Gates Of Olympus 1000

Theme and Design

Dramatic Gods-Based Slots Fun From Mount Olympus

Gates of Olympus 1000 is an impressive looking game, no question. It looks very similar to the original Gates of Olympus, though for me that is not a problem. Just don’t expect any great evolution when you load up for the first time. The game invokes the grandeur of the gods, taking place in a temple in the sky, the reels surrounded by gold-gilded pillars. Zeus himself hovers to the right of the reels, grey of beard and piercing blue eyes. An iconic, orchestral soundtrack builds further atmosphere. You get the idea …

RTP and Variance

Gates of Olympus 1000 runs at one of 3 available RTP settings at your online slot site: 96.5%, 95.51% or 94.5%. Ideally you want to be playing at the optimum setting of 96.5% so check the game info screen once you load up and before you start spinning to be sure you are getting value for money.

Pragmatic Play describe the volatility of this game in their own notes at Very High, so expect a bumpy ride with extreme variance in the distribution of payouts. It can blow hot then cold in an instant!

Maximum Win

The flip side of that topsy turvy variance is a very strong max win potential of 15,000x. That is high, though you will find better in our list of Pragmatic Play’s highest paying slots. The best wins in Gates of Olympus 1000 will come with combination of multipliers in the free spins round as we will find out.

Symbols and Paytable

The game’s impressive reel set comes with 6 reels, each displaying 5 rows of symbols. This is not a standard payline slot but rather a Scatter Pays game which means you don’t need to think about landing identical symbols across a pre-defined line. Instead, you just need to land 8 or more ANYWHERE on the reels.

The exciting part about Scatter Pays games is that you can score massive wins as up to 30 of the same symbol may be involved in one win.

There are nine pay symbols in all. These are the low value gems in blue, green, yellow, purple and red. They are valued at from 0.25x for 8 blue up to 10x for between 12 and 30 red. Premiums are represented by the goblet, ring, hourglass and crown. These are valued at from 1.5x for 8 goblets up to 50x for between 12 and 30 crowns.

There are NO wilds in this game.

Features and Gameplay

The basic gameplay is augmented by three features – tumble wins, free spins and multipliers. This is how they work:

Tumbles Follow Every Winning Spin

First of all, this is a tumble wins slot. That means, after any winning spin, winning symbols are removed from the reels and new ones drop in to replace them. If that creates another scatter win, so the process repeats. This continues, without limits, until a tumble occurs where no more wins are generated.

Powerful Multipliers Appear Randomly In All Game Phases

If you like your multiplier games, you’ll love Gates of Olympus 1000. In both base game and free spins round, multiplier symbols in green, blue, purple, red and diamond colors, can drop onto any position on the reels, heralded by a dramatic lightning bolt. They will display a multiplier of one of the following values: 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x, 500x or 1,000x.

When a tumble sequence ends – i.e. there are no more wins – the value of all multiplier symbols that you can see on the reels are added together before being applied to the final payout.

15 Free Spins With Extra Progressive Multiplier

The free spins round just piles up the multipliers still further. You’ll need to land 4 of more of the scatter symbols displaying the Zeus-like god on them to trigger this phase.

You get 15 spins to start during which, whenever a multiplier lands on a winning spin, it is collected into a total multiplier pot. This total multiplier is applied to ALL wins THROUGHOUT the round and grows every time a win occurs where a multiplier is present.

And finally, you can trigger 5 more spins an unlimited number of times by landing 3 or more scatters once again. 

AnteBet Increases Your Chances of Landing Further Wins

Like many Pragmatic Play slots, Gates of Olympus has an AnteBet feature. You can activate it by hitting the button to the left of the reels. In simple terms, adding 25% to your bet doubles your chances of hitting that free spins round by adding more scatters to the reels.

I would think carefully before using this feature. It can burn your balance fast. But as a facet of the game, it’s nice to have the option.