Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win Slot Review

Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win - Slot Overview

As someone who spends a lot of time on mythology slots, Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win grabbed me straight away. Medusa sits above a 5x3 grid with 20 paylines, glaring down while I spin from 0.20 up to 20 per spin. The whole thing plays out in a temple or arena filled with snake covered pillars, dark stone and glowing highlights, backed by tense, dramatic music.

Straight off, Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win feels like iSoftBet going back to an old favourite mechanic but pushing it harder with a Mega Hold & Win round that can spread far beyond the usual layout. The base game still matters though, helped by random modifiers and the option to activate Golden Bet for more action, so I never feel as if I am only waiting for respins.

Theme and Design in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win

The atmosphere in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win leans hard into a Greek and Roman mix, and I like how moody it gets. The reels sit in front of a blood red pool, with Medusa’s head carved above and snakes curling round the columns. When the modifiers hit or the Mega Hold & Win feature triggers, the lighting shifts and the audio ramps up, so the whole screen feels tense and dangerous.

Symbols and Paytable in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win

On the paytable in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win the low paying set sticks to 10, J, Q, K and A. Land five of a kind and they pay between 1.5 and 5 times your bet, which is decent filler while you chase the better hits. The premium picture symbols are the bow, a Roman style helmet, a white horse and the warrior, who I read as Perseus facing Medusa.

The wild in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win is a creepy green eye, and it substitutes for all regular symbols, which helps build lines from left to right. It cannot stand in for the Golden Shield. Those Shields do not form normal wins at all, but they are the key to the Mega Hold & Win respins, with each one carrying a cash prize once the feature starts.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x25
	4	x12.5
	3	x7.5
	5	x20
	4	x10
	3	x6
	5	x15
	4	x7.5
	3	x5
	5	x7.5
	4	x5
	3	x2.5
	5	x5
	4	x4
	3	x2
	5	x4
	4	x3
	3	x1.5
	5	x3
	4	x2
	3	x0.75
	5	x2
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.5
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.25
	Multiplier
	Special
	Scatter
	Wild

Bonus Features in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win

For me the first thing to tweak in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win is Golden Bet. Flicking it on adds fifty per cent to the stake but raises the chance of seeing Gorgon’s Gaze and hitting the Mega Hold & Win round. It does not change symbol values, yet the math shifts slightly, as the overall return climbs from 95.95 percent to 96.14 percent when Golden Bet is active.

Gorgon’s Gaze in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win is the base game spice that keeps me interested between big rounds. On any spin it can fire, turning winning symbols or Golden Shields to stone and locking them in place. The rest of the positions respin, and if new winners or Shields land, more stones appear and another respin plays, until either nothing new lands or the Mega Hold & Win triggers.

Mega Hold & Win Respins in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win

The main feature in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win is the Mega Hold & Win respins, triggered when at least five Golden Shields land anywhere. They carry into the round on the same 5x3 layout, each Shield revealing a bet multiplier of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 25 or 50. You start with three respins, and every new Shield or Booster that lands resets the counter back to three.

What gives Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win its Mega tag for me is the way the grid can grow during these respins. After any respin, an Expand modifier may hit. When it does, the grid stretches by up to two extra rows, two extra reels, or one of each. This can continue until you reach a huge 7 by 11 layout with 77 positions filled with Shields and Boosters.

The two Booster symbols in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win change how those Shields pay. A Multiplier Booster shows 2x, 3x or 5x and multiplies every Shield value in view. A Collect Booster grabs the values from all Shields and adds them to one position. On paper the feature triggers about once every 252 spins, and when the expansion cooperates it can throw up some properly chunky hits.

RTP, Volatility and Wins in Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win

From a numbers angle Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win sits in that mid to high volatility pocket. The hit rate is quoted at 28.2 percent, so I see wins pop up a bit more often than every fourth spin, though many are small. The regular return is 95.95 percent, rising to 96.14 with Golden Bet and 96.46 when buying the bonus, with a max win capped at 15,000 times the stake.

Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win Slot Verdict

After a fair stretch with Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win I see it as iSoftBet getting back into Hold & Win with some extra bite. The presentation is solid, the theme is handled well and the mix of Gorgon’s Gaze, Golden Bet and the Mega Hold & Win keeps the pace up. The base game can still feel swingy, yet those stone locking respins break up dry spells quite well.

What really sells Gaze of Gold Mega Hold & Win for me is that expanding grid linked with the 15,000x cap. On many rounds you will only see the normal 5x3 or a modest expansion, but when the modifiers line up and Boosters land in the right places, the values on those Shields climb fast. It is not the wildest concept around, yet it is a strong addition to the Hold & Win stable.

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