3 Wonders New Year Carnival

3 Wonders New Year Carnival Overview

3 Wonders New Year Carnival is a festive slot developed by Boomerang Studios and released through Yggdrasil. It plays on a 5x3 grid with 25 paylines, an RTP of 96.02% and a maximum win of 3,535x the stake. It was released on 3 February 2025, in time for the Lunar New Year.

No volatility rating has been published for the game. Bets run from 0.25 to 31.25 per spin.

Figures below come from demo play at stakes of €12.50 and €2.50; each is stated where it is used.

A Carnival Under the Pagoda Roof

The reels stand under a green-tiled pagoda roof with red pillars on either side, set in a lantern-lit street at night. Golden snakes coil around the frame in the bonus rounds – a nod to 2025, the Year of the Snake.

The premium symbols are carnival objects: a lion dance head, a red envelope stuffed with gold ingots, a ceremonial drum and a red paper lantern. The low-paying symbols are the card values 10 to A, in gold.

The wild is a laughing God of Wealth in a red robe, holding a scroll, with the word WILD across the bottom. In the free spins he grows to fill whole reels.

The Three Wonders

Down the left edge of the screen hang three charms: a green snake, a blue knot and a purple lantern, each on a string of firecrackers. These are the three wonders of the title, and the slot is listed with a symbols collection mechanic – the charms stand for the features the game can switch on.

When the bonus was bought, all three charms dropped on red cords onto reels 1, 3 and 5 before the round began.

The Paytable

At the €2.50 stake the four premium symbols share one set of values:

Lion head, red envelope, drum and lantern – €5.00 for five (2x the stake), €1.00 for four (0.4x), €0.50 for three (0.2x).

Those are low values for a line slot, and they tell you how the game is balanced. With the premiums all paying the same and topping out at 2x, the base game depends on the wild and on how many of the 25 lines a single spin connects.

Wilds and Multi-Line Wins

That is exactly what happened in our base game session at a €12.50 stake. One spin paid €27.50 on 2 lines (2.2x), another paid €28.50 on 3 lines, and the best spin paid €37.00 on 13 lines at once (almost 3x).

In each case the God of Wealth wild did the work. With five of them on the grid, even the gold card symbols connected across thirteen of the twenty-five lines.

Free Spins: Contagious Expand

The free spins round we played gave 5 free spins, with a banner reading CONTAGIOUS EXPAND next to the logo. A wild that lands grows to fill its reel, and as the name suggests, the expansion can spread across the grid.

On our third spin four of the five reels were covered by full-height wilds, and the round total stood at €73.70 on a €2.50 stake – almost 30x the bet with two spins still to play.

The game counts its line wins at the bottom of the screen: during the round it listed wins such as three wilds for €0.60 and five queens for €2.00.

Why Four Wild Reels Matter

The spin with four wild reels shows the logic of the round clearly. With reels 2 to 5 all wild, every one of the 25 lines becomes a five-of-a-kind of whatever symbol reel 1 shows on that line.

On our spin reel 1 showed a king, a queen and a 10. The status bar reported five queens for €2.00, and every line passing through the queen on reel 1 counts as five queens at once.

Had reel 1 held a lion head or a lantern instead, each of those lines would have paid the premium price for five of a kind, €5.00 at this stake. The contagious wilds turn the paytable into a simple question: what lands on the first reel.

A round counter in the top right corner shows progress through the spins – 1 of 5, then 3 of 5 – so it is always clear how many chances remain for the wilds to spread.

The Coin Bonus

The second feature is a coin round. Gold coins with cash values land and stay on the grid, and the round is paid out when the respins run out. In our round the coins were worth €1.00, €1.50 and €2.00 each at the €2.50 stake, and the round finished at €17.50 – 7x the stake.

Three gold ingots stacked on the left of the screen took the place of the charms during this round.

The coin values are worth a closer look. On a €2.50 stake, a €1.00 coin is 0.4x, a €1.50 coin is 0.6x and a €2.00 coin is 0.8x – every coin we saw was worth less than the bet on its own. The value of the round comes from the number of coins collected, not from any single big coin.

Our round finished with coins on every row, which is how a set of sub-stake coins added up to 7x.

Buy Bonus

The bonus can be bought from a price board with twelve buttons, from €20 to €2,500. The price is always 80x the bet per spin: €200 at €2.50, €20 at the minimum €0.25, and €2,500 at the maximum €31.25.

At the maximum bet, the published ceiling of 3,535x works out at about €110,469, and five of a premium symbol would pay €62.50 on a single line.

The screen carries a clear warning that all wins in the bought round are based on the bet per spin shown – a useful reminder, because the price board and the bet display show different numbers.

Who Should Play It

3 Wonders New Year Carnival suits players who like colourful Asian-themed slots with plenty of features. The expanding wilds make the free spins lively, and our round was heading towards 30x before it had finished.

It is also a seasonal game by design. The snakes, lanterns and firecrackers are built around the Lunar New Year of 2025, and the game fits that time of year best.

The reservations are a flat, low paytable, no published volatility and a ceiling of 3,535x that is modest by current standards.

Where to Play 3 Wonders New Year Carnival

You can try this game on MrJones Online Casino. There’s a unique casino bonus offer of 300% up to £1200 for a limited time.

3 Wonders New Year Carnival was listed in all six of our partner casino libraries when we checked on 23 September 2026.