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Pan Jin Lian: a Water Margin story slot in King Kong Casino

A nine-line slot built on characters from the classic novel Water Margin, with three jackpot counters above the reels and wins paid in both directions.

Pan Jin Lian reels with character portraits, embroidered shoes, a hairpin, a fan and wine jars, Major, Random and Minor jackpot counters above and a 9-line bet panel below

Hold the Spin button and a tooltip tells you Turbo mode is on. It's the kind of small thing you only find by accident, and it makes an already quick nine-line game go even faster.

Pan Jinlian is one of the best-known figures in Chinese classical fiction. In Water Margin her unhappy marriage to Wu Dalang ends in tragedy and, later, in revenge by his brother Wu Song. The slot turns that cast into symbols and frames the reels with red theatre curtains and a green tiled roof.

There are no card letters at all. Everything on the reels is a character or an object from the story, and wins pay in both directions, left to right and right to left. Values below are in credits at a line bet of 1 (total 9):

Symbol 5 4 3
Pan Jinlian 1000 200 50
Long-haired nobleman (Ximen Qing) 400 80 20
Man in a green hat (Wu Dalang) 200 40 15
Man in a blue headband (Wu Song) 160 30 10
Wine jar 100 20 7
Embroidered shoes 60 15 5
Painted fan 40 10 3
Jewelled hairpin 20 5 2

The wild is a golden plaque carrying the characters 金蓮 from her name. It substitutes for everything except the bonus. The bonus symbol is a red house marked BONUS: three or more start free games and five pay 500.

Pan Jin Lian paytable with the golden wild, the bonus house, character values and the first line diagrams
Insert 01 Pan Jin Lian paytable with the golden wild, the bonus house, character values and the first line diagrams

Three counters on the roof

Major, Random and Minor sit above the reels and their numbers shift between screenshots, so they seem to build over time. The old page claimed four jackpots triggered by ingots on reels 1, 3 and 5. I only see three boxes and no ingot symbol, so I wouldn't rely on that.

A 7-credit win with two wine jars and the wild in colour while the rest of the reels turn grey
Insert 02 A 7-credit win with two wine jars and the wild in colour while the rest of the reels turn grey

The panel carries Info, Auto Play, Bet, Max Bet, Gamble and Spin, and it is the same layout used by Mamamia, so the two probably share a studio. They look nothing like the Gaming World titles such as Peach Banquet. You'd need to ask an agent for a King Kong game ID to play, and the rest of the lobby is on the King Kong hub.

Ask the dealer: common questions

Who is Pan Jin Lian?

A character from the Ming-dynasty novel Water Margin: the wife of Wu Dalang and sister-in-law of the hero Wu Song. The slot uses the main figures of that story as its picture symbols.

How are the jackpots won?

The screenshots don't say. Three counters labelled Major, Random and Minor change from one spin to the next, but the paytable pages we have do not explain the trigger.

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.

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