Golden Egypt is one of the most popular online slot machines developed on this theme by remarkable IGT casino game developer in November 2018. This is a five-reel and four-line game with twenty-five paylines. Golden Egypt slots game provides its players with two bonus rounds and up to ninety free spins! The multiplier here, meanwhile, is 1x.
- Appendices
- Slots Analysis
- Miscellaneous
Introduction
Golden Egypt is what some would call a 'variable state' slot machine by maker IGT. It is characterized by earning coin symbols that cause the reels to be entirely wild. If the previous player abandons the game with enough coins, the odds will temporarily swing to the advantage of the next player to play.
Rules
Following are the significant rules of Golden Egypt.
- The game screen has four rows and five reels.
- Players get one payline per credit bet.
- There is a coin symbol that appears on the reels. By itself, it does not pay anything. Above each reel are holders for two coins. If a reel stops on a coin symbol, it will occupy one of the spaces above that reel for a coin.
- If the player accumulates two coins for any given reel, the next two spins will be fully wild on that reel. However, the player must still make a bet for these spins.
- If a reel would have normally stopped on a scatter symbol on a fully wild reel, the player will still get credit for the scatter as well as that position being wild. However, the player will not get credit if a fully wild reel would have otherwise stopped on a coin.
- When the player earns the wild reel feature, the two coins for that reel will be removed.
- If three or more scattered pyramid symbols appear on the screen, then the player will play a free spin bonus game with random wild reels.
Following is the pay table for Golden Egypt
Golden Egypt Pay Table
| Symbol | Five Pay | Four Pay | Three Pay | Two Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharaoh | 300 | 75 | 25 | 5 |
| King | 100 | 30 | 10 | |
| Queen | 100 | 30 | 10 | |
| Dog | 75 | 25 | 10 | |
| Isis | 75 | 25 | 10 | |
| Monument | 60 | 20 | 5 | |
| Boat | 60 | 20 | 5 | |
| Beetle | 50 | 15 | 5 | |
| Eye | 50 | 15 | 5 | |
| Ankh | 50 | 15 | 5 | |
| Blue gem | 50 | 15 | 5 | |
| Green gem | 50 | 15 | 5 |
If my explanation of the rules was not clear, here are pictures of the rule screens. Click on any for a larger version.
Analysis
First let me get my disclaimer out of the way. This analysis is based on a simulation of a game that I created that is based on Golden Egypt, according to my experience playing the game, watching YouTube videos, and industry norms in slot machine design. My game is based on an 86% overall return, which is a conservative estimate on what video slots pay nationwide. Thus, I wish to strongly emphasize the following advice is not based on a real Golden Egypt game, but my best estimate of one. So, take my advice with a grain of salt.
All that said, the following table shows my estimate of the value of the game in any given state. The first column shows the pattern of coins on the machine. For example, 1-0-1-1-0 would mean coins in reels 1, 3, and 4. The middle column represents the value of find a game in this state, measured in bets. For example, a game with a max bet of $25 in the 1-1-1-1-1 state would be worth $25 × 6.79 = $169.75. The right column shows the average number of spins the player will play before the game enters a negative state and the player should stop playing. Patterns not listed are negative expected value and should not be played.
Golden Egypt Basic Strategy
| Coins | Value | Spins |
|---|---|---|
| 1--1--1--1--1 | 6.79 | 13.22 |
| 1--1--1--1--0 | 5.61 | 13.08 |
| 1--1--1--0--1 | 4.48 | 13.07 |
| 1--1--1--0--0 | 3.82 | 12.94 |
| 1--1--0--1--1 | 2.57 | 11.30 |
| 1--0--1--1--1 | 2.41 | 11.29 |
| 0--1--1--1--1 | 2.45 | 11.29 |
| 0--1--1--0--1 | 1.08 | 11.09 |
| 1--0--1--0--1 | 1.07 | 11.08 |
| 0--1--1--1--0 | 1.79 | 11.08 |
| 1--0--1--1--0 | 1.77 | 11.08 |
| 1--1--0--0--1 | 1.23 | 11.07 |
| 1--1--0--1--0 | 1.91 | 11.07 |
| 0--1--1--0--0 | 0.75 | 10.86 |
| 1--1--0--0--0 | 0.87 | 10.86 |
| 1--0--1--0--0 | 0.73 | 10.85 |
As you can see, every playable coin configuration has at least two coins in the first three reels. So, that is my basic strategy — play if and only if there are at least two coins in the first three rows.
Internal Links
- Ocean Magic — Analysis of a similar variable state slot machine.
External Links
- Golden Egypt — Discussion about advantage play and Golden Egypt in my forum at Wizard of Vegas.
- DÉJÀ VU: ADVANTAGE PLAYER CRACKS ONLINE CASINOS AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR OVER $500K — Article at NJ Online Gambling about how players beat Atlantic City online casinos for $500,000 playing Golden Egypt, using the same kind of strategy here.
Written by: Michael ShacklefordHere we look at one of the most widespread advantage slot machines on casino floors in recent memory. It’s “Golden Egypt” by IGT. In 2018 you’d be hard pressed to find a casino that doesn’t have this machine. It also helps that it is a very popular popular machine & gets a good amount of play from regular gamblers. Of course that means that advantage play opportunities are plentiful. Here’s the skinny on how to identify those opportunities & make money.
Advantage opportunities on Golden Egypt is all about getting the wild reels. Of course you want to know how do you get those wild reels. You get wild reels by collecting coins as you play on each of the corresponding reels. When you collect two coins on a reel it will turn wild for each of the next two spins. Coins show up regularly & this is good for advantage players for a reason which I will explain a little later.
When to play Golden Egypt?
The consensus among most advantage players is that you only play Golden Egypt when there is at least a coin on two of the first three columns. If there are coins on column 4 or 5, so be it. But they generally don’t help unless there are already a few coins on the 1st three columns. The reason being is that this is a machine that pays left to right. A single wild reel on column 5 isn’t very likely to be much of a help to you unless you get really lucky & hit a 5 of a kind. Sometimes you may even find machines where there will be no coins on columns 1-3 but column 5 will already be wild. Skip it.
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Make sure that when trying to find advantage play opportunities on Golden Egypt that you search through all betting combinations and denominations. The betting options board may be a simple setup with 5 betting options or a more complex setup where bettors can choose the amount of lines & bet per line. Again go through them all. One of the great things about coins showing up often on Golden Egypt is that it doesn’t take much for playable opportunities to come. You can check a machine, clear it out, leave & minutes later another opportunity could be waiting because someone gave it a few spins & left some coins behind.
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All in all, Golden Egypt isn’t the highest paying advantage slot machine around but nonetheless it’s a good machine for many hustlers because of the high frequency of plays.