Year of the Dog Slot

8.7

Denis Anipchenko

Expert opinion

Paying duty to the tradition, on the Eve of Chinese New Year, Genesis Gaming company releases a thematic online slot machine, devoted to the animal, named to be a symbol of following 364 or 365 days. In this case, it is a yellow dog. It is the hero of the model, described in the following review by Casinoz.club.

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How to Play Year of the Dog slot online

«Year of the Dog» online slot machine is a game with five reels and twenty cells for symbols at the main screen.
There are no active lines here. The slot accepts bets per round. Minimal amount of the bet is forty cents. Maximal limits should be clarified directly at the online casino you give your preference to.
«Year of the Dog» video slot has ten ordinary symbols, a Wild, a Scatter, free spins with extra multipliers and other bonus options.
The basic symbols form winning combinations of several same elements. They have to be situated at any cells of neighbor reels, including first left one.
Payoffs are calculated by special indexes from x5 to x300, provided by the rules for each of the possible combinations, and the bet. All credits, received in result of a round, are automatically withdrawn to the balance. «Year of the Dog» doesn't have a gambling feature.
Please read about exceptions from the general rules and special features of «Year of the Dog» video slot below in the review by Casinoz.club.

Year of the Dog Screenshot

Year of the Dog Symbols, Wild, Scatter

The gaming symbols, imaged at the reels of «Year of the Dog» slot machine, are golden bars, coins with holes, red lanterns, oranges and playing cards designed in style of hieroglyphs. Same elements may form stacks at the reels.
Now about the special symbols:

• Wild (a red hieroglyph) replaces basic symbols when necessary. It increases payoffs by combinations during the regular spins.
• Scatter (a dog) is paid independently of its location at the screen and triggers free spins by three, four or five such symbols at any cells.

Potential wins are listed on the pay table.

Year of the Dog Bonus games

«Year of the Dog» offers three varieties of free spins. The customer can choose one of them when he gets an opportunity. The options are following:

• Fifteen, twenty two or thirty free spins with x2 or x3 extra multiplier;
• Twelve, eighteen or twenty five free spins with x2 or x4 extra multiplier;
• Ten, fifteen or twenty free spins with x2 or x5 extra multiplier;
• Mystery Choice – random choice of both parameters.

Number of free spins in each case depends on how many Scatters have triggered the feature. The multiplier is activated if Wild was included into a combination.

Jackpots

Genesis Gaming doesn't draw progressive jackpots on «Year of the Dog» video slot.

Comparison Year of the Dog slot with analogues

	Year of the Dog	​Pink Joker: Hold and Win	Purrrminator	Rhino Hold and Win	Crabbin' for Cash Extra Big Splash	Book Of Rebirth – Extreme
RTP	97.04 %	95.87 %	96.10 %	95.87 %	94.50 %	96.01 %
Volatility		High	High	High	High	High
Lines	243	5		25	10	10
Drums	5	3	6	5	5	6
Issue date	07.02.2018	26 September 2024	6 March 2025	30 September 2021	2 October 2023	11 September 2023
Progressive jackpot
Scatters
Free Spins
Respins
Progressive multipliers
Jokers
Max payout	300	15056	5000	1200	50000	10000
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Year of the Dog Interface

There are following elements at the control panel of this game:

• Bet – select an amount of the bet;
• Total Bet – an amount of the total bet;
• Win – an amount of the win per spin;
• Balance – state of the balance;
• ? – go to the Help.

Play buttons are situated at the right. It is possible to play «Year of the Dog» manually or in automatic mode if you set the limits.
The Help consists of ten pages with pay table, general rules, scheme of the lines, description of bonus options and all features.
The slot is available in browser. Mobile casinos use special interface designed for small screens of smartphones.

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Should You Play Year of the Dog Slot for Real Money?

«Year of the Dog» slot machine would be loved by astrology fans, although the theme is not its main advantage. Features of the gameplay make more beneficial impression.

• Pros: 243 ways to form combinations without active lines, special symbols, free spins with extra multipliers, a convenient interface.
• Cons: primitive animation, no language settings.

Level of payback is a little higher the average. Dispersion is rather low.

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