Dragon Unleashed - Treasured Happiness Slot by Light & Wonder

Treasured Happiness is the launch title of Light & Wonder's Dragon Unleashed franchise, and it's the one that sets the template: classic imperial Chinese fortune dressing, a red-and-gold sage as the top premium, and a Pearl hold-and-spin engine that escalates into a four-tier jackpot ladder. The reels sit against deep red brocade silk with gold dragon embroidery climbing both side panels, glowing palace lanterns hanging from the top, and that crimson-gold haze the whole franchise borrows. Master, Pagoda, golden Turtle, Koi, and a pair of pink peaches handle the premium pays. Master is the unusual one: he pays from just 2 of a kind, which is rare enough to actually matter on quiet spins.

The Wild only lands on reels 2 to 4 and substitutes for everything except the Pearls, the SIGN, and the RESPIN symbol. RESPIN drops on reel 5 only - one of those triggers a single respin where any reel showing a Pearl freezes in place, and another RESPIN landing on reel 5 extends the count. Pearls aren't paid out as you collect them. They sit there with cash values stamped on each one and only resolve when the respins finish.

SIGN scatters trigger 6 Free Spins regardless of whether you land 3, 4, or 5 of them. What changes is the side payout: 1x, 5x, or 20x your bet. Free Spins add Mystery Doors on reels 1 to 4 that crack open to reveal any symbol except Wild or SIGN, and a Pearl revealed this way pays 1x to 50x on the spot rather than getting held.

The real engine is the Dragon Bonus. Land 6 or more Pearls anywhere and you get 3 spins with all triggering Pearls locked. Each new Pearl that lands resets the counter to 3 and joins the hold. Fill all 12 positions and the Dragon Unleashed Reel spins once - that's where the GRAND pooled progressive lives, alongside a 10x to 100x total-bet multiplier and a 2x to 5x Bonus multiplier that stacks on every held Pearl prize at once. Below the active stake threshold ($0.68), GRAND and MAJOR get swapped for flat 200x and 500x payouts, so the small-stake ceiling is real but blunted. At the default bet the jackpot ladder reads GRAND $18,880, MAJOR $377.60, MINOR $77.76, MINI $17.76. BUY PASS sits in the menu for anyone who'd rather skip the wait for that 6-Pearl trigger.