Pragmatic Play · 2020 · multiplier wilds / free spins
Wild West Gold on a phone
Upright works. 1.2 s to playable over cellular, and sideways only once it is there.
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 6 MB before the first tap registers, which on a poor bar is where the 1.2 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 Wild West Gold. The spread from top to bottom is 4.48 points, which is about C$45 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 | 96.51% | 3.49% | baseline |
| Middle build | 93.57% | 6.43% | C$29 |
| Lowest build | 92.03% | 7.97% | C$45 |
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
That puts it 162 of 306 on our phone score, which weighs orientation first, then how long you wait, then whether the buttons are a sensible size. The load beats the board median of 2.1 s by 0.9 s.
For context, 52 of the 71 Pragmatic Play games on this board hold portrait and the studio median is 1.9 s.
What the game is
Pragmatic Play shipped it in 2020 on a 5x4 board running multiplier wilds / free spins. Western slot on 40 paylines where sticky-style wilds carry 2x, 3x or 5x multipliers in free spins.
High volatility, so treat the demo as a look at the rhythm and not at the maths. C$0.20 a spin, so twenty dollars runs to roughly 100 of them. The studio does not publish a capped maximum for this one.
The rest of it
| Studio | Pragmatic Play |
|---|---|
| Released | 2020 |
| Board | 5x4 |
| Mechanic | multiplier wilds / free spins |
| Volatility | High |
| Top licensed return | 96.51% |
| House edge on that build | 3.49% |
| Max win | not published |
| 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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