Also called Meow Caijinbao in Chinese; Fortune Cats is an oriental August 2016 video slot whose developer Aspect Gaming’s feline games are Xiao Mi Mi (March 2020), Doggone Lucky (February 2017) and Hungry Cats (December 2018). Themes: cats, Chinese customs, and Feng Shui superstition.

The Fortune Cats’ general features: 25 symbols, four bet multipliers, reactivable free spins, 50 unchangeable win lines, five win multipliers, regular rightward wins, free modes’ bidirectional wins, extra reel, ten total bets, and expanding wilds.

Twelve symbols (white cat, ingot-holding cat, envelope-holding cat, coin, lanterns, candles, A, K, Q, J, 10 and 9) pay between X5 to X500 for a three/four/five-of-a-kind.

Fortune Cats Game Characteristics

Fortune Cats has a partitioned 5X4 grid whose crimson frame contains navy blue reels. Feng Shui coins are lined along the margins of the grid—including the extra red-framed reel at top right—whose setting is a typical blue-hued Asian street, with numerous coin-filled vases.

The Fortune Cats’ coins: $0.01, $0.02, $0.04, $0.08, $0.12, $0.20, $0.50, $1.00, $2.00, and $3.00. The total bets (X50 bet factor): $0.50 (minimum), $1.00, $2.00, $4.00, $6.00, $10.00, $25.00, $50.00, $100.00, and $150.00 (maximum).

Fortune Cats has fourteen special and 11 ordinary symbols. Special: the substituting wild is a golden-collared, green-speckled white cat; free spins-triggering red-speckled gray cat (scatter); free mode-activating red “8 free games 1X total bet”;
Bonus reel’s win multipliers—blue-and-purple 1X and 2X, blue-and-orange 3X, and blue-and-yellow 5X and 10X;

Bonus reel’s bet multipliers—brown-and-golden “1X total bet”, red-and-golden “2X total bet”, purple-and-golden “4X total bet”, and violet-and-golden “10X total bet”
Ordinaries: ingot-holding red-speckled white Feng Shui cat; envelope holding red-speckled cream Feng Shui cat; golden Feng Shui coins; red-and-golden Chinese lanterns; three red-and-golden Chinese “caicai” candles; purple A; orange K; yellow Q; blue J; red 10; and green 9.

Below are the Fortune Cats’ payouts.
Bet $0.50: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $25.00, $100.00 and $250.00; envelope-holding cats pay $20.00, $80.00 and $200.00; coins pay $15.00, $60.00 and $150.00; lanterns pay $12.50, $50.00 and $125.00; candles pay $10.00, $40.00 and $100.00; A pay $7.50, $30.00 and $87.50; K pays $5.00, $25.00 and $75.00; Q pays $5.00, $20.00 and $62.50; J pays $5.00, $15.00 and $50.00; 10 pays $2.50, $10.00 and $37.50; and 9 pays $2.50, $7.50 and $25.00.

Bet $1.00: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $50.00, $200.00 and $500.00; envelope-holding cats pay $40.00, $160.00 and $400.00; coins pay $30.00, $120.00 and $300.00; lanterns pay $25.00, $100.00 and $250.00; candles pay $20.00, $80.00 and $200.00; A pay $15.00, $60.00 and $175.00; K pays $10.00, $50.00 and $150.00; Q pays $10.00, $40.00 and $125.00; J pays $10.00, $30.00 and $100.00; 10 pays $5.00, $20.00 and $75.00; and 9 pays $5.00, $15.00 and $50.00.

Bet $2.00: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $100.00, $400.00 and $1000.00; envelope-holding cats pay $80.00, $320.00 and $800.00; coins pay $60.00, $240.00 and $600.00; lanterns pay $50.00, $200.00 and $500.00; candles pay $40.00, $160.00 and $400.00; A pay $30.00, $120.00 and $350.00; K pays $20.00, $100.00 and $300.00; Q pays $20.00, $80.00 and $250.00; J pays $20.00, $60.00 and $200.00; 10 pays $10.00, $40.00 and $150.00; and 9 pays $10.00, $30.00 and $100.00.

Bet $4.00: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $200.00, $800.00 and $2000.00; envelope-holding cats pay $160.00, $640.00 and $1600.00; coins pay $120.00, $480.00 and $1200.00; lanterns pay $100.00, $400.00 and $1000.00; candles pay $80.00, $320.00 and $800.00; A pay $60.00, $240.00 and $700.00; K pays $400.00, $200.00 and $600.00; Q pays $40.00, $160.00 and $500.00; J pays $40.00, $120.00 and $400.00; 10 pays $20.00, $80.00 and $300.00; and 9 pays $20.00, $60.00 and $200.00.

Bet $6.00: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $300.00, $1200.00 and $3000.00; envelope-holding cats pay $240.00, $960.00 and $2400.00; coins pay $180.00, $720.00 and $1800.00; lanterns pay $150.00, $600.00 and $1500.00; candles pay $120.00, $480.00 and $1200.00; A pay $90.00, $360.00 and $1050.00; K pays $60.00, $300.00 and $900.00; Q pays $60.00, $240.00 and $750.00; J pays $60.00, $180.00 and $600.00; 10 pays $30.00, $120.00 and $450.00; and 9 pays $30.00, $90.00 and $300.00.

Bet $10.00: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $500.00, $2000.00 and $5000.00; envelope-holding cats pay $400.00, $1600.00 and $4000.00; coins pay $300.00, $1200.00 and $3000.00; lanterns pay $250.00, $1000.00 and $2500.00; candles pay $200.00, $800.00 and $2000.00; A pay $150.00, $600.00 and $1750.00; K pays $100.00, $500.00 and $1500.00; Q pays $100.00, $400.00 and $1250.00; J pays $100.00, $300.00 and $1000.00; 10 pays $50.00, $200.00 and $750.00; and 9 pays $50.00, $150.00 and $500.00.

Bet $25.00: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $1250.00, $5000.00 and $12500.00; envelope-holding cats pay $1000.00, $4000.00 and $10000.00; coins pay $750.00, $3000.00 and $7500.00; lanterns pay $625.00, $2500.00 and $6250.00; candles pay $500.00, $2000.00 and $5000.00; A pay $375.00, $1500.00 and $4375.00; K pays $250.00, $1250.00 and $3750.00; Q pays $250.00, $1000.00 and $3125.00; J pays $250.00, $750.00 and $2500.00; 10 pays $125.00, $500.00 and $1875.00; and 9 pays $125.00, $375.00 and $1250.00.

Bet $50.00: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $2500.00, $10000.00 and $25000.00; envelope-holding cats pay $2000.00, $8000.00 and $20000.00; coins pay $1500.00, $6000.00 and $15000.00; lanterns pay $1250.00, $5000.00 and $12500.00; candles pay $1000.00, $4000.00 and $10000.00; A pay $750.00, $3000.00 and $8750.00; K pays $500.00, $2500.00 and $7500.00; Q pays $500.00, $2000.00 and $6250.00; J pays $500.00, $1500.00 and $5000.00; 10 pays $250.00, $1000.00 and $3750.00; and 9 pays $250.00, $750.00 and $2500.00.

Bet $100.00: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $5000.00, $20000.00 and $50000.00; envelope-holding cats pay $4000.00, $16000.00 and $40000.00; coins pay $3000.00, $12000.00 and $30000.00; lanterns pay $2500.00, $10000.00 and $25000.00; candles pay $2000.00, $8000.00 and $20000.00; A pay $1500.00, $6000.00 and $17500.00; K pays $1000.00, $5000.00 and $15000.00; Q pays $1000.00, $4000.00 and $12500.00; J pays $1000.00, $3000.00 and $10000.00; 10 pays $500.00, $2000.00 and $7500.00; and 9 pays $500.00, $1500.00 and $5000.00.

Bet $150.00: wilds/ingot-holding cats pay $7500.00, $30000.00 and $75000.00 (non-progressive jackpot); envelope-holding cats pay $6000.00, $24000.00 and $60000.00; coins pay $4500.00, $18000.00 and $45000.00; lanterns pay $3750.00, $15000.00 and $37500.00; candles pay $3000.00, $12000.00 and $30000.00; A pay $2250.00, $9000.00 and $26250.00; K pays $1500.00, $7500.00 and $22500.00; Q pays $1500.00, $6000.00 and $18750.00; J pays $1500.00, $4500.00 and $15000.00; 10 pays $750.00, $3000.00 and $11250.00; and 9 pays $750.00, $2250.00 and $7500.00.

Regular combinational wins may coincide with the landing of X1 win, wins-doubling, wins-tripling, X5 win, or X10 win symbols in the extra reel. Also, the extra reel may prompt: bidirectional win lines; or, expandable wilds; or, instant prizes resulting from betX1, betX2, betX4, or betX10 multipliers.

3+ gray cats (or, “8 free games+ 1X total bet” if landed on extra reel) offer eight free games, with: 2X bet multiplier (for three triggering cats); 10X bet multiplier (for four triggering cats); and 50X bet multiplier (for five triggering cats).

A HTML5 game, Fortune Cats has: bet history-showing Wintrack beneath the grid; mobile/desktop versions; fast spin; 1-100 automated rounds, with no limits or $1.00 to $15000.00 loss limits and $1.00 to $6000.00 single wins.

Sound effects: retro, jingling, chinking, and clanging. The animated 3D graphics: dolly zooming, nodding, ingot-pawing cat, blinking, spinning and free-falling coins, explosively disappearing candles, and swinging lanterns.

Luck in Fortune Cats

Fortune Cats, a game of chance, has a 94.99% RTP rate and a 5.01% house edge.