Serpent Gold Hold & Win Slot Review

About the Game

• Wild

The Wild symbol substitutes for all other symbols except the Gold Coin and Snake symbols.

Cash Prizes

Up to 8 Golden Coin symbols can appear on the reels on each spin during normal play. Golden Coin symbols contain cash prizes with values of lx, 2x, 3x, 4x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x or 10x. When there are 2 or more Golden Coin symbols directly next to or on top of each other, they form a cluster. Each Golden Coin cluster remains locked on the reels for 3 spins. When a Golden Coin symbol lands next to, above or below another Golden Coin symbol that is in a cluster, it joins the cluster and the spins are reset to 3. The remaining cluster spins are saved during game sessions for play at the bet at which they landed. During normal play, when a Collect Snake symbol lands near, above or below a symbol in a cluster, it collects the cash prizes of all symbols in the cluster. If the cash prize values are too large to display, they are instead displayed as bet multipliers.

Coins

On each spin during normal play, all Golden Coin symbols present on the reels will toss a coin towards the snake statue above the slot. Each coin has a chance to activate the Hold & Win bonus. The graphical changes to the statue are for visual entertainment purposes only and have no effect on feature activation.

Snake Progress

There are 3 snake progress counters next to the slot – ‘Collect’, ‘Clone’ and ‘Double’, as well as snake progress counters. The progression has 2 levels, each of which must reach 25 to complete. Completing level 1 unlocks the cloned snake symbol to land on the reels. Completing level 2 unlocks a double snake symbol to land on the reels. When the snake symbol lands on the reels, it adds +1 to the progression. The progression is saved during game sessions for stakes play.

Snakes

Up to 2 snake symbols of each type can appear on the reels per spin. Snake Symbols:

• The ‘Collect Snake’ symbol – collects the cash prizes of all symbols in any cluster it is associated with. During the ‘Hold and Win’ bonus, the ‘Collect Snake’ symbol receives a cash prize equal to the amount it collects up to a maximum of 1200x.
• Clone Snake symbol – When it lands next to a cluster, it clones 1 to all Gold Coin symbols in the cluster to the position next to them.
• ‘Double Snake’ symbol – when it lands next to a cluster, it doubles the cash prizes of all symbols in the cluster. The cash prizes of the Gold Coin symbols can be up to 100x.

When several snake symbols appear on the reels in one spin, their order of rewards is as follows: Clone Snake symbol, Double Snake symbol and Collect Snake symbol at the end.

Hold & Win

The Hold & Win feature starts with 3 free spins. The only symbols present on the reels during Hold & Win are the Golden Coin, Snake and Empty symbols. Every time a symbol lands on the reels, with the exception of the Empty symbol, the free spins are reset to 3. During Hold & Win, the slot transforms into a 6×6 and all cash prize symbols on the reels are locked and remain until the end of the feature when all prizes on the slot are collected. Up to 5 Golden Coin symbols can land on the reels each spin during Hold & Win. Up to 6 Snake symbols can land on the reels during each Hold & Win bonus. When the slot is full of symbols and no new symbols can land, the feature stops.

Jackpots

There are 5 jackpots in the game. During the Hold & Win bonus, when the required number of symbols are locked on the reels, the corresponding jackpot prize is played.
Rewards and Requirements:

• Mini Jackpot – 25x bet, 10 locked symbols
• Mini Jackpot – 50x bet, 20 locked symbols
• Grand Jackpot – 100x bet, 25 locked symbols
• Grand Jackpot – 250x bet, 30 locked symbols
• Final Jackpot – 5000x bet, 36 locked symbols

All eligible jackpots are played at the end of the bonus.

Paylines

All symbols pay out from left to right on specific paylines.

Double Chance Rules

Enabling Double Chance doubles the chance of winning the game, this increases the total bet on each spin, the amount by which the total bet is increased is always displayed in the Double Chance window. Any progress saved during game sessions is saved with the same Double Chance settings.

• The theoretical RTP when Double Chance is enabled is ≈ 95.85%.

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