feature, the 1st and 5th reels are frozen, and the other three reels respin up to 8 times. This is a pretty unique bonus game. All prizes won during this feature will be multiplied from x1 to a total of x8, increasing one by one for each respin. The x1 multiplier for the first respin, x2 for the second, and so on. You'll win a maximum of 8888 times the line bet.

The Scatter Symbol

The Year of the Ox symbol is the scatter and can reward you generously with free spins. If you trigger three or more Year of the Ox symbols, you'll trigger the lucky number 8! This means eight free spins, which will triple anything you win. During the free spins, you can trigger a re-spin feature. The prize multiplier will increase by one each time (x3, x4, x5, x6, x7, x8).

Final Thoughts

Overall, I thought the wild bonus on this game was unique. I loved the freeze feature and the x8 re-spins with the chance to get a good spin. Plus, besides the theme, there is a generous progressive jackpot which I loved. I thought the cartoon and colorful graphics were beautiful and very festive—everything from the background to each reel design was stunning and unique.