Play Bandit Megaways

Dusty streets, armed outlaws and a six reel Megaways grid set the scene before anyone has time to reach for the saloon doors. Bandit Megaways from Pragmatic Play gives us up to 117,649 ways to form potential wins, alongside tumbling symbols and multiplier values reaching x500. Free spins add a persistent global multiplier to the mix, so consecutive successful spins can gradually make those values matter more. We get plenty of familiar machinery here, only now everyone's wearing a cowboy hat. 

The saloon doors have barely stopped swinging before we know exactly where we've landed. Wooden buildings, sun bleached streets and a collection of armed characters surround the reels, including cowboys, outlaws and one woman who looks considerably less impressed by the whole situation than everyone else. During free spins, we move indoors to the saloon, which gives the bonus round a welcome visual change. 

Character portraits make up most of the premium symbols, while the lower values use Western styled card ranks. Compared with many online slot games, we get a fairly traditional take on the Wild West rather than anything especially strange. The scenery does its job, though, and the dynamite Multiplier symbol fits the setting nicely. Apparently even mathematical escalation needs appropriate props. 

We find the card ranks at the lower end of the table before six Western characters take over the stronger positions. The main bandit produces the highest regular potential payout. 

• We don't get a Wild symbol in Bandit Megaways. Regular potential combinations therefore rely entirely on matching paying symbols across adjacent reels. 
• The Scatter can appear on every reel. Four, five or six Scatters activate free spins and determine how many spins we receive at the start of the round. 
• Dynamite Multiplier symbols can appear during regular spins, tumbles and free spins. Each carries a random multiplier from x2 through to x500. 

Tumble Feature 

After a potential winning combination forms, we remove the matching symbols and allow those above to fall into the open spaces. New symbols then arrive from above using the same reel sizes established on the original spin. Another qualifying combination starts another tumble, and we keep repeating the process until no new potential win appears. 

Multiplier Feature 

Multiplier symbols can arrive during the original spin or any subsequent tumble. We keep each one on the grid until the complete tumble sequence ends, with possible values of x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x8, x10, x12, x15, x20, x25, x50, x100, x250 or x500. 

When more than one appears, we add their values together. Once the tumble sequence finishes, that combined figure multiplies the total potential result from the sequence. 

Free Spins 

Four Scatters award 15 free spins, five provide 20 and six provide 25. We keep the same Megaways and tumble mechanics during the feature, but Multiplier symbols now contribute to a persistent global multiplier when they appear alongside a potential win. 

That persistence separates the round from many bonus features found across online casinos. Once a multiplier value joins the global total, we retain that progress for later qualifying spins rather than rebuilding everything from scratch. 

Free Spins Retriggers 

Three, four, five or six Scatters during the bonus add 15, 20, 25 or 30 free spins respectively. Additional spins give the global multiplier more time to build, provided Multiplier symbols keep appearing alongside potential wins. 

We play Bandit Megaways across six main reels with a four position horizontal reel above the middle four columns. When both parts of the layout are counted, each column can display as many as seven symbols. 

The changing reel heights create anywhere up to 117,649 ways to form potential combinations. Matching symbols must appear on adjacent reels from left to right, beginning with the first reel. 

We also keep the reel sizes fixed throughout each tumble sequence. Successful combinations disappear, replacement symbols arrive and the sequence continues until no further qualifying result forms. The main mechanical shift in free spins comes from the global multiplier, which carries qualifying Multiplier values forward rather than resetting after every spin.

We'd look towards other Megaways titles and recent multiplier heavy releases for the closest comparisons. 

• Chilli Heat Megaways: We get another Pragmatic Play Megaways grid with tumbles, although Money symbols and respins replace the persistent multiplier system. 
• The Dog House Megaways 1000: We stay with six changing reels and up to 117,649 ways, while multiplier Wilds become the main feature rather than dynamite symbols. 
• Fury of Anubis: We lose Megaways in favour of scatter pays, but repeated tumbles and rapidly increasing multipliers give us a clear mechanical connection. 

We think Bandit Megaways works better as a mechanical mashup than as a fresh trip to the Wild West. The saloon, dusty streets and brooding outlaws are all perfectly serviceable, though we've seen enough cowboy towns to know somebody will eventually challenge somebody else to a duel. 

The multiplier system does more to hold our attention. Base game multipliers can turn a longer tumble sequence into something more substantial, while the persistent global value gives free spins a stronger sense of progression. We particularly like that retriggers extend both the round and the time available to build that total. 

Our main reservation is familiarity. Megaways, tumbles and large multipliers are hardly strangers. Still, they fit together cleanly here, and the rules stay manageable despite the busy grid.