How it plays
Wild West Gold is a 5-reel, 4-row video slot with 40 fixed paylines, set in a dusty frontier town of gunslingers, sheriffs and sacks of gold. Bets run from 0.20 to 100 per spin.
The sheriff's badge wild appears on the middle reels and carries a 2x, 3x or 5x multiplier; multiple multiplier wilds in one win combine, which drives most of the game's biggest base-game hits.
Bonus features
Landing scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 triggers the free spins round with an initial 8 free spins. During the bonus, every multiplier wild that lands sticks in place for the rest of the feature, so multipliers accumulate spin after spin.
Additional scatters can award up to 20 extra spins, and the feature comes with a minimum win guarantee of 10x the stake. In most markets a bonus buy is available for 100x the bet. The advertised maximum win is 10,000x the stake.
RTP versions
Pragmatic Play publishes Wild West Gold at a default RTP of 96.51%, the figure shown on its official game page. Operators can also license lower configurations of roughly 95.56% and 94.53%, so the live value varies by casino.
Volatility is rated high (5/5) on Pragmatic's own scale.
Verdict
Wild West Gold remains one of Pragmatic Play's signature high-volatility titles from 2020. The sticky multiplier wilds give the free spins round genuine 10,000x ceiling potential, while the 96.51% default RTP sits above the current market average.
