Here’s one: Butterflies! Just the job with symbols showing two very colourful and ornate butterflies, a well-stuffed bright-green caterpillar, polka-dot mushrooms, a pink flower and a chrysalis house. The A-9 run is unadorned but the game is framed by shiny grass, flowers and sky.

Butterflies proves to be a five-reel, 25-payline game where you can bet from $0.01 to $10 per line, making for a maximum bet of $250. It’s got software by Vegas Technology. The jackpot is when you strike five of one of the butterflies, paying 7000 coins, with four paying 3000. So, 7000 multiplied by $10: that’s $70,000, folks.

We got off to a good start with a $12.50 bet winning an immediate $39.00 but the next 10 spins drew five blanks and five wins less than the stake. Next 10 got slightly worse. Next 10 won $28 and $53 but still our initial amount steadily declined. Then we hit the Butterfly Feature and saw the winged one hove into view and settle on three reels, netting a total $45. Second time gave us $100 but not enough to return us to the black. We thought: Next time we see a butterfly were’re gonna catch it and pull its goddamn wings off.

Then a biggie in general play: $512.50. Now that’ll change anyone’s mood.

What does a caterpillar do on New Year’s Day? Turn over a new leaf, of course.