Gold Rush Slot Review

How To Play Gold Rush Mobile Slot

This Gold Rush mobile slot by Pragmatic Play is a strange beast that keeps the focus on just one symbol.

We must warn you; if you don’t want ‘Oh my darling Clementine’ to follow you around for the rest of the day, we recommend you play without the sound.

But, it has to be said, the banjo tune with the sounds of banging and mining does give this an authentic feel.

The symbols, however, are generic Gold Mining slot symbols we’ve seen elsewhere, much like their Christmas slot Santa.

Only one symbol matters: the old prospector

Technically, you can get some pretty good wins with the Gold cart or the mule symbol, but whenever you see any ‘big wins’ flash on your screen, 90% of the time, it’s due to that symbol.

In fact, it seems like that’s all that matters to this Gold Rush slot; keeping that old man happy keeps you happy.

The dynamite symbols also come in handy, to be fair, as the wild symbol creates multiple wins over these 25 paylines.

That doesn’t change in the free spins bonus

During the free spin bonus game, the old Prospector becomes king of the reels.

Once triggered, you get 7 extra of those symbols on the Gold Rush reels, and that’s only in level 1.

If you collect enough gold nugget symbols, you can go all the way to level 4, where 29 extra old men litter the game.

The reality, however, is that you rarely get much further than level one or two of this mine. But as a high volatility video slot, we’d expect no less.

This Gold Rush slot shouldn’t, but it does work

Strangely, considering your eyes are following one creepy old man all the time, you’d think we wouldn’t have enjoyed this Gold Rush game.

However, that old man can quickly become your best friend, especially when you rarely play only 10 free spins, but more like 20 on average, as they are so easy to re-trigger.

We’ve had some great wins in the base game and the free spins to make us known that ‘there be gold up in them hills’.

However, if you don’t like the hard work and want something a little easier going, 7 Monkeys slot might be more up your street.

Related: Try more Mining-themed slots – read our exciting Fire In The Hole 2 review from NoLimit City and Diamond Mine 2 Megaways review from Blueprint Gaming

Gold Rush Slot Stats

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Gold Rush Bonus Features

Wilds: The Dynamite is the wild symbol and replaces all other symbols on the screen except the scatter and the golden nugget.

Scatter and Free Spins: 3 Mineshaft scatter symbols anywhere on the reels will trigger 10 free spins.

However, this is a multi-level free spin round, where the more golden nugget symbols you collect, the deeper down the mine you'll go and the more gold you'll find.

And by gold, we actually mean prospector, as you get more and more of the highest paying symbol on the five reels and more wild symbols.

• Level 1: 7 extra Prospector symbols
• Level 2 (collect 5 nuggets): 16 extra Prospector symbols
• Level 3 (collect 10 nuggets): 21 extra Prospector symbols
• Level 4 (collect 15 nuggets): 29 extra Prospector symbols

And whilst you might think that it's impossible to get 15 golden nuggets on just 10 Gold Rush free spins... you'd be right.

However, just one scatter on the screen will give you an extra +2 free bonus games, and they show up often.

We've played as many as 28 free spins on a good round, although around 15 to 20 is more likely.