Wild West Gold Megaways Slot Review

Wild West Gold Megaways Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Wild West Gold Megaways slot is played on 6 reels and has up to 117,649 ways to win. Wins of symbol combinations of any size pay from left to right, and reels 1 to 6 can have up to 7 symbols.

Stakes range from just 20p to up £125 per spin. It’s £100 as a normal spin, rising to £125 per maximum spin by including the Ante Bet. More on that in a moment. As with most Pragmatic slots, you can adjust your stake by hitting the + and – buttons on either side of the spin button, which is below the reels.

Autoplay is also an option for non-UK players where you can set up to 1,000 autospins as well as choose whether you want quick spins or turbo spins for quicker gameplay.

The Wild West Gold Megaways RTP is 96.44%, which is pretty generous for a slot of this type and above the typical online slot average of 96%. But please note that volatility here has been rated as 5 out of 5 by the provider, which is the highest possible rating. Although you’ll be paid out less often, the chance to potentially land big winners quicker actually increases.

The maximum win is 5,000 x your stake, which is pretty typical for Pragmatic Play. A lot of their slots are in this range. Your best chance of landing the big prize will come in the Free Spins feature due to the multipliers available and the chance to land many more free spins during the bonus round.

Theme – get ready for a quick draw

The theme in the Wild West Gold Megaways slot game is obvious not only from the name but also from the overall look and the soundtrack attached to the game too. Each spin of the reels sounds like horses running, and you’ll notice horse sound effects, gunshots, inaudible chatter from a saloon as well as typical Country and Western music.

Everything intensifies once the Free Spins feature lands, with a rockier soundtrack, a purple background on the reels and some nighttime action. Set in a Wild West town with colourful symbols and animated characters on the reels, you’ll really enjoy this slot if this type of theme is something you like.

Joining the low paying A-10 royals is a Gun and Belt symbol, a Cowgirl, a Black Hat Villain, and a Hero Cowboy. The Cowboy is the game’s most rewarding symbol, paying 0.5, 0.6, 0.75 or 1 x your stake for 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination. To be honest, this is pretty low. We would have like to have seen the payouts all symbols increased a little.

The game’s Wild is a sheriff’s badge, and it substitutes for all symbols. It can also come with a random multiplier of 2x, 3x or 5x. It’s all very similar to the original Wild West Gold slot, to be honest, but with a Megaways twist to this one.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
10	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,05, 0.1, 0.15 or 0.25 x stake
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,05, 0.1, 0.15 or 0.25 x stake
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,05, 0.1, 0.15 or 0.25 x stake
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x stake
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x stake
Gun and Belt	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,15, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x stake
Bag of Gold Coins	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,15, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x stake
Saloon Mistress	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,25, 0.3, 0.4 or 0.5 x stake
Cowgirl	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,3, 0.4, 0.5 or 0.6 x stake
Black Hat Villain	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,4, 0.5, 0.6 or 0.75 x stake
Hero Cowboy	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,5, 0.6, 0.75 or 1 x stake
Wild	Substitutes for all except Scatter
Scatter	3+ triggers Free Spins feature + pays up to 500x

Wild West Gold Megaways Mobile

Produced using the latest HTML5 technology, the Wild West Gold Megaways slot game is available on all devices. This includes mobiles, tablets, laptops and desktops. With great visuals, it’s a great experience overall on smaller screens.

Wild West Gold Megaways Bonus Features

There are 3 main bonus features here, and you’ll be familiar with them all if you’ve played some of the best Pragmatic Play slots before. You’ve got the Ante Bet, the Buy feature option, and the Free Spins feature. Let’s break each one down for you.

Ante Bet feature

Before you spin away in the Wild West Gold Megaways slot game, you have the chance to increase your bet by choosing the Ante Bet feature to the left of the reels. This is will increase your stake to double your chance of landing the Free Spins feature.

Depending on the selected bet, the game behaves slightly different with the following possible values:

• Bet multiplier 25x – The chance to win the feature naturally is higher. More Scatters are present on the reels and the Buy Free Spins option is disabled.
• Bet multiplier 20x – Normal play.

Free Spins feature

3 or more Scatters will trigger this Free Spins feature and give you 7 free spins. You will also get paid out depending on how many Scatters land to trigger the feature. Here’s what you could win:

During the bonus round, whenever a Wild lands, it gets a random multiplier added to it of 2x, 3x or 5x and will remain on the reels until the feature ends. It will also change size as the reel size changes with future spins.

A Scatter Overlay symbol could also appear during the Free Spins feature. It can appear randomly on top of any symbol including sticky Wilds, and will give you the following additional free spins:

Buy Free Spins feature

For 100 x your current total bet, you can buy the Free Spins feature immediately. Once this is triggered, it will randomly give you 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters to start the bonus round. But please note that this option is not available in the UK.

Wild West Gold Megaways Review Summary – Cats can lead you to good luck and fortune

The Wild West Gold Megaways slot is a fun game to play, and it’s certainly a step up from the original in terms of gameplay. Although the maximum win and the RTP are both lower in this release compared to the original, which is a little disappointing to see. Nevertheless, if you enjoy the Wild West theme as well as the Megaways mechanics, you’ll love this one.

The game’s well designed, which is something we liked about the original slot. It doesn’t really look much different at all when you compare the 2. The audio is pretty enjoyable and not one I wanted to mute, which is always a sign of a good soundtrack.

Although this is a solid slot and the Free Spins feature isn’t too bad, I can’t help but feel that Pragmatic Play had the chance to improve this slot across the board and they didn’t. Ok, so there are more ways to win, but it would have been great to see better max win potential, a higher RTP, and maybe even 1 or 2 more bonus features.

It’s a good slot, but there are better ones out there. Check out Microgaming’s Western Gold 2 Double Barrel slot, which comes with some great bonus features and a solid max win potential of 25,000 x your stake.

If that’s not enough for you, check out the controversial Tombstone RIP slot from Nolimit City. Not only are there some fun bonus features on offer, but the max win potential is also huge at 300,000 x your stake, albeit with a hit frequency of 9.08%.