Fortune Gems Slot

Join the quest for immense wealth across the Mayan village, and let Garuda help you unlock the secret ways to winning spectacular prizes in the Fortune Gems slot. As its title implies, the hidden gems in this 3x3 slot reveal great fortunes for the lucky ones, and the enigmatic Garuda accompanies you to enhance your chances of winning big. 

Even though a 3-reel slot with 5 paylines, where the appearance of the Garuda Wild across an entire reel brings great prizes, the slot offers a fourth reel, where only Multipliers appear. Land a winning combo on the main grid, and your win will be multiplied by the Multiplier on the Extra reel. 

And while the slot does not offer free bonus spins or any other bonus round, it does give you a chance to place an Extra Bet to see your prizes skyrocket. There’s more to the slot than what meets the eye. So stay and go through the Fortune Gems slot review with me to figure out the powers of Garuda. 

Taking you to the world of the Mayan civilization, the Fortune Gems slot by TaDa Gaming depicts a little Mayan town which you can see in the background of the grid, with little temples peeking from both sides of the reels. The sky is in warm colors, insinuating that the sun is slowly retiring and the sunset is about to hit the scenery. 

The reels themselves are placed on a temple wall made out of stone, with two large pillars on the sides, where symbols with hidden gems in different colors land. 

The theme is depicted in detail, with the let's-embark-on-a-quest audio in the background, with calming tones that escalate as you unravel some gems and win big.

When you press the coins button, found below the grid, you can see that you can place a minimum bet of 20c and a maximum of $200. But, if you press the Extra Bets button, which pays an additional 50% of the betting amount, Win Multipliers are guaranteed at least 2 times, with significantly increased chances of another Multiplier. What this means for the minimum and maximum bet is that they turn to 30c and $300 per spin.

Below the grid, you can see the setup buttons. In the paytable, you will learn that the regular symbols are playing card Royals and gemstones, while the Garuda is the Wild. Playing a special role in the slot, the Wild is presented magnificently, with the word "Wild" written over it, to not cause any confusion. The Wild is also the highest-paying symbol and, of course, the symbol that substitutes for all others in the formation of winning combos.

It is important to know that there 5 paylines in the slot. You need 3 identical symbols to appear from left to right to win a prize. The Wild will help out in case you miss one to create a winning combo.

There are no free spins or other bonus rounds in the slot Fortune Gems, but that doesn’t mean that there is no action on the reels. In fact, as said, there’s a fourth reel added to the main three, which is a Special Reel displaying only Multiplier values. 

• In the base game, 6 Multipliers can appear on the Extra Reel, worth 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x and 15x. With the Extra Bet active, these values increase, giving you better options to win. 
• When you land a winning combo, it is multiplied by the value of the Multiplier at the center of the Special Reel. 

With the Extra Bet active, the probability of the appearance of the high-paying symbols significantly increases. 

I tried playing the slot with the minimum bet at first, and it didn’t take me anywhere. There were some small wins in about 10 spins, and that’s when I decided to play at the maximum bet with the Extra Bet active. 

Nothing happened in the first 6 spins, but then on the 10^th spin, I hit a winning combo with the help of the Wild and won 9,6x the stake. In the next few spins, I hit a combo with one of the high-paying symbols, but the Multiplier in the Special Reel was 2x, so my win was 8x the stake. I hit another big win in a few more spins of 4x the stake, and in around 20 spins in total, my win was 21,6x the stake.

I was a bit disappointed that I never hit a win with the big Multipliers, like the one with a 15x value, even though I played with the maximum bet and the Extra Bet active. But then, a miracle happened around spin 30 – I landed a Mega Win with a 10x Multiplier that took me to a max win of 26,6x the stake.

Fortune Gems online slot offers an RTP of 95.22%. The maximum you can win playing it is 375x the bet. The slot is low to medium volatile.

Given my experience playing the online slot Fortune Gems, even though the slot is low to medium volatile, it is not as promising as it sounds. It took me about 30 spins to win big, and I still didn't get even close to the max payout of 375x the stake.

Hacksaw Gaming's Mayan Stackways is certainly a better-paying slot, which offers the same theme, as is the Rally 4 Riches by Play'n GO, which offers more frequent Win Multiplier wins, even though it comes with an entirely different theme.