{"title":"Play Dead Man's Gold Slot Game at BetVictor","description":"Dead Man's Gold by ELK Studios is a slot game with avalanches, treasure targets, cannon features, free drops, and expanding reels.","custom_path":"/en-gb/casino/games/2003124-dead-mans-gold","heading":"Play Dead Man's Gold","heading_tag":"h1","nofollow":false,"noindex":false,"has_custom_schema":true,"schema_json":[{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@id":"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb","name":"Online Sports Betting"},"position":1},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@id":"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino","name":"Online Casino Games"},"position":2},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@id":"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino/category/slots","name":"Play Online Slots at BetVictor"},"position":3},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@id":"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino/games/2003124-dead-mans-gold","name":"Play Dead Man's Gold"},"position":4}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Game","@id":"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino/games/2003124-dead-mans-gold","name":"Play Dead Man's Gold","description":"Dead Man's Gold by ELK Studios is a slot game with avalanches, treasure targets, cannon features, free drops, and expanding reels.","image":"cms-images/xv57czrywd86c044msm01ribczd3","genre":"Online Slot","creator":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Elk Studios"},"numberOfPlayers":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":1,"maxValue":1},"url":"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino/games/2003124-dead-mans-gold"},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What theme does Dead Man's Gold use?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Dead Man's Gold uses a pirate adventure theme set in a hidden island ruin, featuring jungle scenery, waterfalls, treasure symbols, sea creatures, and a mysterious explorer named Kane."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Which bonus features appear in Dead Man's Gold?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Dead Man's Gold includes avalanche mechanics, big symbols, treasure targets, multiplier treasure targets, cannonball activations, the Bottomless Chest feature, and a bonus game with free drops."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How does Dead Man's Gold work?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Dead Man's Gold uses six reels that start at four rows high and can expand up to eight rows through avalanches. Wins begin from the leftmost reel, and gameplay evolves through falling symbols, big symbols, target effects, and bonus free drops."}}]}],"has_toc":true,"alternate_languages":[],"copy_sections":[{"toc_title":"Game Review","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eDead Man's Gold Slot Game Review \u0026nbsp;\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eTreasure hunting tends to sound glamorous until someone remembers the jungle, the ruins, the traps, and the general likelihood of being crushed by something ancient. Dead Man's Gold leans into that side of the fantasy. Kane is back again, this time in a pirate flavoured adventure where the scenery looks gorgeous and the reel set keeps finding new ways to get busier.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eWe start on a 6 reel grid with 4 rows, 4,096 ways to win, and a structure that can grow well beyond its starting shape. ELK Studios loads the game with avalanches, treasure targets, cannons, big symbols, and free drops, so this is very much a case of the reels doing more than simply sitting there waiting for line wins.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"toc_title":"Theme \u0026 Graphic","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eTheme \u0026amp; Graphic\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eDead Man's Gold looks superb. The setting has that overgrown island ruin atmosphere ELK tends to handle so well, with falling water, distant rock faces, jungle detail, and the kind of hidden settlement that practically screams “something cursed is buried nearby.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eThe symbols fit the environment neatly. The treasure, occult looking icons, sea creatures, and Kane himself all sit comfortably within the same world. The soundtrack helps a lot too, moving between calmer jungle ambience and bigger swells when the game starts to kick into motion. In visual terms, this is one of the more polished pirate adventure \u003ca href=\"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino/category/slots\"\u003eonline slots\u003c/a\u003e around.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"toc_title":"Payout Table","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003ePayout Table\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eThe paytable is divided into low, medium, and high value symbols. The low end is made up of the card ranks, the mid symbols use pirate and sea imagery, and the high end includes the game’s more ornate treasure themed icons along with Kane.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"raw-html-embed\"\u003e\u003ctable border=\"1\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e \u003cth\u003eSymbol\u003c/th\u003e \u003cth\u003ePayout for 3, 4, 5, 6 of a kind\u003c/th\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eA\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.30\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eK\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.30\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eQ\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.30\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eJ\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.30\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eStingray\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.15, 0.25, 0.40, 0.80\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eOctopus\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.15, 0.25, 0.40, 0.80\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eAnchor\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.20, 0.30, 0.50, 1.00\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eSkull and Crossbones\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.20, 0.30, 0.50, 1.00\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eMoon Wheel\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.50, 1.00, 1.50, 2.00\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eStar\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0.75, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEyed Pyramid\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e1.00, 2.00, 2.50, 3.00\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003eKane\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e1.50, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"bvs-h3\" style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eSpecial Symbols\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eWild Symbol: Wilds substitute for all regular paying symbols. They may also land as big symbols in 2x2 or 3x3 sizes.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eBonus Symbol: Three, four, five, or six bonus symbols trigger the bonus game and award free drops.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eCannonball Symbol: Cannonballs are used to activate the cannons when treasure target symbols are in play.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e"},{"toc_title":"Bonus Features","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eBonus Features\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003ch3 class=\"bvs-h3\" style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eAvalanche\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eWhenever a potentially winning combination lands, those symbols are removed from the reels. New symbols then fall down to fill the empty positions, and an extra row is added at the top. The grid can keep growing this way until it reaches 8 rows high. Avalanches continue until no new winning combinations appear.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"bvs-h3\" style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eBig Symbols\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eRegular paying symbols may land as large symbols up to 4x4 in size. Wilds can also appear as 2x2 or 3x3 big symbols. When empty spaces appear below a big symbol, those gaps are filled with the same symbol type so the larger icon remains intact as the reel set changes.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"bvs-h3\" style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eTreasure Targets\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eTreasure Target symbols can be hit by the cannons at the sides of the grid. When struck, they reveal wild symbols and remove non winning symbols around them. This changes the reel state before the next fall of symbols and can potentially open fresh space for new combinations to form.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"bvs-h3\" style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eFire the Cannons\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eCannonball symbols activate the cannons, but only when there is a Treasure Target or Multiplier Treasure Target available to hit. The cannon fire is what triggers the effect on those target symbols, so Cannonballs act as the ignition point for this part of the feature set.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"bvs-h3\" style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eMultiplier Treasure Targets\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eMultiplier Treasure Targets work like standard Treasure Targets in that they reveal wilds and clear nearby non winning symbols when struck by the cannons. In addition, they increase the global win multiplier. That multiplier then applies to the total result of the current sequence.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"bvs-h3\" style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eBottomless Chest\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eThe Bottomless Chest is a valueless special symbol. It fills all empty spaces beneath it with high value symbols, wilds, or cannonball symbols up to the current achieved row height. This means it can rapidly alter the reel set and feed directly into further avalanches or target based effects.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"bvs-h3\" style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eBonus Game\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eLanding 3, 4, 5, or 6 bonus symbols awards 10, 15, 20, or 25 free drops respectively. During the bonus game, Treasure Targets and Multiplier Treasure Targets remain sticky between drops until they are used in a potential win. The Bottomless Chest also stays persistent for the full feature. If 3 or more bonus symbols land during the round, additional free drops are awarded.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"toc_title":"Spin Mechanics","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eSpin Mechanics\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eDead Man's Gold begins on a 6 reel setup with 4 rows and 4,096 ways to win. Matching symbols must land on at least 3 consecutive reels starting from the left. Once avalanches begin, the grid expands row by row and can reach 8 rows high, which naturally increases the number of ways in play.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eThat makes the slot more dynamic than a standard ways game. Between avalanches, big symbols, cannon interactions, and the persistent bonus game elements, there is usually more than one moving part to follow. For players browsing \u003ca href=\"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino\"\u003eonline casinos\u003c/a\u003e, this is the sort of title that stands out because the reel set keeps changing shape and purpose during a single paid round.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"toc_title":"Similar Slots","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eSimilar Slots\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eIf this kind of feature heavy adventure slot hits the right note, a few others from our recent reviews make sense too.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino/games/2001910-thunderstruck-stormchaser\"\u003eThunderstruck Stormchaser\u003c/a\u003e: This is a strong pick for players who like large scale presentation and a feature set built around cascading reel action.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino/games/2008277-dragons-domain\"\u003eDragon's Domain\u003c/a\u003e: Another one that suits anyone who enjoys a fantasy setting with heavy symbol interaction and a more intense feel.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/casino/games/2003768-cygnus-3\"\u003eCygnus 3\u003c/a\u003e: Another good fit if the appeal is a visually rich world paired with cascading mechanics and several overlapping feature systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e"},{"toc_title":"BetVictor's Opinion","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eBetVictor's Opinion\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eDead Man's Gold gets a lot right. We’ve got strong visuals, excellent sound work, and a feature set that actually feels connected instead of being a pile of separate gimmicks. The cannon and target idea gives the game its own identity, and the expanding reel height keeps the action from going flat.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:justify;\"\u003eIn in pure design terms, this is a very accomplished slot. We wouldn’t call it restrained, and that’s probably for the best. A game like this should feel adventurous, slightly dangerous, and a little excessive. Dead Man's Gold manages all three.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"}]}