Year of the Rooster Pokies

8.8

Denis Anipchenko

Expert opinion

To the New Year by Chinese calendar, the specialists of Genesis Gaming have released a stylish online slot machine named «Year of the Rooster». It is a spectacular model with a wonderful design, colorful animation and diverse gaming options, carefully described in the following review by Casinoz. We hope, fortune would smile on you in the year of rooster!

Where to Play Year of the Rooster pokie?

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We suggest the readers of Casinoz to test «Year of the Rooster» free at our website. We hope, our video about all gaming features of this slot would be useful as well.
To place real bets, you can go to online casinos powered by Genesis Gaming software. Reviews by our experts and opinions of real customers are supposed to help you choosing the most suitable portal.
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How to Play pokie

«Year of the Rooster» video slot has five reels of symbols, which form paid combinations. The screen fits fifteen symbols. Active lines are no provided by the rules.
An amount of the bet per round must be fold to twenty five coins. The coin value is to check out at the online casino. For example, official demo version offers coins from one cent to ten cents value.
«Year of the Rooster» slot machine offers ordinary and special symbols, free spins with bonus options and extra multipliers.
The basic symbols bring payoffs making combinations of several same elements. They have to be situated at any cells of the neighbor reels, including the first left one. There are totally 243 ways to form a combination.
Each of the possible combinations is provided with a special index from x5 to x300 (or x800 for Scatters). It is multiplied by the coin value to calculate an amount of the payoff by combination. In case of multiply combinations, formed in result of a single spin, all charged credits are summed.
All exceptions from the basic rules are discussed below in the review of «Year of the Rooster», as well as free spins.

Screenshot

Symbols, Wild, Scatter

The gaming symbols, imaged at the screen of «Year of the Rooster» video slot, are cards from nine to ace, bamboo sprouts, red cards with hieroglyphs, fireworks and a rooster.
The following elements are provided with advanced functions:

1. Wild (a golden hieroglyph) completes winning combinations made of ordinary symbols when necessary. It doesn't form any combinations on its own, because it drops out only at the three central reels.
2. Scatter (traditional coins with holes) begins payoffs at any cells of the screen. They are calculated by the total bet per spin and high multipliers. Moreover, at least three Scatters at the screen trigger eight, fifteen or twenty free spins.

You can find the multipliers on the pay table.

Bonus games

Now about the prize features of «Year of the Rooster» video slot:

• Free Spins – the casino pays the customer’s bet during this round. Its amount remains the same till the end of free spins. Wilds raise standard multipliers two or three times, when they help making the combinations. If the combination includes multiply Wilds, the indexes are multiplied (up to x27). Free spins might be extended.

Detailed description of all prizes is available on the Help.

Jackpots

Genesis Gaming doesn't raffle any kinds of progressive jackpots on «Year of the Rooster» video slot.

Comparison of Year of the Rooster (Genesis Gaming) with its counterparts

	Year of the Rooster	Mystery of the Nile	Slots O` Cashpots Jackpot King	Big Money Megaways	Bamboo Wilds	Napoleon Megaways
RTP	94.91 %	94.36 %	92.50 %	95 %	96.60 %	95.49 %
Volatility		High	Middle	High	High	High
Lines	243	10	20	15625	20	15625
Drums	5	5	5	6	5	6
Issue date	22.12.2016	8 January 2025	3 August 2023	5 February 2024	13 July 2023	30 November 2024
Progressive jackpot
Scatters
Free Spins
Respins
Progressive multipliers
Jokers
Max payout	800	10000	50000	50000	7000	50000
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Interface

You can see the following buttons and windows at the control panel:

• Bet – select an amount of the bet;
• Total Bet – an amount of the total bet;
• Win – an amount of the payoff;
• Balance – quantity of credits at the balance.

Two round buttons to run a new spin manually or in the automatic mode are situated at the right. Please pay your attention to the fact the both modes provide an opportunity to stop the reels in advance and skip animation. Turbo mode is also available.
The basic settings allow to switch off the sound and set up a convenient size of the screen. «Year of the Rooster» video slot was designed for playing a browser.
Please check out the rules on the Help. There you can find description of all points and features, the pay table and other important information.

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The lovely design, the exciting gameplay, profitable free spins with increased multipliers, frequent Wilds and Scatters – are the main advantages of the novelty.
Other thing to mention is the low theoretical payback of this model and an average dispersion.

Denis Anipchenko

Editor-in-chief and online gambling expert

7800 review

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