Golden Stallion - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction 

We are in the Wild West rounding up stallions in this online slot from Northern Lights.
Golden Stallion is played on classic 5x3 reels with an initial 20 betways that pay from left to right. 

The game is packed with features and begins with a random number of golden spins. During this phase, stallions will gallop towards the reels and some will stamp on the top of the reels and create a green symbol that will lock in place. At the end of this phase, all the green symbols will transform into random symbols. The random symbol can be regular, golden, or the golden wild.

There is a scatter symbol on reels one, three and five that triggers ten free spins. Before these spins play out, the horseshoe bonus round takes place to determine the number of ultraways the games will play on, with up to 196,608 available. During these bonus rounds, the symbols can split into two or four.

There are six high-paying symbols, which are the wild, golden spins, and four stallions: palomino, bay, grey and black. These are supplemented by the standard card symbols from jack to ace. All symbols pay different multiples, increasing from the base game to the ultraways games and the golden spin games.

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Theme, graphics and soundtrack

This is an animal-themed slot set in a Wild West canyon. A herd of wild horses can be seen in the background above the reels under a clear blue sky. The reels are set in a golden frame, with the beautifully designed symbols glistening on the reels.

The dashboard is simple and easy to understand, with the game information featuring on either side of the screen.

The soundtrack is a big Western theme worthy of a Hollywood movie.

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Golden Stallion RTP and variance 

Golden Stallion has an RTP of 96.17 per cent and high variance. The bonus features can be hard to trigger and it is hard to boost your bankroll during the base game, so take advantage of the bet spread to ease yourself into the game.

How to play Golden Stallion

The game rules are pretty straightforward and this slot virtually plays itself with little input from the player; however, here are a few tips to get you started:

1. Once the main game screen opens, click the menu icon on the left of the dashboard and then the information button at the top of the new screen.
2. You will find the paytables showing the potential wins in the three phases of the game.
3. Scroll down past these to find how the wild works. Below is information on the golden wild.
4. Below this you will find the scatter symbol - the steer’s skull - and details of where it appears and what it triggers.
5. Further down are descriptions of the horseshoe and mystery symbols.
6. Continue down this screen for an explanation of the random golden spins at the start of each game and the galloping horses and green symbols.
7. Below this are the golden spin feature and the ultraways free spins.
8. Continue down for details of the split symbols and when they appear.
9. Finally, you will see thumbnails of the initial betways.
10. Go back to the top of this screen, which is where you can engage auto spin and customise this feature to stop when you win a certain amount or when a bonus triggers. 
11. To the right of this is where you can engage turbo to speed up the game.
12. You are all set to play, so simply hit the spin button.

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Bet sizes and paytable wins 

Bet sizes range from 0.10 to 50.00 and the paytable in the base game is as follows:

- Wild, golden spins

5 = 24x
4 = 20x
3 = 16x

- Palomino stallion, bay stallion

5 = 20x
4 = 16x
3 = 12x

- Grey stallion, black stallion

5 = 16x
4 = 12x
3 = 8x

- Ace, king

5 = 12x
4 = 8x
3 = 4x

- Queen, jack

5 = 8x
4 = 4x
3 = 2x

Golden Stallion golden spins

At the end of the initial number of spins, the golden spin occurs and the highlighted symbols turn into a mystery symbol. As the reels spin, a random golden symbol is added; if this replaces a mystery symbol, any winning symbol combination is upgraded to the golden version and the payout upgrades accordingly.

Golden Stallion review: our verdict

 
Golden Stallion is packed with features and there are three different paytables. These are dependent upon which phase of the game you are playing and whether mystery symbols have been upgraded.

The RTP is decent; however, the scatter symbols are extremely difficult to land. This is hardly surprising, as they open up the ultraways. As the name suggests, these generate more chances to win than most megaways engines.

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