Bet365 Vegas Slot Review – Roaring Wilds

The great American wilderness is home to some of the most spectacular scenery, big skies and most diverse wildlife you’ll find anywhere on Earth. There’s been several slots about this particular subject and now the brains at Playtech have released another. It’s called Roaring Wilds, and it is focused primarily on some of the spectacular creatures that you will find inhabiting this vast and unsullied part of the North and Central American landmass.

From the salmon that fill the streams and rivers, to the mighty Grizzly Bear, standing eight feet tall and weighing close to a ton, these creatures and more are represented in the Roaring Wilds slot. Set against the backdrop of a craggy mountain range, with the Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, dancing in the skies above, this is a spectacular looking backdrop for what is essentially a 5×4 reel slot that features up to 40 selectable paylines.

You can get the reels spinning for as little as £0.01 per spin if you decide to play just one payline, but playing all paylines at the lowest amount would cost you £0.40. However, this is also a slot for the higher rollers as you can ramp up the value of each spin up to a massive £2,000 per game if you prefer, making this a slot that encompasses every slot player with every conceivable size of bankroll available to play. The game can also be played on mobile smartphones and tablets as well as via desktop at Bet365 Vegas right now.

Key Information

Roaring Wilds allows players to select how many paylines they want to play individually, but it is always the best idea to play the maximum number of paylines on each spin if you can, even if it means a smaller wager per payline to be able to afford to do so. The Info button on the bottom left hand side of the console will give you plenty of information about the paylines available and features of the slot while you can also utilise the Bet Max button to bet the maximum amount for your chosen Line Bet size, and there is also an Auto Play button you can use to spin up to 99 spins at a time.

There is also a Turbo mode which can be activated and which will see the reels come to a halt much more quickly. This is a nice feature which allows players that don’t have much time to play the ability to play through far more spins in the same amount of time.

On the reels, you have the usual playing card low symbols from Jack through to Ace and these are the lower value symbols on the reels offering payouts of between 5 coins and 100 coins depending on how many you land on a payline. The Bald Eagle and Salmon also offer payouts of this amount too, which is a bit disappointing and you need to land the Jaguar symbol to land payouts of 10 coins for 3 on a payline, increasing to 200 coins for five on a payline.

The biggest value win in the game however comes when you land the fearsome Grizzly Bear Wild across the reels. Three on a payline triggers a 200 coin win, four triggers 500 coins and all five on a payline triggers the jackpot 1,000 coin win. In addition, the Wild symbol can be used to substitute for any of the low and high value symbols listed previously to help land additional payline wins.

One nice feature is that on each spin one of the high or low value symbols in the game becomes super stacked on the reels. This is selected at random on each spin and if you are lucky, this can lead to some multiple payline wins that can increase the overall value of a win considerably on a single spin.

The only other feature on the slot is the Bear Paw Print scatter symbol which offers a small payout of between 5 and 50 coins when you land three or more anywhere across the reels. However, if you do this then you will also launch the Free Spins bonus game. The Free Spins bonus game isn’t particularly different to the base game, but if you can land three or more scatters during the free spins round, then you’ll retrigger another 15 free spins, indeed, you could potentially keep triggering this as there is no limit on the amount of free spins you could trigger during a bonus feature.

That is Roaring Wilds in essence and as you play through the game, it will become quickly apparent that this is a relatively high volatility slot, with the ability to Gamble any of your cash wins using the Gamble Feature, which is a selection game where you have to pick a higher card than the card revealed by the dealer from a selection of four. Pick correctly and you can double your money, pick incorrectly and you lose all the cash you just won.

How to win at the Roaring Wilds slot

Although the Roaring Wilds slot is somewhat basic in terms of how it is set up and the features it offers, there are some key strategies you can use to give yourself a better chance at turning a profit on this somewhat volatile slot. The first is to always play the maximum number of paylines (40) and to bet an amount which will enable you to have a long session on the slot as it is only through working your way through spins that you will get the best chance to trigger the bonuses and payouts to make a session profitable.

You also have to be of the mindset that this is a slot that isn’t going to throw money at you regularly and that you need to work hard to trigger the bonus features. The Wild symbol and stacked symbols can lead to some base game wins, but in truth, the best chance you have of landing a bigger value win on the Roaring Wild slot is to hit the Free Spins bonus game and then to retrigger it a few times to earn more than the standard 15 free spins. Once again though, this is easier said than done.

If you can build up a good number of free spins on this game then you can win some tidy sums of money during this round, certainly more than what you would ordinarily spend with a little extra to spare. However, prudent use of the Gamble feature is also key as it can be tempting to try and double up those low and medium value wins and if you do that too often and lose the money, then the slot becomes even more expensive to play.