Play Golden Goal for Free

Footy. Soccer. The beautiful game – 22 men running around kicking a ball, falling over from time to time, and getting paid a lot of money. Whatever you want to call it, the game of football is one of the most popular sports in the world, watched and enjoyed by millions of people in every corner of the globe. It can make and break friendships and it can create heroes and villains, all in the name of sporting entertainment.

This slot machine by Play'n Go software aims to give slot machine players a little taste of that action while remaining true to the retro arcade format of the gambling game. As such, Golden Goal features 3 reels that revolve within a simple game screen set up – no fancy animations and no snazzy flashing lights to distract you from the spins.

Upon those reels, punters will find a number of classically essential props that any good football match needs, such as football boots, a referee's whistle and some goalkeeper gloves. And, of course, no match would be complete with the all important football. However, the football icon shown on these reels is a golden as the Jules Rimet Trophy.

We're not going to lie when we say that there are many football themed games out there with more spectacular graphics. There is Bicicleta by Yggdrasil Gaming and Football Champions Cup by Net Entertainment, just to name a couple. This game, on the other hand, sticks true to the classic nature of the gameplay by presenting itself with some simplistic 2D cartoon icons and limited animations, other than the smooth spinning of the reels.

Nevertheless, the game still gives a good feel for the theme by presenting the game screen around the reels as a marked football pitch, inviting players to get stuck into the action.

Before you go diving in with a two footed challenge, you will need to have a little think about how you wish to play this retro slot machine. That is because the game offers a number of wagering options, giving spinners the chance to play with 1, 2, or 3 coins worth 0.25 credits.

OK, that may not sound like an overwhelming amount of options, but the number of coins that are chosen could significantly affect your overall winning potential, as you can see in the table of prizes below:

Those multiplier prizes are replicated from the paytable that is shown on the game screen of Golden Goal. However, they are somewhat misleading because it may appear that playing with 2 or 3 coins is much more lucrative than playing with just 1. However, that is not so since only 1 coin will be multiplied by the various values, no matter how many coins are placed. Therefore, the overall prize return is proportional to the value of the total bet.

However, there is some benefit to playing with 3 coins. That is because the game's progressive jackpot bounty is only awarded when all 3 coins are in place and three golden ball symbols align.

Admittedly, a sequence of three golden balls on the payline isn't going to happen with every spin. However, the ball icon will potentially help players by acting as the game's wild symbol, substituting for all other symbols on the paytable to offer extra winning chances.

Golden Goal might not offer the same adrenaline packed action of an end-to-end footy match. Instead, the single payline game will serve up the tension, suspense and tactical guile of a closely fought battle in which players have to practice patience before they make that all important killer blow. And there are few feelings in the world of football that match the feeling of scoring the Golden Goal, just like there are few feelings in the world of slot machines that match the feeling of unlocking a progressive jackpot.