Mafia Gold (Play'n Go) Slot Review

Mafia Gold: Slot Overview

Mafia Gold, developed by Play’n Go, is an online slot game that discovers the criminal underground of the big cities. The game was officially released on August 1, 2024. Mafia Gold tries to convince players with great graphics, enticing gameplay and nice soundscape.

Design and Graphics

Mafia Gold offers great visuals that fit the general theme of rivaling mafia gangs and criminal folks. Not only will you find the classic winning symbols from 10 to A, you will also find shady mafia members who are up to no good, with the mafia boss being the main character and thus the top symbol.

The playing field looks very nice, with a dark green background and a golden border. In the backdrop features a big city, probably in the 1950s, with a mafia gang on display.

Gameplay Mechanics

Mafia Gold features 5 reels with 4 rows, with an extra reel on the right side. Wins will be paid out from left to right, with 30 fixed paylines. The game will also feature various special symbols. For example the Wild symbol, which substitutes for all winning symbols. There’s also the Special Mafia Gold symbol, which is the top symbol with a golden background. And of course there will also be Scatter symbols, which you will need in order to enter the Free Spins feature.

The extra reel plays a pivotal role. In base game it contains multipliers. These multipliers become active once you land a Special Mafia Gold symbol. The symbols will consume multipliers on their rows and add them together, multiplying all line wins in the current spin.

Sound and Music

As expected from a game revolving around rivaling mafia gangs, the background music of Mafia Gold resembles the style of the mid-19th century. With a classic, almost jazzy sound you will be welcome to the underworld. What’s great about this is, that the music escalates whenever you get a big win, so listen carefully especially in the Free Spins feature. The sound of the reels turning also is very pleasant, and the sounds of Scatter and Wild symbols landing makes great impact.

Bonus Features

Occasionally the screen will go darker and a car will appear. This car will put Drive by Wilds on the playing field. The same can occur if you land 2 scatters in the same spin. In this case, the car can appear to grant you a random instant win.

Landing 3 or more Scatter symbols in the same spin will award you with either 10, 15 or 20 free spins for 3, 4 or 5 Scatters respectively. The right feature reel will now have different symbols and a cash vault. The cash vault will safe all values of the feature reel and pay them out at the end of free spins. During free spins, the Special Mafia Gold symbol has to be lines up with bullets. Hitting enough bullets will eliminate one of the four gang members, which are then replaced by the top symbol.

Once all of the gang members have been eliminated, the Cash Hit feature begins and you will be granted 5 additional spins. During the Cash Hit feature, Special Mafia Gold symbols can now hit cash vaults on the feature reel. Doing so will reward you with the same amount that was accumulated previously.

Betting Options and Payouts

As typical for games from swedish online software provider Play’n Go, betting values range far, from €0,10 up to €100. Please keep in mind that these can often vary depending on where you play the game. Mafia Gold will be played on a Return to Player (RTP) value of 96.20% in its highest version. The maximum win that can be achieved is 6,000 times your bet size. These chances, however, are extremely low, clocking in at 1 in 2 billion spins.

Conclusion

Design-wise Mafia Gold is a treasure. Play’n Go have outdone themselves again and brought us a wonderful game that is not only pleasant to the eye, but also to the ear. Gameplay-wise Mafia Gold feels like a welcome change from the usual type of games, but also seems very hard. So hard, that the maximum win potential almost seems too small. Nonetheless, a very fun game.