Prosperity Pearls

Prosperity Pearls Slot Overview

Prosperity Pearls is the latest free slot machines from the Wazdan studio with the popular Hold and Win Jackpot dynamic. Similar to the rest of the Hold and Win slots currently available on the market, this one too has an Asian theme, centred on a stunning blue dragon character. Typical of Wazdan's style, the game is rendered to a very high quality, with crisp and engaging graphics. However, the graphics are about where the originality ends for this slot, as the features and gameplay follow more or less exactly the other Hold and Win creations by his provider.

Features in this slot include a wild bonus, a symbol called a wild, which substitutes for other regular symbols to help form more frequent wins. However, the main draw in terms of bonus content is the Hold and Win Bonus, which is triggered when players land six or more of the pearl cash symbol icons simultaneously. These icons will then stay on the reels whilst you try and re-spin the other icons to deliver more pearls onto the reels. Doing so results in a number of jackpots and other exciting consequences. There is also a gamble and Bonus buy feature.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this slot is one of a magical marine Kingdom populated by all sorts of creatures. The king of which being the intimidating blue dragon. Stylistically, the slot resembles Wazdan's previous product, Fortune Reels, yet everything has been given an aquatic slant in this game. The board is now underwater, the symbols are now fishes and pearls, and the font for the low-value symbols has been changed ever so slightly. Apart from these details, the visual presentation of Prosperity Pearls is identical to its land-based predecessor, marking this as a reasonably lazy construction.

The background for this slot, as briefly alluded to, is an underwater setting. However, due to the featureless nature of the water, it is impossible to say in which body of water we are supposed to be submerged. Despite its simplicity, the background is pretty attractive and works well with the various marine life displayed on the playing board.

The board itself is a golden box, with small detailing in the corners, giving the construction some stylistic flair.

The symbols for this game comprise low-value, high value and special symbols. The low-value symbols for this slot are the J, Q, K and A in playing card royals, written in an Asian inspired font. On the other hand, the higher paying symbols are the Golden Pot, which pays out at 80x the bet for the top combination, then the Golden Fish, followed by the Golden Frog, which is the most valuable. This symbol pays 200x the bet for the top combination. Finally, the specials comprise the Golden Coin icon and the Pearl symbol, which comes in various colours depending on their ability.

Game Play

Prosperity Pearls is played on a 25-reel cluster pay mechanic board. Players must match at least ten connecting identical symbols on the reels to create winning combinations in this game.

The betting range for Prosperity Pearls is 10p to as much as £100 per spin. To change your betting level per spin, use the bet adjuster tool located at the bottom of the playing window.

Further information regarding the slot, including a display of the paytable, can be accessed by clicking on the settings menu. The spin button is located to the bottom right of the reels. You can set up auto spins in the game's menu.
The volatility for Prosperity Pearls is adjustable, depending on your risk preferences. The return to player percentage for Prosperity Pearls is 96.18%, which is over average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 4,00x your stake.

Features

Most of the features emanate from the central feature in this game, namely the Hold and Win Bonus. To trigger the Hold and Win Bonus, players must land six or more of the bonus pearls on the reels simultaneously. However, if you fall short of this target, say you land three or four on the reels, you will be given on re-spin to try and get that elusive sixth bonus symbol. At the start of the feature, three re-spins are awarded to the player, and every subsequent bonus symbol will also rest this total to three.

The pearl symbol will fall during these re-spins, offering various prizes, ranging from 1x to 10x your bet. Mini, Minor and Major jackpots are also available to win here, with the correct jackpot symbols falling. On the other hand, the golden pearl symbol will act as the collect symbol, rounding up all the cash values on the screen and paying them out to you in one go.
The black pearl finally will do the same but collect white, golden and black pearl cash totals and apply a 2x multiplier value to the payout.

There is also a mystery symbol, which can transform into any of the other specials when falling onto the reels.
If you manage to land 25 of any of the pearl bonus symbols on the reels at the same time, you will receive the grand jackpot of 1,000x your bet.

This game also has Gamble and Bonus buy features, which are self-explanatory. There are no free spins in this game.

Conclusion

If you like Hold and Win slots, there is a good chance that you will like this one as not only is it a high-quality iteration of one, but the bonus extensions in the Hold and Win Bonus itself are really worth playing. A solid RTP and an excellent wide-ranging bet range give you some comfort in controlling play too. It's a shame about the reasonably low top prize of 4,000x your stake, but it is better than some games of this type.