Pirate Gold Slot Review

Pirate Gold Slot Review - Game Overview

Pirate Gold slot from Pragmatic Play throws me straight into a high-seas raid with 5 reels, 4 rows and 40 paylines locked in. Bets run from 40p up to 200 quid per spin, so it suits both testing the waters and serious hunting. The cartoon style pirates, treasure maps and ships look sharp, the soundtrack fits the mood, and the whole thing feels built for long, swingy sessions.

Pirate Gold landed in 2019 and plays like a proper high volatility slot, with long dry patches broken by streaky bonus rounds. The stated RTP sits at 96.5 percent, slightly kinder than many pirate themed games I have tried. I have run it on mobile and desktop, and the layout stays clean, with the spin button, autoplay options and bet controls exactly where I want them.

Symbols and Paytable in Pirate Gold

Symbols in Pirate Gold slot stick closely to the theme, and the male and female pirates sit on top of the paytable. Land five of either for 12.5 times your stake, which is strong for regular hits. Next down you have parrots and pirate ships paying up to 7.5x, then treasure maps and telescopes paying up to 5x for full lines across the 40 fixed paylines.

The low value end uses hook hands alongside gold, silver and bronze coins, paying between about 1.25x and 1.87x for five of a kind, so the real punch comes from premiums and features. Wild symbols appear on reels two to five and substitute for everything except scatters and the gold money symbols. Those money bags carry cash values or jackpot labels, and they are the key to the big bonus action.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x12.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	2	x0.05
	5	x12.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	2	x0.05
	5	x7.5
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.375
	2	x0.05
	5	x7.5
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.375
	2	x0.05
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	2	x0.05
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	2	x0.05
	5	x1.875
	4	x0.625
	3	x0.125
	5	x1.875
	4	x0.625
	3	x0.125
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.375
	3	x0.125
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.375
	3	x0.125
	Wild
	Scatter

Bonus Features in Pirate Gold

When I hit 8 or more money bag symbols in Pirate Gold, the Lucky Treasure Bag feature kicks in. All triggering bags lock in place and I get 3 respins on a special reel set that only shows blanks, money bags, extra respin icons and multipliers of 2x, 3x or 5x. Every fresh bag that lands sticks and resets the counter back to 3, so the feature can build nicely.

During Lucky Treasure Bag in Pirate Gold slot, the money bags either show direct cash amounts or one of three fixed jackpots. The Minor jackpot pays 50 times stake, the Major pays 200x, and the Grand pays 1,000x if you manage to fill all 20 positions with bags. At the end of the round, the game adds up every displayed value and jackpot, then applies any collected multiplier.

This feature is where Pirate Gold hides its serious potential, with advertised wins up to 32,270 times bet possible. I have not come close to that number, but even moderate grids of money bags with a 3x or 5x multiplier can turn an average session. It is a proper streaky feature, though, so you do get plenty of rounds where the bags dry up almost straight away.

Free Spins Feature in Pirate Gold

Free spins in Pirate Gold trigger when you land 3 scatters on the same spin, paying 1x stake upfront and giving 10 spins on a fresh reel set. During this round the male and female pirates turn into wilds on reels two to five, which can cover whole reels and throw some nice line hits around. Free spins can re-trigger without a hard cap, and you can even trigger Lucky Treasure Bag inside them.

Jackpots, RTP and Volatility in Pirate Gold

Pirate Gold slot runs on an RTP of 96.5 percent, edging past the usual 96 mark you see on many video slots. On paper it does not sound like a huge edge, but over long sessions I feel the return stays fair provided you survive the swings. The game is labelled high volatility, and my balance graph backs that up with long troughs punctuated by big free spins or money bag hits.

The three fixed jackpots in Pirate Gold sit on top of the regular paytable and add a nice extra target. Minor at 50x and Major at 200x tend to drop in the rare decent Lucky Treasure Bag rounds, while Grand at 1,000x needs a full screen of money bags. That is before you even factor in the 32,270x theoretical cap driven by stacked multipliers in the same feature.

Player Verdict on Pirate Gold Slot

From a player point of view, Pirate Gold hits a nice mix of simple mechanics and sharp potential, as long as you handle high variance games well. The base game can feel a bit flat between bonuses, but the respins, jackpots and wild heavy free spins bring it back. I keep it in my rotation for sessions where I am happy to chase big hits rather than steady small wins.

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