Western Gold 2 Double Barrel

Theme and Design

More of a cowboy slot than a Wild West slot, Western Gold 2 is set on a great plain with red rock mountains and marauding wild horses in the distance. The reels are stacked with iconic cowboy motifs including pistols, cowboy boots and hats, golden horse shoes and playing cards. The soundtrack is filled with country and western guitar and whopping cowboys. There is nothing subtle about this slot and chances are you’ll either love it or hate it, even more so depending on the outcome of your spins. But whatever your opinion, you can’t deny that it’s upbeat and cheerful.

RTP and Variance

There are three available RTP settings for this game - 96.15%, 94.20% or 92.20%. It is at the casino operator’s discretion to decide which level to run the game at. We verified the RTP at 5 slot sites in the UK to see what setting they had chosen. This is what we found:

• Casumo (independent) – 94.2% RTP
• BacanaPlay (Skill on Net) – 92.2% RTP
• Barz Casino (White Hat Gaming) – 94.2% RTP
• MrQ (Independent) – 96.15% RTP
• All British Casino (L and L Europe) – 94.2% RTP

From our sample Only MrQ is running this game at the optimum RTP setting. We recommend you play there for the best chance of positive return on your wagering.

This is also a very high variance slot so it can be unpredictable with irregular payouts but the chance to hit some big wins too.

Maximum Win

The maximum win in Western Gold 2 is 25,000x. That is unusually high for a Just For The Win game. That means for a £1 bet you can win as much as £25,000x. For more games with high maximum wins check out this list.

Symbols and Paytable

Western Gold 2 is a 5 reel game with 4 rows per reel and 40 paylines on each spin. To trigger wins you will need to land 3 or more identical symbols on a payline from left to right.

There is some good value in the paytable at the top end but the biggest wins come courtesy of the Cash Barrell feature described below.

The Paytable - Wrangler Symbols trigger Wrangler Spins

Low payers are the Playing Cards, Cowboy Boots, Cowboy Hat and Pistols. These are valued at from 0.2x for 3 Playing Cards up to 1.5x for 5 Pistols. The premiums are the Bar Symbols, Lucky 7s and Wilds. These are valued at from 0.5x for 3 Bars up to 30x for 5 Lucky 7s or 5 Wilds.

There are also 3 special symbols that trigger features. The wild subs in for all other icons to complete winlines, horseshoe scatters trigger instant payouts, and sheriffs badge free spins symbols unlock the free spins round.

Features and Gameplay

What makes Western Gold 2 exciting is the many different ways that you can unlock prizes, with some really high value wins always seemingly within reach.

Scatters Trigger Wins Of Up To 10,000x

The first thing to know is that you should always be on the look out for the Scatter symbol. Between 4 and 12 scatters opens up the Cash Barrel which reveals prizes like this:

• 4 scatters = 1x
• 5 scatters = 5x
• 6 scatters = 15x
• 7 scatters = 25x
• 8 scatters = 50x
• 9 scatters = 100x
• 10 scatters = 250x
• 11 scatters = 1,000x
• 12 scatters = 10,000x

Wrangler Spins Give You a Spin of the Barrel

If you land 2 of the Wrangler Cowboy symbol on reels 1 or 5 at any time you get a spin of the Cash Barrel which will award you a prize of between 2x and 10,000x.

Free Spins With Progressive Multipliers and Extra Features in the Feature Barrel

The game hots up if you can unlock the free spins round by landing the Sheriff’s Badge symbol on reels 2, 3 and 4.

When three or more land you get 3 Free Spins.

The name of the game remains the same – you want to collect as many Scatter symbols as possible. But now there is a difference. Rather than paying out on each spin, Scatters are collected and pay out is made at the end. This is really important because it gives you more chance of progressing to the 10,000x top prize.

You will also get a re-set back to 3 spins whenever a Scatter or the Mustang symbol lands. So you can keep extending the round and building your prize pot further.

And … there is a multiplier of 1x to start that will be applied to your prize. It can be increased by modifiers that are awarded from the Feature Barrel.

What is the Feature Barrel?

This is a special Barrel with 5 modifiers on it. You get to spin it every time a Mustang lands on reel 5. The possible modifiers are as follows:

• Cash collect(gives the total value of the Cash Barrel)
• A multiplier boost(+1 to win multiplier)
• Upgrade barrel(Cash Barrel prizes are increased)
• Reset(+1 to resets for spin count)
• A super free spin upgrade.

There Is Also A Super Free Spins Round

The treats just keep coming with Western Gold 2. There is also an enhanced Super Free Spins round. To trigger this you need two WRANGLER symbols to appear on the first and fifth reels together with three free spin symbols appearing between them on the second, third and fourth reels. Or, an upgrade from the FEATURE BARREL in the standard free spins round.

How is Super Free Spins different?  

During Super Free Spins all gameplay is the same EXCEPT the scatter prizes are paid out on EVERY spin rather than at the end of the round. So, the cash barrel will keep filling up, AND keep paying out with each play, giving the opportunity for seriously high accumulated prizes!