Free slot: The Hand of Midas

How The Hand of Midas works

The Hand of Midas slot machine was created by provider Pragmatic Play and deployed in online casinos on February 11, 2021. Midas was a wealthy ruler, especially gold. He then asked the god Dionysus, in exchange for his adoptive father Silenus, to obtain the power to change everything he touched into gold. This power made Midas happy at first but it soon became an ordeal for the sovereign who even changed food into gold. He then plunged into the river of gold, taking this power away from him but filling the river with a phenomenal amount of gold. Follow in Midas' footsteps to recover some of his lost wealth and heritage.

The Hand of Midas is a slot machine with a 3x5 pattern and filled with symbols that connect left to right in relation to a pay line pattern.

With an RTP of 96.54 % and high volatility, you can win up to 5 000 times your bet.

The different symbols in The Hand of Midas

Different types of symbols are available on The Hand of Midas :

• Minor symbols: They are represented by the 10, the jack, the queen, the king and the ace. They pay differently depending on their rarity.

• Major symbols: They are represented by the wine cup, the fruit basket, the chest, the Midas' daughter turned to gold, Dionysus, and Midas. They pay differently according to their rarity.

• Wild symbol: It is represented by a golden W, it can replace any of the symbols shown above and can only land on rolls 2, 3, and 4. The wild symbol can also land with an x2 or x3 multiplier increasing the overall payout multiplier.

• Scatter Symbol: It is represented by the Midas hand and allows a minimum of three players to trigger the bonus game.

The different connections in The Hand of Midas

On The Hand of Midas, connections are made from left to right with a minimum of three symbols on the first three reels. The connections follow a pattern of 20 specific pay lines.

To increase the chances of getting the bonus game on The Hand of Midas, you can add 25% of your initial bet by clicking on the button to the left of the slot machine. This feature doubles the chances of getting scatter symbols because there are more scatter symbols on the reels.

How The Hand of Midas Bonus Works

The Hand of Midas bonus game is launched when you get at least three scatter symbols in a single round of play. When the bonus game, depending on how many scatter symbols you get, each symbol location is changed into a roulette wheel giving between one and three free spins. In addition, depending on the number of scatter symbols obtained, a minimum payout will be required before exiting the bonus game. If this minimum win is not reached, more free spins are awarded to you with the same roulette system as at the start of the bonus game but with one roulette wheel per scatter symbol obtained at the start of the bonus game.

• 3 Scatter Symbols: Up to 27 free spins on launch and a minimum payout of x10 the initial bet.

• 4 scatter symbols: Up to 36 free spins on launch and a minimum payout of x20 the initial bet.

• 5 Scatter Symbols: Up to 45 free spins at launch and a minimum payout of x30 the initial bet.

The principle of the bonus game is based on wilds symbols. As soon as a wild symbol lands on one of the center reels, it is locked and increases the overall winnings multiplier until the end of the bonus game.

It is possible to purchase the bonus game at The Hand of Midas. Three different purchases are possible, increasing the potential of your bonus:

• 3 Scatter Symbols: 100 times the original bet amount

• 4 scatter symbols: 200 times the original bet amount

• 5 scatter symbols: 300 times the original bet amount

The number of free spins awarded remains the same as for a bonus obtained by spinning The Hand of Midas slot machine, as well as its minimum payout.

Our opinion on The Hand of Midas

The Hand of Midas slot machine is once again a very good game created by the supplier Pragmatic Play. Thanks to the interesting features and a well-established atmosphere, you can immerse yourself in the world of Midas: surrounded by gold that makes your head spin. The theme of The Hand of Midas is very well respected and plunges us into a journey full of richness as well as history.

The full potential of The Hand of Midas can be found, as we can imagine, in its bonus game, which could be more interesting than an x5000 because of the feature that locks the wilds symbols and increases its payout multiplier.

In addition, what we can only applaud is the freedom given to players to purchase the bonus game and increase the wager to get the bonus game more easily.

Although the potential could have been higher, thanks to its features and freedom of choice, The Hand of Midas is for us a new and successful title in the making from Pragmatic Play.