The whole world celebrates New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year on 31st of February and 1st of January, respectively. But that's the "ordinary" New Year. If you want to feel the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year you need to wait until 19th of February. Enjoy the blazing colours of this exotic holiday with "Gung Pow" slot.

'Gung Pow" is a 5-reel 243 ways-to-win slot from Microgaming. It doesn't contain any payline, as it uses the 243 ways to win pattern, that is getting more and more popular among slot producers. Though the slot's theme isn't food, all I have in mind when I hear the sounds of "Gung Pow" is a delicious chinese takeout. But I think that might be just my individual impression... Slot is clearly inspired by the Chinese New Year celebrations as we can see multiple items reffering to this event. The whole game is kept in dark red colours with golden accents. On the reels appear such symbols as the game's logo, Chinese luck coin, Chinese latters, firecracker stocks and many Chinese colourful decorations.

If you are interested in the special features, you will be glad to hear that "Gung Pow" offers every classic bonus except the Progressive Jackpot.

The Wilds may occur only on reels 2 and 4. The game's logo serves as Wild. It has a classic Wild function of substituting any other symbol appearing on the reels except the Scatter. 

Chinese luck coin plays the role of the Scatter. Its wins are multiplied by the total bet staked and are added to the payline wins. Moreover, 3, 4 or 5 Scatters appearing anywhere on the reels trigger the Free Spin Bonus. During Free Spins every win is tripled. This feature is retriggerable and you play at the bets set when the feature was activated.

You can multiply any prize in the optional Gamble round. The aim is to correctly guess the colour of a face-down card to double the prize. You can keep on guessing until the feature's limit is reached. Of course if you wanted to venture your prize just once – you would be able to collect it without further risk in a Gamble round.

Let yourself be enchanted by the magical aura of mysterious Chinese culture and at the same time give yourself a chance to score serious amounts of cash. Don't hesitate to give "Gung Pow" a try – a game for those who like to go big.