Bandit Megaways Slot Review

Bandit Megaways - Slot Overview

As someone who spends far too many evenings chasing Western slots, Bandit Megaways instantly felt familiar. Pragmatic Play sticks us in a dusty one-horse town, tumbleweeds rolling and a moody gunslinger guarding the reels. The action plays out on 6 reels with a sliding top row, up to 117,649 ways to win, and a tumble feature that keeps the grid churning whenever wins land.

Bandit Megaways uses the standard Megaways engine, but it is wired tight. Stakes run from about £0.20 up to £240 per spin, with high volatility and a default RTP of 96.55% if you pick the right setting. Alternative configurations dip to 95.55% or even 94.56%, so I always check the info screen before committing a bankroll. Maximum exposure is 5,000x your bet, decent but not outrageous for this setup.

Symbols and Payouts in Bandit Megaways

Bandit Megaways works with eleven regular symbols and two specials, and the paytable is very much in line with other Pragmatic titles. Wins form when three to six matching symbols land adjacently from the leftmost reel, including the sliding row above the middle reels. On their own, the values look modest, which makes sense once you factor in the tumbles and those huge dynamite multipliers that can suddenly turn a flat screen into a serious payout.

Low pays are the standard 10, J, Q, K and A. At the top end of that group, A and K bring around 0.1x to 0.8x your stake for six of a kind, while the smaller royals sit in the 0.05x to 0.5x band. Premiums are a gallery of coloured bandits, with the red and green portraits paying 0.2x to 1x and the orange gunslinger offering 0.3x to 1.5x.

Climbing further, the pink outlaw pays 0.4x to 2x, the blue old-timer 0.5x to 2.5x, and the yellow pistoleer tops the board with 0.75x to 7.5x for a full hit. There are no wilds at all in Bandit Megaways, which feels odd at first. Instead, a scatter and a dynamite multiplier carry the extra weight, while every win triggers a tumble that clears the symbols and pulls fresh ones into view.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x7.5
	5	x3
	4	x2
	3	x0.75
	6	x2.5
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.5
	6	x2
	5	x1
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.4
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.3
	6	x1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	Scatter

Bandit Megaways Slot Features and Multipliers

The real punch in Bandit Megaways comes from the multiplier feature. Dynamite symbols can drop on any spin or during tumbles, in both base game and bonus. Each one shows a random value from x2 up to a monstrous x500 and stays locked while the cascades play out. When the sequence ends, all dynamites on screen are added together, and the total is applied to the combined win from that spin.

There is a Feature Buy menu if your jurisdiction allows it. Standard free spins cost 100x your bet and drop in 4 to 6 scatters, while Super Free Spins cost 500x and come with multipliers starting from x10 instead of x2. Personally, I treat the big one with care; the game is already volatile, and throwing 500 spins’ worth of balance at a single shot can sting when the screen misfires.

Free Spins in Bandit Megaways

Free spins in Bandit Megaways are where the slot shows its Gates-style side. Land 4, 5 or 6 scatters to pick up 15, 20 or 25 spins, now played inside a saloon with a persistent Total Multiplier. Whenever dynamite lands and a win connects, its value first applies to that spin and then feeds a global meter. Later hits with new multipliers can pull some outrageous totals when that meter has grown.

How to Win at Bandit Megaways Slot

Winning in Bandit Megaways is all about chaining those ways and tumbles. Reels 1 and 6 can show up to seven symbols each, reels 2 to 5 take up to six plus the sliding row above, giving you a flexible grid that can hit 117,649 ways in a single spin. You want three to six matching symbols on adjacent reels from the left, then hope the cascades line up more hits behind them.

In practice I pick a stake in the £0.20 to £2 range for longer sessions, nudging higher only when the bankroll feels comfortable. Autoplay, Quickspin and Turbo speed things up, though on a volatile game like this I prefer to see every spin. The hit rate hovers around once in four spins, so patches of dust are normal. The aim is to survive long enough to land a strong multiplier sequence or bonus.

Bandit Megaways RTP, Volatility and Max Win

From a numbers angle, Bandit Megaways sits in that familiar Pragmatic pocket. The best version runs at 96.55% RTP, dropping a touch to 96.54% when you use the buy feature, while some casinos opt for 95.55% or 94.56%. Variance is high and you feel it; the bonus turns up roughly once every 426 spins on average, and the 5,000x max win lands about once in 992,851 spins in theory.

Final Verdict on Bandit Megaways

After a fair few sessions, Bandit Megaways feels like a Wild West skin laid over the Gates of Olympus maths with a Megaways twist. That is not a criticism in itself; the tumbling wins combined with random multipliers still create proper sweat-inducing spins, especially when several dynamites stick through a long cascade. What lets it down slightly is the modest 5,000x cap and the long wait between meaningful features.

If you like straightforward high-volatility slots with clear rules, Bandit Megaways does the job. The artwork, gunslinger on the side and saloon bonus round give enough flavour, even if the visuals are hardly original. Lack of wilds and the dependence on multipliers will annoy some, yet when the Total Multiplier takes off the slot can still throw up satisfying hits, especially for players comfortable grinding through the dry spells.

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