Name: Mafia Gold
Item: Mafia Gold
Rating: 5.5
Author: Patrick Owen

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Provider	Play'n Go
Reels	6
Rows	4
Paylines	30
Bonus Rounds	1
Bet Range	0.10 - 50
Volatility	High
Max Win	6,000x
Bonus Buy	No
RTP	96.20%
Our Rating	5.5

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Game Overview

We’re heading to a bullet-ridden and crime-laden 1940s New York in Play’n Go’s latest slot release, Mafia Gold, a game that features a bunch of exciting features, superb visuals, and, of course, a mafia theme. You spin the reels amid Mafia warfare with hits, drive-by shootings, and Molotov Cocktail attacks, a common occurrence. Fortunately, you’re sat safely behind a screen while all this goes down on this 6×4 slot with 30 paylines, a 6,000x maximum win, and 96.20% RTP.

The Mafia Gold experience starts with a short intro clip, which Play’n Go often does for their slot games. That animated sequence details modern warfare sweeping throughout the streets of New York, although I doubt you could care less, as it’s the bonus features you’re more interested in. The helpful guy I am, I can help with those. First, there is a Feature Reel that delivers multipliers of up to 10x that apply to all winning combinations whenever a Gold Mafia symbol lines up with them. Furthermore, random features can add wild symbols to the reels and reward cash prizes, while the free spins bonus tasks you with filling a safe with cash, eliminating gang members, and eventually running off with what’s inside the safe.

If that sounds like the sort of features you enjoy, why not try them out for free on the Mafia Gold slot demo below? You’d be doing us a favour if you did!

Mafia Gold Slot Theme, Stakes, Pays & Symbols

Mafia Gold slot paytable

I’m not sure it’s a good thing, but it seems the Mafia and or Cartel are back in fashion. At least, it feels that way for me, seeing as this is the second similarly-themed slot I’ve reviewed in a matter of days. The other was BGaming’s Grand Patron, a 10,000x the stake max win slot with two horizontal reels that trigger modifiers such as wild transformations, re-spins, symbol removals, and win multipliers. So go check that out after today’s review if you’re feeling like a slot Don.

I’ll get into the features you can expect on Mafia Gold shortly, but before that, I want to tell you what payouts you can claim from the reels. The Gun Wild symbol, which also substitutes for regular symbols, is the joint best in terms of payouts, awarding 10x the stake for a 5-symbol combination, the same as the Mafia Boss symbol. The Turquoise Gang Member is next returning up to 8x, the Purple Gang Member is worth up to 6x, and the Green and Blue Gangsters both reward up to 5x. As for the lower pays, the Ace and King share a 4x max payout, the Queen and Jack both return up to 3x, and the Ten and Nine can pay up to 2x.

Last of all, we end with the bet selection. You can scroll through the staking options below the reels using the plus and minus buttons. The stakes range from a minimum of €0.10 per spin to a maximum of €50.00.

Mafia Gold Base Game & Modifiers

Mafia Gold slot base game

There are 6 reels and 4 rows on the Mafia Gold gaming grid, but only 5 of those reels spin in regular symbols. The sixth is a feature reel, something I’ll tell you more about shortly. As for the paylines, there are 30 in total, and lining up three or more matching symbols across one of those paylines rewards a payout as detailed in the paytable.

Feature Reel

The Feature Reel plays an important role across both game modes, the base game and free spins. It spins alongside the regular reels and delivers multiplier values between 2x and 10x during the base game. When a Gold Mafia symbol lines up with a multiplier, that multiplier applies to all winning combinations on the reels.

Drive By Wilds

Triggered randomly at the start of any spin, the Drive by Wilds feature involves a car driving past the reels with a Mobster hanging out of the window to throw a Molotov Cocktail. It adds up to 11 wild symbols to the reels in random positions.

Mystery Instant Wins

When you just miss out on the free spins bonus by landing two scatter symbols instead of the three you need, there is a chance you’ll receive a Mystery Win of between 5x and 20x the stake.

Mafia Gold Slot Bonus Features

Mafia Gold slot free spins feature

Play’n Go’s Mafia Gold has one main bonus round to trigger, and three scatters landing in the base game will reward you with 10 free spins, while four or five give you 15 or 20, respectively.

Free Spins Feature

During the bonus round, the Feature Reel can contain cash values between 1x and 10x the current stake, which are collected in a safe above the reel. You’re paid what’s in the safe at the end of the free spins bonus.

The Feature Reel can also reveal bullet symbols that fire at gang members whenever the Gold Mafia symbol lines up alongside them. Those Gang Members are displayed above the reels, and each requires 10 bullets to eliminate. Whenever a Gang Member is killed off, you receive an additional 5 free spins, and that symbol is upgraded to the top-paying regular symbol.

You receive 5 free spins in the Cash Hit Feature if all gang members are eliminated. During that feature, the total accumulated in the safe is now added to Safe symbols on the Feature Reel. You win those values anytime the Gold Mafia symbol lines up with them.

Pros

Superb presentation and theme.

Cons

Dead spins are far too common for my liking.

Mafia Gold Slot Review Final Thoughts

Play’n Go nailed Mafia Gold in terms of its presentation, and there are plenty of exciting bonus features to look forward to. However, due to its high variance, these features do not trigger nearly as much as you’d like. A good percentage of my spins were dead, and that just led to the experience becoming boring after a while.

5.5

Average

Author Bio

Article by Patrick Owen

8 Years Slots Playing Experience

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