Casinos can run a 95.50% or 94.51% build of this game; the paytable inside the game shows which one you are on.
WHAT IT IS
The Hand of Midas in short
The Hand of Midas is a February 2021 line slot from Pragmatic Play, 5 reels, 3 rows, 20 lines, built around a wild that adds a 1x, 2x or 3x multiplier to the spin and sticks in place during free spins. The published RTP on the default build is 96.54% and the cap is 5,000x.
Canadians search for it because of the guaranteed minimum. Three scatters promise at least 10x your stake from the round, five promise 30x, and if the spins run out short the game hands you more. That floor is unusual in the Pragmatic catalogue. It does not make the game generous, it just means the bought feature cannot pay zero, and people like knowing that.
HOW IT PLAYS
Base game and symbols
Twenty fixed lines, left to right, three of a kind to pay. The gold statues are the top symbols and the card values fill the rest. The wild lands on reels 2, 3 and 4 only, and every wild adds a random 1x, 2x or 3x to the total win of that spin. Two wilds on one spin add their numbers, so a 3x and a 2x make the whole spin's win 5x. Nothing multiplies here; it all adds.
That makes base-game wins readable but small. A single wild with a 1x on a C$0.40 line win is C$0.80. A pair of wilds with 3x each on a spin that connects three lines is a decent result and does not come around often. Most spins are a line of card values or nothing.
Spins are quick. The feature needs three or more scatters, and the ante bet costs 25% more per spin to double the chance. Most casino bonuses cap the stake at about C$5 to C$7 a spin, exclude all three buy options, and sometimes count the ante bet as a stake increase, so on bonus money it is the plain game and the plain wait. The buy options cost 100x, 200x or 300x for three, four or five scatters, which is a lot of money for a 5,000x ceiling.
Features
Wilds on reels 2 to 4 add 1x, 2x or 3x to the spin's win; several wilds add together
Free spins: each scatter spins 3 mini reels of 1 to 3 spins, so 3 scatters give 9 to 27 spins and 5 give up to 45
In free spins the wilds stick and feed a multiplier that never resets
Guaranteed minimum win of 10x, 20x or 30x for 3, 4 or 5 scatters; the round retriggers until it is met
Ante bet (25% more per spin) doubles the scatter chance
Bonus buy at 100x, 200x or 300x for 3, 4 or 5 scatters
THE FEATURE
Bonus round
Three, four or five scatters start the round. Each scatter spins three mini reels, each showing one to three spins, so three scatters give between nine and 27 free spins and five scatters give up to 45. Inside, every wild that lands sticks in place and its number is added to a global multiplier that applies to every win and never resets. A round with four sticky wilds showing 3x, 2x, 3x and 1x pays every win at 9x for the rest of the spins.
The floor is 10x, 20x or 30x your stake for three, four or five scatters. If the round ends under that, each triggering scatter spins one more mini reel and you keep going until the floor is reached. A dead bonus is one that pays exactly the floor: nine spins, one 1x wild, a 10x return on a 100x buy.
OUR TAKE
Should you play The Hand of Midas?
Play it if you like a line slot where the feature cannot hand you nothing and the multiplier grows in a way you can follow. It suits a C$50 real-money session, and the floor makes the 100x buy less of a coin flip than most. Skip it for bonus wagering; the base game is thin and the buys are excluded. For a bigger ceiling with the same additive wilds, Wild West Gold goes to 10,000x, and Book of Dead is the other gold-and-statues game people land on.
WHERE TO PLAY
The Hand of Midas at Canadian casinos
Sites on our list that carry Pragmatic Play games.
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These casinos named Pragmatic Play on their provider list or in their lobby when we checked, so The Hand of Midas should be in the search box. Lobbies change; type the name before you deposit. Rank is our overall ranking.
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01What is the guaranteed minimum win in The Hand of Midas?
Three scatters promise at least 10x your stake from the free spins, four promise 20x and five promise 30x. If the round ends below that, each triggering scatter spins one more mini reel of extra spins and the round continues until the floor is met. A bought feature cannot pay zero.
02Can I play The Hand of Midas with a casino bonus in Canada?
Usually, with the stake capped at about C$5 to C$7 a spin and all three bonus buys excluded while bonus money is active. Some terms treat the ante bet as a stake increase. The base game pays little between features, so it is a slow choice for wagering.
03How many free spins do you get?
It varies. Each scatter spins three mini reels showing one to three spins each, so three scatters give nine to 27 spins, four give 12 to 36 and five give 15 to 45. The sticky wilds and the global multiplier last for every spin in the round.
RTP, max win and release date checked against pragmaticplay.com, slotcatalog.com in October 2026. Casinos can run a different RTP build; the game's own info page shows the one you are on.
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