Gold Beard (3Win8): a pirate slot you can spin for 0.01

Gold Beard is a pirate slot in the 3Win8 app. Goldbeard and his crew work out of a desert island base, watching for ships to raid and treasure to haul home. Your part is spinning the 5 x 3 reels.

Gold Beard's grid and paylines

The game uses five reels with three rows each and up to 20 paylines. You choose how many lines are active, anywhere from 1 to 20. Fewer lines lowers the cost of a spin, but it also means combinations that land on inactive lines pay nothing, so most players keep all 20 running.

If the theme feels familiar, it should. Pirate raids are a well-worn idea in slots, and players who liked titles such as Pirate Plunder and Pirate Isle will recognise the setting.

Betting from 0.01 to 5 coins

The stake range is the real selling point here. The line bet runs from 0.01 to 0.25 coins, and combined with the line choice that gives you:

• Smallest spin: one line at 0.01, so 0.01 a spin.
• All 20 lines at the bottom: 0.20 a spin.
• Top of the range: 20 lines at 0.25, so 5 coins a spin.

A 5-coin ceiling is low compared with many slots, which makes Gold Beard a reasonable choice when you want a long session on a small budget. Low stakes do not change the odds, though. They only slow down how fast money moves either way.

Trying Gold Beard

A sensible way in is to start at 0.20 with all lines active and watch how often the reels pay back before deciding whether to raise the line bet. When you are ready, play Gold Beard in 3Win8, or see the rest of our 3Win8 Mini Games reviews.