Pragmatic Play · 2019 · ways pays / multiplier wilds
Buffalo King on a phone
Portrait is fine here, which puts it in the 202 out of 306 that manage it. Load sits at 3.1 s.
The phone check
Spin and bet sit where a thumb already is. One hand, no stretching. The demo pulls about 13 MB before the first tap registers, which on a poor bar is where the 3.1 s goes. Getting money back out is a separate count and we keep it at cashout.
This title ships in more than one return build
Pragmatic Play licenses 3 configurations of Buffalo King. The spread from top to bottom is 3.58 points, which is about C$36 in expected cost per C$1,000 staked. Same reels, same features, different maths.
| Configuration | Return | House edge | Cost per C$1,000 vs the top build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest build the studio licenses | 96.06% | 3.94% | baseline |
| Middle build | 93.88% | 6.12% | C$22 |
| Lowest build | 92.48% | 7.52% | C$36 |
How to see which one you are on, in three taps
- Open the demo and tap the burger or the ⓘ in the game's own toolbar, not the casino's.
- Scroll the info panel to the bottom. The return figure is printed in the rules footer.
- Compare it to the table above. If it is not the top row, that is the build you are being served.
123 of the 306 titles on this board carry more than one build, so this is worth doing once per game rather than once ever.
Where it sits on the board
Ranked 125 of 306 here, and none of that ranking is about the game. It is about the handset. That is 1 s slower than the 2.1 s median, every time you open it.
Pragmatic Play has 71 titles on this board, 52 of them upright, with a median load of 1.9 s.
What the game is
6x4 (4,096 ways), ways pays / multiplier wilds, Pragmatic Play, 2019. Original 4,096-ways buffalo slot with 2x, 3x and 5x wild multipliers during free spins.
High volatility. A short session tells you nothing, which is arithmetic rather than a criticism. Minimum stake is C$0.40, which is about 50 spins on a twenty. The studio does not publish a capped maximum for this one.
The rest of it
| Studio | Pragmatic Play |
|---|---|
| Released | 2019 |
| Board | 6x4 (4,096 ways) |
| Mechanic | ways pays / multiplier wilds |
| Volatility | High |
| Top licensed return | 96.06% |
| House edge on that build | 3.94% |
| Max win | not published |
| Minimum stake | C$0.40 |
| Spins on twenty dollars | about 50 |
| Free demo | yes, no account needed |
| Tags | classic, popular |
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