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Ecuador Gold is a 6 reel slot from Elk Studios, and although it doesn't actually use the Megaways™ mechanic from Big Time Gaming because Elk don't hold the licence, it is as near to a Megaways™ slot as you are going to find. Using their variation of this pay system Ecuador Gold has up to a massive 262,144 ways to win.

The staking options present players with all sized bankrolls the opportunity to play, with the minimum bet being €0.20, progressing steadily up to the max stake of €100 per spin. There are a total of 5 stake sizes that players can choose from ranging from €2 down to the minimum stake, and although this is below the average amount of bet sizes we would expect to see within this range on a slot, we feel there is still enough choice for a player to find a stake suitable for their style of play.

ECUADOR GOLD SLOT AVALANCHE FEATURE

Hitting a winning combination on Ecuador Gold will produce a reel avalanche, this is just the same as the cascading reels that we have become familiar with on slots such as Bonanza Megaways™ and Buffalo Rising Megaways™. This is where any symbols involved in a winning combination are removed and replaced with new symbols, there is a however a significant difference in what happens with each winning avalanche on Ecuador Gold.

As each spin begins in the base game you have up to 4096 ways to win, if you are successful and hit a winning combination and activate an avalanche the reels will expand and you will then move up to 15,625 ways to win, another win will see this again increase to 46,656 ways to win, achieve another win and this will increase to 117,649 ways, and one more win will see you reach the maximum ways to win of 262,144. Once you fail to achieve a winning combination the ways to win will be reset to 4096.

ECUADOR GOLD SLOT GHOSTING WILDS

During your play the ghosting wild symbol may land at anytime on reels 3, 4, 5 and 6. If this symbol does land you will see the arrow move and point in the direction the wild will next move. The ghosting wild can move a random amount of times and each time it does it will leave a wild behind it, so this gives you the opportunity to get a good amount on the reels and possibly get yourself a decent sized win.

ECUADOR GOLD SLOT FREE DROPS FEATURE

To trigger the bonus round on Ecuador Gold you will need 3 or more of the bonus symbols anywhere in view on the reels, the following amount of bonus symbols will award the corresponding amount of free drops.

• 3 Bonus symbols = 10 Free drops.
• 4 Bonus symbols = 15 Free drops.
• 5 Bonus symbols = 20 Free drops.
• 6 Bonus symbols = 25 Free drops.
  

Once the free drop bonus begins you ideally want to be seeing as many wild symbols landing in view as possible, this is because each time they land they will remain on that reel for the duration of the bonus round.

Just as the wins in the base game work, each time you achieve a win in the bonus round the total ways to win will also increase, the difference this time is that once you reach the next level of ways to win this will become a safety level, meaning that you will start from that point on your next free drop spin. 

There is definitely some big win potential on Ecuador Gold if you can reach the maximum amount of ways to win quickly during the bonus round. The feature can be re-triggered and to achieve this you again need to land 3 or more of the bonus symbols anywhere in view.

Without this being officially a Megaways™ slot it's not a bad attempt from ELK Studios, it does have a hint of Temple Tumble Megaways™ about it but I think that's mainly due to the layout of the reels and the theme.

The bonuses have come fairly quickly for us during our review of the game and have all paid fairly modestly, but you can see there is some promise of big hits on Ecuador Gold you just need to see plenty of the wilds land early on in the bonus round. This take on the Megaways™ mechanic has proven to be quite popular with players, and if you have found yourself enjoying this slot then you might also like to try Voodoo Gold and Tahiti Gold, both by Elk Studios, and both running on this format of play.

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