The Dog House Megaways Slot Review

23/11/2020 | Categories: Pragmatic Play Slots | Published by: Joe | Last updated: 05/01/2024

Once Pragmatic Play set The Dog House loose on slot connoisseurs, players quickly ate up this reel-spinning treat and demanded more. The Malta-based company was more than happy to respond to the success of its sleeper hit and immediately began working on an upgrade. Seventeen months after the release of the original, Dog House Megaways is here, featuring an identical presentation and enhanced win potential.

Theme & Design

If you played the original, skip this section of the review, as there is little to differentiate this title from its predecessor. Essentially, everything is the same, except for subtle differences due to the layout of the reel grid.

However, if you haven’t enjoyed the earlier version of this slot, here is a brief rundown of its visual presentation. The backdrop is an empty suburban neighborhood. Depending on if you are in the base game or the free spins round, the time of day will be either afternoon or night. At night, the neighborhood gets bluer, and a few porch lantern-like lights come on. The reels spin within a kennel, and its construction frames the game area.

You can find the big spin button as well as the bet-size adjuster and auto-spin function in your lower right. The info, settings, and mute buttons are in your lower left, and your bet size, credit, and win amount are in the middle.

Specs & Gameplay

Now, since Megaways is in the title, that means that this Pragmatic Play product utilizes Big Time Gaming’s unique game engine. For the uninformed, Megaways are changeable reels where the symbol height on each one may vary per spin. Thus, the number of winning paylines continuously changes, up to 117,649. The number of reels in the game is six, but the number of rows can alternate from two to seven.

Some specifications of the game remain the same as the earlier version, and some feature improvements. For instance, the RTP is ever so slightly higher at 96.55%, and the max exposure is almost double at x12,305. However, this is still a high variance slot, and bet sizes are still in the $0.2 to $100 range.

All the symbols have remained unchanged as well. The low-paying ones are your royals 10 to A. They will award prizes that are worth x0.5 to x1 your bet for six of a kind. Again, the dog collar and the dog bone are the medium-paying symbols, and the premium ones are the pug, the Shih Tzu, the dachshund, and the grinning rottweiler. For six on a spin, these will provide a prize that’s x3 to x15 your stake.

The Wild symbol is the kennel, and it will appear only on the second, third, fourth, and fifth reels. When it lands, it will come with an x2 or x3 multiplier, and the Wilds can multiply each other. The game’s Scatter is the dog paw jewel.

Bonus Features

If you manage to land three or more dog paw jewels on any of the six reels, you will activate the Free Spins Round. Your number of free spins depends on how many Scatters you landed. However, once you hit the minimum, the game will present you with two options, the Sticky Wilds Free Spins or the Raining Wilds Free Spins.

If you opt for the first option, you could land two to seven Wilds, which will remain on the reels for the remainder of the round. If you go for the Raining Wilds mode, at every spin, up to six Wilds get added to the reels at random. Note that you cannot re-activate this feature.

You can buy your way in this round by staking x100 your base bet. If you do, at least three Scatters will appear on the reels. The option may not be available in all jurisdictions.