Launched on September 2, 2016, Great 88 is a Betsoft-owned oriental html5 video slot whose themes are Chinese mythology, prosperity, lucky numbers, Hanzi, wheel of Fortune, and Feng Shui ideology. Betsoft’s suchlike games: Dragon and Phoenix (December 2019), Dim Sum Prize (September 2020), Bamboo Rush (September 2019), Quest to the West (May 2020), Fa Fa Twins (February 2017), Spring Tails (February 2020), Dragon Kings (July 2018), and Caishen’s Arrival (October 2019).

Great 88’s rival games include 88 Fortunes (July 2016) from SG, 88 Fortune Cats (January 2020) from Spinomenal, and Lucky 88 (February 2016) from Aristocrat. Eleven symbols (dragon, imperial guardian lion, money frog, Chinese knot pendant, lucky number 8, lucky number 6, green rhombus, red rhombus, red bamboo flutes, green bamboo flutes, and brown bamboo flute) require three, four, or five winning combinations.

Great 88 Game Characteristics
Great 88 has a partitioned 5X3 grid that comprises of standalone dark blue-and-golden scrolls with green-ringed red-and-golden rods. Along the grid’s margins, there suspended Chinese knot pendants whose numbering is indicative of its 30 left-to-right fixed paylines.

There are 22 symbols, six coin denominations, five bet levels, 30 total bets, a substituting wild, revealed and transformed symbols, bonus game with two wheels of Fortune, win multipliers, bet multipliers, random free games, a side game, and regularly pays from $5.00 to $5000.00.

Great 88 has seven eleven symbols and eleven ordinary symbols. Special symbols: the substituting wild is Chinese firecrackers, comprising of eight stringed fuses; red lucky box; six-segment bonus wheel; three-segment mega win wheel; yuanbao wealth ingot; win multiplier-related bronze Feng Shui coins (lone coin, paired coins, and triad of coins); and free games-triggering jade Feng Shui coins (lone coin, paired coins, and three stringed coins).

Ordinary symbols: colorful dragon; imperial guardian lion; green money frog; red Chinese knot pendant; red-and-golden lucky number 8; red lucky number 6; green rhombus; red rhombus; triad of red bamboo flutes; paired green bamboo flutes; and one brown bamboo flute.

The Great 88 coin sizes: $0.01, $0.02, $0.03, $0.04, $0.05, and $0.10. Bet level 1: $0.30 (minimum bet), $0.60, $0.90, $1.20, $1.50, and $3.00. Bet level 2: $0.60, $1.20, $1.80, $2.40, $3.00, and $6.00. Bet level 3: $0.90, $1.80, $2.70, $3.60, $4.50, and $9.00. Bet level 4: $1.20, $2.40, $3.60, $4.80, $6.00, and $12.00. Bet level 5: $1.50, $3.00, $4.50, $6.00, $7.50, and $15.00 (maximum bet).

The $15.00 bet offers these dynamic Great 88 payouts for three, four, and five winning combinations. “Wild” firecracker pays $440.00, $4440.00, and $44440.00. Dragon pays $1250.00, $2500.00, and $5000.00. Guardian lion pays $750.00, $1500.00, and $3000.00. Money frog pays $625.00, $1250.00, and $2500.00. Knot pendant pays $375.00, $750.00, and $1500.00.

“8” pays $1250.00, $500.00, and $1000.00. “6” pays $125.00, $250.00, and $500.00. Green rhombus, or red rhombus pays $50.00, $125.00, and $250.00. Red bamboo flutes, or green bamboo flutes, or brown bamboo flute pays $25.00, $50.00, and $125.00.

3+ scattered lucky boxes may unveil: the high-paying dragon or guardian lion; bronze coins whose bet multipliers range from X3 to X15; explosive firecrackers that transform up to symbols into wilds; jade coins whose random free games range from three to 25; or wheel of Fortune that has two “8 free spins”, three bet multipliers (X5, X10, and X20), and “mega win”.

The wheel’s pointer may pinpoint the tiny “mega win” segment that prompts another wheel of fortune whose “mini mega win” segment has X100 bet multiplier, “big mega win” has X750 bet multiplier and “giant mega win” segment has X6000 bet multiplier.

In the payout-nullifying or payout-doubling side game, players predict heads (guardian lion’s bust) or tails (88). Great 88’s non-progressive jackpot is $1333200.00.

The advanced Great 88 software has: desktop version and mobile version (called Lucky 88 ToGo); quick spin; and 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, and 100 autospins. Theme song: oriental instrumental music. Sounds effects: jingling, rattling, and crackling. The animated 3D graphics: dolly zoom, glistening, glow, glitter effect, flipping symbols, exploding “wild” firecrackers, and fireworks.

Luck in Great 88
Great 88 is a game of chance. Its RTP rate is 95.36% and the house edge is 4.64%.