Gameplay, RTP, and Variance
Fortune Factory Studios’ money-themed Gold Blitz plays out on a 6-reel, 4-row game grid, which offers an incredible 4,096 ways to win. The 9-A cards act as the slot’s lowest paying symbols, with payouts maxing out at 75x the bet for landing six Aces. Higher payouts come courtesy of golden horseshoes, bells, coins, gold bars and dollar signs, with six of the latter in combination paying out at 250x the bet.
Wild symbols help you along the way, appearing on reels 2-6 in the base game and substituting for all symbols but Scatter, Cash, Jackpot and Collect. The Cash awards show up as gleaming symbols with random awards worth up to 20x the bet. They appear on any of the base game reels and are collected when the game’s lightning bolt Collect symbol shows up on reel 1 or 6. The biggest prizes in the base game come courtesy of collecting three Jackpot symbols. There are three different jackpots: a Mini, a Major and a Mega, paying out 25x, 250x and 2,500x.
Gold Blitz features an RTP of 96%, though can also show up at 92%. At the published 96%, you can expect to receive £96 back for every £100 you wager on the game over time, though the slot’s volatility, which determines the size and frequency of wins, may prove a more important consideration in the short term. Gold Blitz is a high volatility slot, so offers larger wins less frequently. This makes a bigger bankroll able to roll with the dry spells a handy thing to have.