Top symbol and key features at a glance
On the Lucky Monaco build of Buffalo Gold, the buffalo is the highest-paying standard symbol, worth 1250x the line bet for five, 500x for four and 250x for three. A fire or lava icon appears during play and behaves like a substitute in some spins, but nothing on screen labels it as wild. A four-tier jackpot ladder and a Buy Free Spins button priced at 80.00 are both visible on the interface.
- Buffalo tops the paytable at 1250x for five of a kind
- No symbol on screen is explicitly labelled WILD
- A jackpot ladder with four named tiers runs alongside the base game
Reading the Buffalo Gold symbol set
Buffalo Gold from Lucky Monaco runs on a 5-reel, 3-row grid, confirmed directly from the game screen rather than from any published rulesheet. The buffalo sits at the top of the paytable, with the visible payout table showing 1250x the line bet for five in a row, 500x for four and 250x for three. That places it well above the surrounding animal symbols in payout weight, which is typical positioning for a series lead symbol.
Below the buffalo, a tier of North American wildlife handles the mid-range pays: bear, deer, cougar and wolf appear on the reels in that visual order of prominence, though their individual payout figures were not fully legible on the captured paytable screens. Card ranks A, K, Q, J and 10 fill the low end of the hierarchy, as they do in most nature-themed slots, though the J and 10 rows were cropped in the interface and their exact values are not confirmed.
A fire or lava-styled icon also appears during gameplay. It shows up in winning combinations in a way that suggests a substitute role, but no on-screen text identifies it as a wild, and no separate wild symbol is otherwise visible in the reel set. Treat its function as observed but not formally confirmed until the game itself labels it.
A free spins feature is named on the interface, which points to a scatter-triggered round somewhere in the symbol set, most likely a coin or dedicated scatter icon consistent with the wider Buffalo family of games. The exact scatter symbol, the number of triggers required and any multiplier attached to the round are not shown clearly enough on the captured screens to state with confidence.
It is worth noting once, clearly, that “Buffalo Gold” is a name used by several unrelated studios. Aristocrat and Skywind both publish detailed, fully documented paytables for their own Buffalo Gold titles, and Slot Factory lists a separate game under the same name. None of those paytables belong to this Lucky Monaco release, and none of their figures should be read across. Everything above reflects only what is visible on the Lucky Monaco game screen itself.
Buffalo Gold name collisions
- Buffalo Gold (Aristocrat) · 5x4 grid with 1,024 ways, wild confined to reels 2-4, and its own published paytable that does not match this build
- Buffalo Gold (Skywind) · Larger 6x4 grid with 4,096 ways and an adjacent-symbol doubling rule not present on the Lucky Monaco screen
- Buffalo Gold (Slot Factory) · A separate title sharing only the name, with no confirmed overlap in symbols, paytable or mechanics
Buffalo Gold specifications
- Provider
- Lucky Monaco
- Reels
- 5
- Bet range
- 1.00
Jackpot ladder and bonus buy
The interface displays a four-tier jackpot ladder labelled GREAT BONUS, MAXI, MIDI and MINI, with fixed values shown next to each tier. Ladder jackpots of this kind are usually awarded through a separate bonus screen rather than through the base paytable, and the tier reached typically depends on how far a bonus round is allowed to run rather than on any single symbol combination. A Buy Free Spins button priced at 80.00 is visible on every screen captured, letting a player pay a flat cost to enter the free spins round directly instead of relying on scatters to land naturally. Whether that price scales with the stake selected was not confirmed from the screens reviewed, so it should be checked against the live bet size before use.
Paytable terms explained
A symbol that substitutes for other paying symbols to help complete a combination; not formally confirmed on this build's screen
A symbol that pays or triggers a feature regardless of its position on the reels, usually the key to entering free spins
A payout structure where matching symbols on adjacent reels count regardless of exact row position, as opposed to fixed paylines
A tiered bonus structure, seen here as GREAT BONUS, MAXI, MIDI and MINI, where the prize awarded depends on how far the bonus progresses
A paid option that lets a player enter a bonus round directly for a fixed cost instead of triggering it through normal play
Symbol and paytable questions
Does the fire or lava symbol work as a wild in Buffalo Gold?
It appears in winning spins in a way that resembles a substitute role, but nothing on the game screen labels it WILD, so its exact function has not been confirmed.
How much does the buffalo symbol pay?
The on-screen paytable shows 1250x the line bet for five buffalo symbols, 500x for four and 250x for three, making it the top standard symbol in this build.
What does the GREAT BONUS tier on the jackpot ladder represent?
It is the highest of four displayed tiers, alongside MAXI, MIDI and MINI, awarded through the bonus feature rather than the base paytable.
How much does the Buy Free Spins button cost?
The button shows a fixed price of 80.00 on every captured screen; whether this scales with the active stake was not confirmed.
Is the symbol set worth knowing before you spin?
Right for Players who like animal-themed reels with a clear top symbol and want the option to pay directly into a free spins round.
Wrong fit for Players who need every symbol value and wild rule confirmed in writing before they start, since some paytable rows on this build remain unconfirmed.
Buffalo Gold's paytable follows a familiar animal-and-card hierarchy topped by a strongly weighted buffalo symbol, paired with a jackpot ladder and a paid entry into free spins. The unlabelled fire icon and the incomplete card-rank figures are the main gaps left by what the interface shows, and neither prevents understanding the broad shape of the game.
See the full paytable in the game itself
The clearest way to check exact symbol values, including the cropped card-rank pays and the fire icon's real function, is to open the paytable inside the game. Available to players 19+ (18+ in AB, MB, QC) where permitted.
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