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Pragmatic Play · 2017

Wolf Gold

Wolf Gold is a 5x3 video slot by Pragmatic Play with 25 fixed lines and medium volatility. This page covers its payouts and bonus modes.

  • RTP 96.00%
  • How wins land Medium
Wolf Gold

Wolf Gold in brief

Wolf Gold: five figures worth knowing before you stake

Once you've read it, you'll know the mechanics, the average return and the payout style of this game (18 words)

Wolf Gold: five figures worth knowing before you stake
What it coversAt a glance
Made byPragmatic Play
Average return over time96.00%
How wins landMedium
Grid arrangement5x3
First released27/04/2017

Not a megaways game but a classic 25-line slot with two bonus routes

Wolf Gold is a 5x3 video slot from Pragmatic Play set on the American plains, where buffalo, eagles and horses share the reels with the wolf that gives the game its name. Twenty-five lines run left to right, and a win needs at least three matching symbols on one of them, starting from the leftmost reel. Plenty of spins pass without a paying line, which is normal for this format.

Two routes lift it above a standard 25-liner: scatters on the outer reels open five free spins where the middle three reels spin as one giant symbol, and six or more money symbols launch a respin round with a resetting counter. Stacked and full-reel wilds appear during ordinary spins too.

Bonus features

Wolf Gold's triggers and extra turns

Evolve Casino lays out every bonus rule here, so you know it before you spin.

Wolf Gold's giant middle reels

3 scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 start the Free Spins, which award 5 spins. During them, reels 2, 3 and 4 spin together as one giant symbol. Every 3 scatters add 3 more spins, with no limit on retriggers. The Money Respin is available during these spins.

Base game spins5 free spins

Wolf Gold's respin counter

6 or more money symbols trigger the Money Respin, and normal symbols fade. It starts with 3 respins, and each new money symbol resets the counter to 3. It ends at zero respins or when all 15 positions fill. A full 15/15 board pays the MEGA jackpot plus coin values.

Normal spinRespins, MEGA jackpot

Wins on 25 fixed lines

25 fixed lines run across the 5x3 grid, and wins pay from left to right. Stacked wilds cover 2-3 rows with a wolf, and blazing reels show a full-reel giant wolf wild with an amber glow. Both can appear in normal spins.

Before any spin25 fixed lines

Wolf Gold: round by round

Wolf Gold from bet to last spin

Evolve Casino lays out each stage plainly, so the screen holds no surprises after the first tap.

  1. Wolf Gold at A$0.50 to start

    Wolf Gold opens at A$0.50 and tops out at A$100, with A$0.50, A$2 and A$10 used as the sample stakes further down this page. Choose a level, then spin the 5x3 grid across its 25 fixed lines.

  2. When a line pays out

    Pays land left to right on those 25 lines, and 3 matching symbols is the shortest run that pays anything. Reels 2 and 3 can also stack wilds two or three rows deep, or blaze wild across a whole reel.

  3. Wilds, blazing reels, money symbols

    Wolf wilds substitute for the paying animals and cards, and the amber-flushed reel brings a giant wild. Any spin can drop six or more money symbols, which launches the respin round with a fresh count of three.

  4. Scatters on reels 1, 3, 5

    Land scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 to take five free spins, where reels 2, 3 and 4 lock into one giant symbol. Another three scatters adds three spins, and the respin round can fire inside the bonus too.

  5. Setting limits before the first spin

    Because no screen tells you how often the bonus lands or how a session ends, decide your stop point at A$0.50, A$2 or A$10 before you press spin. Set your own limit in the cashier first.

See the screen before you spin

What does Wolf Gold actually look like?

Four stills answer the usual worry about what the screen shows once real money is staked.

  • Six money symbols holding their values through a respin
    Six money symbols holding their values through a respin
  • A stack of wolf wilds filling two rows on the middle reels
    A stack of wolf wilds filling two rows on the middle reels
  • Five free spins running with one giant symbol centred
    Five free spins running with one giant symbol centred
  • An amber reel blazing a full-height wild across the grid
    An amber reel blazing a full-height wild across the grid

Same reels, different percentages: read the rules

At 96.00%, this slot returns A$96 for every A$100 staked over a long run, but any session can land above or below that. The version this site runs is shown in the game rules.

Payback rateRTPPreselected
Variant 196.00%Yes

Wolf Gold test run

Demo coins first, real wolf next

Settles which version you open, and what each one asks of you.

The demo asks for no money and pays nothing back. Real play needs an Evolve Casino account and 18+.

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The Genuinely Open Questions Before a Spin

Five spins arrive when three scatters land on reels 1, 3 and 5, and how often that happens in a session is not something anyone can promise in advance. Randomness does not owe you a payout because a game returns 96.00 per A$100 staked over the long run; that average describes millions of spins, never your next twenty.

Pragmatic Play ships this slot with one return figure, and the rules screen inside the game is where the live number for your table sits. Two places can run different settings while sharing a name, so read that screen rather than trusting a figure quoted somewhere else.

Wolf Gold changes hands in A$0.50 steps up to A$100, and a big multiple on the top stake depends on the MEGA jackpot landing alongside a grid packed with money symbols. It is a ceiling, not a target: plenty of sessions finish far below it, and nothing you do changes the odds of reaching it.

Your Play Session and Its Brakes

Wolf Gold is open to players 18 and over. If play stops feeling like a choice, the National Gambling Helpline is on 1800 858 858 and BetStop runs the national self-exclusion register.

Before You Open the Slot

Pick a sum you can lose without it changing anything else, and set it before the reels start. Wolf Gold gives no edge back, so the boundary has to come from you.

The Exit You Chose Beforehand

A single call works: a loss figure, a win figure, a clock. Hits like the money respin feel like momentum, yet the next spin stays as chancy as the first.

Set Your Limits in Account Settings

Deposit and loss limits sit in your account settings and apply across every game here. They hold after a big win and after a long night, which is exactly when they matter.

Fun First, Then a Pause

One session that leaves you flat is a fair signal to close it. BetStop can block you from gambling sites nationwide when a short pause is not enough.

National Gambling HelplineBetStop

Worth a Look

Spin One Pragmatic Play Slot, Then Another

Nothing here shares Wolf Gold's maths, so clocking one tells you little about the rest.

Five Answers on This Slot

Clear Answers Before Your First Wolf Gold Spin

Slot figures and mechanics, settled in plain English before you spend a cent.

What is the RTP of Wolf Gold and how many versions are there?

Wolf Gold from Pragmatic Play runs at an RTP of 96.00 percent. That is the share of stakes returned over the long run, not a promise on any single session. There is no other published version of this game.

How is Wolf Gold different from Wolf Gold Ultimate and Wolf Gold 4 Pack?

Wolf Gold holds 25 fixed lines, 5x3 reels and medium volatility across five reels. The newer Wolf Gold Ultimate and Wolf Gold 4 Pack raise the return slightly, while Wolf Gold Scratchcard is a different card game rather than a slot.

How do I trigger the free spins in Wolf Gold?

Three scatters landing on reels 1, 3 and 5 start the free spins, and five spins drop straight in. Land three more during the feature and three extra spins are added, with no cap on retriggers. Money symbols can still bring the respin round.

What is the lowest and highest bet on Wolf Gold?

Bets on Wolf Gold start at A$0.50 and climb to A$100 a spin, with 25 lines paid on every one. The tables on this page use A$0.50, A$2 and A$10 as examples only, so they are not the limits of what you can stake.

Is Wolf Gold a high volatility slot?

Wolf Gold sits at medium volatility, so prize sizes and gaps between them land between the steady and the savage. Nothing about that rating tells you how a particular session will run. Treat every spin as chancy, because it is.

Hannah Ritchie

Senior editor, formerly a slot game tester in Sydney

I check every slot entry against the game rules page, from return to player figures to bonus features, and I walk through each verification step myself before a player reads about it.

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