DJ Wild Slot – Free Demo
Provider:
Elk Studios
Twenty-one of my 350 spins on DJ Wïld set the sticky Wild going, and most of those chains were over one respin later. ELK Studios gave this 2015 five-reeler one feature and twenty paylines counted in both directions, then capped it at 1,700x — with a Jackpot Wild I never came close to seeing.
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A 2015 DJ slot with its lines running both ways
DJ Wïld debuted on 16 December 2015. ELK Studios bills it as a DJ video slot built on respins, sticky wilds, expanding wilds and a Jackpot Wild symbol.
The game is built using 5 reels with 3 rows. I ran 350 spins on it at a stake of 5.00, starting from a balance of 5,000.00. There are ten paylines that pay left to right along with the same ten paying right to left, so every line pays both ways, and the RTP is 96.3%. Sixty-seven of my 350 spins paid something, and 16 of those paid back less than the stake. The volatility rests at 8 out of 10 on the studio's own scale. Those 350 spins wagered 1,750.00 and returned 990.50, a session return of 56.6%.
The respin chain is the whole feature
DJ Wïld employs an expanding wild, and when the DJ Wïld symbol lands, it expands to cover its reel and stands in for the other symbols. On spin 267 two Wilds stuck across one chain and the round paid 80.00, 16x the stake.
Each expanded Wild sticks in place. The feature reached that point on 21 spins of my 350. It grants a respin of the leftover reels, and if a respin delivers a new Wild, that one expands, sticks and adds another respin. The longest chain of my session ran to three respins, on spin 49, and paid 150.00 — 30x the stake, and the biggest win I recorded. The chain continues until a respin delivers no new Wild. Most of mine stopped at the first respin.
Four wild reels the session never assembled
A Jackpot Wild is placed on the central reel for a shot at the Jackpot win when reels 1, 2, 4 and 5 are all covered with Wilds, and it appears on reel 3 only, and only under that circumstance. Those four reels were never all wild at once across my 350 spins, so the Jackpot Wild never appeared and the Jackpot was never in play.
There is no free spins bonus here, and the respin chain is the entire feature. My longest run without a win went 22 spins, ending on spin 137. There is no gamble. The balance peaked at 5,103.50 on spin 51. There is no bonus buy. It bottomed out at 4,203.50, on spin 350, before that last spin's win credited.
Minty Slots Verdict: Twenty-one respin triggers in 350 spins is the number this game lives or dies on, and mine mostly died on the first respin — a 56.6% return over the sample, with a 1,700x cap sitting somewhere out past the far end of it.
Polished, safe, and paid out like it
A single feature sustains the entire game, and you can always contend that ELK Studios has played it a bit too safe. The same studio is behind Route 777 and Micro Knights. Yes, I did expect something more distinctive. A plain base-game spin with no Wild at all paid 49.00 on spin 51, 9.8x the stake. But the sticky wild respin chain does the task it is there to do while staying true to a plain 5x3 layout. As a result, it's not an entirely fresh game but more of a polished version of an old concept. A 22-spin gap between wins is what a rating of 8 out of 10 looks like from the player's seat. That is fine as long as it doesn't become an idle routine.
DJ Wïld is everything an uncomplicated wild slot should be, with the base game shouldering the return, at least for those players who want more bite and bark. Mine closed at 4,240.50 after the 350 spins. Dependable gameplay, one amusing feature and both-ways paylines are all combined in a polished visual styling.