Pokie guide · Australia
Golden Gong is an Aristocrat pokie from 2022 with high volatility and a 5x3 grid. This page looks at what the published figures do and do not say about its return, and how online venues compare.
Figures checked on 16 October 2026
Golden Gong's lack of a published RTP means you cannot compare its return to the shortlist by the numbers alone; what is clear is high volatility, 25 paylines, and a jackpot feature.
Paid placement. Paid placement. The operator pays for this position; it does not affect anything measured on this page.
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How unevenly the return arrivesAristocrat has not published a return-to-player percentage for Golden Gong in the specifications available. That matters because RTP is the long-run average return to players, not a target for any single session. Without a published figure, any specific percentage you see quoted online may be an estimate or a venue-specific setting rather than the game's fixed return.
What is published is the game's profile: high volatility, a 5x3 grid, 25 paylines, a minimum bet of A$0.01, and a jackpot feature. Volatility describes how returns are distributed. A high-volatility pokie tends to produce fewer wins, often smaller, but with the potential for larger payouts. It does not tell you what the average return is.
The same pokie can be configured with different return settings in different venues. That is why a Golden Gong machine in a pub or club may not play identically to a version offered online. The gap is not in the game design but in the return setting chosen by the operator. Without a published RTP for either version, you cannot state the size of that gap from the figures alone.
Online, the game is offered through the partner's cashier. The partner publishes a 600% first deposit cash bonus, a daily cashback of 10% of losses, a minimum deposit of US$20, and a maximum bet on a bonus of A$5. Those figures describe the bonus terms, not the pokie's return. A bonus changes the effective cost of play if you meet the conditions, but it does not change the game's long-run average.
The five pokies listed on this page have published RTPs: Gates of Olympus at 96.5%, Sweet Bonanza at 96.48%, Floating Dragon at 96.35%, Big Bamboo at 96.13%, and Starburst at 96.08%. All sit above 96%. They are different games from different providers, so they are not a like-for-like comparison with Golden Gong, but they show the range of published returns you can check before playing.
Golden Gong is not among them because no comparable figure is published. The shortlist is ordered by published RTP, from highest to lowest. That ordering is not a recommendation and does not predict what any session will pay. It is simply the figures as they stand.
The table below lists five pokies with published RTP figures, ordered from highest to lowest, as a reference point for what is available.
| 1Gates of Olympus | 96.5% | High | 5,000x | Pragmatic Play |
| 2Sweet Bonanza | 96.48% | Medium-High | 21,100x | Pragmatic Play |
| 3Floating Dragon | 96.35% | High | 5,000x | Pragmatic Play |
| 4Big Bamboo | 96.13% | High | — | Push Gaming |
| 5Starburst | 96.08% | — | 800x | NetEnt |
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Gates of Olympus has the highest published RTP on this list at 96.5%, with high volatility and a 5,000x maximum win.
Sweet Bonanza follows at 96.48% with medium-high volatility and a 21,100x maximum win.
Floating Dragon publishes 96.35%, high volatility, 10 lines, and a 5,000x maximum win.
No RTP percentage is published by Aristocrat for Golden Gong in the available specifications. Any figure you see quoted should be treated with caution unless it is stated by the operator or provider for the specific version you are playing.
Yes. The published specification lists Golden Gong as high volatility, with a 5x3 grid and 25 paylines. That means returns are spread unevenly, with fewer but potentially larger payouts over the long run.
Yes, a jackpot feature is listed in the specification. The size and conditions of that jackpot are not part of the published figures on this page.
The partner's cashier offers access to the game, subject to its published terms: a 600% first deposit cash bonus, 10% daily cashback on losses, a US$20 minimum deposit, and a maximum bet of A$5 when playing with a bonus.