There’s
another Gold Rush coming to Nevada, and you don’t need a pick ax to play — just
a pocketful of coins. The new video slot game is called Yukon Gold and it was recently
approved for play in Nevada casinos.
The 5-reel, 9-line video slot from WMS Gaming
has a California Gold Rush theme complete with miners, maps, bandits, barmaids and a
frontier-style saloon soundÂÂÂtrack. You’ll be able to play the games in slant-top and
upright cabinet machines, and the game will be available in 9, 18, 45 and 90 coin
versions.
With five animated reels and nine paylines,
players will find many opportunities to ring up payoffs. The amusing reel symbols include
Sammy D. Miller, his faithful sidekick Jack K. Asse, barmaid and cheerleader Vanessa A.
Barmaid, and Biff D. Bandit, the villain of the game.
During reel spins, a first screen Chuck Wagon
scatter bonus may occur. This happens when two or more wagon reel symbols appear in any
position on the reels when they stop. A saloon-style player piano heralds the bonus, cuing
the player to get ready for the Chuck Wagon.
In the bonus mode, you choose between three
different wagons that appear as pop up symbols in front of the reels. The sound of a
cracking whip snaps the cover off the wagon, revealing the bonus multiplier.
The exciting Mining Map bonus is triggered
when three or more Yukon gold logos line up on a payline. The bonus starts with the screen
displaying 20 tiles on a billboard in the center of the screen, with the game characters
standing on either side.
The player then touches a tile to reveal a
symbol that the player has to match. Matching three of any of the symbols removes them
from the billboard, revealing part of the mining map. It also gives you a pick on the map.
You continue to select files as you try to uncover matches, while trying to avoid matching
three bandit tiles. If you find a “wild” tile, it can be used to complete
matches.
When all the matches are completed, the mining
map is completely exposed and the picks you’ve accumulated throughout the bonus round
are now applied to picking spots anywhere on the mining map. Depending on what spot you
get, the multiplier will be anywhere from 10 to 2,000 times the line bet.
Yukon Gold will soon be available for play at
Sam’s Town, The Orleans, Luxor, Monte Carlo, Mandalay Bay, Boulder Station, Four
Queens, Sunset Station and Treasure Island.
