Before the game begins, players must choose the coin denomination they will be using. The coins range from one cent to five dollars: one cent, two cents, five cents, ten cents, twenty-five cents, fifty cents, one dollar, and five dollars. The player then must activate at least one pay line, or any amount up to twenty-five.
A winning combination can only pay out if it is located in an activated pay line, which is why it is wise to enable as many as possible. The default setting is that players can wager only one coin per line. After completing the settings, the game starts by clicking the SPIN button.
The wild symbol is the Gold Nugget, which only appears on reels two and four. If it substitutes in a winning combination, the payout is tripled. The scatter symbol is the PayDirt Sign. Five scatter symbols pay out two-hundred coins. Three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels nets a payout, multiplied by the total bet wagered.
Three or more scatter symbols also activate the feature games. There are three feature games and the player has to pick a PayDirt Sign to reveal which game will be played.
Gold Rush offers 12 free spins in which Grouped Gold Nuggets can appear on any reel.
Gold Fever offers 5 free spins in which reel 3 will always be entirely of Gold Nuggets.
Strike It Lucky is the best. It first takes players to a second screen where they pick mines and get bonus symbols. They then get 10 free spins in which the given bonus symbols act as wilds.
This game is a veritable bonanza of credits!
PayDirt has a progressive jackpot that is hit randomly. The highest fixed jackpot in normal spins is of 10000 coins when five Mine symbols appear in an enabled payline. The second highest fixed jackpot is 2500 coins when five Miner symbols appear in an enabled payline. The payout table can be accessed by clicking the HELP button.