BTG’s New Golden Catch Slot Takes on Bonanza

Having announced their 2022 lineup at the Evolution presentation earlier this year, one slot that stood out from all Big Time Gaming slots was the Golden Catch. The company’s CEO, Nik, had our full attention when he said this game could be the next Bonanza. So, the day has come for us to play it and tell you all about its bells and whistles. The game will be out on Sky Vegas, Betfair, Paddy Power and PokerStars casinos from May 4 and then rolled out across other BTG casinos exactly one week later.

If you like slots like Big Bass Bonanza, then Golden Catch will be your cup of tea. Not only for the fishing theme but also for the instant prizes that play a crucial role in this high-volatility Megaways game. In addition to the regular paytable that consists of fish and the 9—Ace symbols, you should be on the lookout for fishing boats above reels 2—5. Because every win can produce fish with instant prize money that can be yours only if there’s at least one fishing boat above the reels. As if that wasn’t enough, each boat will also have a win multiplier on it of up to 10x in the base game alone. It will be used to multiply all fish prizes that appear on the same spin as the boat!

Should you win 25x your bet or more, you’ll be prompted with a Win Exchange screen, where you can proportionally exchange your win for the Free Spins bonus, which costs 100x. If the win is below 100x, you can choose to enter a gamble mode, where the chances of winning are, again, proportionally distributed on the wheel of fortune. For the first time also, BTG is offering a full-on bonus buy mechanism to go with the Win Exchange, costing, you guessed it, exactly 100x your bet.

Naturally, the Free Spins bonus is what it all boils down to. By getting 3 or more Scatters in the base game or a shortcut via one of the aforementioned methods, you’ll start with 10 free rounds and lots of win reactions in between, hopefully. Again, all eyes are on fish and boats. This time, however, they will have an increasing multiplier, so every new boat will have a higher multiplier than the one before. And there’s no cap on the multiplier! Get another trio of Scatters to collect +4 free spins and +2 for each Scatter beyond the third. With the boat multiplier locked, that will significantly increase your chances of winning during the final spins.

That’s Golden Catch in a nutshell. We really enjoyed our test round with it and think it should have a big impact on the majority of players who like slots with an overweight risk to win ratio as well. Watch out for the global release on the 11^th of May!