Pragmatic Play has released Eastern Fury, a 5×5 slot set around rival gangs fighting for control of the same patch of ground. The theme has been done plenty of times before, so the more interesting part is the maths: expanding wilds that refuse to leave, respins that keep coming until something pays, and multipliers that run as high as 100x.
How the Base Game Works
Expanding wilds land on reel five and cover the whole reel. Each one arrives carrying one of two competing multipliers, anywhere from 2x up to 100x.
If that wild does not form a winning combination, it stays in place and triggers a respin. More expanding wilds can then land on reel four, then reel three, with respins continuing until one of them produces a win. It is a hold and respin idea applied to wilds rather than to cash symbols, and the practical effect is that a wild landing on reel five is rarely wasted.
Free Spins and Super Free Spins
Landing 3 to 5 scatters triggers the bonus game, which awards 10, 15 or 20 free spins depending on how many scatters you collect. Every expanded wild and its multiplier stays sticky for the rest of the feature, filling in from right to left, so the grid gets busier as the round goes on and the combinations available get bigger with it.
There is a stronger version too. If one of the triggering symbols lands as a super scatter, you unlock Super Free Spins, which raises the minimum expanding wild multiplier to 10x. The ceiling does not move, but the floor does, and that is where most of the difference in a round like this usually shows up.
What Pragmatic Play Said
Sharon McHugh, Director of Public Relations at Pragmatic Play, described the game as a mix of a striking setting and mechanics built to create anticipation on every spin, pointing to the sticky expanding wilds, the 100x multiplier potential and the Super Free Spins round as the features most likely to stand out for players.
Worth Checking Before You Play
The launch material does not include an RTP figure or a maximum win, which is standard for Pragmatic Play announcements. Both are worth looking up in the game’s info screen once it goes live, particularly the RTP, since Pragmatic Play supplies several RTP settings and the figure you get can differ from one casino to the next.
South African players should expect to see Eastern Fury slot game appear at sites that already carry the Pragmatic Play library, which covers most of the offshore casinos and sportsbook casino sections available locally. As always, it is only worth playing at a site you have already checked out properly, with money you are comfortable losing.