Lucky Nuggets Megaways slot
Lucky Nuggets Megaways is a Blueprint Gaming slot released on 26 May 2022, a mining game on six reels that uses the Megaways engine, so the number of ways to win changes from spin to spin. Its free spins bring in a prospector wild who collects the gold nugget and diamond money symbols in view, and every fourth prospector adds spins and raises his multiplier.
Editorial note: this guide explains how Lucky Nuggets Megaways works. Rules, features and payout figures are set by the studio and can differ between operators and game versions, so check the game’s information panel before you play. Slots are games of chance, and nothing here predicts results. Availability at Fortune Games can change.
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Lucky Nuggets Megaways: key facts
| Studio | Blueprint Gaming |
|---|---|
| Released | 26 May 2022 |
| Reels and ways | 6 reels, Megaways: the ways to win vary with every spin |
| Top line payout | Mining cart: 200x stake for six of a kind |
| Free spins | 10, 15, 20 or 25 for 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters |
| Prospector wild | Free spins only; substitutes for paying symbols and collects the values of money symbols in view |
| Money symbols | Gold nuggets 2x to 50x stake; diamond 2,000x stake |
| Upgrades | Every 4 prospectors collected: 10 extra spins and a higher collection multiplier, 2x at 4, 4x at 8 and 10x at 12 |
| Gold Rush | Random modifier: money symbols are held for a respin, and each new money symbol earns another |
| Big Blast Bonanza | Random modifier: dynamite turns random symbols into money symbols |
| Bonus buy | Not part of this game |
| Autoplay and turbo | Not available at sites licensed in Great Britain; UK rules require at least 2.5 seconds between the start of one game cycle and the next |
| Stakes | From 10p a spin in the studio's range. UK rules cap online slot stakes at £5 a spin, or £2 if you are 18 to 24 |
| RTP | Shown in the game’s information panel |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
How Lucky Nuggets Megaways plays
Each spin the six reels can show a different number of symbols, and because the ways to win depend on how many symbols each reel holds, the total changes every time. The mining cart full of gold is the top paying symbol. Alongside the regular symbols sit two kinds of money symbol, gold nuggets and diamonds, each carrying a cash value of its own, and a scatter that leads to the free spins.
The scatter is the way into the free spins, where the collection feature lives. Two named modifiers, Gold Rush and Big Blast Bonanza, can trigger at random, and both work through the money symbols: Gold Rush works on the money symbols already showing, while Big Blast Bonanza adds new ones.
Lucky Nuggets Megaways: 6 reels, Megaways. The example shows a six-reel spin with 17,640 ways.
Free spins and the prospector
Three or more scatters start the free spins, and in this round the lucky prospector joins the reels as the wild. He fills in for the paying symbols to complete wins, but his main job is collection: whenever he lands while gold nuggets or diamonds are in view, he gathers their values and pays them. Nuggets cover a spread of smaller values, while the diamond is worth far more than any nugget.
Prospector upgrades
Every prospector that lands is counted towards an upgrade. The fourth brings 10 extra free spins and a 2x multiplier on his collections; the eighth brings 10 more and lifts the multiplier to 4x; the twelfth adds another 10 and raises it to 10x. From then on, each time he grabs the gold, its value is multiplied by 10. As a worked example, a nugget worth £1 collected after the twelfth prospector pays £10.
Gold Rush and Big Blast Bonanza
Two modifiers can trigger at random. Gold Rush holds every money symbol in place for a respin, and each new money symbol that lands during it earns another respin, so the feature keeps going for as long as new nuggets or diamonds arrive. Big Blast Bonanza has the prospector’s dynamite go off across the reels, turning random symbols into money symbols.
Lucky Nuggets Megaways compared with Diamond Mine Megaways
Diamond Mine Megaways, released in May 2018, is another six-reel Megaways game, with up to 117,649 ways to win. It is built around cascading reels, where winning symbols are replaced by new ones until no further wins appear. Lucky Nuggets Megaways puts its weight elsewhere: on money symbols and a free spins round in which a collecting prospector grows his multiplier as more of him land.
| Game | Released | Grid | Main feature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Mine Megaways | May 2018 | 6 reels, up to 117,649 ways | Cascading reels |
| Lucky Nuggets Megaways | May 2022 | 6 reels, Megaways | Prospector wild collecting money symbols in the free spins |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
Lucky Nuggets Megaways at Fortune Games
Lucky Nuggets Megaways is part of the slots section in our lobby (18+). Its tile is first above, and the tiles after it bring together other mining and gold games. The UK caps in the table apply to every player. There is no autoplay or turbo mode, as at every site licensed in Great Britain. Fortune Games has an app on the App Store and Google Play.
Frequently asked questions
How many free spins can you get in Lucky Nuggets Megaways?
The start depends on the scatters: 10 spins for three, 15 for four, 20 for five and 25 for six. The round can then grow from inside, because the fourth, eighth and twelfth prospectors each add 10 more spins, on top of raising the multiplier on what he collects.
Is there a wild in the Lucky Nuggets Megaways base game?
No. The prospector is the only wild, and he appears in the free spins alone. Base-game wins come from the regular symbols lining up by themselves, and the nuggets and diamonds are gathered by the prospector once the free spins begin, when he can also stand in for the paying symbols.
What do the diamonds do in Lucky Nuggets Megaways?
A diamond is a money symbol, like the gold nuggets, but its value is far higher than any nugget’s. It pays when the prospector lands and collects it during the free spins, and the multiplier he has built up by then applies to it as well.
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Checked on 9 November 2026 against the iGaming Business game record and the launch announcement for Lucky Nuggets Megaways, the SlotCatalog, VegasSlotsOnline and casinos.com game records, the OLBG and casinos.com records for Diamond Mine Megaways, and the Gambling Commission’s stake-limit guidance and remote technical standards. How we research and check our guides: our editorial policy.