Drill That Gold: Slot Overview

Make sure the batteries in your helmet lamps are topped up, because we’re heading below ground for some ore-hunting gambling from software provider Pragmatic Play. Put more simply: this is Drill That Gold, a title mining-slot fans can really dig into. And there are clearly plenty of them, since fresh mining-themed releases seem to appear with dependable regularity. Entering such a crowded niche is fine—so long as the game brings something, anything, that helps it stand out. Does Drill That Gold manage that?

At first glance, not really, as the initial scene is familiar territory. A miner stands to the right with shiny nuggets behind him, and a 5×3 game panel bordered by wooden beams sits front and centre. That said, there’s a bit more machinery on display than you usually get, including a curious device perched above the reels, so it’s worth holding off on judgement. For now, Drill That Gold sits right on the line between fresh-looking and well-worn.

So, the features are likely to be what makes the difference. Before diving into those, here’s a quick look at the nuts, bolts, and pistons powering the game. Drill That Gold is set to high volatility, and its default RTP is available at two levels. With standard betting, stakes run from 20 p/c to $/€125 per spin, and the game offers an RTP of 96.49%. Curiously, the RTP is slightly lower when the Ante Bet Option is switched on, which increases the stake by 25%, yet drops RTP to 96.45%.

Along with the drilling theme, there are ten pay symbols and 20 fixed paylines used to form winning combinations. At the lower end, 10-Ace card ranks return 0.8 to 2x the bet for 5 on a payline, while the higher ranks pay 3.2 to 10x the bet for a five-of-a-kind. Completing the regular line-up is a wild that appears on all reels and substitutes for any other symbol except the bonus.

Drill That Gold: Slot Features

Drills sit at the heart of Drill That Gold’s feature set, where players may run into a Drill Feature, Spin Modifiers, Gold Spins, and an Ante Bet.

Drill Feature

Whenever a stack of miners lands, it transforms into a silver drilling symbol. This drill then expands in an upwards direction and turns wild, and it can also uncover a cash prize worth up to 100x the bet.

Spin Modifiers

On any non-winning spin, there’s a chance a modifier will appear, changing the result into a win paying at least 10x the bet. Alternatively, it can generate enough bonus symbols to trigger the Gold Spins bonus round instead.

Gold Spins Feature

This bonus round is triggered when 3, 4, or 5 bonus symbols land, awarding 6, 8, or 10 free spins, respectively. During free spins, the silver drill can appear, and a new golden drill may show up as well. The golden drill expands in the same way as the silver drill, but it guarantees a cash prize of 5x, 10x, 15x, 25x, 50x, 75x, 100x, 200x, 500x, or 1,000x the bet. To be clear, the silver drill does not guarantee a cash prize. In addition, when a miner symbol lands in free spins, it nudges up or down to reveal a full stack of miners, which then creates a silver or golden drill. Finally, landing 2, 3, 4, or 5 bonus symbols while the bonus is active awards an extra 4, 6, 8, or 10 free spins.

Ante Bet

As mentioned earlier, when the Ante Bet feature is enabled, the drill symbol in the base game will always be a golden one.

Drill That Gold: Slot Verdict

Drill That Gold does manage to strike a bit of paydirt, lifting it above fool’s gold. There’s genuinely a decent amount of drilling activity, which isn’t something every slot leans into. One comparison that springs to mind is Relax Gaming’s TNT Tumble, which puts drilling more front and centre and does a better job of selling the idea of digging deeper underground. TNT Tumble is also the more inventive of the two, though bold experimentation is something we tend to associate more with Relax Gaming than Pragmatic Play. Even so, while Drill That Gold features plenty of drill visuals, they largely serve as a thematic wrapper for expanding wilds—though any cash prizes they reveal are a welcome bonus.

Overall, Drill That Gold is a solid, working mining slot, but it doesn’t reshape the genre in the way Fire in the Hole xBomb did. Visually, it’s polished in the familiar Pragmatic Play style, and the numbers are strong—assuming you’re playing the highest RTP version. From a technical angle, it’s difficult to fault, and the drilling/expanding-wild mechanic is coherent and easy to follow. In short, anyone looking for a mining themed slot should find Drill That Gold delivers what they’re after. There’s also decent upside, with potential reaching 5,000x the bet if you hit the right seam. That number is a hard win cap, by the way, cutting bonus rounds short before they can turn into an excessive gold rush.

Even with its slick presentation, Drill That Gold probably won’t leave a lasting mark. It performs its job capably and includes a couple of neat touches, but it feels more like confident, familiar craftsmanship than a bold expedition into the depths.