Western Gold 2 Slot – Free Demo

440 spins against a 35.18% hit rate

It would be incorrect of me to brush off a theme without genuinely looking into it adequately. Across 440 spins at 20.00 credits I wagered 8,800.00 and won back 5,058.00, a session return of 57.5%. I’m pleased that I did with Western Gold 2 from Just for the Win, a traditional online slot that brings a Cash Barrel to the table and more. Four or more Horseshoe Scatters in the base game fill that Cash Barrel for an instant prize, from 1x the bet for four up to 10,000x for twelve. And it does it all from the setting of the Wild West. Wild West Gold from Pragmatic Play and Wild Wild West from NetEnt use the same Wild West theme.

There’s a conventional video slot arrangement on show that includes 5 reels and 4 rows, and this is joined by a count of 40 paylines to wager on. Line wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. You have the choice of adjusting your total bet, although these lines have been locked in place. The rules give a hit frequency of 35.18%, while 80 of my 440 spins paid, which is 18%, and the longest run without a win lasted 24 spins.

Beginning with the minor symbols, these appear in the shape of the Cards, the Boots, the Hat and the Pistols, and then arrive the more lucrative 7 and Triple Bar symbols. Five of the Cards, Boots, Hat or Pistols pay up to 1.5x the stake, five Triple Bars pay 17.5x, and the Wild pays the same as the 7. The 7 delivers the top return of up to 30 times your stake for five on a complete payline. My biggest win, 1,520.00 credits on spin 411, or 76.0x the stake, still left the balance below the 100,000.00 it started with.

Minty’s Closing Thought: The rules promise a win on 35.18% of spins; my 440 at 20 credits paid on 18% of them, returned 57.5%, and produced a single Free Spins round worth 47.2x the stake.

Sheriff Badges, Mustangs and the Feature Barrel

To kick off this slot’s unique features, you’ve got the addition of a Wild Symbol to work with, and when it lands, it will substitute for all standard paying symbols. That is with the exclusion of the Sheriff Badge, Wrangler, Mustang and Horseshoe Scatter symbols. In the base game, two Wranglers on reels 1 and 5 also spin the Cash Barrel between them for a prize from the same 1x to 10,000x range.

Talking of the Free Spins round, this is triggered by the abovementioned Sheriff Badge symbol, and you’ll have to land three of this symbol on reels 2 to 4 to trigger such. This pans out in the subsequent manner:

• 3 Sheriff Badge Symbols will award 3 free spins at x1

So, what about the Feature Barrel? Well, there are five modifiers on it in the slot. Each Mustang on reel 5 spins it for one, and they’re found in the shape of the subsequent benefits:

• Cash Collect - This sees the prize for the collected Horseshoe Scatters handed out to you. Horseshoe Scatters are collected on the Cash Barrel throughout Free Spins, and that total is otherwise paid when the round ends.
• Barrel Upgrade - All Cash Barrel prizes will be increased.
• Multiplier Boost - By x1, the multiplier is raised.
• Reset Extra - By 1, the reset figure is boosted. The free spins counter goes back to 3 whenever a Horseshoe Scatter or a Mustang lands, and the round ends when it reaches zero.
• Super Free Spins - The round is promoted to Super Free Spins. In Super Free Spins the current Cash Barrel value is paid at the end of every spin instead of only at the end of the feature.

One round at spin 420

Naturally, the addition of the Free Spins round with five modifiers on the Feature Barrel renders Western Gold 2 more volatile, and on the whole, Just for the Win has crafted quite the busy slot title with this. The only Free Spins round in my 440 spins came at spin 420 and paid 944.00 credits, 47.2x the stake, on the Total Win screen that closes the feature.