Mustang Gold Megaways™

Mustang Gold Megaways™ Slot Review

Are you still waiting for a miracle so the generous jackpot falls directly toward your hands? No more waiting since the latest Pragmatic Play video slot is at your service. It is jam-packed with juicy bonus features, including Free Spins (FS), Re-Spins, instant prizes, and several jackpots up to x2,500 by the stake. By the way, the maximum win is a solid amount of x5,000. Moreover, the Gamble Free Spin feature allows you to start the engaging Bonus Game with a mind-blowing amount of free turns up to 100 FS. Can't wait to start playing? If yes, then meticulously learn our review to increase your odds of winning a small fortune through this game. 

Mustang Gold Megaways™ by Pragmatic Play Slot Features

Mustang Gold Megaways™ General Characteristics

• 324-117,649 pay lines
• 6 reels and 2-7 rows 
• Extreme Volatility 
• RTP: 96.55%, 95.56%, 94.48%
• Hit Frequency: 41.84% (1 in 2.39 spins)
• Free Spins Frequency: 0.27% (1 in 365.59 spins)
• Odds for > x1,000 hit frequency: 1 in 262,192 spins
• Max win hit frequency: 1 in 151,515,152 spins
• Bet amount: 0.2 EUR - 240 EUR
• Maximum win multiplier: x5,000
• Maximum win value: 1,200,000 EUR
• 8 main symbols
• Additional symbols: Mustang Gold, Scatter, Collect & Golden Collect Symbols

Mustang Gold Megaways™ Bonus Features

Four top-tier icons and the same quantity of low-cost ones are exhibited in this slot. To receive a cash prize, one must build up at least three similar paying symbols on any win line. One more to admit — to form a winning combination, identical paying symbols must be positioned on adjacent reels beginning from the leftmost reel.

Megaways 

There are six reels in this video slot. The 1st and 6th ones can land 2-7 symbols, whereas the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th ones embrace only 2-6 symbols, plus one additional at the cost of the topmost row. The latter is located above 2-5 reels, spinning in the right-to-left direction. The current quantity of winning lines is highlighted through the top-left corner scoreboard. The maximum number of win lines possible reaches 117,649.

Tumble feature

This gameplay mechanic highly fruitfully increases the player's income since it implies each winning combination symbol immediately disappears after the corresponding payout is paid. That sets a free space for new symbols to instantly fall into from above to fill the newly formed voids. Naturally, new symbols shape the same size as those recently burned up without a trace. Except for the Wild, other special symbols, such as the Money, Scatter, and Collect symbols, aren't annihilated, staying in place until after the tumbling ends. The Tumble feature has no limits on how long it must last, so while winning combos are on the screen, tumbling is going on.

Mustang Gold (Wild)

This icon plays the role of the Wild, substituting any paying symbol except for the Scatter, Money, and Collect symbols. That allows one to secure winning combinations more frequently. It lands exclusively at 2-6 reels.

Money Symbols

Along with ordinary paying symbols, so-called Money symbols hit the play grid. These take random values ranging from x2 to x15 (x2, x3, x4, x5, x8, x10, x15) to the stake. Besides regular Money symbols, there are also Jackpot Money symbols available to collect:

• Mini (x20)
• Minor (x50)
• Major (x100)
• Grand (x2,500)

All cash prizes are gathered with the Collect symbol.

Collect Symbol

Whenever the Collect symbol (the Sheriff’s badge) hits the playfield, it collects Money symbol prizes to credit their sum onto the gambler balance. If several Collect symbols land, each collects Money Symbol rewards separately. Moreover, if Scatters land on the playfield simultaneously with the Collect symbol, the latter gathers Free Spins provided by each Scatter and summarizes those. Immediately after that, the Bonus Game starts.

Scatter

When they meet the Collect symbol on the screen, Scatters randomly reveal one of these possible values — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. These mean the number of FS awarded.

Free Spins 

Before the Bonus FS Game begins, a gambler must decide whether to start the FS round using the currently collected amount of Free Spins or give it a shot to bolster their number using the Gamble feature. The latter allows one to increase the quantity of Free Spins by 3 or 5 extra FS. Gambling for three extra FS will offer more chances to win than for five additional FS. Yet, whichever choice is made, each following attempt guarantees slightly bolstered chances to win. Only five consecutive attempts to increase the quantity of Free Spins are stipulated. By the way, their maximum amount for a single Bonus Game is capped at 100 FS.

Collect Symbol

The Collect symbol is involved in the Bonus Game collecting Money Symbol cash prizes. Moreover, extra Free Spins are delivered by Scatters appearing on the playfield along with the Collect symbol. Again, if several Collect symbols land, each collects Money Symbol values and Free Spins separately.

Golden Collect Symbol

The Golden Collect symbol behaves similarly to the regular Collect one with the only principal distinction — each time it hits the playfield at least one position above the bottom row, a Re-Spin starts. Every re-spin shifts the Golden Collect symbol one position down. Re-spins continue until the Golden Collect symbol leaves the play grid. The Golden Collect symbol collects Money symbol values and extra Free Spins during each re-spin. If several Golden Collect symbols land, each collects Money Symbol values and extra Free Spins separately.

Ante Bet

Also, you can increase the chances of activating Free Spins naturally by enabling an ‘Ante Bet’ option, which will cost you 50% of the current bet. This mode allows one to bolster odds for the Bonus Game triggering and increase the number of Scatters landing on the playfield.

Buy Free Spins

If you aren't okay with waiting for FS to trigger naturally, here a convenient option to activate the Bonus FS Game whenever you want is stipulated. This deal will cost you a single contribution of x120 to the stake. In the case of buying Free Spins, the random quantity of Scatters land, each awarding a random number of Free Spins. Yet, their overall amount will be guaranteed at least 3.

Our Experience Playing Mustang Gold Megaways™

As usual, we played 300 spins to see all the drawbacks and advantages this slot possesses. Our initial deposit was €200, whereas the stake amount was €1 within each round.

The first 100 spins expectedly brought us 45 wins, including 23 that turned out lower than the stake. Unfortunately, these were varied within a narrow range from €0.05 to €5.4. Money symbols collecting has been activated just once, bringing us only €2. Free spins didn't trigger even once. As a result, after the 100th spin, we had €162.75.

During the second 100 spins, we had 35 cash prizes, including 19 lower than the bet. This time, a non-winning period was the longest, consisting of eight spins. The maximum win appeared €14.2-sized. The money-collecting feature was triggered just once, bringing €8. The bonus game again didn't activate. As such, upon 200 hundred spins going away, we had boasted a €140.35 amount.

The final hundred spins allowed us to enjoy 40 cash prizes, ranging from €0.1 to €12.2. Unfortunately, 28 of those turned out to be less than €1. Money collecting allowed us to earn as much as €3. Again, free spins didn't activate. Because of that, after 300 spins out, we had only €98.3. Thus, we lost a total of €101.7.

Here are all the statistics presented in one table:

The duo of the Megaways and Tumble features results in pretty frequent wins. For instance, the most elongated pause without wins consisted of only eight spins. Unfortunately, we didn't receive even one massive prize since the biggest win throughout the game amounted to just €14.2.

Up to 100 initial Free Spins, two Money Collecting symbols, re-spins, and extra FS make the Bonus Game look promising. Gambling for extra FS before the Bonus FS Game starts delivers super high chances to increase their overall amount. Unfortunately, we didn't trigger the Bonus Game even once through as many as 300 spins, which might be a sign it's quite rare to activate.

Mustang Gold Megaways™ Verdict

This game looks and sounds perfect. Moreover, this slot has the Megaways mechanic, allowing it to generate up to 117,649 win lines per spin. On the other hand, the Tumble feature pays one prize after another while winning combinations are forming on the screen. That makes it possible to get many wins through playing. Unfortunately, we didn't get at least one huge prize.

The Gamble feature for obtaining extra Free Spins looks pretty overthought, allowing great chances to seriously increase their amount before playing the Bonus Game. Thanks to that, the maximum initial Free Spin number may reach as many as 100 FS. Extra FS, the duo of Money Collecting features, and Re-Spins promise big enough winnings. But, according to our experience, it will likely take a long time to trigger the Bonus FS Game and, correspondingly, some money amount to spend before a solid prize becomes possible.