Introduction to Digger's Dough
Digger's Dough is a casino slot from Relax Gaming with a pretty popular casino theme: mining. Most mining these days is done by large multinational companies, but the miners in casino slots are usually, more or less, crazy-looking elderly men with big beards. The small-scale miner in this game is not only looking for blue, green, and red gemstones but also glittering gold. To his help, he has a loyal donkey. Let’s see how such a team performs.
If you want first-hand experience of the mining business, you can play the free demo of Digger’s Dough at the top of this page.
Theme, Gameplay, and Payouts
Digger's Dough is a video slot from Relax Gaming containing 5 reels with 3 rows. There are no regular paylines, but wins are made by landing 4 matching symbols anywhere on the grid. The Min.bet is 0.1, and the Max.bet is 100. Digger’s Dough has an RTP of 94% and high volatility. Taking home the max win will add 10,000x the bet to your account.
This mining game, unlike most other mining-themed slots, is not set underground. We’re in a natural landscape with carts of stone blocks scattered out on the ground. In the background are tall pine trees and behind them big mountains. The reels are in the middle of the screen, set against a wooden house. To the right of it is a shed next to a river. To make a win, you need to land 4 or more matching symbols anywhere on the reels. The game is available on mobile phones, tablets, and desktop computers.
The lower-paying symbols in Digger's Dough are blue, green, and red gemstones. They pay between 3x and 5x the bet for wins containing 15 or more symbols. The medium-paying symbols are helmets, lanterns, and spades. Landing a win of 15 or more with them awards between 9x and 11x the bet. The higher-paying symbols are mine carts, donkeys, and gold diggers. Those symbols pay between 14x and 16x the bet for wins of 15 or more symbols. The Wild Symbol is a pack of dynamite that substitutes for all the mentioned symbols to form winning combinations.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Digger's Dough?
You can win up to 10,000x the bet.
What features are available in the slot Digger's Dough?
The features are Wild Symbol, Cascading Wins, Block Symbols, Destroy All Paying Symbols Feature, Destroy All Blocks Feature, Free Spins, Super Free Spins, and Feature Buy.
Wild Symbol
The Wild Symbol is depicted by dynamites. It substitutes for all regular-paying symbols to form winning combinations.
Cascading Wins
Whenever you score a win, the winning symbols are removed, and new ones are added. If you’re able to make a new winning combination when the grid is refilled, those winning symbols are also removed, and new ones appear. The cascades continue as long as you keep on scoring wins.
Block Symbols
There are two rows of Block Symbols above the regular 3 rows. A Block Symbol can’t drop to the regular rows, but it’s activated and destroyed whenever a winning symbol beneath it explodes, or by another Block Symbol.
Block Symbols can destroy all horizontal, vertical, or diagonal blocks. They can also increase Free Spins, increase the Win Multiplier, and destroy all symbols of a specific color (red, blue, and green) and replace them with symbols of the same color.
Destroy All Paying Symbols Feature
If all symbols are destroyed in the same cascade, the reels will be replaced with 15 symbols of the same kind, guaranteeing a nice win.
Destroy All Blocks Feature
If you destroy all blocks in the same cascade, they will be replaced by Multiplier, Bonus, and Gem Blocks. No blank blocks will appear.
Free Spins
You trigger the Free Spins by landing 3 or more Scatter Symbols on the reels. Each Scatter Symbol has a number, and you're awarded the same number of spins as the total sum of the numbers.
You start the Free Spins with the multiplier value you had while triggering the feature, and the multiplier won’t reset between spins.
Super Free Spins
A Super Free Spin can trigger at any time during the Free Spins. It will make sure that only Multiplier, Bonus, and Gem Symbols show up in the Block area.
Feature Buy
You can buy the Free Spins feature for 71x the bet. The feature will start with 3 to 10 spins and a 0x multiplier. You can also pay 256x the bet for 5 Super Free Spins with a starting multiplier of 0x.
Final Thoughts on Digger's Dough
Mining for treasure sounds romantic until you remember it usually involves dirt and sweat. However, in casino slots, the business usually looks nicer, and this game is no exception. Digger’s Dough lets you enjoy the fun part without needing a shovel or a shower afterward. Relax Gaming has spiced up the classic mining theme with colorful gems, exploding dynamite, and a hardworking donkey.
The gameplay is easy to understand, and the Scatter Pay mechanic works great on such a relatively small grid. We’re not used to seeing it in 5x3 games, but you only need 4 matching symbols anywhere on the reels to make a winning combination. The Cascading wins and the sometimes following exploding Block Symbols turn your spin into fireworks.
However, the RTP of 94% is nothing but a disappointment, falling a couple of percentage points below the average slot. The max win of 10,000x for a highly volatile game is solid. If you want to try out some other mining titles, make sure to check out Bullshark Game’s Gem Ghosts or NetEnt’s Wild Mining XXXtreme.
Digger's Dough from Relax Gaming is a fun mining adventure with solid features, pretty good win potential, but an RTP that takes away some of the explosive fun.
