Golden Tour (ACE333): a first session on the five-line golf slot
An old-school five-line golf slot with a Dollar Ball side button. This walkthrough covers the screen, the keys, how small line wins are shown and the golf bonus.
Cartridge label
- Reels
- 5 x 3
- Lines
- 1 to 5
- Coins
- Play 1 to 5 coins (side panel)
- Extras
- Dollar Ball button, progressive ticker
Controls
- Lines - / +
- Sets how many of the 5 lines are active
- Bet - / +
- Sets the stake shown in the Bet box
- AUTOPLAY
- Repeats spins at the current settings
- PLAY / STOP
- Spins the reels; turns red and reads STOP while they roll
Golden Tour is one of the oldest-looking games in the ACE333 lobby: a five-reel, five-line golf slot from the Playtech catalogue, drawn like a cabinet with chunky grey keys along the bottom. There are not many buttons, which makes it easy to learn.
What you see on the first screen
A green golf-course backdrop, the "Golden Tour" sign with a golf ball on a tee, and white reels. Coloured line markers numbered 4, 2, 1, 3 and 5 sit on both sides, in the order the lines cross the reels. The first capture has all five lines drawn in at once.
A tall green panel on the right reads "5 REEL MULTILINE VIDEOSLOTS" and "Play 1 to 5 coins". At the top left is a "Dollar Ball ENABLE" button, and a red "PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT" ticker scrolls under the logo. The usual ACE333 MAJOR, RANDOM and MINOR meters run across the very top with BACK and a menu button.
The keys
The bottom row has Lines with - and +, Bet with - and +, a green AUTOPLAY key and a green PLAY key. Credit and Win boxes sit just under the reels. Pressing PLAY turns it into a red STOP while the reels spin, and the reels stop one at a time from left to right.
The session here was run on 1 line at 0.01, the cheapest setting, which is why the credit moves by a cent or two a spin (27.53 to 27.56).
Symbols
Everything is from the golf course: golf cart, blue golf bag, white and orange golf balls, a pair of balls, golf shoes, a red flag, a beer glass, and three animals (a duck, a gopher and a fish). Wins are shown with dashed circles.
In another spin, two red flags on reels 4 and 5 were circled for 0.02 on line 1.
The golf bonus
The old page described a bonus when three matching duck, gopher or fish symbols land on adjacent reels. You then pick clubs three times and your golfer takes a shot for a prize. That matches the Playtech original. The screenshots here never reach it.
Pacing
At 0.01 on one line, only the middle row pays and most spins return nothing, so the game passes time more than it pays. Going to all 5 lines at the smallest bet costs five times as much but lets the top and bottom rows count, and the animal symbols need matching reels to trigger the bonus. Keep AUTOPLAY for when you have settled on a stake.
Golden Tour on 3Win8 is the same game in a different lobby. The ACE333 overview lists the other titles, and you can get an ACE333 game ID to play.
Troubleshooting and questions
What is the Dollar Ball button?
In Playtech games it is an optional side bet on a lottery-style progressive draw. This version shows the button marked ENABLE in the top-left corner, but none of the screenshots show it switched on or the draw itself.
How is a win shown?
The winning symbols get a dashed circle, the line lights up, and a caption such as 'You won 0.02 on line 1' appears under the reels.
Press start
Want to play it on ACE333? Get a game ID through our partner link, then set a spending limit before the first round.