The oriental September 2019 video slot Golden Wisdom: Golden Cash is in the developer Ainsworth’s “Golden Link Bullions” sub-series, alongside Golden Dollars: Golden Cash (February 2019). It relates with the developer’s Golden Ox (December 2018) and Golden Tiger games, collectively called the “Golden Link” sub-series.

Themes: Feng Shui concept, mythology, Chinese heritage, ideographs, and Hanzi logograms. Golden Wisdom has: nine total bets; two wins-doubling scatters; sticky and collectible peaches, with X1 to X50 bet multipliers; free re-spins; free re-triggerable games; wins multiplier; fifteen symbols; regular and feature payouts; and four non-progressive jackpots.

For base payouts: two symbols (pig and frog) require two to five-of-a-kind; while ten symbols (“free games”, turtle, koi, bonsai, A, K, Q, J, 9, and 10) three to five-of-a-kind in the 25 rightward winning ways. For feature payouts: eleven symbols (pig, frog, turtle, koi, bonsai, A, K, J, 9, Q, and 10) require a three to five-of-a-kind rightward combinations whose regular wins range from X0.20 to X10.

Golden Wisdom Game Characteristics

Golden Wisdom has a golden-framed crimson 5X3 grid—contains Fu ideographs—in a golden-joisted pagoda shed, with a crimpled green roof. The Chinese lanterns on the shed’s fascia contrast with the backgrounding blue mountain lake amid numerous silhouetted summits under a star-studded blue sky.

The Golden Wisdom’s coin values: $0.04, $0.08, $0.16, $0.24, $0.32, $0.48, $0.80, $1.20, and $1.60. The total bets (X25 bet factor): $1.00 (minimum), $2.00, $4.00, $6.00, $8.00, $12.00, $20.00, $30.00, and $40.00 (maximum).

Golden Wisdom has four special symbols: a substituting red-and-golden dragon’s head; golden-and-purple “[1] free games” scatter; golden peach (scatter); and jackpots-related blue “bonus”.

Ordinaries: pink-and-golden Feng Shui pig; green-and-golden Feng Shui frog; blue-and-golden tortoise; purple-and-golden money koi; bonsai with golden Feng Shui coins for leaves; and scaled purple A, orange K, yellow Q, blue J, green 9, and red 10.

Here are the Golden Wisdom’s base payouts. 9/10/J pay X0.20, X0.40, and X2; K/Q pay X0.20, X1, and X4; A pay X0.20, X1.40, and X5; bonsai pay X0.32, X2, and X6; koi/tortoises pay X0.32, X3, and X6; frogs/pigs pay X0.08, X0.40, X4, and X8; and “free games” pay X1, X5, and X10.

The special features—(extra bonus) golden cash/free games—pay as follows. 9/10/J/Q pay X0.20, X0.80, and X2; K pay X0.20, X1, and X2; A pay X0.20, X1.40, and X2; bonsai/koi pay X0.20, X1.60, and X3; tortoises pay X0.20, X2, and X4; and frogs/pigs pay X0.20, X2, and X6.

Players may draw 6+ golden peaches (also activated at random in regular rounds)—exclusive to the inner reels—that stick throughout the ensuing three free re-spins; a re-drawn sticky peach resets the re-spins, and has randomized payouts ranging from X1 to X50 bet multipliers.

3+ “free games” offer eight free spins, with a +1 free round for every re-drawn “free games” symbol. Lined along the top, there are: $100.00 mini jackpot (after landing three-of-a-kind “bonus” symbols); $400.00 mini jackpot (after four-of-a-kind “bonus”); $1000.00 major jackpot (after five-of-a-kind “bonus”).

The $30000.00 grand jackpot is paid out after collecting 15 peaches in a special round’s “grand” segment—the grid only draws credits-offering peaches that stick or pass through.
The Golden Wisdom software: HTML5 technology; 5/10/15/20/25 auto spins; no ambient music; and chinking, clanging, whooshing, jingling, whirring, and ringing sound effects. The animated 3D graphics: glittering, rippling lake, glowing, swaying lantern, snarling dragon, dolly zooming, and gushing Feng Shui coins.

Luck in Golden Wisdom

Golden Wisdom is a game of chance. RTP rate: 96.10%. House edge: 3.90%.