Wild Wild Riches Megaways at Instant Casino: how this slot pays
Pragmatic Play's Irish-themed Megaways slot uses changing win paths and Money Collect features to hit wins, with 96.02% RTP and high volatility.
What is Wild Wild Riches Megaways?
Grid that shifts with each spin. Wild Wild Riches Megaways is an Irish-themed slot from Pragmatic Play with a six-reel grid that holds 2 to 7 symbols per reel, creating up to 117,649 ways to win instead of fixed paylines. Released in 2023, it combines the Megaways engine with a Money Collect feature where wilds on the first two reels gather all money symbol values from the remaining reels. High volatility means wins come less often but can be much bigger. Three matching symbols is the minimum needed to form a win.
High volatility asks for staying power. This slot suits you if you have a solid bankroll and patience for volatility—wins are spaced out but rewards run deep. The Money Collect mechanic keeps the base game moving with frequent mini-wins when wilds land early. You might skip it if you prefer steady wins or play only at minimum stakes like NZ$0.20, since building toward a big bonus win takes longer on tighter budgets.
How do you trigger the bonus? Free Spins shape every round here. Land a wild on reels one and two plus a bonus symbol on reel three to trigger them. You'll enter a gamble screen where you collect your awarded spins—six to twenty, chosen at random—or risk them all for a higher tier. If you win, you get a special reel set with more wilds and money symbols. Retriggering is unlimited, so one round can stretch for dozens of spins.
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NZ$1 000 000
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Before and after you spin: what each symbol pays
The payouts below show what you win at a bet of NZ$1. Land more matching symbols across the reels and your payout grows.
Highest value
Beer Mug3+ NZ$0.38 · 6+ NZ$5
Golden Horseshoe3+ NZ$0.25 · 6+ NZ$1.25
Four-Leaf Clover3+ NZ$0.17 · 6+ NZ$1Standard symbols
Harp3+ NZ$0.10 · 6+ NZ$0.75
Mushrooms3+ NZ$0.07 · 6+ NZ$0.75
Pipe3+ NZ$0.07 · 6+ NZ$0.75Which bonus features can you unlock in this slot?
Money symbols trigger a collect. When wilds land on reels 1 and 2, they collect the sum of all money symbols on reels 3 to 6. Direct awards pay 1x to 20x your bet. Jackpots appear only on reel 6: Mini pays 25x, Minor 50x, Mega 100x, or Maxi 250x. Collect multipliers of 2x, 3x or 5x boost the total.
Can you gamble for more spins? After free spins are awarded, a wheel screen appears. You can take the spins awarded to you (6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18 or 20, chosen at random) or gamble to reach the next tier. Losing a gamble forfeits all your spins. Each step wins between 85.71% and 89.99% of the time, up to 20 spins maximum.
During your free spins round. Free spins trigger when wilds land on reels 1 and 2 at the same time as a bonus symbol lands on reel 3. You receive 6 to 20 spins based on the gamble outcome. Special reel strips hold more wilds and money symbols. Money Collect stays active. Land wilds and bonus again to retrigger: each retrigger adds 6 more spins with no upper limit.
How the grid creates wins. The base game runs a 6-reel grid where each reel can show 2 to 7 symbols per spin, creating up to 117,649 ways to win. All symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels. Wilds on reels 1 and 2 activate Money Collect: they collect all money symbol values appearing on reels 3 through 6.
Wild Wild Riches Megaways lets you buy free spins
What does the free spins purchase cost?
At a NZ$10 bet, you can buy free spins for NZ$1,000 to jump straight into the Money Collect round. This costs 100 times your stake, no matter what you wager.
Wild Wild Riches Megaways sits alongside these Pragmatic Play games
The edge of what any review can tell you
You can't time the trigger. The bonus round triggers randomly in the base game. No pattern predicts when the Money Collect feature or Free Spins will arrive, no matter how long you've been playing or what bets you've placed.
One spin run vs long-term RTP. One session can mean a big win or a full loss, even though the RTP is 96.02%. Over one hundred pounds staked, the game returns 96.02 pence on average across all players. Your single session won't follow that average.
What the ceiling actually means. The maximum win of NZ$1,000,000 sits at the top of the game's design, but you won't reach it on most days or even most years. It remains a ceiling, not a target.
What does the 96.02% RTP mean in your money
RTP is calculated over a very large number of spins and shows the average amount returned to players. The 96.02% figure applies when you play the standard game or buy the Free Spins bonus.
RTP 96.02% · Standard game and bought Free Spins bonus
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From the 2020 original to the 2025 return
The three games in this series differ: Wild Wild Riches Megaways holds 96.02% RTP with x10,000 top win; Wild Wild Riches Returns climbs to 96.50% RTP, also x10,000; the original 2020 Wild Wild Riches reaches 96.77% but caps at x4,600.
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Wild Wild Riches Megaways: the essentials
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Keep this slot in perspective
Set a budget before you spin. Decide how much you can afford to spend on this session before you begin spinning. Once that amount is gone, stop playing and step away from the game.
Stop after you decide to. Plan when you will stop playing—whether after a big win or when your session time runs out. Winning rounds can make it easy to keep going, so decide your exit point in advance.
Built-in protection through account limits. Use your account's deposit and loss limits to control how much you spend. These tools cap your stakes and protect you from spending more than you intend.
When should you take a pause? If the game stops feeling fun or you find it hard to stick to your limits, take a break or use self-exclusion to pause your account. Support is available when you need it.