Play Fu Er Dai for Free

If you've played money-themed slots like Major Millions from Microgaming or NetEnt's Mega Fortune, you'll know that what games makers love more than anything is celebrating the nouveau riche.

In China, there is a rising generation of rich young entrepreneurs and businessmen and women appearing. The 'Fu Er Dai' are the children of the new rich in China - the term means "rich second generation" - and they have the trappings to show for it. Educated abroad, they drive sports cars, flash expensive watches, and wear the latest designer clothes.

That's what is "celebrated" in the Fu Er Dai online casino slot. Set against a classic Chinese backdrop of a golden dragon, online slots players are greeted by 5 reels packed with gold wallets, gold watches, and gold mobile phones. Even the bank notes are made of gold.

Coins in Fu Er Dai start at just 0.01 and go up to 2.00. You can also bet 5 coins per line for a max bet of 100.00. The 10 paylines in the game are fixed. So far, so pretty low limit.

There are 10 regular symbols in the slot. The Chinese-styled royal symbols (10, J, Q, K, A) are the low payers in the game. These pay just 3-7x line bet for three of a kind, but this jumps massively to 50-150x for 5OAK. You will only need two matching high limit symbols to earn a prize. The gold watch pays 3-250x, the wallet 5-375x, and the car keys 6-500x. The old Nokia mobile phone (gold, of course) pays 7-750x. However, the biggest prizes are reserved for the hot young Fu Er Dai sporting designer shades and diamond ring. He pays a top prize of 1500x.

The gold dragon icon is the slot's wild symbol. It substitutes for all regular symbols in the game but only appears on Reels 2, 3 and 4. When it appears it will transform into a beautiful dragon girl who will turn into an expanding wild symbol. In addition, one wild triggers a free respin with a sticky wild. That can mean a sticky wild stack on one reel.

However, things get interesting if you land two or more wild symbols. This will trigger at least 5 free spins for the gambler. The expanding wild from the previous spin will stay in place for the next spin.

Asian and Chinese themes run through a lot of slots these days. If you like Play N Go's software, check out another recent game from them - Big Win Cat. Featuring several bonuses including a Wheel of Fortune and the 'Respin of Luck', this new online slot has the potential to dish out prizes worth 800x your total stake. Not only that, the game looks incredibly cute.

If you're not too bothered by the Asian inspiration but like expanding wilds, look up Royal Towers by Novomatic. There's a special wild symbol in the slot that appears on the middle reel. If it appears it will transform into a magic sword and expand to fill all spaces. All symbols the sword points to will turn wild as well.

In terms of Asian-themed online slots available at the moment, Fu Er Dai is definitely one of the better that can be played right now. True, it doesn't have a free spins feature in the classic sense, but the wild symbol and respins can be rewarding.

This is where the problem comes. The volatility of the slot is massive, and you do find yourself scrabbling around for small wins waiting for even one wild to show up. One bonus feature netted us 400 coins on just 5 spins, so the potential is certainly there. Ride the swings, wait for one or two dragon girls to appear, and enjoy those free spins wins.