Go Fossicking At Mining Themed Online Slots

Added: June 11, 2015

Fossicking is an Australian slang for prospecting for precious stones. Though it is no longer a commercial activity, fossicking retains popularity as a hobby. The best sites remain a closely guarded secret. But Australian online casino players in the mood for fossicking can always head for mining themed slot machines where generous rewards await them. An extremely popular video slot is Hot Gems from Playtech that is live at online casinos like Mansion Casino and Omni Casino.

Hot Gems is a visually exciting slot game. While the game loads, a miner hits a precious stones seam and comes tumbling out of the mine on a deluge of gems. The main symbols are the miner, his lantern, his pickaxe and mine cart. Hot Gems is a volatile slot game with the miner awarding a jackpot payout of 5000 coins. The second highest payout is only 400 coins. This online slot game does not use the usual playing card icons as the low paying symbols. Instead brightly colored gems of different shapes are used. This adds to the visual appeal, especially in the Collapsing Reels feature. The special symbols are designated by logos. The Wild symbol appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4. The Hot Gems logo is the scatter symbol. Five scatter symbols award 100 times the total bet.

The highlight of Hot Gems online slot is the Collapsing Reels feature. This is triggered by any win in the main game. All symbols that have participated in any win explode, leaving a void on the reels. Symbols fall from above to take their place. If fresh wins are formed then the process repeats. The special symbols, if they are a part of winning combinations, also explode.

The Free Games logo triggers the free spins feature when it simultaneously appears anywhere on reels 1, 3 and 5. You will be awarded 15 free spins with an enhanced version of the Collapsing Reels feature. The first payout has a multiplier of x1. If the Collapsing Reels feature results in another payout the second payout is multiplied by x2. This way every successive win within the same spin has an increased multiplier that is capped at x5. If the Collapsing Reels feature results in a combination of symbols without a payout then the multiplier is again set to x1. Hot Gems is a 25 payline slot game will all lines enabled by default. The top line bet is 100 credits, which makes it a great game for Australian high roller online casino players.