Gold King

The story of King Midas is about a man who wanted to be able to have everything he touched turn to gold. Unfortunately, he didn't think his decision through, and that led him to accidentally killing his daughter. Oops. In the Gold King slot, available at Play'n Go casinos, they skipped over the morbid details and got straight down to the piles of gold aspect of the game. The key to the gameplay here is stacked symbols and the different ways they have been used to give you lots of opportunities to get paid in a big way.

Slot Format

The layout here is really easy to get used to because it has five reels and three horizontal rows. There are 20 paylines that are static as well, and you won't be able to change how many lines you're playing with as a result. A lot of different betting options are available with total bet sizes ranging from $0.20 to $100 per spin. You will just need to pick out the total bet size you want, and you will not have to worry about things like the prices of different coins or how many coins are on a payline. It's all been simplified to make the betting a lot less complicated than what many other games have available.

Super Stacked Symbols

This game is all about giving players better chances to hit multi-line wins on any given spin. As such, each betting round will have one symbol chosen at random that's turned into a super stacked symbol. This symbol will have 12 consecutive spaces on a reel, which means it's much more likely for it to cover an entire reel when it does show up. Get a few of these in a row, and you're in for some major league payouts by getting the same wins several times over.

Golden Rose Wild Symbol

The rose is the wild symbol in this game, and you can see that it has been turned into gold by Midas' touch. Five of a kind gives you a win of 125x, and it drops down to 12.5x for four. Three of this symbol on a payline is worth 2.5x as well, and you can even get a 0.50x win for two of a kind on a line. These wild payouts are pretty good considering they are multiplied by your entire bet, and if you want to know what the equivalent size would be with a line bet wager payout, multiply them by 20 (eg: five wilds would give you 125 x 20 = 2,500x as a line bet win).

Golden Random Spins

In regular gameplay, you can trigger the Golden Spin feature at random on any given spin. This will give you the first, third and fifth reels completely full of the same symbol, and that means you'll only need to line up a matching symbol on the second reel for three-of-a-kind pays, and if that's paired with a matching symbol on the fourth reel, you can get five-of-a-kind pays. It makes it really easy to get multi-line wins with this feature.

Super Spins Feature

Get three of the King Midas scatter symbol to trigger the free spins feature. In this feature, you can add more free spins for any number of scatters on the reels (even one), which makes it easier to continue the feature. The wild appears stacked six or seven high in this feature, and the top-level symbols expand to cover the entire reel when they land. The card rank symbols even appear in stacks of eight to make multi-line payouts even more likely.

Key Prizes and Combinations

The golden crown pays 25x for five on a line. Five of the purple broach or five of the gold bars pay 18.75x and 12.5x for five, respectively. Like the wild, these three symbols pay for just two of a kind or more.

The A and K both give you a 5x win for five. If you line up five of the Q symbol, your payout is 3.75x. Finally, a prize of 2.5x is yours for five of the J or 10 symbols.

Overview

The Gold King slot by Play'n Go does a lot right in terms of creating a specific style of gameplay. The gameplay approach they have went with is based on the concept of the game as a whole, and that puts players in a position to get paid with several wins on individual spins. However, this does increase the volatility of the game a bit, so you'll want to take it easy when picking out a bet size as a result.