The Hand of Midas review: Wilds and free spins for 1xBet readers

The official Pragmatic Play demo for The Hand of Midas was checked on 7 November 2026. The right-side circular arrow enters the game. The lower-left Information button opens seven pages of rules and paytable details. Spin and stake controls sit at the lower right. The demo displayed 100,000 USD-formatted virtual credits at a two-credit stake. The 2.50-credit higher-chance setting was shown off, and no feature was purchased. Rules and controls were inspected, but no result was sampled, so this review does not present any spin as a tested outcome.

The Hand of Midas studio demo for 1xBet readers

On November 7, 2026, the English studio game opened on desktop at 1,440 pixels and on a phone-size screen at 390 pixels. The desktop board showed 100,000 virtual credits and a stake of 2.00. The paytable came from the desktop Information panel. No spin was played for that check.

The board uses virtual credits. The currency format is USD, but the balance is not real money. Every paytable number below is an actual virtual coin award at the observed two-credit total stake. Do not multiply these displayed awards by the stake again.

Each line has its own result. The rules calculate wins using the bet per line. The result shown in the studio paytable already includes the selected stake.

The paytable in coins

The same stake controls are used for the display of the table and the board. If you change the virtual stake, read the table again before comparing the displayed coin awards. A payout column shows the length of a match. It does not count separate paylines. Use the first column for three matching symbols and the last column for five.

The developer's demo lists these awards for 3, 4 and 5 matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel.

At the observed stake, three crowned kings on a winning line show 4 virtual credits. A line of five shows 40.

How reel wins work

Read the ordinary symbols from the first reel toward the right. Matching symbols must sit on adjacent reels. In the table, “each” means every named symbol has the same awards for its own winning line.

When a spin wins on more than one payline, the line wins are added together. If a line contains more than one winning combination, only its highest win is paid. These are the developer's stated calculation rules for this edition of The Hand of Midas.

Wild symbols and spin multipliers

The WILD is a special symbol that can appear on reels 2, 3 and 4. It substitutes for every symbol except the SCATTER. A Wild therefore completes ordinary winning combinations where the rules allow a substitute.

Each WILD that lands also adds a random multiplier of 1x, 2x or 3x to that spin's total win. If several Wilds land on one spin, their multiplier values add together. The multiplier applies to the spin total, rather than acting as a separate line award.

Example, not a tested spin: if a spin has one Wild with a 2x value and another Wild with a 3x value, the stated Wild multipliers add to 5x for that spin's total win. This example illustrates the rule only. It is not an observed result from the demo.

Scatters and the free-spins trigger

Scatters appear only in the base game. Three or more trigger the free-spins round. The Wild cannot stand in for a Scatter on the trigger.

Before the round starts, the game opens mini reels for the triggering Scatters. Each mini reel can award one, two or three free spins. The game spins them all and adds their awards to get the starting total.

Sticky Wilds and the growing multiplier

Special reels are active during the free-spins round. The round has a general win multiplier that applies to the total win of every spin in the feature.

Each time a Wild lands during free spins, it stays on the screen until the round ends. At the same time, the general win multiplier rises by a random 1x, 2x or 3x. Because the Wild remains, later spins can include the same sticky Wild in a winning combination while the raised general multiplier continues to apply to each spin's total win.

For example, a round multiplier of 4× becomes 7× if a Wild adds 3×. This is an example of the addition rule. It was not an observed spin.

Guaranteed wins and re-triggers

Suppose four Scatters triggered the round and the original spins end below the 20× total-bet minimum. Four mini reels appear for the retrigger. If they show one, two, two and three, the round gains eight spins. This example illustrates the rule.

The free-spins round comes with a minimum win guarantee based on the number of Scatters that triggered it. Three Scatters guarantee 10x the total bet. Four guarantee 20x. Five guarantee 30x.

If the free spins run out and the minimum win has not been reached, the round re-triggers. One mini reel appears for each Scatter that originally triggered the feature. Each mini reel adds a random 1, 2 or 3 free spins. The native rules state that there is no limit to the number of possible re-triggers.

Bet choices and controls

The player can choose a bet multiplier, and the game behaves differently depending on the selected bet. The available choices include a 25x option. At 25x, the chance to win free spins naturally is doubled because more Scatter symbols are present on the reels. The studio board showed a Buy Free Spins button. We inspected the controls without using it or sampling a result.

For keyboard play, SPACE and ENTER can start and stop the spin. The developer also states that a malfunction voids all pays and plays.

These rules apply to the Pragmatic Play edition titled The Hand of Midas.