Golden Bull Demo Slot - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction

Set around the Chinese Year of the Bull is AllWaySpin's brand new online slot. This title has five reels, three rows and 30 always-on paylines.

Thanks to a very simple method for calculating wins, all premium symbols are paid out at the same rate and all standard playing card symbols also pay out at the same rate. This makes keeping track of how you are doing very straightforward.

Match three or more golden gong scatter symbols in any location to trigger up to 8 free spins. During free spins, watch out for the golden bull wild symbols, which will appear at random on the second, third, fourth and fifth reels.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

This title benefits from having a rather comical-looking 3D-rendered Golden Bull holding court above the reels. As winning combinations come in, the Golden Bull showers coins down over the reels, signifying your winnings.

Unfortunately, the rest of the graphics are rather dated, showing nowhere near the level of detail that went into the Golden Bull itself. Had the rest of the title been designed in this way, this would be a fantastic-looking title. As it is, it looks somewhat dated.

The soundtrack features a generic Chinese festival-styled piece, which is not unpleasant but is often drowned out by reel effects. There is no option to turn effects or music off; there is just a sound mute button, which will probably be used by many players before too long.

Golden Bull RTP and Variance

Golden Bull has a long-term average RTP of 95.88%. This is slightly below the average for games of this type, which is 96.00%. This title has medium volatility, bringing you balanced gameplay and the chance of some big wins, although these will need patient play to be realised.
 

How to Play Golden Bull

1. It is always a great idea to check out the paytable when opening a new game for the first time. The paytable in Golden Bull is found by clicking the menu button directly below reel 1, then clicking the paytable option in the menu that appears. The paytable details win amounts returned if a winning combination appears on the reels, as well as information about bonus features.
2. For new players to online slots, there is a handy 'Getting Started' feature, also available from the menu, which shows what each icon on the display does.
3. Set your bet by clicking on the dollar sign to the right of the menu button. This brings up the bet menu, where available bet amounts are displayed. Simply scroll to the level you would like to bet, then click the confirm button to go back to the reels.
4. Spin the reels once by clicking the spin button directly below the third reel.
5. If you would like reel animations to move more quickly, click the turbo button below the fifth reel.
6. To the right of the spin button is the autoplay button, which allows you to spin up to 100 times or when the free games feature is triggered. Autoplay can be stopped by clicking the spin button at any time.
7. Please play Golden Bull responsibly by setting yourself a sensible and affordable budget for each play session and sticking to it. Never chase losses or go beyond your budget. When the fun stops, stop!

Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins

Bets in Golden Bull range from 0.30 to 30.00, giving a decent range of bet options between these values.

Matching 5 of the golden ornament symbol on an active payline returns a win of 200x the total bet

Matching 5 of the other premium symbols on an active payline, such as the money bags, golden bowls and orange, also returns 200x the total bet.

Matching 5x the playing card symbols on an active payline each return 50x the total bet.

Golden Bull Bonus Features

Matching 3 or more of the golden gong symbol anywhere on the reels triggers up to 8 free spin games.

Matching 3 golden gongs will trigger 3 free spins.

Matching 4 golden gongs triggers 5 free spins.

Matching 5 golden gongs triggers the maximum of 8 free spins.

During free spins, wilds will randomly appear on reels 2, 3, 4 or 5 after each spin. This helps to make the free spins potentially more lucrative than the base game.

Check out our index of titles with a random wild feature if you love this feature in Golden Bull.

Golden Bull Review Our Verdict

This is a pleasing enough title, but the graphics are fairly dated and the reels only take up a tiny portion of the screen, making symbols somewhat hard to see, especially for those not blessed with 20/20 vision.

The bonus feature does not come along very often, but the random wilds can make a difference when this feature is triggered.
 

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