Released: 31 Aug 2020

★★★★★

Players will find a fresh take on the theme of Mesoamerica-inspired slots on a game with three rows, five reels and ten paylines. Winning outcomes are formed by three or more symbols and players can spin the reels with at least 10p per spin. Gold of Maya has a medium variance and the theoretical return to player of 96.60%

Gold Of Maya Slot Review

Gamzix is the online slot maker that takes us to the world of the ancient Maya through a game that lays out a number of big ceremonial masks. Some of these are scary, some have a meditative appearance, but they are all high-paying symbols that can stuff the player's balance, especially when a winning outcome counts five matching symbols. The game is called Gold of Maya slot and comes with four in-game jackpots.

Gold of Maya Introduction

One of the highlights of the game is the wild symbol and the free spins bonus. The base game is engaging enough but it is the wild that can boost the winning outcomes by substituting for any symbol. The free spins bonus is there to provide a chance at making a potential big win that has started as the cost of one bet. Furthermore, the cascading wins payout system is just what the game needs and gets from the makers at Gamzix.

Gold of Maya Design Features

In terms of graphic design the game comes with a unique set of characteristics that are defined by a paytable filled with big symbols. The symbols represent masks, which are high-paying symbols and royal cards which are the low-paying category. Each winning outcome is marked by the symbols glowing in embers and disappearing from the reel-set, which causes the symbols above them to take up their place and a new set of symbols to appear on the reel set.

Gold of Maya slots has a graphic design that is quite interesting because nothing is wildly animated yet it's been made to feel engaging and polished. The finish on each symbol is quite miraculous so there go the props to the designers at Gamzix. The coolest visual effect comes with the wild symbol which leaves a pair of glowing eyes in the dark before they disappear too from the picture.

Overall the game is fun to play, but the gaming experience would have benefitted from a good soundtrack instead of one particularly persistent disturbing sound effect.

How to Play Gold of Maya Slot

Even though it is a relatively new company (it was founded in 2019) Gamzix has perfect the layout of the controls and buttons. Some players will find it apparent that the game was made for land casinos and slots parlors because it is lacking a traditional spin button.

Players make the spin by pressing one of the five buttons below the reel set. Each button carries an amount that changes when you change the amount of the credit. To do that players need to simply press the up or down-pointing arrow in the only control that has that.

One way to play Gold of Maya slot is by selecting the Auto button. This causes the reel set to start spinning symbols for an unlimited number of times, or until the same button is pressed again. Each turn the game will deduct the active bet amount from the balance and that figure is the last bet that was played before pressing Auto.

Last but not least, Gold of Maya has a paytable that holds information about the game's payouts for each symbol and level of win. There is also information about the cascading wins payout system, the bonus feature and the jackpots.

How to Win Gold of Maya Slots

It is worth noting that for such a young company Gamzix has succeeded in creating the cascading wins payout system, which is always fun to play on. One of the games that uses it is Gonzo's Quest, so this shows that there is something to be seen here.

In terms of payouts, Gold of Maya slot has few high-paying symbols. The mask that appears more African than Mayan, the one with red palm leafs in the back and huge tusks for teeth, is the highest-paying symbol. Five of a kind pay 2500x credits times the payline bet. Four of a kind pay 250x and three symbols pay 50x.

The teal mask pays 1000x, 100x and 20x for five, four and three of a kind and the indigo mask pays 500x, 50x and 10x. The remaining symbols are the royal cards, jack to ace and these pay between 2x and 200x multiplied by the winning bet. These payouts are when winning outcomes have been made with a bet of 10p.

The wild symbol substitutes for all except the scatter and is available in the free spins bonus also.

Gold of Maya Bonus Features

Players need to see three scatter symbols land on the three reels in the middle for the game to trigger the bonus feature. 15 free spins come from the get-go but three scatters, or more, can add another 15 spins.

Both in the base game and in the bonus features Gold of Maya has win multipliers that are added for each consecutive win.

In the base game the multipliers can reach 4x with the fourth cascade and in the free spins bonus this booster is much better as the first cascade pays 3x, the second 6x, third 9x and the fourth 12x.

Gold of Maya Free Play

Players can discover the game, its payout system and the features by playing the free play demo slot, which is available at online casinos that host Gamzix slots in practice play mode. The downside to that is that all of the winning outcomes are made with free credits, which don’t count as real cash.

Gold of Maya Closing Thoughts

With the payout system that it has and the four jackpot prizes, this is a game that can offer more than what’s at face value. Players will definitely take not of this and other games by the same company.