Peking Luck

Peking Luck Slot Review

Red lanterns sway against a cloud-streaked night sky, cherry blossom crowds in from both edges, and pink paper fans frame the title. Peking Luck is that rare low-volatility slot that lets you set the price of its bonus round yourself: two picks before a single free spin falls decide what the feature is worth, and everything else in the game is built around that moment.

Pragmatic Play built this one on a 5×4 grid with 25 paylines, running at 96.5% RTP. It’s a gentler ride than Asian-themed stablemates like 5 Lions Megaways or Dragon Tiger Fortunes, trading variance for steady small wins, though 888 Gold covers similar ground.

Whether that pairing of calm maths and a huge top prize holds together is the interesting question. The free spins round, with its two-stage pick, does most of the answering.

Base Game & Features

All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost one, across the 25 fixed paylines. Only the highest win counts on each line, and wins on multiple lines add together to form the total. The scatter is the one exception: it pays on any position, on any reel.

The wild is a woman with a fan, present on all reels, substituting for every symbol except the scatter. Any line win containing at least one substituting wild is multiplied by 2x, and the wild is also the richest symbol on the reels by a wide margin.

Two of the theme symbols pay from just two of a kind, which softens the low end of the paytable: the Mask and the Dragon both return something for a pair. Below them sit a gold food item, a fan and a gong, before the royals take over from Nine to Ace.

Pay values below are multiples of the total bet:

• Wild (woman with fan) – 2: 0.8x, 3: 20x, 4: 160x, 5: 400x
• Scatter – 2: 1x, 3: 3x, 4: 10x, 5: 250x
• Mask – 2: 0.08x, 3: 1.2x, 4: 5x, 5: 30x
• Dragon – 2: 0.08x, 3: 1x, 4: 4x, 5: 20x
• Gold food item – 3: 0.8x, 4: 3.2x, 5: 16x
• Fan – 3: 0.6x, 4: 3x, 5: 12x
• Gong – 3: 0.6x, 4: 2.4x, 5: 10x
• A – 3: 0.4x, 4: 2x, 5: 8x
• K – 3: 0.4x, 4: 1.6x, 5: 6x
• Q – 3: 0.2x, 4: 1.2x, 5: 5x
• J – 3: 0.2x, 4: 1.2x, 5: 4x
• 10 – 3: 0.2x, 4: 1x, 5: 4x
• 9 – 3: 0.08x, 4: 1x, 5: 4x

The spread tells the story of the maths: the wild’s top line towers over everything else on the reels, the theme symbols sit in a tight band in the middle, and the royals tail off sharply at the bottom. Wins are calculated as bet per line, and the free spins win is added to the payline win at the end of the round.

Stakes start at 0.25 and reach 25.00 per spin. The low volatility rating means payouts arrive more often in smaller amounts, while the chance of a big win stays on the table.

The bet menu shows the number of lines in play and the current total bet in both coins and cash, with the stake split into coins per line and coin value. The credit and bet labels toggle between those two views on the main screen too, so you can watch your balance either way.

There’s a full autoplay menu with preset spin counts, plus a skip option that fast-forwards the feature introduction and end screens. Spin speed cycles between normal, quick and turbo, and the space bar or enter key starts and stops a spin. A settings menu handles the ambient music, sound effects and the introductory screen, and the game keeps a history page where the free spins total covers the whole win of the cycle.

Peking Luck Free Spins

Three or more scatters anywhere on the screen set the feature off. From there, the round hands its two biggest decisions to you before a single free spin plays out.

First you select one of six objects to reveal a random number of free spins. Then you select one of six different objects to reveal a random multiplier, which applies to the total win of every free spin in the round. Two picks, two layers of chance before a single reel stops.

During the round, every win is multiplied by the chosen multiplier, and line wins containing at least one substituting wild get the 2x wild boost on top. The scatters sit on all reels, and special reels are in play throughout, so the symbol mix shifts once the feature begins.

The round’s win is awarded only after it completes, added to any payline win from the spin that triggered it. That final tally is what the history page records, with the whole cycle counted as one figure.

Retriggers have no limit. Three or more scatters during the round award 10 additional free spins, keeping the multiplier already selected, so a lucky round can keep extending itself indefinitely. A retrigger never improves the multiplier you picked at the start; it only buys more spins at the same rate.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.7/10

This is a slot that hums along like a lantern-lit street: pleasant, steady, happy to hand you small change while you wait. The reason to choose it over dozens of other Asian-themed games is the picks. Deciding the round’s fate with your own hand, before a single free spin lands, is a piece of theatre most slots of this size don’t bother with.

Its best idea is the unlimited retrigger at your original multiplier. A round that catches fire can just keep going, and that’s where a low-volatility game finds its one route to a serious win. The weakness is the long stretch between features: the base game leans entirely on the wild’s 2x, and without it the paytable is thin fare.

It suits players who like calm spins, a fair RTP and one dramatic bonus round they get to shape themselves. Anyone hunting the 180,000x ceiling session after session will find the base game too polite. For everyone else, the lanterns stay lit and the evening passes nicely.

Peking Luck FAQs

• What is the RTP of Peking Luck?

  The RTP is 96.5%.
• Is Peking Luck high volatility?

  No. Peking Luck is a low volatility slot, so it pays out more often in smaller amounts while still offering the chance to win big.
• How many paylines does Peking Luck have?

  Peking Luck has 25 fixed paylines, with all symbols paying from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.
• What is the grid size of Peking Luck?

  Peking Luck runs on a 5×4 grid with five reels and four rows.
• What is the minimum and maximum bet on Peking Luck?

  Stakes range from 0.25 up to 25.00 per spin.
• How does the Peking Luck free spins feature work?

  Three or more scatters anywhere on the screen trigger the feature. You first pick one of six objects to reveal a random number of free spins, then one of six different objects to reveal a random multiplier applied to every free spin win. Line wins containing a wild are multiplied by 2x on top, and three or more scatters during the round award 10 additional free spins with the current multiplier, with no limit.
• When is Peking Luck released?

  Peking Luck’s release date is 30 August 2018.
• Who makes Peking Luck?

  Peking Luck is made by Pragmatic Play.