The ‘new wave’ band, Spandau Ballet, and their single, ‘Gold’, was a big hit in the early 80s, and the song has been kept alive well into the 21st century by the demand from show business, movies and more. Big Time Gaming famously used this song as the soundtrack on their debut release,Gold, 10 years ago, and Gold Megaways is a pimped-up celebration of how the crafty Assuies got started in the iGaming industry.
A brand newWin Exchange™ featuremakes its debut in this release, allowing you to gamble mid-level payouts (20x to 70x) to win the bonus round. Larger payouts (above 70x) can be used to purchase the feature directly, and the free spins round comes with special Expand Symbols that can increase the grid sizeup to 6×10 with 1 million megaways. The20,200xpotential is solid as gold, and the96.42 %RTP makes for an above average math model.
Premiums pay between 2 and 100 times your stake for 6-oak, and each win triggers theReaction feature. The winning symbols are thus removed, and the gaps are filled by new or existing symbols that drop down from above. This process repeats indefinitely, until you hit a non-winning cascade.
TheGolden Briefcase Wildappears on reels 2 to 5 only, and the wild steps in for all regular symbols to help you complete winning combos. Sometimes the wild comes with ax3 multiplierattached, and each win is boosted by x3 per multiplier wild that’s involved in the combination.
There are3 ways to trigger the Bonus Round in Gold Megaways, and landing at least 3 BTG logo scatters anywhere on the same spin awards12 free spins. You get+4 extra spinson top of that for every extra triggering scatter above the minimum of 3.
You can also trigger the bonus round via theWin Exchange feature. When you land a payout worth at least 70x your stake, you can exchange 70x for free spins and save the rest. You can also exchange any win between 20x and 70x for agamble featurewhere you can win the bonus round. If you choose to gamble on thered/green segment bonus wheel, your chances are increased the larger the win you bet.
Another wheel will spin before the bonus round finally starts, and it gives you a starting number of Megaways between 14,000 and 117,649. You can land theExpanding Symbolson any reel during the feature, and these are replaced by 2 new symbols that increase the size of the involved reel or reels by+1 row.
You can getup to 10 rows per reelat the most via this mechanic, and this equals1 million win waysat maximum capacity. All wilds on 10-row reels land withx3 multipliersattached, and you get+8 extra spinsevery time a reel maxes out at 10 rows in height.
It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Big Time Gaming’s debut slot, Gold, but it’s the perfect occasion for a Megaways version indeed. With up to 1 million ways to win available, we were certainly eager to take this pimped up beauty for a ride. We’ve whipped together a brief and edited highlights video from our test session, as usual, and you can check it all out below by hitting the play button.
Make no mistake about it, Gold Megaways is a brutally volatile beast of a release, and winning enough in the base game (20x to 70x) to even be eligible for the Win Exchange feature does not happen very often. It’s probably a good idea to make the exchange when you have the chance though, as you will most likely need the bonus round to get anywhere close to the20,200xpotential.
It is theoretically possible to land payouts up to 16,400x the stake in the base game though, but you will most likely need a solid Megaways starting number in the free spins round to reach ‘escape velocity’. Maxing out as many reels with 10 rows as possible is essential, as this guarantees x3 multipliers on every wild that lands. The Spandau Ballet 80s hit, ‘Gold’, still sounds golden to our eardrums, and Gold Megaways is a worthy 10-years anniversary celebration.
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Gold- is about as bling as you can get, at least before the follow-up at hand, and it comes with the same nostalgic ‘new wave’ 80s hit song by Spandau Ballet. All base game wild wins are doubled, and you can get up to 180 free spins where all wins are tripled. This can lead to payouts up to 12,500x your stake.
Wheel of Fortune Megaways- is a popular installment in the branded BTG series, and it stays very true to the game show theme. You can get up to 1 million megaways in the bonus round also here, with up to 10 rows per reel. Instead of x3 multiplier wilds, you’ll benefit from wild megastacks that can lead to payouts up to 80,150x your stake.
The Ruby Megaways- is an iSoftBet release that combines the luxury wealth theme with a classic-looking fruit slot-inspired machine. You can look forward to cascading reels, mystery symbols and an unlimited win multiplier bonus round. A bonus buy feature is also included in eligible jurisdictions, and you can win up to 35,000x your stake.