Fortunate Buddha Slots
The founder of Buddhism was a spiritual instructor whose real name was Siddhartha Gautama. Most know of him simply as the Buddha, a word that translates to “a person who is awake or enlightened.” It’s his legacy that’s celebrated in Fortunate Buddha slots.
Buddhism is the belief that life is based on cause and effect. Karma plays a major role. Everyone in the universe is either animal, human, god, demigod, ghost, or being from hell. When one life ends, you’re reborn, and your actions determine what you return as. Ideally, over millions of rebirths, you end up a perfect person and enter nirvana.
That’s the basics of Buddhism and the Buddha. Now, you need to know about the slot based on his legend. This 5-reel slot has 50 paylines and five jackpots – Mini, Minor, Major, Grand, and Super Grand. To better understand how the game works and what you stand to win playing it, we’ll go over the features and paytable in our review.
We tested the game out with a total bet of $1 on all 50 paylines. That’s our favorite way to determine if a slot game is one we should keep coming back to. Why play a game where it’s incredibly difficult to win? Our winnings didn’t amount to much, but three of 10 spins did lead to payouts, which impressed us. Here’s what we experienced.
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What does it take to win? All winning combinations require a minimum of three or more matching symbols on one of the Buddha’s paylines.
- 10, Jack, Queen, and King – 5x, 10x, or 50x
- Ace – 5x, 20x, or 75x
- Lotus or Turtle – 5x, 25x, or 100x
- Frog – 8x, 30x, or 200x
- Buddha – 10x, 50x, or 300x
The paytable has a Wild that doesn’t pay a prize of its own. It appears on the second to fifth reels and helps lead to payouts. Another symbol is the Coin Bag scatter that pays 2x, 15x, or 100x and leads to the free spins bonus round.
The final symbol is the Fortune Orb. It’s a fiery gold symbol with a value listed in it. A special bonus feature takes place when you get at least six Orbs on the reels. If you can get this bonus feature to trigger, which we didn’t find was as easy to do as we’d like, the payouts are great and make the wait worthwhile. We won the Major Jackpot in this bonus feature.
Win Jackpots in the Fortune Link Feature
When at least six Fortune Orb symbols are on the reels, win a chance at the Fortune Link bonus. You win three re-spins, and you hope to add more symbols to the triggering ones.
If that happens, the re-spins meter climbs back up to three. Keep going until you fill all 15 spaces on the game grid or no longer win additional re-spins. The Super Grand Jackpot is yours if all 15 spaces are full. Otherwise, you win the value shown on each orb, which could be a multiplier or one of the smaller jackpots.
Win Six Free Spins
Three or more Coin Bag scatters award six free spins. If three or more additional scatters land on the reels in those free spins, you win three more free spins. There’s no limit on how many free spins you can win, but the bonus round will end if you reach the maximum payout of 50,000x.
That summarizes everything you can expect while playing this RTG slot. Fortunate Buddha is a medium volatility slot, but the RTP isn’t available. We do know that the winnings we accrued made it well worth our time.