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Fortune Pai Gow Express – Casino Game Review
Fortune Pai Gow Express is a Casino/Entertainment/Card game from 38 Softworks Inc., first launched in 23rd March 2010.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 324+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Fortune Pai Gow Express Stand Out
Simple, smooth, fun to play fortune Pai Gow game.
This Casino game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Fortune Pai Gow Express is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 2nd February 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Fix issue with dealer playing invalid hands.
Download & Availability
Fortune Pai Gow Express is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Fortune Pai Gow Express on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Great game! Feels like Im playing in LV.
Been playing this game for many years, realistic and authentic. Thank you.
We have tried all the Paigow apps, this is our favorite. Simple, straight forward, good card movement, pleasant sound effects, good record keeping.
We are enjoying playing this game. We can play anytime if we wanted to. Its simple and straight forward and relaxing,.
We really enjoy the straightforward play and interface.
Great app. A good way to learn how to play the game.
Easy to use and fun. It lets us try different strategies before we get to the casino.
Very helpful to learn the game.
Overall, we find this game to be the best Pai GAO game. A few minor glitches at times but overall its a great game.
This is the first of the several Pai Gow apps Ive tried that actually teaches the game. Great little app.
Great game ive been had The best time.
Great app. Easy and fun to play. Like the House Play to review our decisions while learning the game.
This game is fun. Unlike other games that progressively get harder, so that you buy more chips. This one we find to be fair, and realistic.
We used it to practice and it helps.
Just like a real casino, the house always wins. Please fix house way though. Whenever you have 2 pair with a king. The king should not go on top. Its pair pair. Only time two pair stays together is when an ace is available in the hand.
Hi love the fortune bet . Thanks to the makers of app to give real casino effect.
We play in Vegas and this is just a fun game to play.
This game works just fine and takes up little space. The sound effects are stupid but we honestly find it kind of funny.
It helps us to stay sharp for the casinos.
Good for beginners to learn from.
We love the game! We actually like the fact that it gives us a reasonable amount of bonus and that it actually let us play for a while.
Great game but you should be able to just touch the money 100.00 than just dragging it it slows down the game.
Pai gow or Chinese poker is a game with many combos depending on whether your high or low cards beat the dealer. House way shows the traditional way to show your hand.
Good clean fun thangs for presenting the game for use.
Play all the time. Addictive. Best compliment is that its extremely fair!! Fun to play. Thanks.
Fun game, but the cards are so small. We cant see the suits clearly.
Satisfied except would like to be able to refresh chips manually and on demand.
Our only complaint is when you are running out of money they make you play around until you can bet. Just let us put it all out if we want.
This game is as close to real play as we think you can get without loosing your money.
A good way to practice before a trip to a Casino. Only weakness is the dealer gets way too many great, not just good, hands compared to the player.
Nice, easy to maneuver app. For the gaming enthusiast. The straight, ace through five is the second highest straight in virtually any professional pai gow setup. Two small pairs splitting and using both an ace and a king in the two pair rule set up is a very progressive adaption adopted by very few casinos because it is perceived as not particularly player friendly. The addition of the players ability to bank during a round would be a welcome addition and perhaps a tournament setup against other players could be fun. The Fortune Pai Gow Bonus bet is great, but without the ability to play two hands on the app., the player loses a potential envy bonus when betting five or more dollars on the bonus bet. Many players play two hands simultaneously in pai gow poker to hedge their bets. The app. Is serviceable and in our opinion could be restructured in the future with perhaps some of these features included.
We like this game for it simplicity. It doesn't overwhelm you with graphics making a game simple to play and down to business.
Id say over all a pretty fair game though Im not sure how random it truly is but a great learning tool to use before sitting down at a real table.
Lacks basic controls like sound.
You know Im playing this game. We find that the dealer gets a lot of aces bonuses and other great hands while we get an ace high, queen high, king high, pair of deuces, a lot a pair of threes, king queen up, so our thought is that its rigged. However you know its free and they re-up your $5000 bet for free so in that matter, its a good game if you dont mind losing a lot.
Need a new deck of cards. We keep losing with this one.
We would prefer if the cards went out in random order like the real game.
This only deals two hands, the player and the dealer where most casinos deal all hands. This game only features the bonus or fortune bet and does not include the players Pai Gow betting option or the dealer queen high Pai Gow bonus option. If you are just looking to learn the game this is a good app.
We dont know if its just us but we have bet once for the fortune and it wont let us do a new bet without the fortune. We dont always want to play the fortune. We have tried exiting the app numerous times and cant undo the fortune bet.
Fun game but the loss ratio is way off. Its very unrealistic.
Play this in casinos often. This app is well conceived but doesnt let you win. Its almost ridiculous. We enjoy playing but the odds seem stacked for an even odds game.
Fun game, we really like the interface and gameplay compared to other pai gow apps. We do wish there was a 1000 chip option though, as it takes quite a while to drag chips to the betting spot. Theres definitely a misbalance in hands though… Dealer absolutely smashes on a constant basis. Ive never seen so many monster hands in a row by a dealer in Pai Gow. Also, straights are always screwed up. In straight vs. Straight scenarios, we always tend to lose when we have the bigger straight and win when not. We also have the A-5 straight set to be second highest (as its supposed to be in Pai Gow), yet lose with it anytime Im against any other straight.
House gets too many good hands compared to player.
Fun game not many big bonus hands though.
Just ridiculous makes it not fun.
Game is definitely one sided letting the computer win and get amazing hands and not so much the player.
Steady loose your money. Game program to win more than loose.
Only way we make money back is the bonus. Please fix odds of winnings. Betting is difficult in that you have to swipe one chip at a time. So to bet 3k, you have to swipe the $100 chip 30 times.
Ruined our love for this game. This has always been our favorite poker game. The dealing is not random. Cant be. Ive played it several times on the app. Our lose ratio is way higher than ever in real life. Have no idea how this deals. But has actually ruined it for us. And we will be hesitant to play real life now. Big bummer.
Commission on a free game? And we have never seen so many losers for the player! Dealer has already had a royal straight flush and 4 aces. Only good thing is its free so you dont have to pay to get your a** kicked.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.2.2
- Size: 16.61 MB
- iOS: 7.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Simulated Gambling
- Developer: 38 Softworks Inc.
Last updated: 2nd February 2018 | Genre: Casino, Entertainment | Developer: 38 Softworks Inc.