Gold Diamond Slot Review
Satin ribbons of violet and magenta curve in from the edges like stage drapery, and the reels sit in a thick bevelled gold frame beneath a faceted wordmark – a jewellery showroom with no shop floor, just the goods. Suits & Royals have built Gold Diamond around a simple promise: around four spins in five pay something, and every Wild banks free spins whether it wins or not.
It’s a 5×5 grid with 40 paylines, low-to-medium volatility and an 81.4% hit rate. Bets run from 0.10 to 10, and no single round pays more than 4,682 in cash whatever the stake. Fans of 9 Orbs of Gold will recognise the taste for clean boards and gold finishes. The counter is well lit; the question is what’s in the cabinet.
Base Game & Features
The board is a clean 5×5 with 40 left-to-right paylines, and it’s easy to read at a glance. Wins pay left to right across the lines, and only the highest combination on each line counts. There’s no cascading, no collecting, no second board hiding underneath. What you see is what spins.
The symbol set splits into four gem-and-gold premiums and four card-suit royals, all paid as multiples of the total bet rather than the line bet:
- Multi-colour gem: 4x / 12x / 20x for three, four, five
- Blue gem: 3x / 10x / 17x
- Gold bars: 2x / 8x / 14x
- Gold diamond: 1x / 6x / 11x
- Club: 0.5x / 2.2x / 4x
- Heart: 0.4x / 1.8x / 3x
- Diamond suit: 0.2x / 1.2x / 2x
- Spade: 0.2x / 0.6x / 1x
- Red gem scatter: 8x / 24x / 40x, and every one adds two free spins
The spread is tight, top to bottom, which is the shape you’d expect from a low-to-medium game with an 81.4% hit rate: lots of small returns and no cliffs. A five-of-a-kind on the best royal pays less than a three-of-a-kind on the second-best premium, so the gems are doing nearly all the paying.
Three symbols sit outside the standard rows. The Wild substitutes for all low and high paying symbols, and each one that lands awards two free spins whether it’s part of a win or not. That second half is the whole reason the base game matters here, and it’s covered properly in the bonus section below.
The red gem doubles as the scatter and the free-spins feeder, as the list shows. The Bonus scatter is a separate tile whose whole job is opening the picking round, and it only triggers on reels 1, 3 and 5. Neither can be substituted by the Wild.
Gold Diamond Free Spins and Pick & Click Bonus
Wild Free Spins
Every Wild that lands on the board instantly awards two free spins, with no winning combination required. Each new Wild landing during the sequence adds two more spins to the counter. The spins then play out automatically on the same board, at the same bet, until the counter reaches zero.
There’s no separate free spins screen and no fixed award of eight or ten. The round is as long as the Wilds make it, which gives the base game a ratchet feel: every Wild is guaranteed value, win or no win. A single spin that lands three Wilds opens the sequence with six spins banked before any of them have played.
Because the sequence runs on the same board at the same stake, the feature changes the length of your round rather than its rules. The scatters still count during the sequence, and a Wild landing mid-round extends it by two on the spot.
Pick and Click Bonus Game
Land three Bonus scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 and the board flips into 25 golden tiles. You pick 15 of them, one by one, and there are no empty picks. Each revealed high-pay symbol sends its prize straight to the win ticker, while every Gold Diamond raises the multiplier.
The Gold Diamond multiplier climbs one step per diamond, up to x10, and applies to everything collected in the bonus. A blocker tile covers the board during the round, and every pick reveals either a prize or a diamond, so nothing you touch is wasted.
Scatters can land during free spins too, and when they do the bonus is saved and played at the end of the round as its finale. Both features can therefore arrive from a single base spin, with the picking stage held back until the free spins finish running.
Buy Bonus
A buy button sits in the bottom-right of the interface and offers direct access to the Pick and Click Bonus Game. The price scales with the bet, as these purchases do, and the buy routes you into the 15-pick round with the multiplier ladder intact.
What the buy buys is the finale: the 25 tiles, the 15 picks, and a multiplier that starts climbing from the first diamond.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
This is one of the easiest slots you’ll ever sit down at. Something lands on roughly four spins in five, no Wild is ever a dud, and the whole thing behaves like a well-run counter in the sort of shop where nothing is priced to shock you. If you sit down at all, that constancy is the reason.
Its strength is that nothing here can whiff: the picking round has no empty tiles, so every one of the 15 touches pays something, and the Wild rule guarantees value on every trigger. Its weakness is the flatness. Wins are capped at 4,682 in cash per round, and the paytable has no cliffs worth climbing, so even a great session never feels like a heist.
It’s for the steady-action crowd: players who want frequent hits, rules you can explain in a sentence, and a bonus you don’t need a manual for. It isn’t for anyone hunting four-figure multiples, because that game doesn’t live here. For a polished, dependable spin behind gold-framed glass, this cabinet earns its spot on the wall.
Gold Diamond FAQs
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How do you trigger free spins in Gold Diamond?
Every Wild that lands awards two free spins, whether or not it forms part of a winning line. Each new Wild landing during the sequence adds two more spins, and all spins play out automatically on the same board at the same bet until the counter reaches zero. -
How does the Pick and Click Bonus Game work?
Three Bonus scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 flip the board into 25 golden tiles, and you pick 15 of them one by one. There are no empty picks: every tile reveals either a prize that goes straight to the win ticker, or a Gold Diamond that raises the multiplier by one step, up to x10, applied to everything collected in the bonus. -
Can free spins and the bonus game happen in the same round?
Yes. If the scatters arrive while free spins are running, the picking stage is held back and played out once the free spin counter reaches zero, closing the round. -
What does the Gold Diamond symbol do in the bonus game?
It’s the multiplier driver. Each Gold Diamond revealed during the Pick and Click round raises the multiplier by one step, up to x10, and the multiplier applies to everything collected in the bonus. -
What is the RTP of Gold Diamond?
Low-to-medium volatility, with an 81.4% hit frequency, so winning spins land often, though the individual wins are typically modest. -
What is the maximum win on Gold Diamond?
A single round is capped at 4,682 in cash, whatever the stake. At the top bet of 10 that works out at roughly 468x, and at lower stakes the equivalent multiple can be larger. -
How many paylines does Gold Diamond have?
40 left-to-right paylines across a 5×5 grid. Only the highest combination on each line counts. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Gold Diamond?
Bets run from 0.10 to 10 per spin, and all symbol values in the paytable are multiples of the total bet rather than the line bet. -
Can you buy the bonus on Gold Diamond?
Yes, a buy button offers direct access to the Pick and Click Bonus Game. The price scales with your chosen bet.
