Hand of Midas 2
Hand of Midas 2 Stats
RTP & Maths
- RTP by Mode
- Base 96.07% · Buy Free Spins 96.04%
- RTP Versions
- 96.07% here · Other versions 95.05%, 94.06%
- Max Win Rule
- Applies in base and feature
- Jackpots
- None
Free Spins & Bonus
- Free Spins
- 3 scatters = free spins; 3 mini reels per triggering scatter each award 1, 2 or 3 spins (9 mini reels on a 3-scatter trigger)
- Bonus Buy
- Buy Free Spins 100x (96.04% RTP)
- Multipliers
- 2x/3x/5x/10x wild multipliers · Add
Symbols & Pays
- Wild
- Base and feature · Reels 2, 3 and 4
- Scatter Reels
- Reels 1, 3 and 5 in the base game; reels 1 and 5 during free spins
- Line Pays
- Top symbol 20x · Lowest 0.1x
Hand of Midas 2 Basics
Pragmatic Play’s 2024 sequel keeps the marble palace, the golden royals, and the burning hand to the right of the reels, then moves two numbers in opposite directions. The cap climbs from the 5,000x of The Hand of Midas to 8,000x. The return drops from the original’s 96.54% to 96.07%. The wild ladder has also been reworked, the free spins round can now retrigger without limit, and one of the 2021 game’s defining rules has been removed.
Hand of Midas 2 Features
Sticky Wilds and the Multiplier Orb
The wild appears on reels 2, 3, and 4. Some wilds arrive carrying 2x, 3x, 5x, or 10x, applied to the entire win for that spin, and when more than one lands, the values add together rather than the largest one taking over. During the free spins round, those same wilds stick to the board and step the round’s general win multiplier up by the value they carry. The orb on the burning hand shows where that multiplier stands. It opens at x1 and never moves backwards.
The Mini Reel Spin Count
Three scatters start the round, and the number of spins is drawn rather than fixed. The feature hands out three mini reels for every scatter that triggered it, so a three-scatter start fills the screen with nine of them, each showing one, two, or three spins. They all turn, and the total they show is the round you play. Special reels take over for the duration, which is where the sticky wilds come from.
Scatters on the Outside Reels
Scatters land on reels 1, 3, and 5 in normal play, and on reels 1 and 5 only once the round is running. Two of them are enough to retrigger it. The mini reels come back and add their total to what remains, and no rule caps how often that can happen.
Buy Free Spins
A plaque prices the round at 100x the total bet, which is $200.00 at the demo’s $2.00 stake. One price, one version of the feature.
The Palace Set
Six picture symbols carry the paytable: the Midas king first among them, then Dionysus, the golden woman, a treasure chest, a fruit bowl, and a chalice. Five stone royals fill in behind them. The art is a 2024 polish on a 2021 frame, with more movement on the wilds and Midas himself larger at the side of the reel set.
How to Play
The Wild Without a Cash Value
The wild carries no pay of its own. It stands in for every symbol except the scatter, and the only thing it adds on its own is the multiplier it may carry. Watch the three middle reels for that reason, because nothing landing on reel 1 or reel 5 can move the win multiplier.
Changes From the Original
The 2021 game used the same shape and mini reel draw, and every wild that landed there increased the multiplier. Here, only some of them do, making a sticky board a less reliable thing to build. The original also guaranteed a minimum win on the round, scaled to the number of scatters that started it, and kept retriggering until that minimum arrived. Nothing in this game’s rules offers a floor. The wild ladder and the retrigger rule behind it have grown instead, and neither promises anything on a given round.
Bet Range and Return to Player
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum bet | $0.20 |
| Maximum bet | $240.00 |
| RTP | 96.07% |
| RTP with Buy Free Spins | 96.04% |
Ante Bet and Super Spin mode are both absent here, so the maximum is the plain top of normal play, and the single buy option stands in for the three scatter-priced buys the original offered.
Game Paytable
Five Midas kings on a line pay 20x, and the three lowest royals share a single row between them.
| Symbol | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midas king | 2x | 6x | 20x |
| Dionysus | 1.5x | 4.5x | 15x |
| Golden woman | 1.25x | 3.5x | 12.5x |
| Treasure chest | 1x | 2.5x | 10x |
| Fruit bowl | 0.75x | 1.75x | 7.5x |
| Chalice | 0.5x | 1x | 5x |
| Ace, King | 0.25x | 0.5x | 2.5x |
| Queen, Jack, 10 | 0.1x | 0.25x | 1.25x |
The Scatter and the 20 Lines
Wins land on 20 fixed lines across the 5×3 set, and the scatter is the one symbol that ignores them. Three of the golden hands pay 2x the total bet on top of starting the round, and that is the only cash the scatter pays anywhere in this slot. Everything else the game holds back for the free spins, which is why the two figures in the table above end up so close together. Buying the round and waiting for three golden hands lead to the same place, and the game charges almost nothing for the shortcut.
Ultimate Slots Verdict
The sequel lifts the cap, drops the return, and removes the one rule that made the original's bonus different from every other Pragmatic Play free spins round. Sticky wilds that add their multipliers and a retrigger with no limit are a fair swap for a longer round, but not for a guarantee. Worth a look in the demo if the bigger cap is what you came for; the original is the better game.
✓ What We Like
- Wild multipliers add together, so a 10x and a 5x on the same spin make 15x on the whole win
- Every valued wild stays stuck to the board, and the round's multiplier only climbs from there
- Two scatters retrigger the round, with no limit on how many times that can happen
- The spin count comes off mini reels, so no two triggers hand out the same round length
- One buy price with its own return figure, instead of a ladder to work through
✗ What Could Be Better
- The return is around half a point below the original's, for a cap most rounds never approach
- The original's guaranteed minimum win on the bonus has no equivalent here
- Only some wilds carry a value, so a board full of sticky wilds can leave the multiplier untouched
Detailed Review
Gameplay Breakdown
Everything this sequel does differently happens within the free spins round. A wild lands on one of the three middle reels and stays there. A valued one lifts the orb beside the reels by the amount it carries, and the new figure stays until the last spin. Land two more valued wilds, and they climb on top of that. A round starting at x1 can be running a two-figure multiplier before the spin count is halfway through.
That round no longer has a floor.
The 2021 game guaranteed a minimum win on every free spins round, scaled to the trigger, and it kept retriggering until the round paid at least that much. That guarantee has gone. Its replacement is a retrigger rule with no limit, which is a fine thing on a good round and worth nothing on a bad one.
The trade is straightforward. A slightly lower return buys 3,000 times the bet of extra headroom on a cap almost nobody reaches. For a player who buys rounds, that headroom is the product, and the higher figure is the only one that matters. For everyone else, the lower return applies to every spin they pay for.
The case against that reading is real. Additive wilds are the more generous rule, 10x is the largest single value this family has offered, and a retrigger that arrives on two scatters keeps the good rounds going far longer than the original allowed. A sticky board with three valued wilds on it beats anything the 2021 game could build.
Only some wilds carry a value, though, and the rules say nothing about how often. A sticky board can fill with wilds that substitute and do nothing else, which leaves the orb where it started while the spins run down. The original never had that problem, because every wild it dropped moved the number.
Hand of Midas 2 is a competent 2024 build of a 2021 game, and one of the safer entries in the Pragmatic Play catalogue, with better animation and a bigger cap. Judged on the trade it makes, this review puts the original in front. Anyone who wants the higher cap will find it here, and the lower return is what it costs them.
