Provider:
AGS
A gold badge lands on the three middle reels of this AGS cowboy slot and does two separate things: it completes a ways win the panel counts out per way, and it is the only thing that can open the pick round where four jackpot tiers sit. Three silver badges are the separate route in, worth 10 free…
Longhorn Jackpots is a cowboy-themed 5-reel, 243-ways slot. The symbol set is Texan wildlife — longhorn, bobcat, snake, peregrine falcon — and a win forms from the leftmost reel across consecutive reels, whatever row the symbols sit in. Its reels are 3 symbols tall, and it's driven by American supplier AGS. Rakin' Bacon and Peacock Beauty are two further AGS titles covered here. Playable from 0.88 to 44.00 credits per spin on mobile handsets, desktop machines and tablets, it's a highly volatile, quick-paced slot with strong emphasis on jackpots. I ran 410 spins through it at a 1.76 stake, and 61 of them paid, 33 of those less than the stake back.
Core to the game is the wild symbol, a gold badge. It substitutes for the other symbols. It appears on the three central reels only. A wild sitting in the middle of the grid resolves as a ways win and the panel reports it per way: a 2.40 win counted across 3 ways is shown as 7.20 in total.
There are 2 features to activate in Longhorn Jackpots:
Jackpot Pick Bonus - this feature is granted at random when a wild drops in the base game. It is the only route to the four tiers. Here, you'll choose among 12 items, and the first jackpot symbol uncovered three times is the reward, across four levels: Mini, Minor, Major and Grand. Picking runs until one icon has shown three times, so the round ends on a jackpot rather than on a collect.
Free spins - you'll activate the free spins feature if you hit 3, 4 or 5 silver badge scatters, and it begins with 10 free spins. Three scatters was what started the single round I saw, on spin 121. The feature is retriggerable while it lasts, and the scatter also pays on its own. That round ran its 10 spins without a retrigger and paid 311.0x the stake. The free spins accounted for 77.5% of everything the session won.
High volatility, the reported maximum win is 1,100 times your stake. The jackpot tiers are stated in cash rather than as multiples, so that figure does not hold at a lower stake. That number is the Grand jackpot at the maximum bet only. The run peaked at 1,393.53 on spin 122, bottomed at 847.23, and the longest run of no-pay spins was 32, ending on spin 180.
Minty’s Expert Conclusion: Over 410 spins at 1.76 I ended at 97.8% of what I wagered. One free spins round on spin 121 paid 311 times the stake, and the Jackpot Pick Bonus never activated at all.