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Pragmatic Play · 2020 · megaways / sticky wilds

The Dog House Megaways beats the original on a phone

PORTRAIT ✓ 1.7 s TO PLAYABLE TIGHT BUTTONS FREE DEMO

Portrait holds and it loads in 1.7 seconds. The game it is based on does neither, which is an unusual way round for a Megaways conversion.

The phone check

Yes HOLDS PORTRAIT 202 of 306 do
1.7 s TO PLAYABLE Under the 2.1 s median
Tight buttons TOUCH TARGETS tight in portrait
3 TAPS FROM THE LOBBY Search box to a spinning board

Upright, the spin button shrinks and the bet stepper crowds it. A wide thumb hits the wrong one. The demo pulls about 8 MB before the first tap registers, which on a poor bar is where the 1.7 s goes. Getting money back out is a separate count and we keep it at cashout.

This title ships in more than one return build

Pragmatic Play licenses 3 configurations of The Dog House Megaways. The spread from top to bottom is 4.68 points, which is about C$47 in expected cost per C$1,000 staked. Same reels, same features, different maths.

ConfigurationReturnHouse edge Cost per C$1,000 vs the top build
Highest build the studio licenses 96.55% 3.45% baseline
Middle build 94.19% 5.81% C$24
Lowest build 91.87% 8.13% C$47

How to see which one you are on, in three taps

  1. Open the demo and tap the burger or the ⓘ in the game's own toolbar, not the casino's.
  2. Scroll the info panel to the bottom. The return figure is printed in the rules footer.
  3. Compare it to the table above. If it is not the top row, that is the build you are being served.

123 of the 306 titles on this board carry more than one build, so this is worth doing once per game rather than once ever.

Why the sequel behaves better

Pragmatic rebuilt the presentation in 2020 rather than wrapping the 2019 file, and the difference shows in both the orientation support and the load. Six reels stacked vertically fit a narrow screen. Symbols shrink during a full height spin and the sticky wild indicators stay readable.

Controls are still tight upright. The stepper sits close to spin.

Three builds, same as the original

96.55%, 94.19% and 91.87%. About forty seven dollars per thousand staked between the best and the worst. Twenty cents minimum, roughly 100 spins on a twenty, high volatility, 12,305x ceiling.

The rest of it

StudioPragmatic Play
Released2020
Board6 reels, up to 117,649 ways
Mechanicmegaways / sticky wilds
VolatilityHigh
Top licensed return96.55%
House edge on that build3.45%
Max win12,305x
Minimum stakeC$0.20
Spins on twenty dollarsabout 100
Free demoyes, no account needed
Tagsmegaways, popular

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