Midas Touch

Midas Touch is a classic slot by Rival Gaming. Rival has a thing about producing three-reel slots more than virtually any other software provider out there, and they often get a lot more out of the games than players might expect. In this case, they focus on two main gameplay attributes during the main game instead of offering a bunch of bonus features, which is the path they often take instead. If you like getting all of your value from the main pay table, then you'll enjoy this game. If you prefer a lot of features, however, then you'll probably want to find something else to play.

Game Format

The format of this game fits that of many classic slot titles. It has three reels and three rows, and there are three paylines that extend horizontally across the reels. You'll need to bet with all three paylines activated, and this leads to bet sizes ranging from $0.03 to $15 per spin. These are based on coin sizes of $0.01 to $5, respectively. Because of the extremely low minimum bet size, this game would be a good choice for players who are on an extremely tight budget like penny players who like to make small deposits last as long as humanly possible.

Bet Size Issues

As you can see from the way the pay table is structured in this game, it's extremely important for you to always play with all three paylines activated. If you need to bet a smaller amount, then you should go with a smaller coin size instead. The reason for this is in the top jackpot. Betting one coin gives a top pay of 500x, and betting two coins gets a top prize of 1,000x. These are proportionate to each other because you're betting double to get a double-sized win. However, betting three coins pays 2,000x for the top prize instead, which is a 4x win for a 3x bet, and that clearly puts it in the player's favor.

The bottom line is that playing with three coins is what you need to do to maximize your return to player percentage.

Low Pays and Mixed Wins

The first thing we want to point out is that the volatility of this game is helped quite a bit by an increased hit-rate that comes from mixed-symbol wins. The pear, orange and watermelon are the lowest three paying symbols in the game. Three of the orange gets 18x, three of the pear gets 15x and three of the watermelon will give you a 21x win. However, if you get any three of them in any combination, then you'll be paid 3x as well. This is like getting your spin for free on top of any other wins you pick up on the other two paylines.

Midas Touch Wild Symbol

The story behind King Midas is that anything he touched turned to gold. The Midas Touch symbol does that in this slot by working as a wild symbol. It will turn into whichever symbol will give you the highest win on each payline. However, three of a kind of this symbol is also responsible for the highest win available in the whole game, and that's 2,000x if you have all three coins in play.

Other Wins

Three of the cherry symbol pays out a solid 150x. You can also win 120x with three of the plum. The lime symbol is good for a 75x win for five of a kind. Finally, five of the bunch of grapes will get you a 30x payout.

All of the payouts we have mentioned above are based on having all three coins bet in the game. If you have fewer, then your pays will be cut down proportionately for all wins except for the Midas Touch wild symbol jackpot, which will be cut down more than proportionately as we discussed above.

Overview

Some people are big fans of classic slots, and others don't care for them at all. With Rival Gaming's Midas Touch slot, the idea was to build a game with a good top jackpot and a reasonable volatility within a 3x3 format, and they've managed to do that. It doesn't have the big flash and features that you might be used to from other games, but if you're looking for a more straightforward experience, then it might be something worth checking out.