Gold Digger Megaways Slot Review

Gold Digger Megaways Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Gold Digger Megaways slot uses the Megaways mechanic which is licensed by Big Time Gaming. With 6 reels, every reel will contain between 2 and 7 symbols each. The more symbols per reel, the more ways to win or Megaways. If all reels have 6 symbols each, you’ll play with 117,649 Megaways/ways to win.

Wins are awarded by landing 3+ matching symbols from left to right on adjacent reels beginning from reel 1. This means 3 or more identical symbols on successive reels will result in a winning combination.

Playable from 20p to £30 a spin, there’s a casino chip icon in the bottom right-hand corner (on the desktop version). This will allow you to increase or decrease your stake accordingly. If you click on the Bet, the amount will displayed in coins (or vice-versa). You can get up to £20 a spin but the Gold Bet increases that by 50% (more details below). Outside of the UK, there’s an Auto Spins facility and Turbo Mode.

The Gold Digger Megaways RTP is 95.97% which is marginally below the 96% average. The volatility is in the medium to high bracket. The hit frequency rate is 25% meaning a quarter of spins will give you a winning outcome. The max win is significantly higher than the original game with 28,821 x stake max wins available.

Theme – join Gold Diggin’ Gus on a quest for more riches

With a mining theme, the Gold Digger Megaways slot is the Megaways version of Gold Digger. You join the lucky prospector, Gold Diggin’ Gus, down the mine shaft in search for gold. With very similar graphics to the original game, you’ll see Gus perched to the left of the reels. The banjo-style soundtrack makes it a lot more fun than Discovery’s Gold Rush TV series.

Symbols on the reels include A, K, Q and J royals. The higher value symbols include lanterns, pick axes, mining carts full of gold and prospector Gus. Gus is the highest value symbol with 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination paying 0.1, 0.5, 1.5, 5 or 25 x your total stake.

There’s a dynamite wild symbol that substitutes for any symbols except the golden nugget. The wilds only appear on the top row. The golden nugget is the scatter.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.25, 0.4 or 0.5 x stake
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.25, 0.5 or 0.6 x stake
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.6 or 0.75 x stake
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.6 or 0.75 x stake
Lantern	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 or 1.5 x stake
Pick Axe	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.25, 0.6, 1 or 1.75 x stake
Mining Cart	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 1, 2.5 or 5 x stake
Prospector Gus	2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.5, 1.5, 5 or 25 x stake
Dynamite Wild	Substitutes for symbols above + appears only on top row
Golden Nugget Scatter	5+ triggers Gold Hold & Win Respins feature
Mystery TNT	Only appears during Mystery Blast feature

Gold Digger Megaways Mobile

Produced by iSoftBet with HTML5 technology, Gold Digger Megaways is available to play on multiple devices. This includes mobiles, tablets, laptops and PCs that use iOS, Android, Windows and MAC operating systems. The game is best played in landscape mode with a PC or laptop my personal choice due to the shape-shifting mechanic.

Gold Digger Megaways Bonus Features

The Gold Digger Megaways slot comes with a whopping 9 bonus features. There are cascading wins, 4 random base game features and respins. The latter has lots of little modifiers like increasing multipliers, extra lives and more spaces.

Gold Bet feature

At the top of the screen you will see the Gold Bet feature. Enabling this will cost 50% more per spin. This means the minimum stake per spin will be 30p and maximum £30. For this extra investment, you will play with a minimum of 10,000 Megaways per spin.

Cascading Wins feature

Like with plenty of Megaways slots, there’s a Cascading Wins feature. This comes into play when you get a winning combination. The contributing symbols are removed with new symbols replacing them. If you get a win, the process is repeated until no new wins are formed. In other games, this is known as a Reactions or Avalanche feature.

Mining Modifier features

On any base game spin, a Mining Modifier feature can be activated randomly. With only 1 modifier triggering on each spin, here’s what they award you with:

Gold Hold & Win Respins feature

The Gold Hold & Win Respins feature is triggered by landing 5 or more golden nugget scatters anywhere on the reels. With 3 respins awarded, each triggering gold nugget will display a cash multiplier prize up to 20 x stake.

New golden nuggets will also display cash prizes and reset the number of respins to 3. You can also land Mini, Major and Mega golden nuggets which are worth 25, 50 and 100 x stake respectively.

On the reels, Reel Booster Gems can also land. Land a booster on a reel to trigger a boost:

Lastly, there’s a Boomer’s Boost feature. Gus’ dog Boomer can randomly be called and add extra nuggets or boosters. This will award more respins or increase your win potential. Once you run out of respins, your total winnings will be awarded.

One more thing. For non UK players, there’s a Bonus Buy feature. This gives you access to the Gold Hold & Win Respins feature for 75 x your total stake. The RTP also increases up to 96.86%.

Gold Digger Megaways Review Summary – much better than the original

The original game was 1 of iSoftBet’s most popular titles for years so it made perfect sense to create the Gold Digger Megaways slot. The gameplay is very similar to the original with random base game features and respins with boosters.

The Megaways version has a few added extras likes Max Megaways and cascading wins. The most noticeable difference is the max win potential. With 28,821 x stake wins possible, the original can pay up to 8,230 x stake. That’s significantly more. It will take approximately 197 spins on average to trigger the respins game so sit tight.

In summary, Gold Digger Megaways is a worthy sequel with better graphics, more bonus features, much larger win potential and the introduction of Gus’ dog Boomer.

As far as Megaways slots go, it doesn’t offer anything innovative. Whilst the mining theme is popular, you can find some of the best slots online with a similar feel. Games like Bonanza Megaways (Big Time Gaming), Fire in the Hole (Nolimit City) and Mega Mine (Relax Gaming) are highly recommended.