Gung Pow is a Microgaming video slot built around a Chinese New Year theme, running on a 5-reel, 3-row grid with 243 ways to win. Its standout mechanic is a free spins round where every win is tripled, funded by firework-themed scatter symbols that can land anywhere on the reels. The reel set is dressed in lanterns, firecrackers, and traditional New Year iconography, keeping the presentation squarely in Microgaming’s mid-2010s Asian-themed slot lineup.
| Provider | Microgaming |
| RTP | 96.19% |
| Volatility | Medium |
| Reels / Rows | 5 / 3 |
| Paylines | 243 ways to win |
| Max Win | 90,000 coins |
Three or more Firework scatters landing anywhere on the grid award 15 free spins, and the twist here is a flat 3× multiplier applied to every winning combination for the whole round — a straightforward boost rather than a climbing or randomized one. Outside the feature, wild symbols substitute for every paying icon except the scatter and can land stacked, which is most of what keeps the base game’s 243-ways format ticking over between bonus triggers. Aggregator data puts the free-spins ceiling at roughly 90,000 coins, a sizable step up from what the base game alone typically pays. There’s no retrigger mechanic once the 15 spins start, so the entire bonus plays out as a single fixed-length burst rather than the potentially-endless free-spin chains found in some of Microgaming’s later releases — a simpler, more predictable structure that suits players who prefer knowing exactly what a bonus round can deliver.
Pros
- Free spins triple every win with no complicated math to track
- Wilds can stack for bigger base-game combinations
- 243 ways to win keeps the base-game hit rate steady
Cons
- No progressive or climbing multiplier — the 3x free-spin boost is fixed
- Firework-only theme feels dated next to modern Chinese New Year slots
- Base-game wins are modest outside the bonus round