DOG TOWN DEAL

HOW TO PLAY DOG TOWN DEAL SLOTS

The base game is about as straightforward as a modern online slot machine can be. You have five reels and 3 rows. Your goal is to arrange matching symbols from left to right along one of 20 pre-set paylines. You need at least 3 symbols in a string for a reward. As we said – it’s simple stuff.

The usual Wild symbol is also there – it substitutes for any other symbol except the Scatter.

As one might expect, though, things get a lot more interesting once you introduce the special features. In this case, they’re tied to Scatter symbols that look like playing cards

Card Features

The card symbols can hit anywhere on the table. They don’t need to follow paylines, and it doesn’t matter which reel or row they appear on. As long as you get at least two, you trigger one of the Dog Town Deal features.

• 2 Card Scatter Symbols trigger The Deal feature
• 3 Card Scatter Symbols award 7 free spins
• 4 Card Scatter Symbols award 10 free spins
• 5 Card Scatter Symbols award 15 free spins

The Deal

The deal is essentially a consolation prize for getting close to triggering free spins, but not getting it. When two scatter cards appear on the table, they turn over to reveal their value. If the resulting total is 16 or more, you get a big payout.

Dog Town Deal Free Spins

The free spins do exactly what you would expect. You get 7-15 spins without having to put up anything as a stake. The stake of the spin that triggered free spins is used for the purposes of calculating payouts.

However, that’s not all. Every time you hit a winning combination during free spins, you draw cards. 3-of-a-kind combinations award 1 playing card, while 4 and 6-symbol combinations award 2 and 3 cards, respectively.

These cards are then used to make hands. If you get the right card hands, you’ll move up the multiplier ladder you can see to the left. These multipliers are then applied to all subsequent spins for as long as the free spin round lasts.

Card hands work as follows:

• Every time your hand reaches a score of 16 or more, you move up one step and the cards are reset
• If you draw 5 cards without reaching 16+, you move up two steps (5-Card Charlie)
• If you draw exactly 21 you move up three steps

Note that you can buy 7 free spins at any moment by spending 50x the stake. Click on the Buy Feature button to the left to do so.

Casino Bloke Best tips for Dog Town Deal Slot

• 1The multiplier ladder can be seen to the left at all times. However, it’s only activated once you enter Free Spins
• 2Buying the free spins bumps up the game’s RTP to 96.67%. It’s not a huge difference, but this means that just buying Dog Town Deal free spins is a solid strategy.

PAYOUTS & RTP

The Dog Town Deal slot machine comes with just 8 regular symbols. The casino chips are all are all functionally identical, offering payouts of 0.5x to 5x depending on the number of symbols in a combination.

All three dogs except the red one are mid-paying. They pay 1x for three symbols, 5x for four, and 15x for 5-symbol combinations.

Lastly, the mean-looking dog with the red background is the game’s only high-paying symbol, with payouts ranging from 2.5x to 60x.

All in all, it’s a surprisingly mild game in terms of volatility. You get a constant trickle of reasonably-sized wins, with the occasional huge payday in the form of free spin multipliers going up to 1,000x.

All of this combines with a base RTP of 96.15%, which is just above industry averages.

Our Verdict

All in all, Dog Town Deal exceeded our expectations in several ways. We thought we were getting a relatively generic modern slot with a fun theme. What we got instead is a surprisingly profitable and consistently enjoyable game that’s great for beginners and veterans alike.

The card mechanics during free spins are nothing terribly unique once you take a deeper look. However, they’re fun enough to merit repeat playthroughs, and outright buying them actually increases the game’s RTP.

To sum up, Dog Town Deal is not a groundbreaking release, but it’s a fun game nonetheless. The math model behind it is fairly mild and player-friendly, too, so it gets a recommendation from the Casino Bloke.