Gold Oasis Slot Review

The Gold Oasis Slot Game

Gold Oasis throws you straight into a sun-baked desert, with a rider on a camel guarding a 5x3 reel set framed by palms and sand. Pragmatic Play has gone for 243 ways to win, yet wins do not need to be adjacent or start on reel one. Any 3+ matching symbols on at least three reels can hit. The base game sits outside, while the free spins shift you into a treasure cave.

When I first loaded Gold Oasis it looked like another Arabian caper, but the win mechanic feels odd in a good way. Stakes run from 0.20 to 240 per spin, and the slot is highly volatile, rated 5 out of 5. On paper the max win of 7,260x the bet is solid, and in practice the Symbol Duel feature gives the gameplay the punch it needs.

Symbols and Payouts in Gold Oasis

The Gold Oasis slot uses 11 regular pay symbols plus a scatter, and they are tied closely to the theme. At the low end you have the 10, J, Q, K and A royals, paying between 0.1x and 1x the stake for five of a kind. Wins land for 3 to 5 matching icons on at least three reels, and the paytable adjusts to match your chosen stake level.

Mid-range symbols are the golden jug and cup, and the money bag. Five of the carafe symbols pay up to 1.5x the bet, while the bag reaches 2x. The premium set in Gold Oasis is four merchants or thieves framed in different colours. For 5-of-a-kind across the reels, they pay 2.5x, 3.5x, 4.5x or 6x the bet, with the blue-turban character acting as the top regular symbol.

There is no wild symbol in Gold Oasis, so you lean heavily on the pay-anywhere ways system and the conversion features. The only special icon is the ornamented keyhole scatter, which lands on reels 1, 3 and 5. Hit three at once and you get a payout worth 2x the total stake and the entry ticket to the free spins, where symbol upgrades can turn these modest pays into serious hits.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x6
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.75
	5	x4.5
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.6
	5	x3.5
	4	x1.05
	3	x0.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.9
	3	x0.4
	5	x2
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.3
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.25
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.15
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.15
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.15
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.15
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.1
	Scatter

Gold Oasis Slot Bonus Features

The main base game extra is Symbol Duel in Gold Oasis. This fires at random on any spin. One paying symbol is chosen and shown above the reels, then it replaces between 2 and 10 other paying symbols on the screen. On a good trigger you end up with almost a full board of the same icon, and from my sessions that is where you see those bigger screens and bankroll swings.

The free spins in Gold Oasis need 3 keyhole scatters and start with 5 spins plus 2x the bet. During the round all winning combinations pay as if they were 5-of-a-kind. Scatters are collected, and every pair triggers a duel between two pay symbols; the winner replaces the loser for the rest of the bonus. Up to 10 duels can occur, with the first five adding 2 spins and the rest adding 1.

How to Win at Gold Oasis Slot

Gold Oasis plays on a 5-reel, 3-row engine with 243 ways to win, but it twists the usual pattern. You do not need wins to start on reel one or land on adjacent reels. Three or more matching symbols on at least three reels from left to right will pay. I handle it like any high-volatility slot: pick a stake that works for a long session and ride out the dead patches until Symbol Duel or free spins land.

Gold Oasis Slot RTP & Volatility

RTP-wise, Gold Oasis sits at 96.06% by default, which is slightly above the norm. The developer has also released 95.08% and 94.05% versions, so I always check the help file or info panel before committing a bankroll. Volatility is rated high, 5 out of 5, with a hit frequency of around 22.37%, so on average I have seen a win every four to five spins during real-money play.

The bonus round in Gold Oasis appears roughly once every 284 spins on paper, though in reality it comes in bursts. Some markets also offer a 100x or 200x bonus buy. The headline win cap is 7,260x the bet, with a theoretical hit rate of 1 in 7,110,533 spins. That tells you this slot is about steady smaller hits sprinkled with the odd big Symbol Duel setup, and only rarely those huge desert treasure moments you see in promotional screenshots.

The Final Thoughts on Gold Oasis

My overall take on Gold Oasis is that it plays far better than the plain Arabian artwork suggests. The odd pay-anywhere system and the way Symbol Duels stack in free spins give it a fresh rhythm, even without wilds or long feature lists. It will not suit every bankroll, as the high volatility bites, yet when the conversions line up this desert slot can put on quite a show.

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