Lucky 88 Online Pokies Slot Free Review and Playing Guide

Lucky 88 online slot is a creation of Aristocrat Technologies. The theme of the game is based on the Chinese belief that double 8 brings luck and good tidings. The symbols and the music that plays at the beginning of the game relate to the Oriental theme. The game is offered with interesting features including multipliers, wilds, scatters and bonus games. You can play the game for free or for real money either on PC or on a mobile device.

How To Play

Lucky 88 features 5 reels and 25 winlines. Game symbols include golden lions, pagoda, cranes, temple, Chinese drums and traditional Chinese lamps among others. There are also poker card symbols 9 through Ace. On the gaming panel, there are 8 buttons at the bottom of the screen. The “Info” button gives you more details about Lucky 88. There is an “Autoplay” button from where you activate the autoplay feature.

There are two +/- buttons used to set the number of paylines and the coin values respectively. You use the Max button when you want to bet on the maximum number of paylines. Other buttons in Lucky 88 include the Gamble, Spin and Play/Extra Choice button. The latter is used to activate five more credits and to access features that are otherwise not available.

The minimum bet per line for this online slot is 0.01 while the maximum bet 4 coins per line. NB – This info depends on the game version you are playing.

Paytable information

The Oriental Man and the Red Lantern are the highest paying symbols in this online slot. The Golden Lion, the Crane and the Temple are the second highest paying symbols with each paying 88 coins for every five of a kind. The Pagoda and the Chinese drum follow with each paying 78 coins for every five of a kind.

The card symbols A and K pay 68 coins while Q, J, and 10 pay 58 coins for every five of a kind. 9 is the lowest paying symbol at 48 coins for every five of a kind. Only the Golden Lion and the Crane pays you for landing two of a kind. All the other symbols start paying at three.

Bonus Rounds on Lucky 88 Pokies

The Oriental man represents the wild symbol and can substitute all other symbols (except the Red Lantern) to create winning combos. There may be a multiplier to that win which is revealed by the firecrackers on the top right hand part of the Lucky 88 online slot screen going off; 2x, 3x, 5x, 8x, 18x, 38x and 88x. The first three are frequent while the others are not.

The Red Lantern represents the scatter in this online slot. Landing three of more lanterns activates bonus games. Land five scatter symbols and get 188X your total bet. The bonus game can either be a game of dice or free spins. You can get as much as 25 free spins at a go.

If you choose free spins (and you have activated the 5 extra credits) you will be prompted to choose 25 free spins with a 5X or 18X multiplier (the higher multiplier value occurs when the winning combo constitutes a wild symbol) or 18 free spins with 8X or 38X multiplier or 8 free spins with 18X or 88X multiplier or 4 free spins with 88X multiplier. Note that when you have not activated the 5 extra credits offered in this online slot, you will only have the choice of free games and wild multipliers.

If you choose Lucky 88 Dice bonus, you will be given three dice games to play. There are eight dices on the screen and the player should spin to reveal 8 which is on one of the 6 sides. The number of eights revealed determines the win. You can re-trigger the dice games if lucks on your side!