RTP & Symbols
The RTP of the Golden Destiny Hold and Win slot is 96.55%, which beats the industry’s average. Taking into consideration its volatility that’s good. Bets per spin starts at a modest 25 cents to $30.
The premium symbol is the emperor, 5 pay 50x your stake. The remainder of the top symbols are the phoenix, Khoi fish, gold coins, dragon statue, drums, and lantern.
Payouts for 5 symbols range from 4x to 15x. The low-value symbols are the card suits from 10 to Ace. The highest paying symbol is the Ace, 5 on the reels pay 10x.
Bonus Rounds
Hold & Win Feature
The Hold and Win bonus initiates when 6 Bonus symbols populate the reels awarding 3 respins. When a bonus symbol lands, it resets the respin count to 1 or 3.
Depending on the number of respins you get. Moreover, you can win the Mini, Minor, Major, or Grand jackpots during the feature. However, to win the Grand Jackpot you must fill all 15 positions with Bonus symbols.
Mirror Reels
The Mirror Reels feature triggers on a random spin, adjacent reels copy each other.
Stacked Mystery Symbols
Each reel can contain stacks of symbols where it replaces a random symbol after each spin. Your chances to win increase when you fill all the positions with the same symbol.
Buy Feature
When you play for the lowest stake of $0.25 the buy feature costs:
- 1 Respin costs $8.75
- 2 Respins cost $10
- 3 Respins cost $11.75
Golden Destiny Hold & Win Tips and Strategy
I tested the feature buy option for 1 respin twice at bets of 25 cents. Six bonus symbols landed offering me a first-time payout of $5 and the second attempt paid $8.
So, testing the buy option at the lowest stake was not encouraging. I increased my average bet to $25 and chose 1 respin for a payout of $1,400. What does that tell you?
When playing a volatile slot machine choose high stakes because the higher the volatility the bigger the win. I suggest you test the slot for free in demo mode before you play it for real money.
Alternatively, you can slog out the base game hoping for 6 bonus symbols to trigger the bonus round. I gave up after 80 spins since I couldn’t initiate the bonus on a shoestring budget.
Verdict
Betsoft sticks with its Hold and Win feature since it works. In all honesty, Golden Destiny Hold & Win is a mediocre game for me.
I’m not saying that because I didn’t win money, but because the special features seldom trigger. The base game left me hanging at stages despite my biggest win of $250 for 5 gold coins.
Granted that’s when I increased my bet to $25 per spin. In the same vein, don’t overstay your welcome. It peats out after 60 spins but picks up again after 150.
By then the slot could have drained your budget. The game requires a sturdy bankroll to sit out those dry spells. In conclusion, the 96.55% RTP guarantees regular wins but they tend to be small, for the most part at least.
Don’t bank on the buy option for the big wins. I anticipate that 1 in every 5 or 6 buy option triggers pays big, even then that’s not a guarantee.
If you have the money to risk and looking for a slot that pays big, I suggest Mystic Charms. TrueLab Games infuses it with a host of features.
Aside from the $3 million life-changing jackpot, it has progressive win multipliers in the main game and free spins.
