The base game for The Dog House Multi hold takes place on a 5 reel and 3 row reel set with 20 active paylines in play. Wins are triggered by landing 3 or more identical symbols across the reels from left to right. The whole game expands to four reel sets in the bonus round which unlock one by one if bonus symbols land.

Low payers here are the cards 10 through to Ace. These are valued at between 0.1x for three 10s and 2.5x for five Aces. The premiums are represented by the dog bone, dog collar, and four dogs – dachshund, pug, terrier and rottweiler. There are valued at from 0.4x for three dog bones up to 25x for five rottweilers.

There is also a Dog House Wild which lands on reels 2, 3 and 4 only and substitutes in for all others symbols to complete paylines but does NOT have a value of its own. It can carry multipliers of 2x of 3x though.

Finally, you’ll need to look out for the Paw Print scatter which lands only on reels 1, 3 and 5 to trigger free spins.

Multiplier Wilds Combine Up to 9x

The multiplier wilds can drop at any time in base game and bonus rounds. They can combine when more than one completes a winline. In this case they are multiplied together, not added. So, 3 3x multipliers gives you a 9x multiplier.

Free Spins Plays On 4 Reels With Sticky Wilds

Unlocking the free spins round is achieved by landing THREE paw scatters. Initially, you get a 2x payout plus 7 spins.

Now, you have the potential to play on 4 reel sets, each with 5 reels and 3 rows. But you will have to unlock the extra three one by one. To do this you need to land three bonus scatters on the last unlocked reel each time. Each time this happens you also get another 1 to 3 free spins added to your total.

You can also unlock more than one extra reel on one spin – by landing six bonus symbols.

And there is another important feature here – sticky wilds! All wild multipliers that land during the bonus round are sticky. They stick on the reel they land on PLUS they are transferred over to the next reel that opens. This is big because your win potential across four reel sets with sticky wilds in place is much greater than just one!

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The Dog House Megaways – If you are want to play the Dog House with more potential and paylines try the Megaways version – 12,305x top win and up to 117,649 paylines. Sticky Wilds and Free Spins included!

Pug Life by Hacksaw Gaming – Alternative cute-puppy action is available in Pug Life, a mid-variance game with up to 200x sticky wild multipliers and free spins.

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Follow-up slots don’t always work out. For every hit – the Money Train series – there are usually more than a few misses. In this case, Pragmatic have added enough differentiation to make the latest Dog House iteration worth playing. Don’t forget, this was a popular slot in its original form, so messing with the formula comes with risks. But by keeping key features – namely sticky wild multipliers and the overall design and style – then adding the locked reels in the bonus round, Pragmatic have found the right balance between old and new.

A 9,000x max win is not huge by today’s standards – Pragmatic never offer the kind of pay outs to match Nolimit City or Big Time Gaming – but it’s still OK. And with the cumulative power of those sticky multiplier wilds across four reels with extra spins being added, this game has the potential to produce some hefty wins.