The Dog House pack is back, and apparently a four digit multiplier was the next logical step. The Dog House Megaways 1000 from Pragmatic Play uses a six reel Megaways layout with up to 117,649 ways to form potential wins. We get familiar canine characters, multiplier Wilds reaching x1000, two standard free spins choices and two stronger Super Bonus versions. Most of the regular spinning stays fairly simple, while the bonus rounds give the doghouse much more work to do.
The dogs have claimed the garden again, and we suspect the humans lost that argument some time ago. We get a sunny house, green lawn and oversized doghouse behind the reels, while the familiar Rottweiler, Maltese, pug and dachshund return as the premium symbols. Bones, collars and bright card ranks fill the rest of the grid. Our canine cast still favours cartoon expressions over realism, with enough enormous eyes and cheerful grins to make obedience training seem rather unlikely.
The bright suburban look keeps The Dog House Megaways 1000 easy to recognise among online slots. We see most of the visual changes once free spins begin, when Wild doghouses start occupying larger reel areas and multipliers become much more prominent on screen.
We find the card symbols at the lower end of the paytable, followed by the bone and collar before the four dogs take over the stronger positions. The Rottweiler produces the highest regular potential payout among the standard symbols.
After triggering regular free spins, we can choose Sticky Wilds Free Spins as one of two routes. Any Sticky Wild that lands on reels two through five remains in place until the round ends and carries a random multiplier from x1 up to x1000. Reel sizes also adjust so each affected reel remains large enough to accommodate the Sticky Wilds already occupying the column.
The second regular choice removes the sticky behaviour and concentrates on volume instead. On every free spin, we can receive as many as six Wilds in random positions across the eligible reels. Each Wild can vary in size and carry one of the available multipliers. Neither of the two standard free spins rounds can be retriggered.
A mixture of Bonus and Super Bonus symbols can activate Super Bonus Free Spins. During this version, we can see a random number of regular Wilds or Sticky Wilds added across reels two through five on every spin. We therefore get elements from both standard bonus choices working within one feature.
In the situation where the trigger is made up solely of Super Bonus icons, then we move on to the more powerful All Super Bonus Free Spins mode. Once again, Random Wilds and Sticky Wilds are possible on reels two to five, but any standard Wilds become Sticky Wilds. It is now much easier for us to create multiplier icons.
x1000 is what makes the news, although the whole range starts from x1. We can get x1, x2, x3, x5, x10, x25, x100, or x1000 multipliers on the Wilds in the corresponding features. If several multiplier Wilds form a combination that could bring us a win, then we multiply the multipliers.
We are using a grid of six Megaways reels with different heights of each reel. The maximum number of symbols that each reel can show is seven, thus making possible 117,649 winning combinations.
The winning symbols must fall on adjacent reels from left to right beginning from the first reel. We do not use the traditional fixed paylines; therefore, the number of ways differs depending on the number of symbols appearing on each reel.
Compared with some Megaways releases found across online casinos, we don't have tumbles or a long list of base game modifiers to track here. The variable grid handles the regular mechanics, while most of the extra complexity arrives once Bonus or Super Bonus symbols send us into one of the free spins rounds.
For three useful comparisons, we'd stay with dog themes, Pragmatic Play animal slots and Megaways mechanics.
We think The Dog House Megaways 1000 understands exactly which part of the older formula people remember. The multiplier Wilds remain front and centre, only now their values can climb far higher and the Super Bonus rounds give us more ways to keep them around.
Our favourite addition is the distinction between regular and Super Bonus free spins. Choosing Sticky Wilds or Random Wilds keeps the original decision easy to understand, while the stronger versions combine both ideas without turning the rules into a small legal document. The x1000 multiplier naturally attracts attention, although most rounds will depend on far less dramatic values.
We wouldn't have minded a little more going on during regular spins. Still, the bonus structure has enough variation, and the dogs remain considerably more organised than most real households containing four of them.