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The Hand of Midas slot: a bonus round that cannot pay below its floor

The Hand of Midas is a 2021 Pragmatic Play title on a five-by-three grid with 20 lines, and its one unusual rule is a floor under the bonus: three, four or five scatters guarantee a minimum win of 10x, 20x or 30x the bet, and the game keeps adding spins until the round has paid it. Wilds add 1x to 3x to a spin's total win in the base game and stick in the round. The maximum win is 5,000x the bet. This page sets out the mechanics from the studio's description and the numbers a tracker records.

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How the game plays

Five reels, three rows, 20 lines. In the base game every wild that lands adds a random multiplier of 1x, 2x or 3x to the total win of the spin, and when several wilds land at once their multipliers stack, so the wild's value here is to the whole spin and a hit on several lines with two wilds is the base game's best case. The bonus game opens on three, four or five scatters, and each scatter that triggered it awards three mini reels, each holding 1 to 3 free spins; five scatters therefore reach up to 45 spins. Wilds are sticky for the round.

The guarantee is the design. Three scatters promise at least 10x the bet, four at least 20x, five at least 30x; if the spins run out below the figure, the game awards one more mini reel per triggering scatter and continues until the floor is met. That does two things to a session: it removes the dead bonus round that every other game on this site can produce, and it makes the average round smaller, because the floor is paid for by the ceiling. The 5,000x is the top of a round where sticky wilds have stacked under the lines across a long run of mini-reel spins.

StudioPragmatic Play
RTP (Slot Catalog)95.5%
VolatilityHigh
Maximum win5000x the bet
Grid5 by 3
Ways to win20 lines or ways
Bet range0.2 to 100 per spin
Release2021

RTP as recorded by Slot Catalog; Pragmatic Play ships several RTP versions and the casino picks one.

The floor against the other rounds

A guaranteed minimum is rare in this catalogue. The Dog House can run its sticky-wild round to nothing; Wild West Gold can hand out eight spins that miss every wild. Midas pays its floor, and a player who reaches the round often enough sees the balance move in small guaranteed steps, which is the calmest a high-volatility Pragmatic title gets. For a bonus with a wagering requirement the trade is worth knowing: the floor keeps the balance alive, and the smaller average round keeps the big clear rarer.

Where the codes land

No code on our list pays spins on The Hand of Midas. The bonus rounds guide compares guaranteed, sticky, expanding and wheel-set rounds side by side.

The codes that do pay spins

No code on our list lands on this game; these two carry the lowest wagering we verified.

Questions about The Hand of Midas

What does the guaranteed minimum win mean

Three, four or five scatters trigger the bonus game and guarantee a minimum win of 10x, 20x or 30x the bet for the round. If the free spins end below that figure, the game awards another mini reel of spins per triggering scatter and keeps going until the minimum is reached. A round can never pay less than its guarantee.

How many free spins does The Hand of Midas give

Each scatter that triggered the feature awards three mini reels, each showing 1 to 3 free spins, so five scatters can give up to 45. Wilds are sticky throughout the round.

How do the wild multipliers work in the base game

Every wild that lands adds a random 1x, 2x or 3x multiplier to the total win of the spin, and several wilds on one spin stack their multipliers. It applies to the spin's whole win, so a multi-line hit with two wilds is the base game's best outcome.

What is the RTP of The Hand of Midas

The tracked figure is 95.5% by Slot Catalog, on a bet range of 0.2 to 100. Several RTP versions of the title exist and the casino picks one, so the info screen inside the game at your casino is the one that applies.

Last updated - Checked by: Karssen Avelar