Gladiators Gold Pokie Machine
Pokies themed around ancient civilizations are always popular, and while gladiatorial battles weren’t exactly civilised, Gladiators Gold has images of an amphitheatre, coins, Roman columns and a slightly sinister-looking combatant to bring a certain style to the proceedings.
It’s a classic 3-reel pokie with 3 paylines running across them, and the aim of the game is to land examples of the same symbol right across one of the lines for a prize payout. Like most games of this nature, there’s not much to differentiate one from another, with the same symbols and features appearing in many pokies, so it’s more a matter of choosing ones where the theme and appearance appeal.
Anyone who likes the whole Roman theme therefore, should give the reels of Gladiators Gold a spin, and with a maximum jackpot of 4000 coins (or should that be MMMM) even those who are not interested in the glories of Rome could get a lot from this pokie.
Gladiators Gold
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Enter the Arena
This is a pretty basic game with none of the bonus features that pokie players have gotten used to, but those who like the business of spinning reels and hopefully collecting wins will appreciate Gladiators Gold for just that reason.
It’s laid out in the classic style that developer Microgaming apply to their range, with the reels in one corner, the game title and an image below them, which in this case is an impossibly-muscled gladiator, with a payout schedule taking up the right side of the screen. This details how much players will win and what combinations of symbols are needed to get a prize, with the number of coins won for each being listed alongside.
Below all of this is a series of control buttons which players use to determine how much they want to bet per spin. The small + and – buttons are used to set the value placed on a line, from 0.25, 0.50, 1.00, 5.00, 10.00, 20.00 to a maximum of 25.00, while the Bet One button lets them decide to place a bet on 1, 2 or all 3 paylines for an overall maximum wager of 75.00 per spin.
If anything less than all lines are played, some winning combinations won’t count, while players will also not qualify for the jackpot payout. So it’s always better to place at least something on all lines, otherwise players could see a high value combination land and not have it paid out to them. At minimum stakes, that equals a 0.75 wager.
Symbols are mainly the standard stuff, with bars and 7’s making up the bulk of them. The paytable reveals that any combination of bars across an active line will result in a win of 5x the line bet, while a row of the single bar symbol is worth 10x. Double bars pay 20x the line stake and then the triple-bar icon has a value of 50x.
Moving up the scale we find the 7’s, (VII?) with any mix of the 7 symbols paying out 75x, while the golden 7 is the highest paying regular symbol worth 150x.
The jackpots of Gladiators Gold are reserved for the red 7 symbols, which come complete with gold coins across them. If a full line of them stop on the first payline, that runs through the middle of the reels, players will win 1000x the line bet, while the second line which is along the top will be worth 2000x.
However, rather than the 3000x that might be expected with a row of 7’s on the third line, players will instead win 4000x, which is a further incentive to have a bet on all 3 lines. That’s all there is to Gladiators Gold. No wilds, scatter wins, multiplier payouts, or anything else really. This is just how many people want their games to be, so it’s not a criticism.
Thumbs Up or Down?
OK, so maybe it’s not a multi-round, 3D, all singing and dancing online pokie, but players who like to focus on spinning up some wins shouldn’t find anything to complain about here. Microgaming are well known for their 3 reel games, which pay out at a fair ratio and can be played with no software download needed, and this one has a decent Maximus jackpot to win as well as plenty of smaller prizes along the way.