Wild Gangs Slot Review

About the Game

Wild Gangs by Degen Studios is a 5-reel, 5-row, 15-fixed payline video slot. The game features 5 high-paying symbols and 4 low-paying symbols. Two Wild symbols substitute for all regular paying symbols. The Purple Gang bonus game also features the Police symbol, while the Green Gang Hold and Spin game features the Money, Collector, Multiplier, and Blank symbols.

Max Win

The maximum win amount in the Wild Gangs game is 20,000x the bet amount.

Wild Gang Symbols

There are two Wild symbols, each representing members of two different gangs (Green and Purple). Both Wild symbols substitute for all standard symbols with payouts. The payouts for both Wild symbols are shown in the dynamic paytable. If both Wild symbols are on a winning line, the win is doubled (Gangster Clash feature). Under certain conditions, listed below, Wild symbols activate additional features.

Liquor Store And Bank Robbery

If at least one Wild symbol (or several Wild symbols from the same gang) participates in a win on a payline together with the Liquor Store or Bank symbol, the win is multiplied. The possible multipliers are listed below.
Multipliers for the Bank symbol:

• 1 Wild of one type: 2x multiplier
• 2 Wild of one type: 3x multiplier
• 3 Wild of one type: 5x multiplier
• 4 Wild of one type: 10x multiplier

Multipliers for the Liquor Store symbol:

• 1 Wild of one type: 2x multiplier
• 2 Wild of one type: 3x multiplier
• 3 Wild of one type: 5x multiplier
• 4 Wild of one type: 10x multiplier

Gang Wars

The Gang Wars feature is activated when Wild symbols from both gangs participate in a winning line with the Liquor Store or Bank symbol. The Gang Wars feature is triggered and each gang is randomly assigned a multiplier value from a set of possible multipliers (see below). One gang is then randomly selected to win the war and the winning gang’s multiplier is applied to the line win. The possible multipliers depend on the non-Wild symbol participating in the winning line:

• Possible multipliers for the Liquor Store symbol: 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 75x, 100x.
• Possible multipliers for the Bank symbol: 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x, 75x, 100x, 125x, 150x, 200x.

If there are multiple Wilds from the same gang in a Gang War (e.g. Green Wild – Green Wild – Shop Purple Wild), the minimum multiplier for that gang will be the same as the Heist multiplier for the corresponding number of Wilds. In the example above, this means that the multiplier for the Green gang in Gang War will be at least x3 (the same as for the Liquor Store + 2 Wilds of the same type in the Heist feature).

Gang Shootout

If two Wilds land on adjacent reels, the Gang Shootout feature is activated. After the win is calculated, the Wilds expand vertically and the Gang Shootout animation is triggered. One of the gangs is randomly selected as the winner. The losing gang’s Wild reverts to 1×1 size and disappears from the reels, destroying symbols in its path and leaving empty spaces. The winning gang’s expanded Wild remains expanded and becomes sticky. A cascade then occurs, with new symbols filling the empty spaces. After the cascade, the win is calculated again and finally the Bonus Game is triggered. There are two different Bonus Game modes depending on which gang won the Shootout. Both Bonus Game modes are played with the same bet as the spin that triggered the feature.

Purple Gang Free Spins

If the Purple Wild wins the Gang Shootout, the Purple Gang Free Spins are activated. The expanded Wild from the spin that triggered the feature becomes a sticky Wild for the duration of the Free Spins with an initial multiplier of x1. During the Free Spins, each new Wild that lands becomes sticky. On each subsequent spin, the sticky Wild moves one reel to the expanded Wild, increasing its multiplier by +1x. When a sticky Wild moves to a place next to an expanded Wild, on the next spin it becomes part of the expanded Wild symbol, and adds its multiplier to the expanded Wild symbol. The Free Spins end when the entire playing area is filled with Wilds or if the Police symbol appears on the reels. When the Police symbol appears, all wins are paid out, after which all sticky Wilds are split into 1×1 symbols with a x1 multiplier. A final re-spin occurs, during which all 1×1 Wilds are randomly distributed across the reels. Another win calculation is made, after which the Free Spins end.

Green Gang – Hold & Spin

If the Green Wild wins the Gang Shootout, the Green Gang Hold & Spin feature is activated. The expanded Wild from the spin that triggered the feature is split onto a reel with random money symbols. The Hold & Spin bonus starts with the spin counter set to 3, meaning the player will receive at least three free spins. Each spin reduces the counter by 1. When the counter reaches 0, the Hold & Spin mode ends.
Each spin can result in one of 4 symbols:

• Money Symbol (values ​​below)
• Collector Symbol
• Multiplier Symbol
• Blank Symbol

Every time a non-blank symbol lands, the spin counter is reset to 3. When a Money symbol lands, it becomes sticky. When a Multiplier symbol lands, all Money symbols already on the reels are multiplied by its value at the end of the spin. If several such symbols land at the same time, their multipliers are added together, after which the total multiplier is applied to all Money symbols. When a Collector symbol lands, it turns into a Money symbol with a value equal to the sum of all other Money symbols on the reels. The Green Gang Hold and Spin mode ends when the spin counter reaches 0 or when the board is filled with Money symbols.

• Possible values ​​for Money symbols: 0.2x bet, 0.5x bet, 1x bet, 1.5x bet, 2x bet, 2.5x bet, 3x bet, 4x bet, 5x bet, 10x bet, 15x bet, 20x bet.
• Possible values ​​of the Multiplier symbols: 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x, 20x.

Boost

For a bet multiplied by 3x, the player can activate the BOOST. When activating the BOOST, at least 2 Wild symbols are guaranteed to appear in each spin.

Buy Bonus

The player has three options for purchasing a bonus:

• For 120x the bet, the Purple Gang bonus game (City Takeover) can be activated.
• For 75x the bet, the Green Gang bonus game (Big Heist) can be activated.
• For 95x the bet, a random bonus game can be activated.

After purchasing the bonus, a sticky Wild or a reel with money symbols will be randomly added to one of the reels.

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