Wild Wild Riches Megaways Demo & review

In Wild Wild Riches Megaways, WILDs on the first two reels are what turn pots of gold into money, in the base game as well as the free spins. It is the Megaways version of Pragmatic Play's Wild Wild Riches, released in February 2023 under a Medium volatility label. It suits players who would rather have a collect that can land on any spin than wait for a bonus to do the work.

Our first board, two symbols on every reel for 64 ways, with the jackpot boards on the left. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

How Wild Wild Riches Megaways works

Each of the six reels shows up to seven symbols on every spin, and the number of ways is those heights multiplied together. Our first board had two symbols on each reel, which makes 64 ways, the figure on the counter. A full board of seven on every reel is the top of the range, 117,649 ways, and the spin that started our bought free spins landed on it.

Symbols pay on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost, and each way pays its highest win only. The paytable matters less here than two special symbols and where they are allowed to land.

How the features connect:

1. WILDs land only on reels 1 and 2. MONEY symbols, the pots of gold, land only on reels 3 to 6, each with its own value.
2. A way that runs from WILDs on reels 1 and 2 through pots on the reels after them collects every pot on it.
3. Reel 6 is the only place for the four jackpots and for the multipliers that apply to a whole collect.
4. WILDs on reels 1 and 2 with a BONUS on reel 3 start the free spins, where the collect keeps working.
5. The free spins can also be bought.

The collect carries the game. The free spins matter because they give it more chances in a row.

How the WILD money collect works

The collect needs an unbroken way. WILDs have to land on reels 1 and 2, then pots on reel 3 and on every reel after it that you want counted. A pot on reel 5 with no pot on reel 4 stays where it is, because the way has already stopped.

In practice the jackpots and multipliers need the longest way the board allows: WILDs on both of the first two reels and pots on all four reels after them. A collect that ends on reel 3 or 4 pays its cash values and nothing more.

By the rules, take three pots on reels 3 to 5 that add up to $17. A 3x multiplier on reel 6 then turns that collect into $51.

The game rules for the WILD, the BONUS and the money collect, with every pot value listed. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Free spins: how they trigger and how many you get

The free spins start from the same corner of the board as the collect: WILDs on reels 1 and 2 with a BONUS on reel 3. The number of spins is then drawn at random from 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18 or 20. Below the top count a wheel offers to move you one rung up, and losing that gamble ends the feature with no free spins at all.

Inside the round the collect keeps working, with more WILDs and MONEY symbols on the reels than in the base game. The same WILD, WILD, BONUS hit adds 6 more spins each time it lands, and there is no limit on how often.

The spin that started our bought free spins: WILDs on reels 1 and 2 and the BONUS on reel 3. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Our bought trigger drew 8 spins, and we collected them rather than gamble for 10. We would take the count you are given in most cases, since the wheel can wipe out a round you already own for a rung or two more.

The gamble offer after our trigger: 8 spins lit, 10 on offer, and the warning that a loss ends the feature. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Buying the free spins

Buy Free Spins costs 100x the bet, at the base game's RTP. In our test it played a triggering spin first and then drew the count, so a bought round comes with the same random length and the same gamble offer.

RTP, volatility and max win

Our build returns 96.02% in theory whether you spin or buy, though casinos can choose a lower-paying version. The rules label the game Medium, while review sites often call it high, and the game's own label is the one used here.

The rules stop wins at 10,000x the bet in the base game and the free spins. A free spins round ends the moment it hits that figure, and any spins it had left are forfeited.

Our Wild Wild Riches Megaways demo test

The base game paid often and mostly small. Almost half of what it returned came from spin 61, a $26.20 hit, and the free spins never arrived on their own.

The bought round did most of its work early. With five spins left the win counter already read $26.50, so the last five added only 40 cents to a $26.90 total that includes the trigger spin.

One bought round says very little about a feature whose length, collects and jackpots are all drawn at random. No jackpot, reel 6 multiplier or retrigger turned up, so those parts are written from the rules.

Our bought free spins with five spins left, a $6.00 pot of gold on reel 4. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

The result of our bought round, $26.90 from 8 free spins. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Is Wild Wild Riches Megaways worth playing?

For the base game, yes. For the buy, only if a random spin count with a gamble attached appeals to you. The reason to play is a collect that does not wait for a feature: two WILDs and a pot on reel 3 are enough to start cashing in, and every extra reel of pots stretches the way toward the jackpots.

Pick Big Bass Bonanza Megaways if you want the collect saved for a free spins round, where a retrigger ladder raises the multiplier on what the fisherman gathers. Choose this one for a collect that is live on every spin, with fixed jackpots at the end of the way and a buy.

In the demo, watch reel 3 rather than the WILDs. Without a pot there no collect can start, however the first two reels land.