Wild West Gold: Stacking 2x, 3x and 5x Wilds on 40 Lines

By PH365 Editorial Team

Wild West Gold game art, from Pragmatic Play's own game page
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Recorded here under 2020, Wild West Gold needs one rule settled before anything else: the result when a pair of multiplier wilds lands on one line. That rule does not depend on the season, so this entry stays useful for as long as Pragmatic Play ships this build. PH365’s PP Slot list carries the game under Casino, while phones find it on the Slot tab.

Wild West Gold multiplier wilds, worked through

Wilds on this game arrive carrying 2x, 3x or 5x. Put two or more on one paying line and the values multiply against each other. With 40 fixed lines and a 5x4 board, that one rule is where the large results come from.

Wilds on one winning lineLine multiplier
2x alone2x
3x alone3x
2x and 3x6x
3x and 5x15x
5x and 5x25x
2x, 3x and 5x30x

Every row is arithmetic from the stated rule, offered as illustration and never as a likely result. Forty lines over 20 squares overlap heavily, so one wild usually sits on several lines in the same spin. For the general idea of a substitute symbol, see the wild symbol explainer.

The free-spins round sits alongside this. Questions about whether wilds hold their place during that round belong to the paytable inside the game, which states the rule for the build you are running, including how the round is triggered.

The money collect respin is a separate ledger

A second system works apart from the first: values sitting on the grid are gathered and added up by the money collect respin. The two do not feed each other, so a spin that dazzles in one ledger may be dull in its neighbour. Credit each to its own column when you assess a session.

The figures on Wild West Gold, and the one in dispute

ItemFigure
StudioPragmatic Play
Released2020
Layout5 reels, 4 rows, 40 fixed lines
RTP settings on record96.51%, 95.56%, 94.54%
Volatilityhigh
Featuresmultiplier wilds, money respin, free spins, feature buy
Top winsources split, 10,000x or 6,750x

The top-win row is deliberately split. Most sources print 10,000x, a minority print 6,750x, and a ceiling is exactly the kind of number that gets copied from site to site, so this entry records the disagreement instead of picking a side. The paytable printed in your build is the deciding document.

Problem: planning a session around a 10,000x headline. Fix: the number is contested and sits at the far edge either way. Plan around high volatility, meaning long quiet stretches, and size the stake for those.

Problem: comparing 96.51% with another game’s percentage and calling it a win. Fix: that is the highest of three settings on record. The notes on high RTP slots explain why such small gaps rarely decide anything.

Problem: using the feature buy as a shortcut when the budget is thin. Fix: a thin budget is the reason not to. The buy turns a slow drain into one large outlay.

For a calmer game from the same studio, Wolf Gold at medium volatility is the obvious contrast. The Pragmatic Play release list and the slot games front page lead to everything else on the shelf, while the phone app entry covers how the lobby presents its own mobile route, with no file offered on this site.

How to Get Started

  1. Multiply the wilds on one line

    A 2x and a 3x on the same winning line make 6x, not 5x. Learn that first, because every large result on this game depends on it.

  2. Keep the respin in its own column

    The money collect respin gathers values and does not multiply them. Judge a respin by what it collected and nothing else.

  3. Open the paytable for the top win

    Sources split on the ceiling, so read the figure printed in the game before you plan around one. Set a budget first. 21+ only.

Studios on record here

Note your limit, then decide

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Questions this entry settles

Is there a sticky wild on Wild West Gold?

How wilds behave during free spins is written in the paytable, so read that panel on the build you open. What the published figures record is the multiplier values, 2x, 3x and 5x, and that they multiply together on a shared line.

How high does a Wild West Gold win go?

Published sources split: most give 10,000x and some give 6,750x. The figure printed in the game itself is the one to go by.

What is the Wild West Gold RTP?

Three RTP settings are on record: 96.51% at the top, then 95.56%, then 94.54%. Pragmatic's page shows the top one, and the game's info screen can show which applies.