Golden Jungle is a 5-reel 4-row video slot with 50 paylines. The slot mixes together the theme of jungle and gold, and offers an enticing online casino experience with two key features described below. These features are a Wild Stays bonus and Player Decision free spins with nine mode selections. IGT made the game for desktop and mobile devices so you can have access to the game at any time and place. The top prize up for grabs is $100,000, with chances of winning more during free spins.

IGT guys made the lush jungles full of gold and gems. Every symbol, except for a tiger, is made of this precious metal or has gold inserts. The reels are placed in front of a brown stone wall that allegedly belonged to the culture of Maya or other lost civilization. Looking at the reels is a pleasure to the eyes because the reels are packed with beautiful golden rings encrusted with diamonds, gold frame hand-held mirrors and other stuff like that.

Users normally encounter 5×3 slots in online casinos because they are trendy in the slot making industry of today. But IGT built the game on an enlarged field that features four rows. This has two implications: the increased number of paylines (50, in this game) and thus higher chances of matching up symbols. Awards are conferred if a certain number of matching symbols are arranged on a payline from the far left reel rightward, without gaps.

Symbols, bets and payouts

Almost all playing pictures relate to luxury, and their massive size, big gems and somewhat outdated style of decoration make you feel they were made centuries ago. The symbols that have no special features attached are a golden ring with emeralds (x75), a mirror (x75), a gold and ruby charm (x75), an emerald amulet (x100), a tear-shaped sapphire charm (x100), a gold cup (x150), a dagger (x150), a precious headband with shining sapphires (x250), a sized chest (x250), an elephant figurine (x400) and a turban (x400).

Coins are present in values of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $25 and $50. As the player cannot deactivate paylines, the minimum bet is $50, while the maximum reaches $2500 per spin. Therefore, the top three payouts that non-feature symbols can award are $20,000, $12,500 and $7500. These are paid out when the player hits five matching icons.

Stacked symbols

Slot elements known as reels are, in fact, long virtual strips along which over a dozen symbols go one by one like in a photographic film. Normally, two identical symbols never go one after another but sometimes they do. A developer can program a specific slot in a way that two or more of the same pictures are located adjacently on a reel, and this formation is named stacked symbols. This means that immovable reels may display two, three or more identical symbols visible on the same reel at a time. In Golden Jungle, this feature has been implemented for all symbols, thus you can see numerous repeating pictures on one reel.

Wild symbol

A Bengal Tiger is a wild icon and a very potent one because it substitutes for all regular symbols and occupies two symbol positions. This means it has twice as much chances to complete combinations than if it had occupied one position as normal symbols do. Moreover, Wild Tigers are excellent payers independently from other pics. Getting 2 to 5 on a line awards x10 to x2000 a line bet ($100,000). This is the slot’s top prize available if you place the highest stake.

Wild Stays feature

The game field looks normal except for one thing: there are meters above each reel. A meter consists of four sections. Every time a Golden Deity sign lands on a reel, it adds to the meter above that reel. As soon as four sections are filled, the respective reel turns wild and remains wild for the current spin and the next 3 spins.

Free spins

A golden arch resembling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is a bonus symbol. It does not land as frequently as regular symbols and the player has to be patient and wait for at least 3 of them in any position. When 3 to 5 Arches land, you have to choose your preferred bonus mode. There are a total of 9 modes depending on the number of triggering scatters, and each mode offers one or more wild reels that are constantly on during the feature. The modes you can select are:

1) If 3 scatters start the feature, you are offered

• 15 spins with the third wild reel
• 6 spins with the second and fourth wild reels
• 2 spins with the first, third and fifth wild reels

2) If 4 scatters start the feature, you are offered

• 30 spins with the third wild reel
• 12 spins with the second and fourth wild reels
• 4 spins with the first, third and fifth wild reels

3) If 5 scatters start the feature, you are offered

• 75 spins with the third wild reel
• 30 spins with the second and fourth wild reels
• 10 spins with the first, third and fifth wild reels.

Summary

Golden Jungle is a 5-reel 4-row 50-payline online casino slot themed around the Mayan civilization. The lowest and highest bets are $50 and $2500, and the top win is $100,000. Features include stacked symbols, two-position wilds, wild reels and 9 free spin modes with 1 to 3 wild reels. The game runs well in mobile web browsers.