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Wild West Gold slot: multiplier wilds that add up and then stick

Wild West Gold is a 2020 Pragmatic Play title on a five-by-four grid with 40 lines, revolvers and outlaws on the reels, and one rule doing the work: wilds carry a 2x, 3x or 5x multiplier, several on a line add their values together, and in the free spins they stick. The maximum win is 10,000x the bet, and a tracker records a free spins trigger about once in 177 spins. This page sets out the mechanics from the studio's description and the numbers the tracker holds.

Wild West Gold slot cover

How the game plays

Five reels, four rows, 40 lines. Base-game wilds come attached with a 2x, 3x or 5x multiplier, and when more than one hits at a time on a winning line the values add together: a line through a 2x and a 5x wild pays 7x. Three scatters trigger the bonus game with an initial eight free spins, and inside it the multiplier wilds are sticky, so every wild that lands stays for the rest of the round with its multiplier attached. Two to five scatters during the feature award a further 4 to 20 spins.

The shape of the round follows from those two rules. Eight spins is short, and a round with no early wild is over before it starts; a round where two or three multiplier wilds stick under the lines early, and a retrigger stretches it, is where the added multipliers and the 10,000x live. The tracker's hit frequency of 33.33% says the base game pays on about a third of spins, most of them small line hits that keep the balance moving between features.

StudioPragmatic Play
RTP (Slot Catalog)95.56%
VolatilityHigh
Maximum win10000x the bet
Grid5 by 4
Ways to win40 lines or ways
Bet range0.2 to 100 per spin
Release2020

RTP, hit frequency and the trigger rate as recorded by Slot Catalog; grid from the studio's description. Pragmatic Play ships several RTP versions and the casino picks one.

Adding against multiplying

Two Pragmatic sticky-wild games look alike and pay differently. In The Dog House the multipliers on one line multiply together; in Wild West Gold they add, so the same pair of wilds is worth less here on a single line. The Dog House compensates with a 6,750x cap and three multiplier reels; Wild West Gold answers with wilds on the base game and the round alike, a higher 5x value, a 10,000x cap and the retrigger. A reader choosing between the two on bonus spins has the Dog House page, since that is where the codes land; a deposit player choosing on the engine has this one.

Where the codes land

No code on our list pays spins on Wild West Gold. The volatility guide explains why a game that hits on a third of its spins still produces sessions that end far from the average.

The codes that do pay spins

No code on our list lands on this game; these two carry the lowest wagering we verified.

Questions about Wild West Gold

How do the multiplier wilds work

Wilds carry a 2x, 3x or 5x multiplier in both the base game and the bonus game. When more than one multiplier wild sits on a winning line, the values are added together, so 3x and 5x make 8x, applied once to the line. In the free spins the multiplier wilds are sticky until the round ends.

How many free spins does Wild West Gold give

Three scatters trigger the round with eight free spins. Two to five scatters landing during the round add 4 to 20 extra spins, and since the wilds stick, a long retriggered round with several multiplier wilds under the lines is where the 10,000x maximum sits.

What is the RTP and hit frequency

Slot Catalog records 95.56%, a hit frequency of 33.33%, and a free spins trigger about once in 177 spins, with a bet range of 0.2 to 100 on the version it tracks. Pragmatic Play ships several RTP versions and the casino chooses; the game's info screen at your casino shows the one in play.

Do any no deposit codes land on Wild West Gold

None. Wild West Gold is a deposit game in every lobby we cover; the sticky-wild spins the codes pay land on The Dog House, and the slots hub keeps the list.

Last updated - Checked by: Karssen Avelar