California Gold Slot Review

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Is this slot worth its weight in gold?

With a wacky gold digging theme, this California Gold slot machine aims to entertain as you try and uncover cash prizes.

At first glance, as you opened up this NextGen video slot, you might initially get it confused with the incredibly similar Where’s the Gold, Aristocrat machine.

Unless, of course, you don’t have a photographic memory of each and every casino video slot ever created.

Still, we suppose, this isn’t the most unique of themes. Both slot games are based around a crazy mad miner who looks like he has been searching for the gold on these reels for a long, long, time.

That said, this California Gold slot has the better graphics, game play, and includes two bonus features to keep the action coming.

What you’ll find here are 5 reels, 20 pay lines filled with dynamite, gold pans, maps, lanterns, barrels, pick axes, and an overloaded and overworked donkeys (what a good theme without a little cartoon animal cruelty, after all?), and the shaft to the hopefully prosperous gold mine.

Oh yeah and that crazy miner with his golden nugget is the wild symbol. He appears only on reel 2, 3 and 4 and substitutes for all other symbols except the scattered gold symbol. More importantly, he comes with a 2x multiplier on any win, which is always welcomed.

Who’s this NextGen slot machine for?

With a minimum bet of 0.20 up to 40.00 per spin this is one NextGen game that appeals more towards the gamblers with conservative budgets.

If you are looking for high limit slot machines though, we’d recommend you check out Great Blue from Playtech or Prowling Panther from IGT.

Casual gamblers will love this medium variance slot that has a decent RTP of 95.199% – not as high as the likes of the Jack & The Beanstalk slot, but still very good in comparison to so many other video slots online.

What this means for you is that you’ll find some regular wins, especially with the help of the two bonus features, that give you a little cash top up and the hope at some bigger wins along the way.

Pick a route and pray for gold

The first of the two California Gold slot bonus games is the aptly named Mad Miner Bonus.

This is where you find three of the crazy looking miner wild symbols on reel 2, 3 and 4, and you’ll then get to send him on a hunt for gold.

He’ll hurtle down the track through the mine shaft grabbing at the golden nuggets with cash prizes stamped on them.

At the end of his ride the total of cash is totalled up and you win that amount. On average we’ve found it to be about 10x our bet, which helps top up the bankroll, rather than help us retire early.

Win 10 free spins with 3x multipliers

The second bonus game is the one where you are more likely to win the bigger prizes, upwards of 30x your bet.

These wins aren’t going to be as huge as what you might find in the far more volatile 300 shields slot, but still very much welcomed and, to be honest, show up more often than in the Spartan game.

Simply find 3 or more golden nugget scatter symbols anywhere on the five reels, and you’ll win 10 free games.

And on each spin any win you find will be tripled leading to some decent rewards, especially if you mange to get some wins with those doubling wilds as well.

Another great thing is that you can re-trigger this bonus, over and over, by finding more of the golden nuggets during your free games.

Why play California Gold online?

The crazy gold chasing slot theme is one we’ve seen time and time again from different slots providers.

And whilst this NextGen slot is perhaps a little dated compared to some of the more recent video slots that have been released, it’s not without nuggets of brilliance.

At it’s heart, the game play is good fun. The graphics and animations hold up well and the two bonus features hit regularly enough to join the smaller base game wins in topping up your balance.

Given the fact that the betting range starts at 0.20 per spin, casino players with smaller budget will no doubt be able to enjoy what is ultimately an amusing video slot that entertains, even if the big golden nuggets are hidden fairly deep down this mineshaft.

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