Spin the Wheel of Happiness by Pragmatic Play

The explosive rise of the Asian market has ensured a steady stream of slots featuring elements of their culture and mythology. Wheel of Happiness is the latest title to jump on the bandwagon, with all the expected bells and whistles. Still, Pragmatic Play rarely disappoints, so we decided to give Wheel of Happiness a chance to see what it’s all about.

Join us for an in-depth look at the features, visuals, and payouts of this slot. We’ll walk you through everything you need to know before you start playing.

Wheel of Happiness Visuals

While the theme will be familiar if you play a lot of Asian-themed slots, the team did add a few twists to the whole thing. Given the wheel’s importance in this game, it was a brilliant move to add a few more to serve as a backdrop. It turns what would otherwise be a simple, dull backdrop into something a bit more dynamic.

Symbols in this Pragmatic Play slot include playing card royals, fish, dragon-head turtles, lions, and dragons. The word Wild is the Wild symbol, while a dragon in the middle of the Wheel of Happiness is the Scatter.

Wheel of Happiness Gameplay and Features

You play this game on a 5×3 playing area with 243 ways to win. Forming wins requires at least three matching symbols in adjacent positions, starting from the leftmost reel. After every win, the Tumble feature kicks in. It removes all winning symbols, allowing the remaining icons to drop down. At the same time, new symbols appear from the top, allowing players to land several back-to-back wins during one round.

Random Awards

Three or more Scatters in any position spin the Wheel of Happiness. This can randomly award one of the following features:

• Wild Wins – The grid clears at the end of all tumbles. New symbols appear, with up to 7 Wilds appearing and guaranteeing at least one win.
• Wild Wins+ – This feature has the same effect as the Wild Wins, except an extra multiplier is applied. The multiplier ranges from 2x to 10x.
• Free Spins – You receive up to 25 free spins.
• Free Spins+ – You get up to 25 free spins with a multiplier up to 10x.

Free Spins Random Awards

During the free spins feature, you can land three or more Scatters to trigger another Wheel of Happiness spin. Through it, you can win the same four rewards. If the bonus rounds award a multiplier, that multiplier is added to your existing multiplier.

Ante Bet

The Ante Bet increases your chances of activating the Random Awards feature by adding extra Scatters to the reels. However, all your bets will be increased by 1.5x.

Buy Free Spins

You can spend 70x your current stake to activate the Free Spins feature. This will award the Free Spins or Free Spins+ bonus rounds, with a random number of free spins and a random multiplier.

Wheel of Happiness RTP and Payouts

The RTP for the Wheel of Happiness slot is 96.47%. The RTP increases slightly when you use the Buy Free Spins and Ante Bet features, at 96.49% and 96.50%, respectively. That said, the increase isn’t so significant that you feel like you have to enable these features. Pragmatic Play’s release has a high variance and a 4,000x top prize.