Wheel O’Gold (Pragmatic Play) – Review & Demo Play

Wheel O’Gold: Slot Overview

I came to Wheel O’Gold expecting a familiar Irish setup and got exactly that, but the maths kept me spinning. It’s a 6x5 scatter-paying slot where 8+ matching symbols land anywhere to form wins, followed by tumbles. Volatility is high and the top RTP configuration is 96.02%. Stakes run from £0.20 up to £240, with an optional Ante Bet that adds 25% for extra bonus symbols. The headline figure is a 10,000x max win, which gives the features real bite.

Wheel O’Gold Slot Information

The paytable in Wheel O’Gold leans on clear tiers. High pays are the green hat, horseshoe, beer, pipe, and clover. For 12+ of a kind they return 25x, 12.5x, 7.5x, 6x, and 5x the bet. Lows are red, pink, purple, and blue gems, topping out at 4x, 2.5x, 2x, and 1x for 12+. Wins start from 8 symbols, so clusters often build through the tumble sequences. It’s a clean spread that keeps the board readable during busy cascades.

The Bonus scatter in Wheel O’Gold is a pot of gold that triggers the feature and pays on its own. Land 4, 5, or 6 to collect 10, 15, or 20 Free Spins plus 3x, 5x, or 100x the bet. Scatters appear on all reels and aren’t removed by tumbles. There are no wilds. All values scale with stake size, so setting the bet level before a session matters when those larger symbol counts arrive.

Wheel O’Gold Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter
	12+	x25
	10+	x12.5
	8+	x4
	12+	x12.5
	10+	x3.5
	8+	x1
	12+	x7.5
	10+	x2.5
	8+	x0.75
	12+	x6
	10+	x1.5
	8+	x0.5
	12+	x5
	10+	x1
	8+	x0.35
	12+	x4
	10+	x0.9
	8+	x0.2
	12+	x2.5
	10+	x0.75
	8+	x0.2
	12+	x2
	10+	x0.6
	8+	x0.2
	12+	x1
	10+	x0.5
	8+	x0.2

Wheel O’Gold: Slot Features

The tumble engine drives most of the action in Wheel O’Gold. Hit five consecutive tumbles from a single spin and a multiplier wheel appears with values of x2, x3, x5, x7, x10, x15, x25, or x50. One value is picked at random and applied to all further wins from that spin. I like the way this gate works; it keeps the base game from flooding the screen with multipliers while still giving those extended chains a real payoff.

Free Spins in Wheel O’Gold use the same wheel but with a global twist. Before the round starts, the wheel selects a multiplier that applies to every win. During the round, each scatter is collected in a metre; every fourth adds +4 spins and triggers another wheel spin. The new value is added to the running total, so the multiplier can stack across the feature. It’s straightforward, quick to read, and it makes scatter drops feel meaningful.

I’ve had sessions using the Ante Bet in Wheel O’Gold, which adds 25% to the stake and increases the chance of triggering Free Spins; when it’s active, the buy option is off. If you prefer buying in, the cost is 100x the total bet, with an RTP setting of 95.94% for that purchase. The default model remains 96.02%, and the high volatility means the game can go quiet until the wheel or bonus lands.

Wheel O’Gold: Slot Verdict

Wheel O’Gold looks familiar, yet the wheel mechanic gives it a cleaner rhythm than symbol-based multipliers. The cap is x50 on any single wheel, but the max win sits at 10,000x, so the ceiling still feels hefty. Base play asks for five cascades to get going, which is punchy, but Free Spins pull the weight, and on average they arrive about once every 266 spins. If the scatter flow turns, this one can still put a pot of gold on the board.