Fortunium Gold: Mega Moolah Slot Machine – Free Play & Review

It’s the second slot from Microgaming in this series, which takes us to a Steampunk-style city of the future. Fortunium introduced us to Maximilian and Victoria, the main characters, and to the gorgeous city in which they reside. The sequel keeps the graphics similar, with a Victorian-era inspiration which is found in many works dealing with that genre.

One downside I found in the selection of low symbols, those featuring the four card suit icons. It gets better as you go to the high value positions, as you’re seeing treasure chests, airships and guns. The two main characters are also symbols, stacked and capable of taking over full reels.

Developer

It’s a slot machine that is available via Microgaming, but which comes from Stormcraft Studios, their partners. Most games offered by Microgaming these days are supplied by their exclusive partners, including important ones, like new slots in their progressive jackpot networks.

How To Play It

The typical betting range for Fortunium Gold is from $0.10 to $15 per spin, and the higher you go with it, the better the odds of a progressive jackpot triggering for you.

A Win Booster option is available, which will increase the wager to a range from $0.20 to $30. It also improves some of the features found inside.

You’re looking at a slot with 5×5 reels, which has 40 paylines in play. Combinations form when 3+ matching symbols land on the same line, starting from reel 1 and going towards the right.

Special Features

Should the wild symbols appear, they are quite capable of helping you out with a win. They can either pay directly, 20x the stake for a full 5-symbol combo, or they can be replacements for any of the others.

Mystery symbols, the ones featuring the Question Mark on them, are going to sometimes land on the reels. As stacked symbols, they tend to contribute quite a bit to the game. All instances of the green mystery symbols can turn into either low or premium symbols, while the red ones turn into premium or wild icons.

If the Win Booster is active at the time, you get golden versions of the Mystery positions, which will always turn into wilds or premium symbols.

As is often the case, it’s the free spins that will have the biggest impact on the game’s regular rewards. First, you need 3 to 5 of the game’s scatters, to be present on the reels at the same time. The reward will consist both of cash (2x-100x the stake) and of 10 free spins.

1 to 3 Mystery Reels are constantly present, the exact number depending on how many triggering scatters there were. If the Win Booster was used in the triggering spin, the Multiplier Reels are golden and they can’t transform into low value icons, only into premium and wild symbols.

If you’re looking forward to the Mega Moolah progressive jackpots, those you can get to if you land mystery symbols which are transformed into Jackpot Wilds. The bonus feature which results will give you a spin on a Wheel, delivering one of four progressive jackpots.

Maximum Payouts

The big payout in a game like this, is typically the progressive jackpot. The Mega Jackpot starts from 1 million GBP and has paid in the 8 figures range several times in the past, while the three smaller jackpots are the Major, Minor and Mini variants.

On its own, the slot pays up to 800x the stake, which is quite low. The RTP is at 92.67%, which is another big downside with these progressive slots.

Summary

Fortunium Gold: Mega Moolah is a worthy addition to a line-up of games that were starting to feel quite dated by now. It’s one of several excellent slot machines that Microgaming has launched in 2020, which give players a chance of becoming millionaires.