The design that has been used here is the gold-digging theme – yet one more not original element used in this slot. Although the based in Ukraine and Taiwan Studio has some very unique titles in its portfolio, the most significant chunk of their games are nothing more than reskins and copies.
Yet, each year, it seems that they want to make themselves relevant by releasing something, anything.
We leave it to the players to assess what good it brings to publish a slot ‘just to be in the game’ and if the myriad Hold and Win clones, unleashed online, don’t deter us from playing even the originals? (Feel free to leave your comment on the topic under this article).
The technical aspects of Hit the Gold are – standard playing field of 5×3 with 25 paylines across. The betting range is between 25 cents and 60 CAD per spin, and the theoretical RTP is 95.66% (below the industry average).
This Medium Volatility game carries up to 2000x the bet the max win capacity via the Grand Jackpot in the Bonus feature. It has the same simple rules and straightforward gameplay as its sister slots.
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Bonus Features of Hit the Gold! Hold and Win slot
- Wilds – The old miner is Wild card in the game – top-value icon, providing only 12x the total bet for 5OAK. It substitutes for all standard icons and can come single, double or as a full reel (stacked).
- Free Spins – 3 Scatters (mineshaft/tunnel) worth just 1x the total bet, available on reels 2/3/4 only, will trigger the Bonus round. 8 (always) freebies are granted, and additional 8 FS are possible to be granted with 3 more Scatters. Inside the Bonus round, no cards will appear on the reels, and the Hold&Win feature is active.
- Bonus Game – Any 6 or more gold nuggets will trigger the feature.
You are granted 3 Re-spins, and your original gold nuggets are locked in their positions.
The number of Re-spins goes back to 3 if you land more gold nuggets.
2 types of symbols are only rolling during the Bonus.
- Regular gold nuggets – holding cash value between 1 and 16x-18x the total bet.
- Mystery dynamite tokens. They reveal different colour gems with inscription Mini/Minor/Major – granting respectively 20x/50x/150x the total bet Jackpot.
All awards (cash from nuggets or Jackpots) are summed at the end of the Bonus. More of the same Jackpots can be revealed during 1 Bonus (for example, 2 or 3 Mini Jackpots). The ultimate prize is the Grand Jackpot – worth 2000x the total bet. It will be awarded if all 15 positions on the grid are filled with various Bonus tokens.
Characteristics
- Provider – Booongo.
- Paylines – 25 (fixed).
- Volatility – average.
- The range of bets is 0.25-60 CAD.
- The playing field is 5×3.
- The maximum reward is 2000x the total bet.
- Bonuses – Free Spins from the Mine, respins with jackpots from the Gold Ingot.
- Return percentage (RTP) – 95.66%.
