Pragmatic Play · 2023 · tested 2026-10-29
Fire Stampede
Buffalo way wins alone returned USD 7,034 over 10,000 Fire Stampede demo spins, more than all Connect & Collect chains paid in the base game and free spins together.
In numbers: measured RTP 91.4% against 96% declared over 10,000 logged rounds; 26.5% of rounds paid; a natural bonus landed once per 133 rounds (75 in total) and a bonus round paid a median 21.2x the stake, mean 41.6x, trigger spin included; 50 bonus buys at 100x returned 0.95x of their price on average, 72% of them below the price; the biggest round paid 201.1x; the longest dry run was 25 spins.
Fire Stampede demo
United States·available at Cafe Casino
Same reels, real payouts
Cafe Casino runs the same Fire Stampede with the same math and adds a welcome bonus for players from the United States:
300% up to $2,000 + 150 FS 18+ · T&Cs apply · the demo stays free
Test card
10,000 spins · USD 2.00 bet · every request logged
| Spins | 10,000 |
| Bet | USD 2.00 |
| RTP declared | 96.00% |
| RTP measured | 91.37% (approximate 95% CI 77.4–105.4) |
| Hit frequency | 26% · every 3.78 |
| Dead streak max / avg | 25 / 3.78 |
| Median hit | 0.80x |
| Max win (no bonus round) | 199.0x · round 5350 |
| Free spins, natural | 75 · 7.5 bHz · every 133.3 spins · mean bonus round payout 41.6x stake |
| Balance start → end | 100,000 → 98,274 |
each run keeps its own spin log, CSV and raw server journal with checksums; the figures on this card combine all runs
Bonus buy lab
50 buys × 100x · USD 200 each
mean 0.95x · median 0.684× price (USD 136.70) · 36 of 50 below price · best 5.69x · worst 0.13x
| Spins per bonus (avg / min–max) | 25.9 / 10–81 |
| Retriggered | 38% |
| Money-symbol collects, avg win | 102.64 |
| Bonuses that paid nothing | 0% |
FREE SPINS symbols reached by a chain during the feature add the number they show, and three Scatters landing in it added 7 each time. Natural bonuses gained spins in 13 of 75 rounds, 13 times through chains and 3 through Scatters, 131 spins in all; purchases did in 19 of 50, 30 times through chains and 7 through Scatters, 367 spins. The starting count, set by the trigger spin's Scatters and FREE SPINS symbols together, is not part of it.
- Spent
- USD 10,00050 × USD 200
- Returned
- USD 9,542.9095.43% · approximate 95% CI 70–121%
- Net
- −USD 457.10−2.3 buys
- Break-even or better
- 14 / 5028%
- Paid 2× price or more
- 7 / 5014%
- Price in base spins
- 100natural trigger every ~133 spins
One ticket equals 100 ordinary stakes. Natural bonuses occurred once per 133 ordinary rounds in this sample. Stakes multiplied by this interval measure gross wagering, not the net cost of obtaining a bonus. Purchase returns above include the complete purchased round and are divided by the ticket price.
Risk profile
how much bankroll this run needed
| 50 bets | bust at spin 76 |
| 100 bets | bust at spin 410 |
| 200 bets | bust at spin 544 |
One run, one bet size. A different session can bust earlier or never; treat this as a measured example, not a rule.
How it plays
7 rules screens from the game
Fire Stampede deals five reels of 5, 5, 3, 5 and 5 symbols, 1,875 ways in all, and a way counts only when it begins on reel 1 and carries on reel by reel without a gap. Reel 3 has a special position above and below its three rows, and a sixth reel next to the grid holds special symbols only. The buffalo pays most, 5x the total bet for five, and is the one symbol that already pays for two; the cards from 9 to A give 0.5x to 1x for five. Wilds land on their own only on reels 2 to 4 and cover any symbol but Connect & Collect.
Connect & Collect symbols fall on any ordinary position of reels 1 to 5. Touching each other across or up and down, they form a chain from reel 1, and a chain that reaches a special position on reel 3 or reel 6 wins what stands there: a money value from 2x to 800x the bet, the MINOR at 25x, MAJOR at 200x or GRAND at 4,000x, ADD WILDS, which drops Wilds on reels 2 to 5, or a FREE SPINS symbol. RESPINS appears only on the special spots of reel 3 and starts five respins in which every Connect & Collect symbol already on the reels, and any that lands later, stays in place until all connections are paid.
A FREE SPINS symbol shows 7, 10, 15, 20 or 25 spins and pays 2x the bet when reached, while 3, 4 or 5 Scatters pay 2x and give 7, 10 or 15; on a spin with both, the counts add up. The feature runs on its own reels with Connect & Collect working as in the base game, and each further FREE SPINS symbol reached adds the spins printed on it. The base game also has three random events: Wilds or Connect & Collect symbols dropped onto ordinary positions, and a GRAND that can be awarded at the end of any spin.
A ticket into the feature is priced at 100x, so USD 200 for this series' USD 2.00 spins, and carries a listed RTP of 96.10% against 96.00% for regular play; the buy spin always forms a chain to reel 3 and reel 6, and on that spin reel 6 holds only FREE SPINS symbols. Rated low volatility, the game takes stakes from a USD 0.20 minimum up to USD 240 and ends any round that reaches 4,275x the bet, forfeiting the spins left.
Wild symbol
Scatter symbol
Free spins
Retrigger
Respin
Jackpot
Bonus buy
Bet range USD 0.20 – 240 per spin · payouts read from the game's paytable at bet USD 2.00
Gallery
8 frames from the demo session
Verdict
Most natural bonuses stopped at seven spins
Way wins of all symbols brought USD 11,372.30 over the 10,000 ordinary rounds at USD 2.00, 62.23% of the series' payouts, against USD 6,538.00 from Connect & Collect chains with jackpots and end-of-respins awards included; the buffalo alone accounted for USD 7,034.00 of the way money. The top round also came from ways: round 9887, opened by three Scatters, took USD 320 from five buffalo on 32 ways on its second free spin and ended at 201.1x. The best round without free spins, 5350 at 199x, was a way win too, after two ADD WILDS on reel 6 put 12 Wilds on the reels and A and Q ways paid USD 390 beside a USD 8.00 money symbol.
Chains from reel 1 reached a special position on 254 of the 10,000 paid spins. Outside free spins the money symbols they collected ranged from 2x to 120x the bet, the MINOR was won 8 times, and neither the MAJOR, on the reels during 409 spins, nor the GRAND, during 12, was ever reached. Of 39 RESPINS rounds in the base game, 18 ended without a money symbol or jackpot connected.
Natural bonuses, 75 of them at one per 133.33 rounds, paid an 11.8x median as whole rounds when they ended after 7 spins, which 47 did, and 62.9x when they ran longer, which 28 did. Scatter starts were the short kind almost every time, 37 of 38 beginning on 7 spins, and only 7 of those 38 picked up extra spins along the way.
Inside bought rounds, chains paid USD 5,152.00 and ways USD 4,042.90 of the USD 9,542.90 that fifty USD 200 tickets returned, with USD 1,066.00 of the chain money landing on buy spins, which always connect to reel 3 and reel 6. Ticket 17 connected the only 400x money symbol of the test, USD 800, in a respin round on its seventh free spin and paid USD 1,137.70.
- Two ADD WILDS put 12 Wilds on the reels in round 5350, a 199x spin
- Natural bonuses longer than seven free spins had a 62.9x median
- ADD WILDS spins outside free spins paid a 13.5x median in 33 cases
- Ticket 17's 400x money symbol lifted it to USD 1,137.70
- The MAJOR stood on the reels on 409 paid spins and was never reached
- No money symbol collected outside free spins passed 120x
- Scatters opened 37 of their 38 bonuses with just seven spins
- Eighteen of 39 base-game RESPINS rounds connected no money symbol
Test record
10,000 rounds · 50 buys · open data · closed rig
One test run so far: a single session of the base game plus a separate series of bonus purchases on the official demo server, every request and response logged. When the game is tested again, the new run is added here and the figures on this page combine all runs into one sample.
- 10,000rounds logged
- 26%rounds that paid
- 201xbiggest round
- 1 / 133natural bonus rate
- 0.95xmean of 50 buys
- 25longest dry streak
01run Run 012026-10-29 measured return91.37%-4.6 pts vs declared
- 95% band
- 77.4–105.4%
- rounds that paid
- 26%
- biggest round
- 201x · round 9,887
- longest dry streak
- 25
- natural bonuses
- 75 · one per 133 rounds
- bonus buys
- mean 0.95x · median 0.684x · 72% below price
- balance start → end
- 100,000 → 98,274
- deepest drawdown
- 1,707x
10,000 ordinary rounds, including naturally triggered features, at a fixed USD 2 bet; 50 bonus buys at USD 200 each (100x); recorded on the official Pragmatic Play demo server (jurisdiction 99, RTP profile 96.0%); every request and response logged; test run 2026-10-29.
The test rig plays the official demo build over the network and records every server round: bet, win, intermediate steps (cascades, respins), free spins, collect. Screenshots and video were captured in a separate browser session and are not part of the statistical samples. The text was read against the log by an editor before publication. How we test →
FAQ
5 questions · answered from the log
How does Connect & Collect pay in Fire Stampede?
A chain of touching Connect & Collect symbols must start on reel 1 and reach a special spot on reel 3 or on the sixth reel, and it then wins the money value, jackpot, ADD WILDS, RESPINS or FREE SPINS symbol standing there. In 10,000 test spins at USD 2.00, chains reached such a spot on 254 paid spins, and across base game and free spins they paid USD 6,538.00, 35.78% of everything the series returned.
What starts Fire Stampede free spins, and how many spins come with them?
Either 3 to 5 Scatters, worth 7, 10 or 15 spins, or a chain reaching a FREE SPINS symbol, which shows 7, 10, 15, 20 or 25; when both land on one spin, the numbers add up. The feature came 75 times in 10,000 test spins, 38 times from Scatters and 37 from chains, and the chain starts opened on 7, 10, 20 or 27 spins.
Did buying Fire Stampede free spins for 100x pay for itself over 50 tickets?
No. Taken 50 times at USD 200 on a USD 2.00 bet, the purchase brought back USD 9,542.90 of USD 10,000, 95.429% of the outlay; the median ticket paid USD 136.70, and the bought rounds lasted 25.9 free spins on average, from 10 to 81.
Can a Fire Stampede chain win the GRAND jackpot?
Yes. GRAND pays 4,000x the bet when a chain reaches it on reel 3 or reel 6, and the base game can also award it at random after a spin. In this test it showed on 12 of 10,000 paid spins and MAJOR on 409 without being reached, so the only jackpot won was the 25x MINOR: 8 times on base spins, twice inside natural free spins and 12 times across the 50 purchases.
How far can 10,000 spins of Fire Stampede land from its 96.00% RTP?
This series paid back USD 18,274.30 for the USD 20,000 wagered in USD 2.00 spins, or 91.37%. Ten thousand spins leave a wide approximate 95% CI on that mean, 77.39% to 105.36%, and the listed 96.00% sits within it. Leaving out round 9887, the best at USD 402.20, the other 9,999 rounds returned 89.37%.
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