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Play Wanted Dead or a Wild by Hacksaw Gaming - a high-volatility video slot with 96.38% RTP. Trigger Bonus Buys, feature buys, and chase big wins in a Wild West adventure filled with guns, alcohol, and outlaw thrills. Spin with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and COOKS at Cooked, and enjoy a crypto-friendly slot experience packed with intense visuals, fast-paced gameplay, and rewarding action at every spin.
Wanted Dead or a Wild Slot | Free Demo + Real Play
The lawless frontier doesn't forgive slow draws. Neither does this slot. Wanted Dead or a Wild is one of the most-played titles from Hacksaw Gaming Slots — a 5x5 grit-and-gunpowder slot that ships three distinct bonus rounds, a mechanic you won't find anywhere else, and a max win ceiling of 12,500x your bet.
What Makes Wanted Dead or a Wild Different?
Most high-volatility slots have one bonus round. This one has three, each with its own risk level, visual style, and payout method.
The connecting thread is the DuelReels mechanic. VS symbols drop on the reels during the base game and in the Duel at Dawn bonus. When a VS symbol lands as part of a winning combination, it expands to fill the entire reel — a full-reel wild. If two VS symbols land on the same spin, their multiplier values add together first, then multiply. A 10x and a 20x give you 30x applied to the win. It's additive-then-multiplicative, which sounds technical until you see it happen. You'll know exactly what it means when the reels settle.
Multiplier wilds during DuelReels can reach up to 100x. The base game offers that on any spin. Free spins are where the combination math starts getting serious.
Three Bonus Rounds: What Triggers Them and How They Work
The Great Train Robbery
Land the bonus symbols that trigger Train Robbery, and you're into a free spins round where wilds stick. Every wild that lands stays locked in position for the rest of the round. More wilds accumulate as the spins progress. By the end, you can be looking at a grid packed with sticky wilds that cover the majority of winning positions.
The Train Robbery is the most straightforward of the three rounds.
Duel at Dawn
Play Duel at Dawn spins up 10 free spins with VS symbols appearing more frequently across the reels. Every time a VS lands as part of a winning combination, it expands into a full-reel wild with a multiplier attached. With multiple VS symbols landing in a single free spins session, the additive-then-multiplicative math compounds fast.
Two VS symbols with values of 50x and 30x give you 80x applied to the full win for that spin. Three of them in close succession across a few spins can build a total that's hard to see coming. This is the most volatile of the three bonus rounds.
Dead Man's Hand
Dead Man's Hand runs on a two-phase structure. Phase one is the collection phase: wilds and multipliers drop onto the grid during a series of respins. Every time a new wild or multiplier lands, the respin counter resets to three. You're building a stack. The goal is to accumulate as many collected wilds and multipliers as the reels will give you.
Phase one ends when three consecutive respins pass without a new wild or multiplier. Then the game shifts into the showdown. Everything collected gets placed on the grid, the total multiplier applies to all wins, and you get three spins with the full hand.
It's the most deliberate of the three rounds.
Wanted Dead or a Wild: Stats and Specs
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The Wanted Dead or a Wild slot demo at Cooked runs with no account and no deposit. It's the full game loaded with virtual credits, so nothing's at stake.
Wanted Dead or a Wild free play is worth your time before you put real money on it. The Dead Man's Hand round, in particular, has a structure that reads differently in the paytable versus when you're actually watching it play out. Most players spend a few sessions in Wanted Dead or a Wild free play before switching to real stakes.
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Bonus Buy: Skip Straight to the Action
The Bonus Buy option on the Wanted Dead or a Wild casino version lets you skip the base game entirely and purchase direct entry to a bonus round. Each of the three bonus rounds is available separately, and they carry individual volatility ratings, so you're not just buying a bonus; you're choosing which kind of volatility you want.
The Great Train Robbery costs less and sits at medium variance. Duel at Dawn costs more and runs very high. Dead Man's Hand sits in the middle with high variance and the two-phase structure. The price is clearly displayed before you buy.
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The outlaws are waiting. Three bonus rounds, one standout mechanic, and 12,500x sitting at the top.
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