Live the thrill of the Gold Rush from the comfort of your own home, office or wherever you connect - and you might just strike gold with California Gold. It is a gold mining and panning themed slot game. The reels are covered with mad miners, dynamite, pick axes, rail carts filled with gold and more symbols related to exploration for the shiny mineral.

California Gold is a 20 pay line, 5 reel slot game with three special features:

1. The MAD MINER is your wild-card symbol. It appears on only reels 2, 3 and 4 and substitutes any other symbol except GOLD.

2. You win up to 100x your bet plus 10 free games if 3 or more scattered GOLD appear. All prizes are tripled in these 10 games, played at the same bet, on the same lines as the winning spin, and you win further free games if those 3 or more scattered GOLD appear again.

3. You enter the MAD MINER BONUS feature if the MAD MINER appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 at the same time. You choose from 4 mines displayed - the miner picks his way through that mine, collecting up to 5 nuggets on the way. Each nugget has a weight in ounces, and the total bonus win is the number of ounces all your gold weighs multiplied by the bet.

All in all, this game will provide some fun and there's some variety with the different features. The maximum jackpot is poor at only 5000x your bet. As far as the bonus game goes, you only click the mouse once, then it plays through 10 seconds of animation. I'd prefer a bonus game with more interaction.