Play The Hand of Midas for Free

There’s no time for a lesson on classic Greek mythology here, but briefly, King Midas got his wish to turn everything he touched into gold, and it went badly wrong when his daughter hugged him and transformed into a statue of precious metal. Midas, his metallic offspring, and a wizard appear on the 5x3 symbol grid, along with stone-effect playing card symbols, a treasure chest, and a golden hand.

Another hand to the right of the reels holds a golden shield revealing a multiplier, and we’ll cover this shortly.

More stone surrounds the reels, and for reasons we can’t ‘fathom’, (excuse the bad pun), the whole thing is set underwater. It’s like the developer, Pragmatic Play, took the backdrop of another online slot with an ancient Greek theme and stuck the reels of The Hand of Midas slot machine on top. Not to worry though, it all looks pretty good across desktop and mobile platforms.

The return to players percentage from The Hand of Midas online slot is 96.54%. It’s a highly volatile game, where you could see longer than average gaps between wins, coupled with generous prizes. Of course, you’ll need to place a real-money bet to win anything in the first place, and the options vary from 0.20 to 100.00 per spin, so most players should find a level to suit.

A Bonus Buy option costs 100x, 200x, or 300x the bet but guarantees three, four, or five scatter symbols on the next spin. An optional Ante Bet raises stakes by 25% and doubles the odds of the free games feature triggering.

Take a look at our paylines table. It reveals how many times your bet each symbol is worth when crossing three or more reels from the left across any of the 20 lines.

An elaborate ‘W’ is the wild symbol, and while it only appears on the middle three reels, each time it lands, it carries a random multiplier of 1x, 2x, or 3x to any win. What makes this symbol even more valuable is that multipliers combine, and it’s possible to boost a win by 9x this way. You’ll know what multiplier value is applied by the amount displayed on the hand to the side of the reels.