Lucky Nuggets Megaways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Lucky Nuggets Megaways Review

A gold mining slot based around the same concept and core features as Big Bass Bonanza Megaways is not a bad idea, given how popular the mining theme is, but it has been done before in the non-Megaways Reel Time Gaming release called Gold Strike Bonanza. Blueprint’s Lucky Nuggets Megaways is very similar, but the dynamic reels grid makes the base game grind a bit more entertaining.

While Reel Time Gaming went for Fishin' Frenzy simplicity in the audiovisual department, Blueprint’s steroid-injected copycat effort comes with a somewhat more modernized presentation. Everything revolves around the money collect bonus round, and collecting the prospector collector/wild symbol is how you prolong the feature and make each nugget collection more lucrative via the upgrading multiplier.

Lucky Nuggets Megaways Slot Features

The top-tier mining cart filled with gold symbol pays 200x your stake for 6 of a kind, while it also pays 0.5x for only 2 on a payline. The other premium symbols pay between 50 and 100 x your stake for 6-oak, and you also win 10x your stake if 6 of the gold nugget and/or diamond money symbols land on the same payline. The white-bearded prospector Wild appears in the bonus round only, and steps in for pay symbols to help complete wins.

You win 10, 15, 20 or 25 free spins when you land 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatter symbols, respectively, and this triggers the prospector gold/diamond collection Bonus Round. The prospector not only serves as a wild symbol in other words, he’s also the Collector symbol. This means that all gold/diamond prize symbols that land are collected if the Wild is also present in the grid.

The prospector Wild is also collected, and this advances you along the meter above the grid. Here’s an overview of what you get for each 4 prospector wild you collect:

• Collect 4 Wilds to win +10 extra spins, and the prospector Collector symbol gets upgraded with an x2 multiplier that applies to all collected money symbols.
• Collect 8 Wilds to win +10 extra spins, and the prospector Collector symbol gets upgraded with an x4 multiplier that applies to all collected money symbols.
• Collect 12 Wilds to win +10 extra spins, and the prospector Collector symbol gets upgraded with an x10 multiplier that applies to all collected money symbols.

In addition, the prospector may trigger 1 of 2 unique modifiers at random times:

• Gold Rush - all present money symbols are held in place for a respin, and you get a new respin as long as you land at least 1 new money symbol.
• Big Blast Bonanza - the prospector throws dynamite onto the grid, and this transforms random symbols into money symbols.

The 200 Spins Lucky Nuggets Megaways Slot Experience

The 7:42-minute highlights video starts right as the bonus round triggers, and it went on for quite a while due to all the extra spins we managed to win along the trail. Some solid payouts came our way as well, and you can check it all out for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

Blueprint has basically made a Megaways version of Reel Time Gaming’s Gold Strike Bonanza, albeit with a less retro and somewhat more realistic cartoonish visual presentation. All the features are the same, and the math model is also similar. With up to 15,625 win ways and a 200x top-tier symbol, the 50,000x potential (capped at £250,000 also in this game) can theoretically be cracked from a single spin also in the base game.

In practice however, you’re more likely to close in on such numbers in the money symbols collect bonus round, which is basically lifted from Big Bass Bonanza Megaways with somewhat different random modifiers.

Pros

• Dynamic grid w/ up to 15,625 Megaways
• FS w/ money symbol Collect feature
• Top diamond money symbol pays 2,000x
• Collector collected for extra FS and multiplier upgrade
• 2 random bonus round modifiers from the prospector
• Win up to 50,000x (capped at £250,000)

Cons

• RTP of 95.5 % (and adjustable RTP ranges)
• Gold Strike Bonanza copycat w/ Megaways

If you enjoy Lucky Nuggets Megaways Slot you should also try:

Gold Strike Bonanza - is the Reel Time Gaming release the game at hand is clearly more than inspired by, and it comes with a regular 5x3 grid and 10 betlines. It’s all about the money collect bonus round, which is all but identical to the feature in the game at hand, and you can win up to 50,000x (capped at £250,000) also here.

Big Bass Bonanza Megaways - is Reel Kingdom’s dynamic reels installment in the popular series, and you get up to 46,656 win ways. The reel ‘em bonus round is enhanced by the wild collector trail that awards extra spins and cash fish multiplier upgrades, and you get to fish with bazooka and dynamite via 2 modifiers. The max win is 4,000x your stake.

Cash Mine - is a Skywind Group installment in the popular mining slot genre, and the prospector can collect cash symbols also in the base game here. He is himself collected in the bonus round, which upgrades the cash prizes in 2 different ways. It also retriggers the feature, and you can win up to 5,000x your stake in total from the free spins round.

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