Budai Reels Bonus Buy Slot by Evoplay

Strip away the red lanterns and cherry blossoms, and this is Money Minter in a Lunar New Year costume. Same 5x3 grid, same 20 paylines, same 13-tier prize ladder, same +1 Spin mechanic. Evoplay repackaged the entire engine under a different skin, which means if you already know one version, you know both. The difference here is access: 37x buys you straight into Budai Respins with three Scatters already locked on the grid.

Those 37x get you past the base game grind entirely. In the standard Budai Reels, you wait for three Scatters to land naturally across 20 lines. The buy drops them on the grid immediately and hands you 3 respins. From that point, every position that fills with a new Scatter pushes you up the ladder, and the +1 Spin symbol is the only thing keeping the round alive once those initial 3 respins drain. It doesn't stick to the grid like Scatters do - it adds one respin to the counter and disappears. Think of it as a lifeline. Without +1 Spins showing up at the right moments, most rounds stall at 4-6 Scatters and pay somewhere between 2x and 10x. The mechanic makes the buy feel like a negotiation: 37x in, and you're hoping the +1 Spins stretch the round long enough to climb past the 8-Scatter threshold where payouts jump from 20x to 60x.

Visually, the grid sits inside an ornate golden frame with lantern-style pillars on each side. Deep red diamond lattice fills the background, cherry blossom branches creep in from the edges, and a "GOOD LUCK" banner sits below the reels. The golden Laughing Buddha wild is hard to miss - it's the largest, most detailed symbol on the grid. Jade ornaments, gold ingots, and coins round out the premium set, with colorful card royals (Q, K, 10) filling the lower end. A permanent sidebar on the left displays the full prize ladder from 3 Scatters through 15, so you always know exactly where you stand during hold-and-win respins.