Hand of Midas 2

Theme and Design

Richly Illustrated With Plenty of Atmosphere

Pragmatic Play are invoking the legend of Midas again, the king who wanted everything he touched to turn to gold. There are strong similarities in gameplay between this version and the original Hand of Midas and that is reflected in the design too. We are in the same underwater setting, with a crumbling stone temple providing the framework to the reels. A giant hand sits to the right of the screen, holding a multiplier value that will be applied to all wins. It’s all backed by an epic soundtrack.

RTP and Variance

Hand of Midas has 3 RTP rates – 96.07%, 95.06% or 94.06%.  It is at your casino operator’s discretion to choose which setting to run the game on. To be honest, there is little to choose between those but it’s always better to play at the highest rate when possible. Wherever you play you can check the RTP on the game info screen by hitting the ‘I’ button under the reels and scrolling through til you see the volatility rating screen. Scroll down and RTP is below that.

My advice would be to play at MrQ from Lindar Media where RTP rates are consistently at the optimum level.

Just like the original Hand of Midas the volatility in this game is high, so don’t expect an easy ride. The win distribution will be uneven and you should set your stake to absorb those tough runs whilst waiting for the big wins to drop.

Maximum Win

For this sequel the max win has been cranked up a little bit to 8,000x from 5,000x. That’s still not huge, but its more in line with what we expect from Pragmatic Play’s high variance slots. If you want better potential from the same slot provider then check out our list of their highest max win games.

Symbols and Paytable

This is a simple game with 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 paylines. You’ll need to land 3 or more identical symbols from left to right across a line, starting at the left most reel, to trigger a win.

There are no less than 11 symbols in the table. The low value ones are the cards - 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace, valued at from 0.1x for 3 10s up to 2.5x for 5 Aces. The premiums are the pictures – cup, fruit bowl, treasure chest, gold lady, and the two king symbols. These are valued at from 0.5x for 3 cups up to 20x for 5 kings.

There is also a wild that appear only on reels 2, 3 and 4. It substitutes for any pay symbol to complete a payline but it has NO pay value of its own.

Features and Gameplay

If you’ve played the first Hand of Midas game then you will be on familiar ground here. It’s all about multiplier wilds and free spins. Here is how it works.

Multiplier Wilds Of Up To 10x

When wilds land they MAY carry a multiplier of 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x to be applied to the TOTAL win from a spin. Where more than one wild multiplier is included in a win, then the two values are ADDED together before the win calculation is made.

Just like in the first game, the total multiplier value for the current spin is displayed in a giant hand to the right of the reels.

Free Spins With Sticky Wild Multipliers

The main event is the free spins round which is triggered by landing 3 or more gold hand scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5. As well as triggering free spins that will get you a win of 2x.

Before the round starts a series of mini reels appears on the screen – one reel for each scatter that triggered the round. Each reel can display values of 1, 2 of 3 after they spin. The total number from all reels is added up and that is your number of free spins.

Now, as in the base game wilds that land MAY have multiplier values of 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x. These values are collected and displayed in the hand to the right of the reels. BUT … the difference now is that those multiplier wilds are STICKY so they remain on the reels to trigger more wins, each of which has the multiplier value applied to them.

And … if you land 2 or more scatters on reels 1 and 5 during free spins, the round is extended. For each scatter another mini reel appears and spins to reveal a value of 1, 2 or 3. All values are added and that number of spins is added to the total for the round.

You can keep extending the round with no limits.