Wild Turkey Megaways Slot Review

Wild Turkey Megaways: Slot Overview

Wild Turkey Megaways takes the 2013 turkey tribe slot I used to grind and gives it the Megaways treatment without throwing away the charm. I am back in the turkey village, with huts, totems and a waterfall framing a six-reel grid that feels inspired by old Mayan ruins. The campfire scene in free spins looks familiar if you played the first game, just a bit sharper and more polished.

What strikes me is how close this feels to the original while still feeling a touch more dynamic. The turkeys are still the stars, and the whole thing leans on simple, wild-driven gameplay rather than flashy new mechanics. The Megaways layout and Avalanche system make each spin busier though, so even when the maths are punishing, I rarely feel like absolutely nothing is happening.

Wild Turkey Megaways Slot Information

Wild Turkey Megaways runs on a six-reel engine, with 2 to 7 symbols per reel and up to 117,649 ways to win, so you can get some chunky reels when it expands. Stakes go from 0.10 to 10 per spin, which suits me fine for testing and for more serious sessions. The volatility is high, hit rate sits around 22%, and RTP can be 96% (or lower settings), with max win figures quoted between roughly 7,239.8x and 10,500x.

Symbols and Paytable in Wild Turkey Megaways

Wild Turkey Megaways keeps the symbol set tight. The low pays are the card ranks 10, J, Q, K and A, and they all behave as you would expect in a Megaways slot, landing stacked and paying from left to right. Six-of-a-kind wins with these royals pay between 0.4x and 0.6x your stake, so they are mainly there to fuel Avalanches and bridge the gap between bigger turkey hits.

The high-paying symbols are the five turkey characters in grey, blue, green, orange and red, and this is where the slot gets interesting. Landing six of a kind pays from 0.8x up to 3x the bet, but the real punch comes when these are turned into wilds by the Wild Turkey feature. The scatter wild symbol is a golden turkey with “WILD” under it, acting as both wild and scatter on reels 2 to 5.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x3
	5	x1.7
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.8
	6	x1.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.5
	6	x1.2
	5	x0.9
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.5
	6	x0.9
	5	x0.7
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.4
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.3
	6	x0.6
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.3
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.4
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.4
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Wild
	Wild

Wild Turkey Megaways Slot Features

The Avalanche mechanic is what stitches the whole Wild Turkey Megaways experience together for me. Any win removes the symbols involved, letting new ones fall into the gaps from above. This can chain several wins off a single paid spin, which matters when you are waiting for the turkeys to line up or for the Wild Turkey feature to fire at the right time on the right reels.

There are two wild symbols in Wild Turkey Megaways, and they feel more integrated than in many Megaways slots I play. The scatter wild is the regular wild that can drop on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5, substituting for pay symbols and acting as the bonus trigger. The second wild is the special Wild Turkey symbol, which only appears when the Wild Turkey feature is triggered during base play or free spins.

When the Wild Turkey feature kicks in, it randomly activates reels 2, 3, 4 and/or 5. Every high-paying turkey symbol on those active reels transforms into a Wild Turkey symbol for that spin. This can turn a fairly average looking screen into a board full of wilds in one swoop, especially when you already have decent Megaways. For me, those moments are where the slot shows its real potential.

Free Spins and Bonus Round in Wild Turkey Megaways

Free spins in Wild Turkey Megaways are tied directly to the scatter wilds. Landing three scatter wilds anywhere on reels 2, 3, 4 or 5 awards 10 free spins. The structure stays the same as the base game, with Avalanches and Megaways, but I find the Wild Turkey feature pops up more often here, so you feel a step up in volatility and excitement as soon as the bonus round starts.

During the free spins, stacked scatter wilds become important. If a reel is fully covered by scatter wilds, you get 2 extra spins, and if more than one reel is filled at the same time, the extra spins are added together. Wild Turkey symbols do not help with retriggers, they only work as wilds, which keeps the feature focused on those stacked scatters. A strong screen of turkeys turned wild with good ways can swing the whole session.

Wild Turkey Megaways: Slot Verdict

Wild Turkey Megaways feels like a respectful refresh of a slot I have put plenty of spins through over the years. NetEnt has not tried to reinvent anything; instead they have slapped on Megaways, Avalanches and a few tweaks to the Wild Turkey feature. It stays simple, wild-heavy and volatile, with the turkey village charm intact. For me, it works best as a nostalgic, high-variance grind with bursts of genuinely wild action when the birds finally go crazy.

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