Lotus Love (Booming Games; January 2016) is a Chinese style romance-themed video slot. Relatable slot games from that developer are Devil’s Heat (June 2017) and Santa’s Kiss (December 2016). The rival games of Lotus Love include Lotus from CQ9 Gaming, Lotus from Simbat Entertainment, and Red Lotus by Red Tiger Gaming.

Lotus Love was inspired by the red lotus flower that, universally, symbolizes love. Nevertheless, the flower symbolism also includes a pink lotus and red rose flowers. The Wild requires two, three, four, or five combinations; the other ten symbols require three, four, or five combinations.

Lotus Love Game Characteristics
The Lotus Love game characteristics include a 5X3 grid, 11 symbols, up to 50 adjustable paylines, free spins, and 2-Way Pay and Gamble features. The scatter-and-free spins activator is a red rose flower bouquet decorated with a blushing pink ribbon; and the substitute-and-Wild is a tiered cake.

The nine ordinary symbols of Lotus Love are: a Chinese woman dressed in red, wearing a red lotus-like hairband, and beside pink lotus flowers; a Chinese man dressed in red Chinese suit jacket, beside pink lotus flowers; a pair of red envelopes; a floral golden 7; a floral golden 6; a floral golden 9; a floral 8; golden Chinese letters atop a red lotus; and “I love you” printed in Chinese atop a pink lotus flower.

Lotus Love has between five and 50 paylines. So, the only optional paylines are: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50. The Lotus Love coin values are: $0.01, $0.02, $0.03, $0.05, $0.10, $0.20, $0.30, $0.50, $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, and $5.00. The minimum bet is $0.05 and the maximum bet is $250.00.

The total bets for these paylines are as follows. Five paylines: $0.05, $0.10, $0.15, $0.25, $0.50, $1.00, $1.50, $2.50, $5.00, $10.00, $15.00, and $25.00. Ten paylines: $0.10, $0.20, $0.30, $0.50, $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, $30.00, and $50.00. Fifteen paylines: $0.15, $0.30, $0.45, $0.75, $1.50, $3.00, $4.50, $7.50, $15.00, $30.00, $45.00, and $75.00.

Twenty paylines: $0.20, $0.40, $0.60, $1.00, $2.00, $4.00, $6.00, $10.00, $20.00, $40.00, $60.00, and $100.00. Twenty-five paylines: $0.25, $0.50, $0.75, $1.25, $2.50, $5.00, $7.50, $12.50, $25.00, $50.00, $75.00, and $125.00. Thirty paylines: $0.30, $0.60, $0.90, $1.50, $3.00, $6.00, $9.00, $15.00, $30.00, $60.00, $90.00, and $150.00.

Thirty-five paylines: $0.35, $0.70, $1.05, $1.75, $3.50, $7.00, $10.50, $17.50, $35.00, $70.00, $105.00, and $175.00. Forty paylines: $0.40, $0.80, $1.20, $2.00, $4.00, $8.00, $12.00, $20.00, $40.00, $80.00, $120.00, and $200.00. Forty-five paylines: $0.45, $0.90, $1.35, $2.25, $4.50, $9.00, $13.50, $22.50, $45.00, $90.00, $135.00, and $225.00. Fifty paylines: $0.50, $1.00, $1.50, $2.50, $5.00, $10.00, $15.00, $25.00, $50.00, $100.00, $150.00, and $250.00.

Based on the $250.00 max bet, these are the Lotus Love payouts. Two, three, four, and five tiered cakes have $75.00, $250.00, $2500.00, and $12500.00. Three, four, and five combinations: the red rose bouquet pays $1250.00, $2500.00, and $12500.00. The Chinese woman offers $250.00, $1250.00, and $6250.00. The Chinese man gives $200.00, $750.00, and $1750.00. The red envelope pays $125.00, $500.00, and $1250.00.

Either number 6, or 7 pays $25.00, $50.00, and $125.00. Either number 8, or 9 pays $50.00, $175.00, and $350.00. The Chinese letters on a red lotus pays $150.00, $300.00, and $500.00. The “I love you” in Chinese letters on a pink lotus flower pays $40.00, $100.00, and $175.00.

More than three red rose flower bouquets offer ten free spins, while more than three tiered cakes trigger the 2-Way Pay feature. If gambling, players guess if the upcoming unopened red envelope contains a 100 yuan note or a blank “Bank of China” cheque. The non-progressive jackpot is $12500.00.

The Lotus Love software is good but a bit different; for instance, adjusting the paylines increases or decreases them by 5 instead of one. The Chinese instrumentals are interesting, including the bamboo flute and drumming. Animation makes the Chinese-oriented 3D graphics realistic, and the golden-and-red color scheme blends with the romance theme.

Luck in Lotus Love
A game of chance, the RTP rate of Lotus Love is 97.04% and the house edge is 3.96%.