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Water Margin: the Liangshan outlaws on a nine-line slot
The outlaws of Liangshan on a 9-line Joker123 slot. Three or more scatters start a mini game, and the logo wild pays x5000 as a full screen.
Water Margin is one of the four great classical Chinese novels, the story of 108 outlaws gathered at Liangshan Marsh. Slot makers have borrowed it for decades, and Joker123's version keeps the familiar look: a wooden frame bound with iron chains, the title 水滸傳 in green at the top, and nine lines.
The symbols
The hero screenshot shows the main pictures. The two top symbols are text: a blue plaque reading 忠義堂 (the Hall of Loyalty) and a yellow banner reading 替天行道 (act on Heaven's behalf), the outlaws' motto. Then come the heroes, each marked with a single character: a man in a crown marked 宋, a man in a wide hat marked 林 and a bald, bearded monk marked 魯. The lower symbols are weapons: a broadsword, a spear with red tassels and crossed axes.
When a line pays, the winning symbols stay in colour and the rest of the grid turns grey. Above, three portraits of the monk on the top row pay 0.05 GP.
Scatter and mini game
The scatter is a black tile with the names of heroes written in red and SCATTER in flame letters. Two of them sit on the reels above; a third would start the mini game.
What the paytable says
- Scatter: five pay 10 and give the bonus game three times, four pay 5 and give it twice, three pay 2 and give it once. "Collect 3 or more Scatter Symbols to the amazing mini game."
- Wild: the Water Margin logo "can substitute for any symbols except Scatter", and a full screen of it is "ALL x5000".
- Five of a kind: plaque 1000, banner 300, crowned hero 150, hat-wearing hero 100, monk 50, weapons 20.
- Full screens: each symbol has an "ALL" prize, and there are mixed prizes for any heroes (x50) or any weapons (x15).
- Direction: "Win paid left to right and right to left."
Figures are multiples of the bet, and no return rate is shown.
Bet panel
LINES is 9. Our captures show PLAY at 0.01 GP per line (0.09 GP per spin) and at 0.06 GP (0.54 GP per spin). SPIN can be held for auto spin; MAJOR, RANDOM and MINOR counters run along the top.
Related games
Three Kingdoms is another nine-line slot drawn from a Chinese classic. See the Joker123 game list for more, or the Joker123 overview for the app. To play, get a Joker123 game ID.
You must be 18 or older. Online gambling is restricted in Malaysia, and it is easy to chase losses in a mini game; set a stop point and read the responsible gaming page.
Questions from the field
How does the Water Margin mini game start?
The paytable says to collect 3 or more scatter symbols. Three give the bonus game once, four twice and five three times, along with a scatter payout.
Is this the same as the Water Margin arcade machine?
The mini game pictures on the paytable, a building surrounded by a ring of symbols, look like the classic arcade version. We have not captured the mini game being played.
18+ only. Real-money games; online gambling is restricted in Malaysia. Never top up money you need, and stop if it stops being fun. Responsible gaming.
