Eastern Dragon Introduction
Eastern Dragon is an online pokie from Next Gen Gaming that is available to play on both browsers and mobile or tablet devices. Boasting a theme inspired by traditional Chinese culture, alongside some serious prizes and bonus gameplay features, this is most definitely an intriguing proposition. Like a large number of our other free pokies, this game is equally suited to both home and mobile gaming.
Layout
This game has five reels. There is a total of 20 paylines, all of which can be active at the same time. The prizes, of which there are many, are awarded to lucky players for successful two-, three-, four- and five-of-a-kind adjacent symbol matches from left to right. These symbols are a mixture of thematic additions such as carp, lotus flowers and lanterns for the higher-value prizes, along with the more typical playing-card symbols such as 'A', 'K' and 'Q' for the lower-value ones.
Prizes
The most valuable regular symbol on the prize table is the carp. Finding five of these will award players with the highest normal prize in the game, which is a 3000-coin jackpot. Next up is the lantern, which carries a slightly smaller top prize of 1000 coins. Way down at the other end of the scale are the '10' and '9' symbols.
These are the least valuable in the game, offering the same range of prizes for instances of three to five appearing on the reels, up to a maximum of 100 coins each. However, this game makes up for the smaller prize amounts with two special bonus features that can drastically increase a player's winnings.
Mighty Dragon
In keeping with the theme, the wild symbol is a picture of a mighty Chinese dragon, and it serves multiple purposes. This is a substitute, which in this instance means that it can be used in place of any other symbol (except for the scatter, see below) as part of a winning combination on an active payline. The wild dragon only appears on reels one and five, but any winning combination that it is a part of is automatically doubled!
As well as doubling wins, the wild dragon can also be used to unlock the extra special free games feature. Finding two dragons at once will reward players with 15 free spins, where all wins are not just doubled but tripled! Perhaps most amazingly of all, this feature can be re-triggered for even more free spins. All of the free spins are played using the selected paylines and total bet of the round that initially triggered them.
Golden Scatter
The second of the special symbols is the scatter, represented in this game by a traditional gold coin. These can award big prizes for two to five symbols appearing on the reels in any configuration, regardless of position and selected paylines, up to a maximum of of 200 coins. All scatter wins are multiplied by the total stake before being added to the payline wins. Why not give the game a try today?
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