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Ji Xiang 8 Slot by Playtech

by Playtech

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Ji Xiang 8 is a 2016 Playtech Chinese-prosperity slot on a compact 3x3 grid with 8 fixed lines where every payout ends in the lucky number 8. The red 8 is the top symbol, and a coin scatter pays by count anywhere, both topping out at 8,888x. Just press the "Free Play" button below to launch the Ji Xiang 8 demo in your browser.

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Specifications

Game TypeSlots
RTP95.99%
VolatilityHigh
Max Win8,888x
Grid3x3
Paylines8 fixed lines
Min Bet$0.08
Max Bet$800
Themes
Features
Ji Xiang 8 3x3 Chinese-prosperity grid with a red lucky 8, a fu character, a golden lion and gold coins beside the God of Wealth

About Ji Xiang 8 Slot

Every payout in this game ends in 8. Not most of them. All of them. Three of a kind on a line runs 18, 28, 38, 68, 88, 288, 688 or 888, and the glowing red "8" in its gold frame sits at the top of that ladder, returning 8,888x the line bet for three across. The number is the whole design. Eight fixed lines, coin markers numbered around the reels, and a ceiling that lands on 8,888x however you get there.

The gold coin acts as a scatter that pays by count, not by position. Anywhere on the nine cells, it only starts paying once four land, and even then four is almost nothing. The jump comes later: six coins pay 38x, seven pay 188x, eight pay 888x, and filling all nine positions pays 8,888x your total bet. That full board is the second road to the max, and honestly the only reason to care about the coin, since three or fewer give you zero.

Past those two ideas, there is not much machinery. No wild sits anywhere on the reels. No free spins, no pick round, no bonus buy, no jackpot meter climbing in a corner. It's a straight-pay classic in the old mould, and the entire hook is the lucky-8 table plus that full-screen coin payout. If you want layered features, this isn't the one.

The look is pure Chinese New Year excess, red and gold with nothing held back. A red-and-gold pagoda gateway reading 吉祥8 crowns the dark green grid, two golden dragons coil up the pillars beside it, and red lanterns hang from the corners. The whole frame rests on a heaped mound of glittering coins. Off to the right the seated golden God of Wealth watches over it all, a gold ingot cupped in one hand against a glowing red sky. The symbols keep the theme literal: the gold 福 character, a guardian lion, a money toad, a blue koi, a red envelope, an ingot, a stringed coin and a swaying lantern. All the trappings of prosperity, wrapped around a paytable that just wants to say eight over and over.

Reviewed by Arina, Slots Editor at Spinoxy Media Ltd.