Microgaming launches a brand new slot with a distinctive Chinese appeal this month, in synch with the important festival of the Chinese New Year, which in 2008 starts on February 7 and ends on the 15th. The HAPPY NEW YEAR video slot marks the advent of the Year of the Rat with traditional symbols of loud fireworks, lanterns and knots, and emphasis on the lucky color red. All are represented in brilliant high quality graphics on the smoothest running slot platform on the Internet. Rooted in the ancient mythology of the Nian, a sea monster much feared in olden days, the symbols ward off peril with loud noises, incantations and the color red in this great new 3 reel, 5 pay-line entertainer that can deliver new year good fortune to the tune of 60 000.00 Happy New Year slot joins the Classic slot inventory at all good Microgaming Casinos, bringing with it the chance that the Chinese script for the occasion, which is the Wild symbol in the game, may build combinations that pay 2x or 4x a winning line. Bet for as little as 1.00 or as much as 125.00 for action-packed fun and generous rewards when Chúxì (year change) good fortune strikes!