Cai Shen Slot Machine
In Chinese culture, Cai Shen is the God of Prosperity and as we all want to get a little more prosperous, perhaps it’s inevitable that there should be a number of online casino slots dedicated to him. The Cai Shen video slot from DLV depicts him as a smiling character who wishes good fortune upon players by granting them some of the top payouts. He’s joined on the five reels by traditional symbols such as fish, frogs, coins and a ferocious dragon. The road to prosperity is paved with free spins where special expanding symbols are found, while wild substitutions, scatter pays and a gamble feature all help you along the way.
The Chinese mythology theme is one of the most successful, especially across Asia but increasingly worldwide. It gives slot machine developers lots of scope to add traditional symbols and colour, with the Cai Shen video slot being filled with symbols on a rich variety of vivid hues. They spin against red reels that are topped off with a pagoda-style roof, while the contrasting blue background is decorated with leaves to give the impression that we’re in a beautiful Chinese garden. It’s an effective design although anyone hoping for a soundtrack to go with the Asian theme is likely to be disappointed by the beeps and bloops that accompany each spin of the reels.
DLV is a Latvian company that’s had many years of experience in the gambling business, from manufacturing slot machine cabinets, through to creating their own portfolio of casino games. Their online and mobile optimised slots include hits such as the dinosaur-themed Mesozoic Tales and the outer-space adventures of Cosmos Jumping. All DLV slot games are licensed to guarantee fair play and independently tested to ensure high returns.
Playing for Prosperity
Matching symbols will need to land across any of the ten paylines in an unbroken run from the left side to claim a prize, although the dragon has some special powers that create wins in a couple of other ways. High-card icons 10, J, and Q are each valued at five times the amount staked per payline when seen on three reels, while four on a line will return 25x and the full five of a kind will be worth 100x the line bet. K and A each pay up to 150x and while these symbols have been seen on many slot games, they all add to the bright colour scheme of Cai Shen and have been designed in a flowing Oriental style.
Frogs and coins are also connected to the topic of luck and prosperity, which is why they turn up in so many slot games with an Asian theme. Each of these will pay out five times the line stake just for stopping on the first two reels, while landing five of either symbol will be worth a reward of 750x. Koi carp circle each other in a bright blue and orange symbol, paying out between five and 2,000x when landing across a line, while Cai Shen takes his place at the top of the paytable, bringing prosperity to gamblers by returning prizes of up to 5,000x.
A bright red dragon is snarling at you from the reels, perhaps because he knows that when you land this symbol, you will not only collect some high prizes, but also trigger bonus spins. The dragon is both a wild and scatter symbol, so it can replace any other if needed to complete a combination, while also paying out prizes without needing to be on a payline. Three dragons are worth 20x the line bet, while four pay out 200x and any five or more will see your bankroll topped up by 2,000x the amount staked on each line.
Firing up free Spins
Three or more dragons also trigger ten free spins and before these begin, one symbol is selected at random to become a special expanding symbol throughout them. When this symbol appears, it will fill the entire reel it lands on, making it a lot easier to complete combinations, so with a little good fortune, a high-value icon will be chosen. It’s worth pointing out that it only expands if it’s possible to complete a line, so if it appears and nothing happens, don’t worry, it isn’t a software glitch.
Double or Nothing game
If you want to have a go at doubling the value of a win, simply click the playing card symbols to the left of the reels to enter the gamble feature. Multiplying the win is just a matter of correctly timing a click on a red or black button as a playing card flashes between the colours. If you time it right, there’s the option to collect the prize or keep on going, doubling it over and over until the gamble high limit is reached. Like any gamble, if you get it wrong, you lose, and this includes the initial prize along with any gains made in the double or nothing feature.
The Betting Particulars
It’s possible to play free Cai Shen video slots to see how it all works, but clearly not possible to actually win anything in these games, so most punters will get straight down to cash bets, which start at just 0.10 per spin.
The more coins wagered on the game, the higher the potential payouts and at the maximum stakes of 200.00, Cai Shen will bring you genuine prosperity by paying up to 100,000.00 when he lands right across a line.
There’s the option to play Cai Shen on iPhones and iPads, as well as Android and Windows mobile devices, although we’d advise leaving the volume turned down if you’re in a public place, as it’s really quite annoying. Other command buttons trigger automatic spins that can be set to end when win or loss limits are reached, while a Quick Spin function simply speeds up gameplay.
A Popular Deity
Cai Shen is the star of several slots, each of which sees him in different guises and each of which has their own combinations of formats, features and rewards. The Caishen’s Treasure slot, from Spinomatic, may have his name compressed into a single word, but it has intricately-designed symbols of scrolls, a golden urn and Caishen himself creating an attractive game. Stacked wild symbols and a choice of free spins features with varying win multipliers are some pretty attractive features, plus there’s a gamble button that can boost payouts over and over, if the God of Prosperity is with you.
Cai Shen’s Fortune comes from the studios of Genesis Gaming and has a colourful variety of high-card symbols, fish and jade coins on the five reels. It’s a 243 Ways to Win game that pays out with matching symbols in any positions across adjacent reels. You get a different choice in the number of free spins that play out when the scatter symbol appears, with varying multipliers attached to win-lines completed by the wild symbol.
Will Cai Shen make Punters Prosper?
There’s never a guarantee that a slot game is going to make us richer, but Cai Shen comes with a high return to player percentage and we can all enjoy the experience of watching these colourful symbols spinning down in an attractive setting.
The high-paying, multi-function dragon symbol is sure to fire things up when it completes winning combos, or starts a free spins round. It can even do both at once, with the added benefit of instant prizes of up to 2,000x your line stake.
