Wild Bandito

Provider

PG Soft

RTP

96.73%

Volatility

Medium

Maximum win

25,000x

Layout

5x4, 1,024 ways

Released

25 June 2021

Wild Bandito is the cleanest data in PG Soft's catalogue on this site. No disputed maximum win, no configurable-build caveat, no name confusion. What is published is what the game appears to be.

That sounds like faint praise. Given that three of the studio's ten most-played titles here have maximum-win figures we decline to reproduce, it is not.

The numbers

RTP 96.73%. 1,024 ways on a fixed 5x4 grid. 25,000x maximum.

The 25,000x deserves a note. It is the same figure some sources attach to Mahjong Ways, where BigWinBoard's play-based review gives 2,893x instead. Here it appears without a competing figure, which is better but not proof. A 5x4 grid with 1,024 ways and an escalating multiplier is structurally capable of reaching five figures, so it is at least plausible — unlike some claims elsewhere in this catalogue.

The mechanic

Standard PG Soft cascade construction, executed well:

• Wins tumble away, replacements drop in, chains form
• Gold-framed symbols landing in a win transform into wilds after the tumble resolves
• An escalating multiplier climbs with each successive cascade in a chain
• Free spins run the multiplier ladder at higher values

If you have played Mahjong Ways 2 this will feel almost identical. The grid differs — 5x4 fixed with 1,024 ways here, against 4-5-5-5-4 with 2,000 ways there — but the engine is the same.

Why the grid matters more than it looks

1,024 ways versus 2,000 is roughly half the coverage per spin, on a game with an almost identical return. That means the same 96.73% is distributed across fewer simultaneous win paths, which pushes more of the value into the multiplier chains rather than into base-game frequency.

In practice: slightly fewer paying spins, slightly more value when a chain runs. The difference is real but modest — these are variations within one design philosophy, not different games.

The theme is doing real work

The spaghetti-western presentation is more distinctive than most of PG Soft's catalogue, which leans heavily on Chinese zodiac and Asian cultural motifs. That matters commercially — Wild Bandito reached audiences the Fortune series does not — but it changes nothing about the maths.

Who it suits

Someone who wants PG Soft's tumble-and-multiplier formula with data they can rely on. Among this studio's games, this is the one where the published figures are least likely to mislead you.

The 96.73% return is solid, the mechanic is well built, and the ceiling is at least structurally plausible. That is a better position than several better-known games in the same catalogue.

Also on this site

• Mahjong Ways 2 — the same engine on a wider grid, with disputed data
• Ways of the Qilin — expanding ways instead of fixed
• Hacksaw Gaming — studios with a comparable cascade-and-multiplier approach

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Source: PG Soft's published game information, cross-referenced with Casinos.com. Reviewed 29 August 2026.

Reviewed by SlotzKilla Editorial · Published 29 August 2026 · Last updated 29 August 2026 · How we source figures