The Wild Gang (Pragmatic Play) – Review & Demo Play

Introducing The Wild Gang Online Slot

I saddled up with The Wild Gang and found a 6‑reel, 3-4-4-4-4-3 setup packing 2,304 ways. Stakes run from £0.20 to £240, so I could test and then push on. Four character wilds drive the gameplay, flipping between wild and scatter duties, with multipliers that can stack. Two bonus routes, Wanted and Dead or Alive, keep the pace brisk, and there’s a 10,000x cap that fits a high variance ride. It looks Western to the bone and plays sharper than first glance suggests.

Theme & Design: Wild West Adventure in The Wild Gang

The Wild Gang lays its reels on a wood‑framed grid by a dusty street, skies washed in red and gold. The art leans gritty rather than glossy, which fits. Spins ride a twangy, whistling score that cuts in louder when the round heats up. It’s not trying to reinvent the frontier, yet the mood holds; I felt that saloon‑door vibe after a few spins. Count‑up scenes in features add a bit of punch without dragging, and the switch to the bonus background lands cleanly.

Symbols & Payouts in The Wild Gang

Symbols stick to the theme. Lows are J to A royals, paying 0.6x to 0.7x for six of a kind. Highs step up with boots, a bottle, a knife, a pistol, and the sheriff’s badge. Line six badges and you’re seeing 7.5x. The rest scale from 1x to 3x for six, so the base game tends to lean on ways volume and multipliers rather than chunky line pays. That balance makes sense with 2,304 ways feeding frequent small hits between features.

Specials include four outlaw wilds that also act as scatters on reels 2–5, and a Mystery symbol that flips to a single random pay symbol across all its positions. In the base game, wilds count as wild only on reels 2 and 3, and that’s where they can carry x2, x3, or x4 multipliers. Land two multipliers together and they multiply each other, which gives even small symbol hits a proper shove when the reels co‑operate.

The Wild Gang Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x7.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.75
	6	x3
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	6	x2
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.4
	6	x1.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	6	x1
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x0.7
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.7
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.6
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.6
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.15
	Scatter
	Scatter
	Scatter

How to Play The Wild Gang Slot Machine

I set stake with the plus and minus next to the spin, picked quick‑spin, and used autoplay for test sets. Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from reel 1, with the 3‑4‑4‑4‑4‑3 height doing the work. You’re hunting for stacked connections rather than fixed lines, so singles on the inner reels still count when reels one and six line up. That structure makes even low symbols worth tracking, as they thread wins across positions.

Before chasing bonuses, I skim the info panel to clock symbol values, both free‑spin modes, and how multipliers behave. It stops daft mistakes later, like missing that wilds only sub on reels 2 and 3 in the base game. If you fancy skipping the wait, there’s a bonus buy in some regions, but I prefer earning a few organic triggers first to see how the round is shaping that session.

Bonus Features in The Wild Gang

The engine revolves around those four wilds on reels 2–5. In the base, wilds on reels 2 or 3 substitute and pick a random x2, x3, or x4. If two land, multipliers multiply, not add, so x3 with x4 prints x12 for that spin. Drop three or four wilds and they flip to scatters instead, handing you entry to free spins. Mystery symbols can still tidy a board by matching into one symbol type.

Three wild/scatters trigger Wanted Free Spins. Four trigger Dead or Alive Free Spins. Both start with 8 spins, but Dead or Alive shifts to a 6x4 grid with 4,096 ways. Each outlaw’s first appearance brings x2, the second brings x3 in Wanted or x4 in Dead or Alive, then no multiplier on further landings. A meter collects these and persists, starting at x1 and getting multiplied by any wild multiplier that hits. When all four show once, you gain +2 spins, and +2 again when all four show twice.

If you’d rather buy in, Wanted costs 80x the bet, and Dead or Alive costs 200x. The price fits the jump in grid size and multiplier ceiling. Note that the buy option isn’t offered in the UK version, so I plan sessions around natural triggers when spinning from Britain. I usually sample a few hundred base spins to gauge hit rate and mystery action before deciding whether a buy would have made sense in another region.

Max Win, RTP & Variance in The Wild Gang

The Wild Gang runs a 96.02% RTP by default, nudging to 96.04% on bonus buys. Some versions list 96.2%, and there are reduced profiles down to 94.03%, so I always check the info screen in real‑money mode. Volatility sits high, and that’s how it feels in practice. I’ve had stretches of dust followed by sharp spikes when multipliers chain. Overall hit rate hovers near one in three spins, while I’ve seen free spins around the one‑in‑250 mark.

Max win is 10,000x, which is sensible with the way multipliers multiply the round meter and with 4,096 ways active in Dead or Alive. It won’t print monster lines by symbol value alone; the edge comes from compounding multipliers and broad ways. I size stakes modestly, then step up after a bonus if the meter has shown signs of climbing fast.

The Wild Gang: A Video Slot Worth a Spin?

I went in expecting a routine Western and came away pretty chuffed. The double duty wilds, the meter that multiplies rather than adds, and the switch to 4,096 ways give the game a proper kick. It can be swingy, so I treat it as a high‑variance hunt rather than a grind. When the outlaws line up twice each and the meter climbs, The Wild Gang turns from a quiet town into fireworks.