Gold Mania

Gold Mania Slot Description

The game pattern of Gold Mania does not present any particular peculiarities. In fact, it is a solid 5×3 with 10 paylines describing themselves from left to right. The background of the reels is the mine, with wooden trusses in plain view and a cart filled with stones mixed with gold nuggets. On the left side of the reels you find the Buy Free Spins button.

On the right side are the spin, autospin and bet buttons instead. The spin and bet button coincide: in fact, by holding it down, you can choose between the possibilities offered to you. As a basic bet you can choose between 10, 20, 50, 100 or 200. As for the autoplay, on the other hand, you can choose whether to let it proceed for 15, 50 or 100 spins.

You can choose one of 3 options of the Free Spins round.

Paytable of Gold Mania

The basic paytable of Gold Mania is rather simple and is divided between low-pay and high-pay symbols. There are four low-pay symbols and they are the most traditional slot machine symbols, namely the letters of the playing cards. They are the Q, J, K and A, and they are drawn as if they were carved out of wood. Going up, we find five more symbols that gradually pay more. First there is the lantern, then there are the dynamite sticks and the kerosene bottle. The high-paying symbols are the newspaper reporting the news of the discovery of the gold lode, while the symbol that pays more than all the others overall is the cart full of nuggets. Each of these symbols returns a win if it is repeated on the reels 3 to 5 times.

Additional Symbols

Let us now move on to describe the special symbols, of which there are three. The Wild is our miner friend, with eyes that sparkle as he looks at his nugget. It counts as the Wild and substitutes for all other symbols, but as we shall see, it is also the protagonist of the Free Spins. Free Spins that are triggered by the Scatter symbol, the golden nugget. The last special symbol is a particular nugget, reddish in color, on which LVL UP is written. Let’s find out what it is used for!

Gold Mania features, including free spins and multipliers

The special feature of Gold Mania is therefore those of Free Spins, which is one of the most classic features of slot machines but in this case has very special characteristics. It has in fact 3 levels. On the first level, its unfolding is the classic one. The second level, on the other hand, has at each spin variable multipliers from x1 to x5, and the third level has variable multipliers from x1 to x10. For each level the player can choose from three different types of Free Spins, which have a different degree of volatility. You can opt for 10 Free Spins and the presence of the Sticky Wild: the Wild symbol stays in the place where it appears until the feature ends.

Gold Mania vs. 3 other slots with Mining thematics

The second type of Free Spins provides only 8 free spins, but the Sticky Wilds also have in addition multipliers that can be worth x2, x3 or even x4. The third type is undoubtedly the greediest. The free spins are unlimited, potentially: in fact, they continue as long as there is at least one Wild in play. The Wilds at this level are not Sticky, but slide down one position with each spin. This type of Free Spins has the highest volatility. Each win is multiplied by 3. At the first and second level of the Free Spins the LVL UP nugget may appear, which really stands for level up. In fact it takes the player to the next level (that’s why at the third level the nugget does not appear) and adds more multipliers up to x10.

Concluding Judgment

At first glance, Gold Mania might seem to be a slot machine with no particular points of interest. In fact, it has a classic layout and 10 paylines, like more traditional slot machines. You only need to get into the gameplay a little bit, however, to discover instead how this is a real gambler’s slot, given the high degree of customization you are allowed with the Free Spins feature. Find out how much fun you can have playing this Gamzix title by trying the Demo on this page. You can play it from a desktop computer as well as a smartphone or tablet.