Hacksaw Gaming · 2021 · three bonus modes / VS multipliers
Wanted Dead or a Wild: upright is for looking at
This one renders in portrait, which the tick on the tile will tell you, and then puts its controls somewhere a thumb cannot comfortably reach. Turn it anyway.
The phone check
It renders upright, but the controls only reach a usable size once the phone is sideways. Portrait is for looking at. The demo pulls about 9 MB before the first tap registers, which on a poor bar is where the 2.1 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
Hacksaw Gaming licenses 2 configurations of Wanted Dead or a Wild. The spread from top to bottom is 2.41 points, which is about C$24 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 | 96.38% | 3.62% | baseline |
| Lowest build | 93.97% | 6.03% | C$24 |
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.
A tick that needs an asterisk
Hacksaw built a 5x5 board with three bonus modes and a lot of side furniture. Upright, the grid fits and the buttons shrink to fit around it. Sideways, everything sits at a sensible size. Both work. Only one is pleasant.
2.1 seconds to load, which is quicker than most of what Hacksaw ships in this weight class.
Two builds and a very hard swing
96.38% and 93.97%, a 2.41 point spread worth about twenty four dollars per thousand staked. Very high volatility, 12,500x ceiling, twenty cents a spin. The demo will spend most of a twenty showing you nothing, which is the game working as designed rather than a fault.
The rest of it
| Studio | Hacksaw Gaming |
|---|---|
| Released | 2021 |
| Board | 5x5 |
| Mechanic | three bonus modes / VS multipliers |
| Volatility | Very high |
| Top licensed return | 96.38% |
| House edge on that build | 3.62% |
| Max win | 12,500x |
| Minimum stake | C$0.20 |
| Spins on twenty dollars | about 100 |
| Free demo | yes, no account needed |
| Tags | bonus-buy, popular |
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