Gold Rally Jackpot Slot Review
- Gold Rally Jackpot Slot
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- Graphics:4.8
- Sounds:4.7
- Engagement:4.6
- Overall rating:4.7
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Gold is a quite common theme in online slots. One such slot themed around gold, in particular gold mining, is Gold Rally from Playtech software provider. The game represents three miners riding a wooden cart and entering a tunnel. One of them looks a bit scared, the other is cheering while the third gold miner is waving a pickaxe.
Digging for gold was quite a common practice in the Old West and the characters are all stereotypically represented. Furthermore, on the spinning reels there are a number of symbols all related to gold mining in this time so you will see dynamite, pickaxes etc.
Back to the slot itself, Gold Rally is one of the most popular progressive jackpot slots from Playtech. Unlike other Playtech’s progressives, this slot is a classic one and has 3 reels and 8 pay-lines. Feature-wise, it’s not that action-packed compared to other more advanced slots, but the progressive jackpot feature is surely tempting. Want to try the game right away? Simply click the ‘Play now’ button on the right! If you, on the other hand, want to learn more about the game, make sure you check out the rest of our review.
Overview of the Slot
At first glance, you will notice that the reels of the Gold Rally slot are set in a wooden frame on the left-hand side of the screen. On the right are the three miners entering the tunnel. The eight pay-lines of the slot are imaginative and give players the opportunity to make winning combinations of symbols vertically, horizontally and diagonally. As mentioned in the introduction, the symbols are related to gold mining and there are both low and high value icons. These include horseshoes, weighing scales, dynamite, a bag of gold, a gun, a pickaxe, a rail cart, a lantern and the GR icon representing the game’s logo.
| Gold Rally Jackpot – Important Info | ||||||
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Software: | Playtech | Double option: | no | ||
| RTP: | 96.67% | Mobile version: | yes | |||
| Progressive: | yes | Coin value: | 2 | |||
| Autoplay: | yes | Bet value: | 2 /; 16 per spin | |||
| Quick spin: | no | Max. bet: | 16 per spin | |||
| Reels: | 3 | Free spins: | yes | |||
| Paylines: | 8 | Bonus round: | yes | |||
To play the slot for real money, pick the number of pay-lines to play by selecting directly from the numbers next to the reels or by using the buttons Bet One or Bet Max. They are located bellow the reels. You can only win on an active line unless a scatter icon shows up. However, you will need at least five scatters to trigger a win. The most important feature about the slot is the progressive jackpot. The highest current payout produced by the slot’s jackpot is a total of $6,347,118 triggered by a lucky player in November 2013.
Paytable and Symbols
According to the pay table of Gold Rally, the lowest paying symbol is the horseshoes. One such symbol on an active pay-line, wins you 2 coins, while two horseshoes icons earn you 10 coins. You will get the same amount of coins if you land on three dynamite symbols on an active pay-line. Important to note is that the dynamite icon triggers the bonus round. Furthermore, three weighing scales icons on an active pay-line give you 20 coins, while three bags of gold icons win you 30 coins. Three rail charts give you 40 coins if three of them show up on an active line.
Furthermore, three guns give you 50 coins, whilst three lantern icons win you 75 coins. Up next is the pickaxe. Three of a kind wins you 100 coins. Three horseshoes symbols give you 200 coins, while the highest paying symbol, the GR logo, wins you 500 coins if three of them show up on an active pay-line. The slot doesn’t have a wild icon, but it does have a scatter symbol represented by the weighting scale. Five of a kind, win you 5x your bet, while six weighting scale symbols give you 10x your bet. For seven and eight you win 50x and 200x multipliers respectively.
Bonus Round and Progressive Jackpot
The slot doesn’t have many bonus features. In particular, it has a dynamite bonus round and, of course, a progressive jackpot feature. To trigger the bonus round you must land on four dynamite symbols in all four corners of the reels. Once activated, you will play a short bonus game where you have to pick items to explode and reveal the prize you will get. The prizes include free spins or cash. If you get free spins, they will start immediately after you have picked them.
The second important feature is the progressive jackpot whose value can go up to a few million dollars. It is activated by the weighting scale scatter symbol. You need to land on nine scatters covering all symbol positions on the reels to get the Big One. This might seem hard, but it’s definitely not impossible. As a rule of a thumb, you should always bet the maximum and play all pay-lines to get a better shot at the progressive. The jackpot seeds at $75,000 and the average win amount is around $900,000. The average time it takes to trigger this jackpot is six weeks and four days.
A Classic Slot with Classic Features
Gold Rally from Playtech is a simple three reel slot with a few added extras that would perhaps be appealing to the fans of the classic one-armed slot machines as well as to slot players who enjoy playing bonus features. Overall, the slot is not flashy, but the progressive jackpot is definitely a big draw for many players considering its payout history. It can go up to a few million dollars so it’s definitely live changing. One again, for more chances at the Big One, bet the maximum and play all pay-lines.
If you want to play other progressives from Playtech software, I highly recommend the Beach Life Jackpot slot. This slot machine is more advanced and has 5 reels. In particular, besides the big progressive jackpot pool, it comes with three important and generous bonus symbols and a bonus round where you choose from several items to reveal a prize.