Gold Strike Bonanza (Blueprint Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

Gold Strike Bonanza: Slot Overview

I went into Gold Strike Bonanza with a clear picture of what it is: a retro-styled mining slot on a 5x3 grid with 10 paylines. Stakes run from 10p to £10, the RTP sits at 95%, and the maths feels medium to high. The setting leans land-based, with numbered lines and cheerful, old-school art. Base game spins are lean, so the ride is about lining wins while waiting for dynamite scatters to spark the feature. Without wilds in the base, symbol values do the heavy lifting.

Gold Strike Bonanza Slot Review Features

Top-tier dog symbol pays 200x for five of a kind, while other premiums such as the gold symbol, moonshine bottles, lamps, and the pickaxe or shovel land 20x to 50x for five. Low pays are 10 to J and cap at 10x. Wins form left to right across 10 fixed lines, and two dogs already count. There are no wilds in the base game, so you’re relying on clean lines and those decent values to bridge the gaps until the scatters appear.

Gold Strike Bonanza Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x200
	4	x20
	3	x5
	2	x0.5
	5	x100
	4	x15
	3	x3
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x20
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	Scatter
	Wild

Gold Strike Bonanza: Slot Features

You trigger Free Spins by landing 3 or more dynamite scatters anywhere, getting 10, 15, or 20 spins for 3, 4, or 5 scatters. During the feature the Prospector arrives as a wild and a collector. When gold nugget symbols land, they carry cash values from 2x to 2,000x your stake. If a Prospector shows at the same time, he collects every nugget in view and pays the lot, while also stepping into line wins as a standard wild.

Each Prospector that lands is banked on a meter above the reels. Hitting sets of four awards extra spins and multiplies nugget collections only: first four grant +10 spins with x2, the next four add +10 spins with x4, and the final set adds +15 spins with x10. Random modifiers can fire as well. Gold Rush holds any nuggets and respins the rest, while Big Blast Bonanza lobs dynamite to turn random positions into fresh nuggets.

The 200 Spins Gold Strike Bonanza Slot Review Experience

I grinded along in the base for a fair stretch with little to show, then finally clipped three dynamite scatters and the game woke up. The first set of spins fed a few modest nugget grabs, and banking four Prospectors came quicker than expected for the x2 jump and +10 spins. The modifiers do help, though they don’t show every round. Gold Rush chaining with new nuggets felt tidy; Big Blast Bonanza sprinkled handy values when the screen looked bare.

Gold Strike Bonanza: Slot Verdict

If you want novelty, this one won’t move mountains, yet it nails the throwback vibe and the gameplay loop it borrows. The base is sparse but those symbol values keep things serviceable, and the feature is where the slot earns its keep. Multipliers applying only to collected nuggets makes the flow clear, and the two random nudges add needed sparks. I liked the pacing once the meter started climbing, as extra spins roll in at a steady clip.

The headline figure is 50,000x, though the practical returns feel shy of that, and wins are capped at £250,000. With a 95% RTP that sits below the current average, I treated it as a grind-and-wait affair. When it lines up, the nugget ladder and multipliers can carry a session nicely, but long dry patches happen. For me, Gold Strike Bonanza works as a familiar money-symbol collector with a likeable prospector and enough bursts to keep the pickaxe swinging.