Hit the Gold! Review
One more title to complement the Hold and Win series from 3 Oaks is Hit the Gold slot, packed with gold, shiny gemstones, and massive payouts up to 2,000x the bet. Here, we are taken to the deep mines of California in search of precious gold to trigger the streak-style respins bonus and win one of the four jackpot prizes.
Hit the Gold takes place underground, and despite a rather common theme, the slot looks pretty charming. The studio has done a great job on the visuals, and Hit the Gold sports high-end cartoonish graphics and smooth animations. In addition to this, a jolly soundtrack immerses you into the action and adds a final touch to the general ambiance. Anyway, dominating the view is a standard 5×3 reel set producing 25 ways to play on each spin, where different symbols of gold, gems, and others appear.
Hit the Gold Slot – Reel Screen
Three or more matching symbols landing adjacently on the reels starting from the leftmost create a winning combination. The symbol collection is made up of 8 regular symbols that are split into highs and lows. On the lower side, we see classic A-J royals that pay 2x your bet for 5-of-kind wins, and the premium lot includes in ascending order pickaxes, bowls, bags, and a dog, worth from 4x to 10x the stake. The miner is worth the most among the symbols, paying 12x the bet for combinations of five. It’s also a Wild, which acts as a substitute for regular symbols to help you score wins.
To start playing, you need to set a bet from €0.25 to €60 per spin, so there are plenty of options to choose from. Hit the Gold slot is powered by a medium volatile math model, so wins should occur fairly often. However, the payback is slightly lower than average and clocks in at 95.66%. As for the max win, players can hope for payouts up to 2,000x the stake, achievable during the features, covered below.
Hit the Gold Slot Features
Players have better winning opportunities during the Free Spins feature played with special reels. Landing 3 Scatters on the reels 2, 3, and 4 during the base game activates 8 Free Spins, and landing 3 more Scatters during the feature gives +8 extra spins. During the free games, only high symbols are present on the reels, while the lows are omitted.
Keep an eye on Gold symbols that can appear anywhere on the reels during both the base game and free spins, as landing 6 or more simultaneously in view activates the Hold and Win bonus. Players receive 3 respins to start with and proceed to special reels consisting only of bonus symbols that land with a random cash value from 1x to 16x the bet.
Hit the Gold Slot – Hold and Win bonus
The triggering symbols lock in place for the duration of the bonus, and when a new gold symbol appears, it also locks on the reels, as well as resets the respins counter back to 3. During the bonus, one of the jackpot symbols can randomly appear on the reels to award a fixed cash prize:
- Mini Jackpot – 20x the bet.
- Mini Jackpot – 50x the bet.
- Mini Jackpot – 150x the bet.
In addition to this, a mystery Dynamite can appear on the reels to reveal one of the above-mentioned jackpot prizes at the end of the feature. Finally, filling the entire reels with bonus symbols awards a Grand Jackpot prize of 2,000x the bet.
Review Summary
In conclusion, Hit the Hold is a fun slot packed with exciting features providing enough entertainment to be worth your time. More than that, the game can pay you up to 2,000x your stake. Although it’s not a deal-breaking amount, it’s certainly decent given the medium rating of the game’s volatility. All up, Hit the Gold is definitely worth a spin if you’re into the mining theme.
Pros
- Lovely cartoonish graphics
- Free Spins with no low symbols
- Respins bonus with 4 different jackpots
- Wins up to 2,000x the bet
Cons
- Lower-than-average RTP
