About California Gold
California Gold is a NextGen Gaming designed video slot, which takes its theme from the California gold rush of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The online video slot utilises moderately decent graphics and contains 5-reels and 20 paylines for you to play with. California Gold will permit players to wager a minimum of just 0.01 per line per spin. If you fancy spending a lot, the slot can cost you a maximum bet of 40.00 per spin. In exchange for your bets, you are able to win a non-progressive jackpot worth a total of 5,000 coins.
Special Features
California Gold does contain a wild icon. This wild icon is the mad miner. When the miner icon appears on the second, third or fourth reels, it will substitute itself for all other icons, with the exception, of course, being the scatter icon. The wild can also double up as a bonus icon in this game, but we’ll come to that in just a second. When a wild is used in a winning combination, the player will pick up double the normal amount of winnings.
The scatter icon in this video slot is a golden nugget. The scatter icon’s primary purpose is to award players with scattered wins of 2 coins, 5 coins, 15 coins or 100 coins, which they will pick up if they land 2, 3, 4 or 5 of them anywhere on the reels. The scatter icon can also trigger a free games bonus if three or more are located anywhere on the reels. In the free spins feature, the player will get to enjoy 10 free games, with all wins tripled. Free spins can be re-triggered during this game.
After any successful payline is won, the player may choose to gamble their winnings in a gamble feature. They will double or quadruple their winnings, if they guess the colour or suit of the next card, respectively. Your chances of success aren’t very high, so it is best to avoid this feature.
Bonus Feature
California Gold’s bonus round is known as the Mad Miner Bonus. The Mad Miner Bonus is triggered when the miner (wild icon), appears on the second, third and fourth reels at the same time. When it is triggered, the player is taken to a second screen where they can select a mine and collect nuggets to win prizes. The bonus round can also be triggered during the free spins feature.