Triple Gold Slots
A gaming software provider with a strong line in classic slot machines, WGS Technology certainly know a thing or two when it comes to finding the perfect blend of retro visuals and modern features.
Their traditional 3 reel, 1 payline slot, Triple Gold, is definitely no exception, as it combines a conventional one-armed bandit aesthetic with multiplier wilds that can contribute towards a maximum regular jackpot of 15,000 coins. Playable from just $0.10 a spin, the game offers players a potentially astronomical return for their investment and certainly won’t hit your bankroll too hard.
Triple Trouble
As you’d expect from a classic slot machine, the rules and payouts in Triple Gold are incredibly straightforward. Indeed, such is the simplicity of the game that all the information you need to know is displayed on a single table above the slot’s 3 reels, making it incredibly easy to pick up and play.
With just one featured payline, players need only concern themselves with how much to wager each spin, with three different coin amounts available and a wide range of coin sizes. When combined, these two factors result in Triple Gold being playable from between $0.10 and $30 per spin, but players should note that the payouts steadily improve when you invest one, two and three coins.
At the maximum three-coin level, payouts start at 2x your bet for a single cherry icon, with a maximum win of 5000x available when you land three Triple Gold wilds. This is obviously where the slot’s 15,000 coin jackpot comes from, but these Triple Gold wilds can also benefit any of the smaller payouts given they triple the win when one is present and offer a 9x multiplier when two feature.
Golden Oldie
One of the criticisms that is often levelled at WGS Technology’s classic slots is that they don’t offer much variety in terms of their visuals, and – save for the game’s unique wild symbol – this can certainly be said of Triple Gold too. Like other retro WGS slots, the game features an array of standard icons including cherries, BAR logos and lucky sevens, meaning it mostly fails to stand out.
The game’s reels are set on a one-armed bandit slot machine to give Triple Gold the appropriate “live casino” vibe, with a gold, red and yellow colour-scheme at least giving the slot’s paytable its own unique aesthetic. The buttons are big and easy to read, making your options very clear, but in terms of animations the game is lacking anything other than a flashing line to greet any regular wins.
It is a similar story when it comes to Triple Gold’s audio features, with WGS Technology again relying on their bank of classic slot machine sound effects and basic “casino noise” background ambience.
Bullion Bonanza
As we mentioned above, given that Triple Gold looks and sounds identical to a wide range of titles in the WGS Technology catalogue, the game is solely reliant on its wild feature to help it stand out from the crowd. This centres on the jackpot icon of three gold bars, which triples the value of any payline when a single symbol features and offers a 9x prize multiplier when two of these icons are present.
Naturally, this has a massive bearing on Triple Gold’s return to player statistic and the gold bullion icons are also used to trigger the slot’s maximum 15,000 coin jackpot when they appear on all 3 reels. Beyond this feature, the game also includes a number of handy payout options with single and double cherries and any combination of three BAR logos also resulting in smaller prize awards.
Surprisingly for a classic slot, winnings cannot be gambled in Triple Gold, meaning what you see is what you get. While this certainly helps lower the variance of the game, it also means that Triple Gold is a very basic title that provides little beyond the standard mechanics of a classic slot machine.
Solid, but Unspectacular
While it’s hard to expect too much from a classic slot machine, we still thinks it’s fair to say that Triple Gold offers little that will truly excite players. The huge maximum jackpot and multiplier wilds do enable the game to pack an extra prize punch, but the lack of any distinguishing sounds or graphics means that it is essentially just another retro title in a sea of very similar classic slots.
