Diamond Mine Extra Gold Megaways Slot

Blueprint Gaming is back with another mining-themed extravaganza in Diamond Mine Extra Gold Megaways. It’s a 6 reel, cascading reels slot where the number of ways to create a winning combination can reach up to 117,649. Also in play are transforming mystery symbols as well as free spins with expanding multipliers. Available to play on all devices, stakes in this medium to high volatility slot start at a minimum of 20p and rise to a maximum of £100 per spin.

Familiar design

If you’ve played the original Diamond Mine Megaways slot, you’ll find plenty that’s familiar in the sequel. That’s true of both the design and the gameplay. On the reels are A to 9 playing cards as well as spades and pickaxes, a miner’s lamp and the grizzly old prospector.

The diamond tops the bill as far as standard symbols go. You’ll pocket an award equal to 2, 5, 10, 25 or 50 x bet if you land 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination. There’s also a wild (the dynamite symbol) that can appear in the 4 mini reels at the top of the main set. As usual, this replaces all the standard symbols.

Up to 117,649 Megaways

Diamond Mine Extra Gold Megaways uses the classic Megaways game mechanic. The number of reels on each spin varies from between 2 and 7 per spin. The more symbols, the greater the number of Megaways. If the reels are at their maximum capacity, you’ll have 117,649 Megaways live. You’ll get a win if you see matching symbols on successive reels beginning from the leftmost reel (reel 1).

Cascading Reels

Each time you land a winning combination, a cascade takes place. The winning symbols are removed and new ones drop into the positions that are vacated. A new payout calculation the follows. If a new winning combination is formed, the process is repeated. These continue as long as a new winner is formed.

TNT Mystery Symbols

The barrels of TNT can deliver some suitably explosive results. These are Mystery Symbols. When these appear, they all morph into the same matching symbol and a payout calculation follows. The transformed symbol could be any of the standard symbols or even the wild but not the scatter.

Free Spins feature

The bag of gold is the scatter. Land 4 or more these anywhere on the same spin to trigger the Free Spins feature. You’ll receive at least 12 free spins here with 5 extra free spins added for each scatter on the triggering spin.

Free Spins Gamble feature

In Diamond Mine Extra Gold Megaways, you can take a gamble and try and increase the number of free spins awarded. It’s a simple spin the wheel bonus that offers a 50/50 chance of success. If the pointer falls in a green segment, you’ll win the gamble and receive extra free spins. If the pointer lands in the red, you’ll lose the gamble and drop free spins.

Free Spins Multiplier

The cascading reels are in play in the free spins, just like in the base game. They come with a nice bonus here too. Each cascade win increases a multiplier by 1x. There’s no limit to how high this multiplier can go. You can add more free spins too. Land 3 or 4 scatters in the 4 reels at the top of the screen and an extra 5 or 10 free spins are added to your tally.

Keep it simple

Blueprint Gaming has largely kept to the formula that made the first Diamond Mine Megaways such a fan favourite. The main thing that makes the sequel stand out is the gamble element in the free spins. Everything else remains the same.

Just like the original, you can land payouts of up to 10,000 x bet on each spin. The RTP is 96.43% and the variance is in the medium to high range. Blueprint are one of the top developers when it comes to Megaways slots. With Diamond Mine Extra Gold Megaways, they’ve come up with another very playable addition.