Thai Flower Slot

I had high hopes before playing this slot – Thailand is one of my favourite places, especially the food and coral reefs. The slot turned out to be quite plain visually, not really managing to bring the beauty of this country to life. On the plus side, there is an excellent free spins game, where the reels are entirely covered in just 3 types of symbol. Other than that this is a solid and plain slot from Barcrest, the type of game you’d put on auto-spin and relax with.

While the graphics contain several well know Thai clichés, these are not particularly detailed or evocative of the country. The long boat is probably the closest, though it is hard to get a feeling of the crystal blue waters and dramatic rock formations from a small symbol. Lotus flowers play a prominent role (as the wild and scatter to trigger the bonus) and the Thai lady is nicely drawn too. In addition you’ll find a golden incense pot, elephant and traditional Thai mansion. Sounds come from the standard Barcrest audio library. These include the gentle tune while the reels spin and more elaborate ones when you hit wins. A drum noise accompanies the flower symbol appearing on the reels, and the satisfying ‘ching’ of a cash register can be heard as your wins are totalled and added to your balance. During the bonus round, you do get a more traditional Asian tune in the background.

The single free spins round does not trigger too often, though the big win potential does balance this. With the reels having only 3 symbols, your chances of multiple wins per spin is very good.

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Barcrest have a lot of slots with a fixed 10 win-line system, and that is what is used here. To balance this being non-changeable, there is a wide range of stake levels possible. You can spin from 10c (1c per line) or anything up to $50 per line. This slot is perfect for auto-play, and this can be used to select up to 50 free spins each time.

The best paying symbol is the Thai lady. She will bring you 1000 coins for 5 on a line, and 200 for just 4. When a win includes this symbol, there is an animation which includes zooming out and spinning an umbrella. Next in the prize order is the elephant, along with the mansion, these are worth 500 coins for 5 on a line. The boat and incense are next (250 for 5), followed by the playing card symbols which make up small (though always important) wins.

The only special symbol is the Lotus flower which this slot is named after. This is wild, and will substitute for all of the other symbols (no exceptions this time). If you get 3 of these on the first, third and fifth reel, then you’ll trigger the free spins bonus game.

Thai Flower Bonus Game

There is a preview screen before the bonus game proper starts. This shows 3 flower buds. What you need to do is hit the start button, which selects the symbols that will be used in the free spins round. You are hoping for some combination of the Thai lady, the elephant and the mansion. Though these are selected randomly so there is little you can do to affect the choice.

Once the game starts the reels have only these three types of symbols on them. They also come stacked, giving you a lot of potential for 4 and 5 of a kind. There are still spins where they all miss, though most of the time there is at least one win. This bonus is accompanied by some traditional Asian music.

Thai Flower Slot – Conclusion

I really think they could have done a better job visually on this slot. Thailand is such a beautiful country, and this slot just fails to bring that to life on the reels. If you enjoy the less intensive games, then the game-play and overall feeling of this slot is good. The bonus round only triggers occasionally, though it will bring windfalls reasonably often when it does hit. If you like to relax with a slot and dream of spending those winnings on a trip to Thailand, then this could well be the slot for you!