Play Sahara Gold for Free

Do you ever stop with this adventuring? We always end up bumping into you and each time you’re off on another foolhardy mission, always focused on the end prize of treasure chests lined with gold and silver. It’s like you just can’t help yourself!

This time you’ll find yourself without a tomb in sight, just an ocean of sand under the rays of an unforgiving sun; hardly the setting most people look forward to crossing. Beneath all these mineral particles is where you’ll find the treasure, with your next biggest question being about where is best to dig? We’d suggest trying by the sphinx, and yes you did read that correctly, it seems Egypt has suddenly moved to South Africa, and without a word from the news channels.

There’s too much earth here to be moved by hand, which means a shovel (or a million) will come in handy when you strike gold. To be in with that chance, you need five of a kind, if you’re aiming for the maximum payout amount. If you only want a win of any kind, the grid will be much kinder to you and ask for a match of three.

Out of all of the tiles, the sphinx and ankh symbols are the best way to score a dramatic intake of cash, whilst the special tiles go some way to improving your balance overall. Take the Pick Me icons, these give you the opportunity to randomly select a prize when three or more of them are part of a winning combination. The format has been seen in some of their other slot games, but the novelty still hasn’t worn off for us yet, and so it remains a welcome sight upon the grid.

The lucky black cat of the free spins is where you’ll get the chance to (sort of) play for free, with as many as 20 games available, though the option of 10 or 5 can turn out to be just as rewarding. The wild doesn’t necessary sub symbols here, but instead changes itself into any of the other icons except for the bonus one.

As anyone who plays regularly with the brand will know, the betting system in place is very easy to interact with, with their betting range accessible for all; the starting point being a cheap 0.01. Following on from that, there’s also the bet of coins per line that can be tweaked before your first spin, which is all about how many coins go where.

The best part about Sahara Gold though, is how the Autoplay button comes into play. It’s been combined with the Spin button so that the option is either a red or green dot. Red means it’s not on and green is good to go. The rounds play automatically and will terminate when you say so.

You know when you get coins for Christmas and you get excited about it, as it looks like you've got money, but then you realise you’ve got chocolate coins instead?

This is how it feels to play Sahara Gold. It feels like you’ve been duped; maybe it’s the geographically inaccurate design, or maybe it’s because it lacks a certain fluidity to the gameplay? Either way it doesn’t quite work, and we'd suggest to try a different Ancient Egypt-themed slot instead. You can still enjoy it, but you’re likely to forever be thinking about what the game could have been if they’d have spent more time on it.