Gimme Gold! Megaways

Join the rush for the precious metal and big wins on the slot from Inspired Gaming. Gimme Gold! Megaways will turn you into a prospector on a quest for gold across six dynamic reels with wild substitutions, mystery symbols and a free spins round with unlimited multipliers and retriggers that can lead to wins of up to 250,000 credits.

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Slot Details

Gimme Gold! Megaways is a cascading video slot with six reels, 2 to 7 rows and up to 117,649 ways to win using the trademarked BTG game engine (more to that shortly). Pays are awarded for two to six matching symbols landing on adjacent reels from left to right only. You can join the wacky prospector on desktop, mobile or tablet from 0.20 to 10 credits per spin (up to 20 credits based on operator choice). The game has high volatility with a below-average RTP of 95.50%.

The visuals match to a large part the cliché for slots with a gold-digging theme. You got the Western plains on a sunny day in the background, cactuses flanking the reels and a wooden frame for the giant Megaways game window. Not missing is a wacky prospector together with his tools and minecarts as well as the typical lively country soundtrack.

As usual for Megaways games, the pay symbols start at the low end with the card royals from 9 through to A in an ancient style, awarding 0.8x to 1.75x your bet for a single six of a kind. They are followed by shovels, pickaxes, minecarts and the wacky prospector himself. Hit six across the reels to win 2x to 50x your stake. An icon marked with the word itself is the wild symbol, appearing on the horizontal tracker only and substituting for all regular pay symbols. A wooden barrel acts as the scatter while a dynamite bundle is the mystery symbol.

Gimme Gold! Megaways Slot Features

To date, Inspired Gaming has made good use of its Megaways licence, releasing a handful of creations since its debut with Desperados Wilds Megaways in December 2019. To a large part, they actually cloned their own games as witnessed with the trio of Reel King titles. On this occasion, however, they took inspiration from other developers, mainly from Diamond Mine Megaways by Blueprint Gaming. The mechanics and features are all but identical were it not for the addition of the Fortun Bet option. Let’s take a closer look.

Megaways games have been around for some time now with most players being familiar with the reel and pay mechanics, but just in case you never tried one, here’s a rundown. At the start of a spin sequence, symbols cascade on to the reels according to the random selection of ways, ranging from 324 to 117,649. The engine allows anything from 2 to 7 symbols on reels two and seven as well as 1 to 6 symbols on reels two to five. In addition, you have a horizontal tracker above the centre reels where more symbols appear on every spin.

Wins are paid for two to six matching symbols landing on adjacent reels from left to right. All symbols in a combo will explode and start a chain reaction. New ones will then drop into the empty spaces, potentially starting a chain of reactive wins. The process keeps going as long as new winning combinations land after a cascade. All pays are accumulated and credited once a spin sequence ends.

The Mystery Symbols make a return on this slot. Dynamite bundles can land anywhere on any spin in the base game and free spins, including on the horizontal tracker. Once the reels come to a stop, all in view will explode and reveal a common pay symbol except scatters or wilds.

New on Gimme Gold! Megaways is the Fortune Bet option. You can activate it before the start of any spin the base game, which will increase your bet size by 50%, e.g. from 2 to 3 credits and triple your chances to trigger the Free Spins by adding more barrel scatters to the reel strips. Symbol payouts and RTP remain unchanged.

Having four barrel scatters in view by the time a spin sequence concludes will trigger 12 Free Spins with any extra scatter awarding +2 spins, up to a maximum of 80. During the feature, scatters appear in the horizontal tracker only, retriggering +5 or +10 free spins for three and four scatters respectively. The round is played in true Megaways fashion with the win multiplier starting at x1 and increasing by x1 after every winning cascade, no limits. The Mystery Symbols can also appear on any free spin.

Last but not least, should your balance drop below the current bet size but remains higher than zero, then the game will automatically offer you the Spin Chance. It gives you one chance to win one more spin at the current bet size. A pie chart indicates your odds to win the gamble. Click on PLAY to start the gamble and the marker will start spinning. It will be a winner if the marker ends in the green zone. You can always click on NO to return back to the game screen with the remaining balance.

Final Verdict

Inspired Gaming released some real Megaways blockbusters but this one isn’t one of them. Yes, you got the typical solid Megaways gameplay with ample win potential but it features nothing that we haven’t seen countless times before. Neither are the visuals or sounds on Gimme Gold! Megaways overly impressive. The big whopper, however, is the lower RTP setting which raises the question of why players should spin the reels on this one when they can do so on an identical game that features a higher RTP.

Gimme Gold! Megaways – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. What is the Return-To-Player percentage (RTP) on Gimme Gold! Megaways?

Inspired Gaming noted the RTP with 95.50% which is well below average of what we know from other Megaways games. Inspired's own creations have usually an RTP close to the 96% mark, e.g. Reel King Megaways has 96.23%. There is no logical reason to offer such a low RTP because identical games such as Diamond Mine Megaways from Blueprint Gaming features an RTP of 96.43%.

2. What is the advantage of using the Fortune Bet on Gimme Gold! Megaways?

There is only one advantage of using the Fortune Bet. It triples the chances of triggering the Free Spins by adding more scatters to the reel strips. However, while the bet size increases by 50%, the RTP value is not increased, thus, eliminating much of the advantage.

3. Where can I play Gimme Gold! Megaways?

In our casino reviews, we directly connect a developer to the sites where its games are available. You can find them by either clicking on the 'Bonuses' tab at the top of the review or visiting the Inspired Gaming page.

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