by Vegas Technology
California Gold from Vegas Technology gold prospecting, fruit machine, a five-reel, 25-payline slot with coin values per payline ranging from $0.01 to $10 for a maximum bet of $250 a spin. The mining theme is fleshed out with images of kerosene lamps, sieves, moth-eaten maps, pickaxes, over-burdened donkeys, a mine entrance, sticks of dynamite, barrels, rail carts and, naturally, gold nuggets.
A miner is the Wild symbol, appearing on reels two, three and four and substituting for all other symbols except scatters, which are gold nuggets. All wins with the miner substituting are doubled. Ten free games are awarded when you get three or more scattered nuggets and all prizes are tripled. The feature can be retriggered during the free spins. The bonus round can also be triggered during the free spins. This begins when the miner appears on reels two, three and four at the same time. Choose one of four mines and the miner will grab up to five nuggets on his way through the mine. Each nugget weighs a certain number of ounces and the total is your total win for the feature. “Yahoo!” goes the game when you win (otherwise play is merely accompanied by clicking). That’s the lure of gold!