Lightning Strikes in Gates of Power by BGaming

The gods of ancient Greece are known to hoard treasure and power, but few have amassed as much as Zeus. In Gates of Power, you’re given an opportunity to earn his favour and claim a 15,000x top prize. It won’t be an easy journey, but past all the tumbling reels, multipliers, and free spins, you might just reach the top of Olympus.

Learn all about BGaming’s latest slot in this in-depth review. We’ll go over all available features, themes, and payouts to help you decide if Gates of Power is the right game for you.

Gates of Power Visuals

The Gates of Power slot may feature an ancient Greek theme, though you’re not treated to the usual marble pillars and ancient structures. Instead, the focus is on Zeus’ gnarled face, as his glowing eyes stare you down. He carefully observes each spin you make, waiting for an opportunity to use his power.

Standard paying symbols in this BGaming slot are split into lower-value gemstones and high-paying icons, consisting of daggers, harps, goblets, and helmets. Zeus’ face is the Scatter, while lightning bolts are special symbols that unlock multipliers above the reels.

Gates of Power Gameplay and Features

You play the Gates of Power slot on a 6×5 grid with a Pay Anywhere grid. To win, you need eight or more matching symbols to land anywhere on the playing field.

Tumbling Reels

The Tumbling Reels feature triggers after every win. Winning symbols disappear from the grid, allowing the remaining icons to fall into their place. Meanwhile, new symbols appear from the top, potentially forming new winning combinations. Tumbles continue until no new wins occur.

Bolt Feature

At the start of each spin, five random multipliers are shown above the reels. Every time a Bolt symbol appears, it activates one multiplier for the current Tumble. Activated multipliers are added together and applied when the Tumble ends with a win. If the Tumble ends with no win, the multipliers do not apply.

Bonus & Super Bonus

Four or five Scatters will activate the Bonus or Super Bonus, respectively. In both features, the five starting multipliers are set at the start of the feature and remain available until activated. The regular Bonus is activated with four Scatters and has show multipliers ranging from 2x to 1,000x. Meanwhile, the Super Bonus raises the minimum possible multiplier to 10x.

Both features grant 15 free spins and start with a 0x total multiplier. Each multiplier you receive at the end of the Tumble will increase the total multiplier.

Bolt and multiplier symbols can land randomly on the reels, with each Bolt unlocking one random multiplier shown above the reels. The multiplier gets consumed by the Bolt and is removed from play for the rest of the feature, even if the Tumble sequence does not end in a win. Landing three or more Scatters during the Bonus or Super Bonus will grant 5 extra free spins.

Buy Features

BGaming offers four buy features to players that let them improve their chances of triggering bonus rounds or guarantee that a feature will activate. Available options include:

• Bonus Hunt – Each spin significantly increases the chances of triggering the Bonus or Super Bonus. Costs 10x your stake.
• Power Spins – Each spin guarantees a bolt symbol or Scatter with a minimum 50x multiplier. Costs 90x your bet.
• Bonus – Grants 15 free spins with a progressive total multiplier with multipliers ranging from 2x to 1,000x. Costs 100x your wager.
• Super Bonus – Awards 15 free spins with a progressive total multiplier with 10x to 1,000x multipliers. Costs 500x your stake.

Bonus Boost

Bonus Boost increases your chance to trigger Bonus or Super Bonus features by 300%. Enabling this feature doubles your bet.

Gates of Power RTP and Payouts

The Gates of Power slot has an RTP of 96.03% and a top prize of 15,000x. That said, Zeus isn’t the type to give up such a tantalising reward so easily, as evidenced by this game’s high variance.