Pragmatic Play · 2022
Five reels, three rows and 20 paylines, from Pragmatic Play, with high volatility and a top of x3,000 the bet: this page lays out the symbol pays, the free spins and the figures behind them before the first spin.
Twenty paylines cross five reels and three rows, and three matching symbols on one of them from the leftmost reel return a win. Piracy, treasure and sea adventure set the scene across ten paying symbols, with WILD substituting for any of them. The main mechanic is a mystery transformation that only wakes up in free spins.
What marks it out among Pragmatic Play titles is the mystery drop: in the bonus round every MYSTERY symbol turns into one identical paying symbol or a WILD on each spin, and each five collected add extra spins. A high-volatility profile and a three-thousand-times cap round it off.
What You Gain by Reading
Seven figures that tell you what a spin costs and what it can return.
| Figure name | The number |
|---|---|
| Software provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.49% |
| Volatility | High |
| Reel layout | 5x3 |
| Top win multiple | x3,000 |
| Top win at A$100 bet | A$300,000 |
| Release date | 06/10/2022 |
Game sequence
Gday Casino shows every step before money moves, so the first spin is a choice.
A$0.20 is the lowest bet and A$100 the highest, and the stake covers all 20 paylines of each spin.
3 matching symbols is the fewest that pay, and a win counts from reel 1 to the right along each of the 20 paylines.
On each of the 5 reels, WILD stands in for every paying symbol except BONUS, while the BONUS scatter counts on all reels.
3 or more BONUS scatters anywhere on the grid start the Free Spins, which award 7 spins on special reels.
A$0.20 per spin is the smallest stake, so the bet you pick before the first spin sets what each spin costs.
Extra spins to chase
After this, you know how the free spins start and what the mystery symbols do.
3+ BONUS scatter symbols anywhere start the Free Spins. You get 7 spins on special reels. On each spin, every MYSTERY lands and turns into the same paying symbol or WILD. Every 5 MYSTERY collected awards 1-3 extra spins. Total win is capped at 3000x total bet.
Base Game spin7 free spins
The round runs on a 5x3 grid with 20 paylines, counted left-to-right from reel 1. 10 paying symbols sit on the reels. WILD appears on all reels and substitutes for every symbol except BONUS. BONUS is a scatter on all reels, and 3+ of them start the Free Spins.
Placing a betPaying symbols
96.49 per cent is the return to player for this slot, measured per A$100 staked. The version Gday Casino runs is shown in the game rules.
| Payout setting | RTP | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.49% | Yes |
See the layout first
Useful before your first spin, when you want to see the reels and the win layout.
Payout guide
The payouts below are in money at the A$0.50 paytable bet, and more matching symbols on a line pay more.
| Reel icon | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|
 WILDWild | A$3.12 | A$10 | A$37.50 |
 BONUSScatter | A$1 | A$10 | A$100 |
 Blackbeard | A$3.12 | A$10 | A$37.50 |
 Female Pirate | A$2 | A$6.25 | A$25 |
 Male Pirate | A$1.25 | A$3.75 | A$15 |
 Parrot | A$0.75 | A$2.50 | A$10 |
 Anchor | A$0.50 | A$1 | A$6.25 |
 Bomb | A$0.30 | A$0.88 | A$3.12 |
 A | A$0.15 | A$0.50 | A$1.50 |
 K | A$0.15 | A$0.50 | A$1.50 |
Twenty reels spin the way they spin, and nothing in the paytable tells you when three BONUS scatters will land together. The 96.49% return figure describes a long run of play, not your next fifty spins, so a session can finish above or below it, and a strong start carries no promise for the rest of the evening.
Only the in-game rules pane states which return configuration the operator has loaded for the slot. Two venues can run the same grid at different figures, so the number that matters is the one printed where you are spinning, read before you press the first spin rather than after.
A cap of x3,000 on total bet is a limit, not a target: it exists so one round cannot pay more, and it lands only on the rare spin where the free spins and the MYSTERY transformations align at a high bet. Treat it as the ceiling of the game's arithmetic.
Five More Titles
Every slot in the Gday Casino lobby carries these figures in the same plain form.
Players must be 18+ to play Pirate Golden Age. For help in Australia, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 or register with BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Set a session budget before the first spin, and treat it as money you can afford to lose. Stop when it is gone, even mid-bonus.
Choose your stopping point before the first spin, and keep it after a win as well as after a loss. A big win does not change the plan.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play this slot, and check them before each session. Limits are the simplest guard against chasing losses.
If Pirate Golden Age stops being fun, take a break or self-exclude through the national register, BetStop. Stop at once if a session feels like chasing losses.
Pirate Golden Age
Stake size, maximum win and how the bonus starts are the questions before the first spin.
A 5x3 grid with 20 paylines makes up Pirate Golden Age. Its base game and Free Spins rules are the whole game, so a session shows every feature. Read the modes first, then choose a bet between A$0.20 and A$100.
A$0.20 is the lowest stake per spin in Pirate Golden Age, and A$100 is the highest. The paytable uses A$0.50 as its bet, and the examples on this page use A$2 and A$5.
3,000 times the total bet is the top win in Pirate Golden Age. At the top stake of A$100, that comes to A$300,000. The Free Spins mode uses the same cap.
3+ BONUS scatter symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the mode, which awards 7 spins on special reels. During them, every MYSTERY symbol lands and transforms into the same paying symbol or WILD each spin. Every five MYSTERY collected adds 1 to 3 extra spins.
96.49% is the single RTP of Pirate Golden Age. On A$100 staked, the long-run return is A$96.49. RTP is a long-run average, so one session can differ widely.
Pirate Golden Age has high volatility. Wins are less frequent, and they can be large when they land, so a session can run long without a big hit. Nobody can know in advance when the bonus will land.
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