Gold Canyon is a high volatility, Wild West themed slot from Betsoft.
Gold Canyon will never be the same again
Gold Canyon is a summer 2019 release from the developer Betsoft, whose reputation for designing quality slot machines is well established, and is based on a Wild West theme about a cowboy drifter who lands in the mining town of Gold Canyon. The results are dynamite!
Game Highlights
Gold Canyon is a 5-reels and 20 paylines slot from Betsoft. As Sticky Bandits Wild Return, the game is based on a western theme with features such as cowboy expanding wilds, dynamite scatter wins and free spins, all for the chance to unlock the jackpot of 8,611.70x wager.
Find ourselves in the town of Gold Canyon aptly named for its gold mines inside a rock face. The wind blows in the background spinning the windmill and clouds overhead. Set in the deep US south, the symbols include a gold nugget and brown stallion as the high symbols. The mid symbols are composed of a gas lantern, sheriff’s badge, horseshoe, wanted poster and royal flush poker hand. There are also four standard symbols made up of the A, K, Q and J. The slot features standard graphics and interesting sound effects such as the sound of a mine cart squeaking along the tracks as well as a Wild West themed tune.
Gold Canyon slot has an RTP of 96.13% and we can vary our wagers from £0.40 to £12. The game is optimised for desktop, tablet and mobile. It comes with us on an Android or iOS device.
This slot has an RTP of 96.13%.
The cowboy wild
The cowboy can act as a wild symbol that lands on the second to fifth reels. It is an expanding wild meaning it will grow to cover the entire reel and substitute for all other symbols outside of the scatter.
Dynamite scatter
Up to 15 dynamite scatter symbols may appear on this 5×3 grid slot. The number of scatter symbols as well as our wager can determine the scatter pays amount with three or more. On maximum bet value, we can win up to £600 when 15 scatters appear. This would represent 50x our total bet. Furthermore, three or more of dynamite symbols explode creating a cascade with new symbols falling to fill in the spaces for the chance at more wins. This is followed by the chance to go mining for gold in the free spins game.
Features include expanding wilds, scatter pays with cascades and free spins.
Double Up Game
The Double Up Game is triggered after any standard win and gives us the opportunity to gamble half or all our winnings by predicting the outcome of a coin spin for heads or tails. Guess correctly and we double our win but guess incorrectly and we lose our winnings for that round.
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Gold Canyon verdict: Lost in the crowd
As far as originality goes, I found this slot lacking anything to make it memorable. Yes, it is high volatility so the potential rewards are there but the reality is that the odds of a game changer are not great. I am a fan of Betsoft, but Wild West themes are a dime a dozen now and there are probably better ones out there with better artwork and more original features. I did think that Betsoft did a good job on the soundtrack. The expanding wild feature is great, especially when they appear on more than one reel. It has a high hit rate even though it may not always lead to wins. Unfortunately, the free spins have a lower hit rate, but it’s not impossible. Overall, although this is not a bad slot, I felt there are better games out there.
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