A board that changes size
The help page describes 6 reels and 5 rows, plus additional reels sitting above reels 2 to 5. On reels 2, 3, 4 and 5, a symbol may take 1 to 4 spaces, and a tall symbol still counts as a single symbol for payouts. Because of this, the number of ways changes: the help page says you bet for a random number of winning ways on each spin, up to 32400.
Wins are counted on ways, left to right from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win on each way is paid and wins on different ways are added. Scatters do not need to line up.
How the cascades work
After each spin all winning symbols are removed. What is left on reels 1 to 6 drops down and new symbols fill the gaps from above; the extra reels above reels 2 to 5 refill from right to left. This repeats until there are no more wins, and the total is paid once the whole chain is finished.
Golden Frame symbols and the Wild
The Wild never lands by itself. The help page says it only appears when a Golden Frame symbol is part of a win: that symbol turns into a Wild of the same size (1 to 4 spaces) and drops down. The Wild shows a number for how many cascades it can last, and each win that uses it lowers the number by 1. It replaces every symbol except the Scatter.
One sentence on the help page is hard to read: it says the Wild will not be removed unless its number is at least 2. We repeat it as printed; the page explains no further.
Free games and the growing multiplier
The Scatter can land on all six reels. Four Scatters in the main game give 8 free spins, and each extra Scatter adds 2 more (5 gives 10, 6 gives 12). Four or more Scatters during free games add another 8 spins, again with 2 more per extra Scatter. Free games use the bet you had before they started.
In free games the multiplier starts at x1 and rises by one with each cascade. It does not reset between spins and keeps building until the free games end. No top limit is printed.
Playing it sensibly
Payouts on the help page are shown for a bet of 1 and follow the bet level you choose, so check the table at your own bet first. Set a budget, try a small bet while you learn how the tall symbols and cascades look, and stop when the budget is used.
Golden Empire paytable
Pays for 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 matching symbols on a way, shown for a bet of 1 as on the help page.
| Symbol | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden mask | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 0.50 |
| Golden bird emblem | 1.60 | 1.20 | 0.80 | 0.40 |
| Jade face carving | 1.20 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.30 |
| Blue stone idol | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.25 |
| Stone leaf carving | 0.80 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 0.20 |
| A | 0.60 | 0.45 | 0.30 | 0.15 |
| K | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.10 |
| Q | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.10 |
| J | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| 10 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
Rules and paytable taken from the in-game help pages in October 2026.