Slot Mechanics – how does the slot pay?
The Wild West Trueways slot uses the trueways mechanic with 262,144 ways to win. This mechanic functions in almost the same way as the standard pay lines mechanic. To land a winning combination, you need to land identical symbols starting from the leftmost reel to the right. At least three icons are required for a win line to emerge. In case multiple lines occur simultaneously, only the longest combination is paid.
Symbol payouts
Six themed symbols are featured when playing the Wild West Trueways slot. Among these is the male explorer wild and the Sheriff’s badge scatter. The scatter fetches paytable payouts and acts as the highest-paying symbol. Other high-value themed symbols include the female explorer, a gun, boots and a bottle of whiskey. Adding to the themed symbols are royal poker icons which act as the lowest value symbols.
Features of Bonus rounds
During the gaming session, you stand a chance of triggering several bonus rounds. The beauty of these rounds is that they are all highly exciting and enterprising as demonstrated below:
- Wild: The gun-toting male explorer is the wild. It appears only on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 and possesses the power to substitute for all icons except the scatter. When landing during the free spins round, wilds fetch random multipliers ranging from 2x, 3x or 5x.
- Coin Respin Feature: Six or more golden coins landing simultaneously on the grid trigger the Coin Respin Feature. All of these coins, including all others that land during the round, carry random values ranging from 1x to 100x the bet. At the start of the round, 3 respins are awarded. Only coins, dynamite symbols and blanks land during the round. Whenever new coins land, they reset the number of respins to 3 while turning sticky to lock in their positions. When respins run out or all reel positions are filled with golden coins, the feature ends. At the end of the round, you win the sum of all values appearing on the golden coins and dynamite symbols present on the grid. This also includes the mini and major jackpots if there are coins bearing MINI or MAJOR values. The mega jackpot is won only when all reel positions are filled with coin symbols.
- Free Spins Round: Landing four, five or six scatters simultaneously helps trigger 12, 15 or 20 free spins, respectively. Three or more scatters landing during the round help trigger extra free spins. Wild multipliers land during this round. The multipliers of every spin are summarized, and the total multiplier is applied to all the winning combinations.
Fast-tracking to Bonus Rounds
Players have the chance to gain immediate access to either the free spins round or the coin respin feature at a cost displayed on the buy bonus page. The cost is dependent upon your current bet amount.
Payout Statistics
On the payout statistics front, the Wild West Trueways slot has a 96.84% RTP. This above industry average RTP means that theoretically, you will gain and avoid the big losses if you play for an extended gaming session. This point is further reinforced by the super high volatility and impressive hit rate of 4.33. Essentially, what these factors mean is that when the winning combinations come, they will disburse top payouts. The mere fact that the highest possible win for the game is pegged at 5,000x is a testament to this.