Japan Fortune (3Win8): a first session with the sumo wild, the daruma scatter and the 50-line bar
A first session on Japan Fortune in the 3Win8 lobby: what is on the screen, what the sumo and daruma symbols do, and how one 0.50 spin paid 0.15.
Cartridge label
- Reels
- 5 x 3
- Lines
- 50
- Wild
- Sumo wrestler, reel 3 only, expands, triples wins
- Scatter
- Red daruma doll
- Jackpot bars
- Random Jackpot, Minor, Major
Controls
- BET arrows
- Stake per line, 50 lines always on
- AUTO / GAMBLE
- Automatic spins, or double-up after a win
- SPIN
- One spin
Japan Fortune is a 50-line slot in the 3Win8 lobby dressed in Japanese postcard style: a red torii gate and lanterns at the top, blue sky and pine trees behind the reels. It runs on the same rules as Iceland, with a sumo wrestler playing the wild.
What you see first
The balance box sits top left with the ticker, BACK, ? and settings. Under them: RANDOM JACKPOT (about 16,464), the JAPAN FORTUNE logo in green and gold, MINOR 800.00 and MAJOR 1100.00. Coloured line tabs run down both sides up to 50.
On the bottom bar: LINES 50, BET with down and up arrows, a BET / WIN box, AUTO and SPIN. The hero screenshot is at 0.10 a line, 5.00 a spin.
The symbols
- Sumo wrestler: the WILD, drawn as a stern face in the help and as a full-reel figure on the reels
- Red daruma doll: the SCATTER
- Geisha with white make-up
- Japanese castle
- Torii gate by the water
- Lucky cat and fortune cookie, which share one row
- Card letters from A down to 9
The geisha and the castle are the top pays, and the geisha is the one that pays for just two on a line.
One spin, start to finish
This spin was at BET 0.01, so 0.50 in total. The sumo landed on reel 3 and stretched over all three rows. The banner reads "LINES 16 WIN 0.15", and the balance went from 51.11 to 50.61, the stake coming off before the win. A daruma sat on reel 4 and a lucky cat on reel 1, neither of them part of the win.
The 0.15 is the tripled pay for three low cards: 5 times the line bet, times three.
Tips for the first ten minutes
Leave BET at 0.01 while you learn the screen. The daruma scatter counts from anywhere and pays on total bet, so it is worth the same relative to your stake at any line bet. After a win AUTO turns into GAMBLE; tap SPIN if you want to carry on without risking it.
The 3Win8 overview lists the rest of the lobby. Another Japanese theme is Geisha Story. To play, get a 3Win8 game ID.
Troubleshooting and questions
What do the daruma dolls do?
They are the scatter and pay on total bet from anywhere: 2 pay 2 times, 3 start the feature, and 4 or 5 add 9 or 33 times on top of it. The feature screen itself was not captured.
Why is the sumo so big?
He is the wild, and he only lands on reel 3. When he appears he expands to cover all three rows of that reel, and every win through him is tripled.
Press start
Want to play it on 3Win8? Get a game ID through our partner link, then set a spending limit before the first round.