Mafia Gold is Play’n GO’s mafia themed slot set in the 20th century. Reminds us of a bit of the golden days of mobster movies, to be honest, which is a good enough reason to give the game a try. When you load the Play’n GO slot, you are faced with a 6×4 grid (one reel is special) and 30 paylines. If you decide to play, you should place a wager and wait for the reels to start spinning. The game’s best-selling points are the looks (imagery is good) and the max payout of 6,000x the stake.
Special features in Mafia Gold start off with the special reel that houses Multipliers, cash prizes, and bullets. Depending on the type of round you’re playing – either base game or free spins – you will collect something on the reel to use on the rest of the grid. You also have Wilds, Multipliers, Scatters, and Free Spins. Free Spins are the main game feature, but the gang member eliminations give the game an extra flair that continues into the Cash Hit feature.
Features aside, Mafia Gold has an okay technical setup that might speak to high rollers and medium rollers. Gameplay is highly volatile with a 96.20% RTP, but you can encounter 4 other RTP variants so be careful. Bets start at $0.10, which is good – and they go up to $50 per spin. You can play for real money and for free (not everywhere though) so be sure to enjoy that. Finally, Mafia Gold has a 6,000x maximum win capacity. All this means the game is a good one – but does it have what it takes to become an instant classic mobster slot? Let’s see.
SHOW MORESHOW MORESHOW LESSMafia Gold, Play’n GO’s latest mobster slot, is a 5×4 slot with a special reel (so we can call it a 6×4 slot, too) that offers 30 ways to win. Thematically, the game follows the story of a gang and its leader set in the first half of the 20th century. So, think mobster movies par excellence, wild car chases, guns, and lots of blood everywhere. In truth, the game is not that gory or detail oriented. Sure, it’s a nice vibe, there’s cute imagery and visuals, so we except it to attract the attention of a large part of the fanbase. But will it have what it takes to keep them coming for more? Remains to be seen.
Visuals aside, behind the scenes reveals a highly volatile gameplay with 5 different RTP configurations. The 96.20%, the industry default, is Mafia Gold’s peak. Upon loading the game, players are given a chance to pick a betting amount suitable for the $0.10-$50 betting range. That’s a solid range, if a bit limited. Still, the game has a 6,000x win capacity. However, to get the max payout, you need to activate all game features. If you don’t have that, you will rely on the standard icon payouts which go from 2x to 4x for low-rank and 5x to 10x for high-rank symbols. Special symbols include Wilds, Scatters, bullets, and several other cool tiles.
Mafia Gold has the following features: Win Multipliers, Drive by Wilds, Mystery Instant Wins, Free Spins, Free Spins Bullets and Safe, Cash Hit Triggers and Feature, Scatters and Wilds.
Before you start playing, you should know that the game has 5 regular reels as well as one special reel. That special reel contains Multipliers (in the base game) and Bullets (in Free Spins). During base game spins, the special reel displays either blank spaces or Multipliers valued from 2x to 10x. To get the Multiplier to activate, you need to line up a Mafia Gold symbol on the same row. All payouts going through the line will receive the corresponding Multiplier value. This happens in base game only – in Free Spins, the reel serves a different purpose.
This is a random feature that can happen only during base game spins. Whenever it triggers, Wilds are added to the grid – from 1 to 11 Wilds are randomly placed on the grid.
If you get Scatters on the grid but not enough of them to trigger Free Spins, you might get a consolation prize in the shape of Mystery Instant Win. This is an instant win that appears on one or more Scatters. The value is a mystery until you hit it, and it can be anything from 5x to 20x the bet.
The main game feature in Mafia Gold, Free Spins start with 3, 4, or 5 Scatters, as you get 10, 15, or 20 Spins, respectively. During the gratis spins, the grid looks a little bit different than in the base game. First, you have cash values on the special reel. All of these values that land (they can be from 1x to 10x) are collected and placed in a safe. The safe’s contents are paid out at the end of the feature.
Another thing that can appear in the special reel is bullets. If you line up a Mafia Gold symbol on the same line, the bullet is fired – at a random gang member displayed above the grid. You need 10 bullets per gang member to eliminate them. As you eliminate each gang member, they are replaced by the highest-paying icon on the grid, meaning all instances of said gang member are now going to appear as the top paying symbol. When you successfully eliminate all gang members, you get +5 Spins, and unlock the cash Hit feature.
Cash Hit feature serves one purpose and that is to increase your loot at the end of the feature after you’ve successfully eliminated all gang members and replaced them with the capo. Now, during Cash Hit, the special reel is filled with the safe symbol. The value of the safe is the one you’ve previously accumulated. You need to line a Mafia Gold symbol with the safe on a line to get the win.
Mafia Gold is the upcoming online slot from Play’n GO that comes with 6 reels, 30 paylines, and 6,000x payouts. It’s mafia themed, and Play’n GO chose to go back in time to relive the glory days of organized crime – the first half of the 20th century. Was the attempt successful? Yes and no.
We did enjoy the visuals of the game, but for a time only; features were not captivating enough to keep us occupied for more than a few sessions. Still, it’s a decent release (if you are a mafia fan and missed having mobsters onscreen). The biggest selling point for the game is the use of several fun features, as well as the fact that it can pay up to 6,000x the stake. It’s highly volatile, so keep your wits about you when you start gambling in Mafia Gold.
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