Slot game
Double Gold
Double Gold is IGT's classic three-reel, single-line stepper slot on the S2000 cabinet platform -- but IGT has also released a separate 5-reel, 20-payline video-slot version under the same name, so a photo alone won't tell you which configuration you're looking at. The 'Double Gold' name has also been reused or extended by other makers and titles (AC Coin & Slot's 'Slotto Double Gold,' IGT's own 'Pinball Double Gold'), so don't assume every 'Double Gold' cabinet shares the base game's paytable or RTP.
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Fact sheet
- Manufacturer: IGT (International Game Technology) -- credited as manufacturer on URComped's physical-cabinet locator listing, corroborated by GGB Magazine and multiple retailer listings (Slot Machines Unlimited, Ohio River Slots).
- Release: unknown exact year -- no manufacturer press release or regulatory filing found naming a specific release date. The classic reel version runs on IGT's S2000 cabinet platform, which a slot-technician forum (delphiforums.com) says IGT 'released the first examples of' in 1998, with the standardized 'batwing speaker' look arriving by 2000 and the platform remaining in production until IGT's AVP cabinet replaced it in 2008 -- so Double Gold most plausibly dates to sometime in that 1998-2008 window, but this is inferred from cabinet era, not a confirmed game release date.
- Cabinet: Two distinct configurations are both attributed to IGT and both use the 'Double Gold' name, which is itself a notable identification quirk. (1) A classic three-reel, single-line mechanical stepper on IGT's S2000 cabinet -- confirmed by GGB Magazine's description of 'IGT's Double Gold' as a 'three-reel, single-line stepper slot' offered in quarter/50-cent/$1/$5 denominations, and by retailer listings (Ohio River Slots, Slot Machines Unlimited) showing the S2000 cabinet at roughly 44in H x 22in W x 20in D, ~250 lbs, with a $1-$100 bill acceptor. (2) A separate, newer video-slot configuration that IGT's own marketing copy (quoted on URComped) describes as 'the new 5-reel, 20-payline Double Gold(TM) Slots game' with 'paytable multipliers' -- which reel/payline configuration a given cabinet uses cannot be determined from a photo alone without checking which era of machine it is.
- RTP: 85%-98% for the physical S2000 cabinet, per Slot Machines Unlimited's retail listing, which states the payout percentage is 'adjustable before shipping' -- meaning actual RTP is casino/operator-configured within that band rather than fixed by IGT. A separate, unrelated online slot also called 'Double Gold' (made by WGS Technology, formerly Vegas Technology) is reviewed at a fixed 94.78% RTP on some slot-review sites -- that figure belongs to the WGS online game, not IGT's land-based machine, and is not used here.
- Mechanic: standard
Known quirks
- The IGT Double Gold name has been reused/extended across multiple non-identical products -- a physical 5x3 reel hybrid built by AC Coin & Slot ('Slotto Double Gold,' reviewed by GGB Magazine, which layers a lottery-style 'Slotto' bonus sphere on top of the base Double Gold reels), and a much newer, unrelated video game ('Pinball Double Gold') that BetMGM's game review describes as combining a pinball theme with Double Gold's math model at a stated 96.41% RTP -- none of these should be assumed to share the base game's paytable, RTP, or reel structure just because the name matches.
- Double Gold is a confirmed, currently-tracked physical land-based cabinet: URComped's slot-machine locator page shows it tagged by community members 42 times, with the most recent sighting logged aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas -- an unusual maritime placement worth noting for identification purposes -- alongside a land-based sighting at Aria in Las Vegas.
- A player identified as 'Sugar' reported hitting a win on Double Gold at MGM Northfield Park using a $1,000 freeplay promotion on a $100 denomination machine, on only the second spin -- posted to URComped's tag feed for the game, which also shows repeated posts from an influencer account ('Stacey's High Limit Slots') pairing Double Gold with other IGT titles like Wheel of Fortune, Dragon Link, and Lightning Link during high-limit sessions.
Recognition clues
- Title glass reads 'Double Gold' -- but check which era of cabinet you're looking at, since IGT has released the name on at least two different configurations
- Classic version: a three-reel, single-line mechanical stepper on IGT's S2000 cabinet, roughly 44in H x 22in W x 20in D and about 250 lbs, offered in quarter/50-cent/$1/$5 denominations
- Newer version: a 5-reel, 20-payline video slot per IGT's own marketing copy -- a materially different reel/payline layout under the same 'Double Gold' name
- $1-$100 bill acceptor on the classic S2000 cabinet
Photo checklist
- Full cabinet shot to confirm which configuration you have -- the classic 3-reel S2000 stepper or the newer 5-reel video slot
- Close-up of the title glass/top box showing 'Double Gold' and the IGT manufacturer credit
- Close-up of the S2000 cabinet's denomination plate (quarter/50-cent/$1/$5), since that's a cabinet-generation clue
- The bill acceptor slot, since $1-$100 acceptance is a cabinet-configuration detail on the classic version
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