Dead or Alive 3: Wanted Slot Review

About the Game

Dead or Alive™ 3: Wanted is a 5-reel, 5-row video slot from NetEnt featuring Re-Spins, Wanted Wilds, and Bounty Hunter features, free spins, super free spins with Sticky Wilds, and an Elevate feature with five options.

Return to Player

• The theoretical return to player for this game is 96.03%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Bonus Hunter is 96.04%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Wanted Wilds is 96.04%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Bounty Hunter is 96.02%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Hunted Spins is 96.10%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Dead or Alive Spins is 96.04%.

Game Rules

The game is played on 21 fixed bet lines, with wins paid when symbols appear consecutively from the left-most reel to the right-most reel, without gaps. Simultaneous wins on different bet lines are added together, and only the highest win on each line is paid.

A bet line win is equal to the value shown in the paytable, multiplied by any applicable multiplier. The symbol payout values ​​shown in the paytable are dynamic and change according to the selected bet value.

The maximum win in the game is 33,333x the bet. When the total win exceeds this amount, the game round ends and a win of 33333 times the bet is awarded.

Wanted Wilds and Bounty Hunter

In the main game and free spins, two types of wild symbols can appear on the reels: “Wanted” and “Bounty Hunters.”

“Wanted” wild symbols land with a random multiplier of x2, x3, x5, x10, x25, x50, or x100. “Bounty Hunters” land and cover the entire reel, where they collect multipliers from all “Wanted” wild symbols on the reels.

When two or more Bounty Hunter Wild symbols appear on the reels, the one on the left receives multipliers from the Wanted Wild symbols, while the one on the right receives multipliers from the Wanted Wild symbols and any Bounty Hunter Wild symbols to the left. Multipliers from the Bounty Hunter Wild symbols are added together.

When two or more “Bounty Hunter” Wild symbols appear on adjacent reels, they combine to form a single large Wild symbol that covers both reels, with a multiplier equal to the sum of the multipliers of both symbols.

Wild symbols substitute for all symbols except the Bonus symbol and the Super Bonus symbol. According to the paytable, substituting for a Wild symbol only pays for the longest possible winning combination on a bet line.

Free Spins

In the main game, landing two bonus symbols on the reels triggers a Re-Spin, while landing three or more bonus symbols activates Free Spins.

If one of the three bonus symbols is a Super Bonus, Super Free Spins are activated as follows:

• 3 bonuses: 10 free spins
• 4 bonuses: 10 free spins + 50x your bet
• 5 bonuses: 10 free spins + 2,500x your bet

Wanted Wild symbols landing in the main game and during re-spins transform into Sticky Wilds and carry over to free spins. Ritual Wanted Wild symbols landing during free spins and super free spins also transform into Sticky Wilds.

During free spins and super free spins, landing Wanted Wilds on all 5 reels awards 5 additional free spins.

During super free spins, Bounty Hunter Wild symbols are guaranteed to land on every spin.

Free spins and super free spins are played with the same bet as the round that triggered them. At the end of a Free Spins or Super Free Spins feature, their total winnings are added to any wins from the round that triggered them, and the game returns to that round.

Elevate Feature

Game features can be activated using the Level Up feature. The Level Up feature allows you to activate one of the following features during a single game round:

	Bonus Hunter	When doubling the bet, if at least one bonus or super bonus symbol appears on the reels.
	Wanted Wilds	At 5x the bet, multipliers of x5, x10, x25, x50 or x100 can appear, doubling the maximum win up to 66,666 times the bet.
	Bounty Hunter	When you multiply your bet by 150x, two Wild Bounty Hunter symbols land on the reels at the end of each spin. In Super Free Spins mode, three Wild Bounty Hunter symbols land on each spin.
	Hunted Spins	Landing 3 or more bonus symbols worth 100 times your bet will trigger free spins.
	Dead or Alive Spins	Landing 3 or more bonus symbols, one of which is a Super Bonus symbol and triggers Super Free Spins, awards 1000x your bet.

The cost of the Elevate feature is not taken into account when calculating the maximum win, only the base bet selected by the player is taken into account.

Pay Mechanic

The game has 21 fixed bet lines. Wins on bet lines are paid out if they land consecutively from the leftmost reel to the rightmost reel, without gaps. Possible wins are clearly shown in the illustrations above. Only the highest win on each bet line is paid out. A failure voids all payouts and game results. For more information, see Unfinished Game Rounds.

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