3 Combo Mahjong

3 Combo Mahjong Overview

3 Combo Mahjong is an Asian-themed cascade slot from Funky Games, played on a 4-5-5-5-4 grid that opens up 2,000 ways to win. Carved jade dragons frame the reels, the symbols are classic mahjong tiles, and three golden pots labelled Golden, Wild and Upgrade sit above the grid. The RTP is 96%, the volatility is medium and the top payout is 10,000x the stake.

Cascades on a 4-5-5-5-4 Grid

Wins are paid by avalanche. Winning tiles clear away, new ones drop into the gaps, and if the new arrangement pays the process repeats – so a single spin can chain into a long run rather than resolving once. The staggered shape gives the middle three reels an extra position each, which is where most of the chaining happens. Our first screenshot catches a cascade in progress: the winning tiles have burst into gold coins across reels 1 to 4 and the win meter reads 16.00 at a 0.80 stake – 20x from one base-game spin.

The Combo Multiplier Ladder

Every cascade climbs a multiplier ladder printed across the top of the screen. In the base game it runs x1, x2, x3 and x5; during the free spins it starts higher and steps up to x5, x10, x15 and x25. Because the ladder advances with each link in a chain rather than at random, a long cascade is worth disproportionately more than two short ones – the multiplier and the number of wins rise together.

The Three Pots

The pots are the game’s modifiers, and the free-spins intro card explains each one in a single line:

• Golden – “Every spin grows Golden Reels on Reels 2, 3, or 4.”
• Wild – “Golden Symbols can trigger a Big Wild to expand into 1-3 random Wilds.”
• Upgrade – “Upgrade symbols grow your Combo multiplier.”

In the base game the pots visibly fill with gold coins from spin to spin.

Golden Tiles and Wilds

The golden versions of the tiles are the link between the Golden and Wild pots. When a golden tile is part of a win it does not simply disappear – it turns into a WILD gold ingot. One free-spins screenshot shows exactly this: four ingots sitting where golden tiles had been, the ladder lit at x15, and a win of 92.00 at an 8.00 stake (11.5x). The paytable adds that the wild substitutes for all symbols except COLLECT and UPGRADE.

The Paytable

The paytable we opened during our 8.00-stake session lists nine tile symbols, each paying for three, four or five of a kind:

• Green dragon: 20 / 10 / 4
• Red dragon: 16 / 8 / 3.20
• White dragon: 12 / 6 / 2.40
• Eight characters: 6 / 4 / 2
• Five circles and eight bamboo: 4.80 / 2 / 1.20
• Three circles: 4 / 1.60 / 0.80
• Two circles and two bamboo: 2.40 / 1.20 / 0.40

The individual line values are small – the green dragon’s five of a kind is 2.5x the stake – which is why the game leans on the ladder and the ways count rather than on single symbol wins.

Free Spins

The gold-circled Hu tiles in red, blue and green open the free spins – the Random Feature buy option is illustrated with three of them, our trigger screenshot shows one on reel 1 and two on reel 3, and the award in our session was 12 free games. The background turns red, the ladder moves up to x5–x25, and Upgrade orbs start landing on the reels to push the combo multiplier.

The round is where the money is. By the time 6 free spins remained, our total had reached 1,632.00 at an 8.00 stake – 204x, with golden tiles still spread across the grid.

Buy Bonus Options

The Buy Bonus button on the left opens two choices, both shown at an 8.00 stake:

• Random Feature – 480.00, or 60x the stake.
• 3 Combo Spin – 4,000.00, or 500x the stake, illustrated with all three pots.

The stake can be changed inside the buy panel itself, and the prices scale with it.

Stakes and Numbers

Our screenshots were taken at stakes of 0.80, 8 and 80 per spin, so the game covers casual and higher-stake play alike. The Godz Drop marker sits alongside the multiplier ladder as a separate prize running in the background.

Who It Is For

It suits players who enjoy watching a board resolve itself and like the accumulating feel of a ladder that climbs with each link. Anyone who prefers the clean verdict of a single spin will find the cascades fussy. It is worth spinning the free demo on the left to get a feel for the game before committing real money.

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