
Wanted Dead or a Wild
- RTP
- 96.40%
- Volatility
- very high
- Max win
- 12,500×
- Reels × rows
- 5 × 5
- Stake range
- 0.20 – 100
- Released
- 2021
What Wanted Dead or a Wild actually is
Three different free-spins rounds behind one Western theme, chosen by which scatter set lands: Dead, Wild or Duel. Each has its own maths, and the studio publishes them as separate features rather than variations on one.
Duel is the one with the reputation — a sticky-wild sequence with a multiplier that climbs while the round survives — and it is where nearly all of the 12,500× ceiling lives. Very high volatility understates the shape: a game with three distinct top-end routes concentrates its return further than a single feature would, because each route is rarer than a single one would be.
Play the demo
The recorded configuration of Wanted Dead or a Wild has an RTP of 96.40%, a house edge of 3.60%, at very high volatility volatility. The version in an operator’s lobby may use a different RTP; check its help screen.
What this spec means for a session
The 12,500× ceiling is the largest return a single stake is designed to be able to produce: on a £1 spin that is £12,500 (what a ceiling costs).
The mechanics this title actually ships, and what each one does to the spread of results:
- Multipliers raise the ceiling of a win without raising how often one lands.
- Free spins a run of spins at no further stake, usually under modified maths, where most of the return sits.
- Sticky wilds hold wilds in place across a run of spins, widening the bonus round's spread.
Where you could play it
Operators that have integrated Hacksaw Gaming, with the licence we verified. We track studio integrations, not lobbies — confirm Wanted Dead or a Wild is in the operator’s own game list first.
- Rizk— · 12h payoutTrusted8.8
- NetBet CasinoMGA, UKGC · 24h payoutTrusted8.3
- VideoslotsMGA, UKGC · 24h payoutTrusted8.1
Ordered by BetJury Rank · 18+ · T&Cs apply
How this RTP compares
- This game
- 96.40%
- Hacksaw Gaming median
- 96.34%
- Register median
- 96.50%
- Rank by RTP
- 17 of 30
Wanted Dead or a Wild publishes 96.40%, which is 0.10 points below the median of the 30 games on the register that publish one — 17th highest of them. Across the 3 Hacksaw Gaming titles we hold, the median is 96.34%. Among the 10 other very high games here, the median is 96.40%.
Against this register only, on filed RTP.

