Winter S Gold Slot Review
Flat-shaded peaks stack up in pale blues behind the reels, pine silhouettes stand dark against the snow at the corners, and a light drift of white specks crosses the sky. Winter S Gold from Spinomenal is a winter slot with nothing on the mountain but the spin: a 5×3 grid, 30 fixed paylines, an RTP of 93.11%, and no feature round of any kind.
That’s an unusual shape for this studio, whose colder titles usually arrive loaded. Majestic Winter Avalanche and Wolf Fang Snowfall both carry full feature sets, and Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom goes the same way. Here a stacked wild and a paying scatter do everything, with a top line of 1,333.3333x the total bet on the boot.
Reels, Lines and Symbols
The game runs on five reels and three rows, set to 30 fixed lines. All symbols pay from left to right starting on the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each line is paid. Where several lines win in the same round, the amounts are added together into the total for that round.
Wins are multiplied by the bet per line, and the paytable below is expressed as multiples of the total bet. The premium tier is winter sports gear; the royals fill out the lower half of the table. The values for three, four and five of a kind:
- Snow boot: 100x / 333.3333x / 1,333.3333x
- Helmet and goggles: 66.6667x / 133.3333x / 666.6667x
- Snowboard: 66.6667x / 133.3333x / 666.6667x
- A: 33.3333x / 100x / 400x
- K: 33.3333x / 66.6667x / 266.6667x
- Q: 16.6667x / 33.3333x / 133.3333x
Reading the tiers together tells you where the money sits. The gear symbols pay noticeably more than the royals, and every step down the table roughly halves the return. On any given spin, the premium symbols carry most of the work.
The wild is a torch, and it substitutes for every symbol except the scatter. Five of them on a line is the richest combination in the game at 3,333.3333x the total bet, comfortably ahead of the boot.
Torches land stacked on a reel, which is where the bigger base game wins come from. A full stacked reel of torches, lined up across the 30 lines, is the closest thing this game has to a headline moment. Because only the highest win per line is paid, the stack pays once per line it completes rather than once per torch.
The Scatter Medal
The scatter is a gold medal, and it works differently from everything else: it pays in any position, not just on a line, with the award scaled to the total bet placed. Because it ignores paylines entirely, a medal on reel one, reel three and reel five still counts as three of a kind.
Its ladder, as multiples of the total bet:
- Three medals: 6.6667x the total bet
- Four medals: 33.3333x the total bet
- Five medals: 833.3333x the total bet
The steps on that ladder are steep, and the whole value of the symbol is concentrated at the top of it. Three medals, by contrast, return less than a three-of-a-kind boot on a line. Four sit somewhere in the middle, worth more than any royal line but less than the gear.
That’s the whole of it. There’s no free spins round attached to the medal, nothing to collect and no meter to fill; it pays, the win lands in the total, and the round moves on. For a studio that usually hangs a bonus game off its scatters, a plain paying medal is a genuinely minimal design.
Playing the Round
Controls are standard for the studio. The bet per line is set with the plus and minus arrows, and the spin button or the space bar starts the round. During a spin the help and settings buttons are disabled, and all wins for the round are shown in the win field.
Every winning combination and payout can be checked in the paytable before you commit to a stake. Auto play and turbo mode are both on board:
- Auto play runs continuous spins at the selected bet per line, with the number of spins chosen on a configuration screen before it starts
- Auto play stops at any point with the pause button
- Turbo mode shortens each round to the minimum, toggled by the rabbit button on desktop or through the settings menu on mobile
- Turbo can also be switched on from the auto play configuration screen
A “GOOD LUCK!” banner sits over the reels while they turn, which tells you most of what there is to say about the presentation. The artwork is clean and bright, but nothing on the reels moves the game forward beyond the spin itself.
The practical ceiling is the 3,333.3333x wild line, and everything else on the table sits below it: the boot tops out at 1,333.3333x and the five-medal scatter at 833.3333x. A single round that stacks those combinations across several lines at once is as good as a spin gets here.
Two housekeeping rules round out the terms. Malfunction voids all pays, and the English version of the rules prevails where translations differ.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6/10
Winter S Gold is one long base game on a quiet mountain, and that’s the whole reason to pick it: every spin is the same spin, so there’s nothing to wait for and nothing to miss. When the stacked torches fill a reel, the paytable pays properly for it – a 3,333.3333x top line is generous work for a game with no feature round, and the medal paying from anywhere gives even the dullest stretch a reason to watch the corners of the screen.
But there’s genuinely nothing else here. No free spins, no bonus game, no meter quietly filling – once you’ve seen the boot and the torch, you’ve seen the game, and the 93.11% RTP means it keeps more of your money than most modern slots while offering less to look at.
It’s for players who enjoy a plain, fast spin and a top-heavy paytable, and who’d rather chase a five-medal scatter than a free spins counter. Feature-hunters will find the studio’s snowier titles far better company. The scenery is lovely; just know that nothing’s buried under it.
Winter S Gold FAQs
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What is the RTP of Winter S Gold?
Winter S Gold runs at an RTP of 93.11%, which sits below what most modern online slots aim to return. -
How many paylines does Winter S Gold have?
The game is set to 30 fixed lines, so there’s no option to reduce the number in play. Winning lines pay from the leftmost reel onwards, and multiple line wins in one round are added together. -
What is the grid size of Winter S Gold?
Winter S Gold plays on a 5×3 grid of five reels and three rows. -
When is Winter S Gold released?
Winter S Gold’s release date is 13 January 2022. -
Who makes Winter S Gold?
Winter S Gold is made by Spinomenal. -
What does the wild symbol do in Winter S Gold?
The torch substitutes for every symbol except the scatter, and it lands stacked on reels. Five torches on a payline pay 3,333.3333x the total bet, the richest combination in the game. -
How does the scatter pay in Winter S Gold?
The gold medal pays in any position rather than on a line, with the award scaled to the total bet. Three medals pay 6.6667x, four pay 33.3333x and five pay 833.3333x the total bet. -
Does Winter S Gold have a bonus round or free spins?
No. Winter S Gold has no free spins round, no bonus game and no bonus buy. The base game, the stacked wilds and the paying scatter are the whole of it.
