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Sticky Bandits

On reel 2 the Massive Wild was worth 5.62x the stake per spin across the Sticky Bandits demo, on reel 4 only 0.43x, and the 66 free spins features kept every locked gunman for all seven spins.

Test card

10,000 spins · EUR 0.60 bet · every request logged
Spins10,000
BetEUR 0.60
RTP declared96.58%
RTP measured95.67% (approximate 95% CI 81.2–110.2)
Hit frequency19% · every 5.19
Dead streak max / avg51 / 5.19
Median hit1.33x
Max win (base game)62.2x · spin 8668
Free spins, natural66 · 6.6 bHz · every 151.5 spins · mean FS-only payout 47.2x stake
Balance start → end5,000 → 4,740
Balance in bets over the base series
Win distribution, x bet
test logs · 1 run · every request loggedtest record ↓
  1. 012026-10-0110,000 rounds · 0 buysfiles & checksums ↓95.67%RTP4 files · SHA-256 ↓

each run keeps its own spin log, CSV and raw server journal with checksums; the figures on this card combine all runs

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Free spins on video

natural trigger · 66 in 10,000 spins
REC · NATURAL TRIGGER

Seven free spins at EUR 0.60 after the locomotive met a Massive Wild on reels 2 and 3, the gunman locked for every spin, EUR 19.96 won. Recorded in a separate browser session, outside the statistical samples.

Across the whole run the 66 natural bonuses split into 31 under 20x, 17 between 20x and 50x, 8 between 50x and 100x and 10 at 100x or more, and together they made up 33% of everything the game returned. The wait between two triggers ran from 1 to 786 spins. Payout figures here are FS-only, in ordinary stakes; the trigger payout is excluded.

Sticky Bandits has no retrigger: every feature is seven spins, and all 66 in this log ran exactly seven. What grows instead is the Wild cover, counted here as locked cells: 16 features added cells after the trigger, and those 16 paid 37.6% of the free spins money.

  • triggers 66 1 per 152 spins
  • every 152 spins gaps 1 to 786
  • mean 47.2x FS-only median 26.7x stake
  • best 306.1x round 9614
  • spins per bonus 7.0 7 to 7 observed
Trigger mapevery natural bonus of the run · height = result, log scale · amber = top 4
Best bonuses
  1. 01round 96147 spins306.1x
  2. 02round 39557 spins276.6x
  3. 03round 51527 spins199.7x
  4. 04round 76147 spins199.7x

Risk profile

how much bankroll this run needed
822xmax drawdown, in bets (by spin 8441)
-657xlowest point vs start
51longest dead streak, spins
Bankroll survival in this run
50 betsbust at spin 530
100 betsbust at spin 653
200 betsbust at spin 2818

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

6 rules screens from the game
RULES · FROM THE GAME
Sticky Bandits rules, page 1
Sticky Bandits rules, page 2
Sticky Bandits rules, page 3
Sticky Bandits rules, page 4
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Sticky Bandits rules, page 6
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Sticky Bandits is played on five reels of five rows with 30 fixed bet lines, and a line pays only when the matching symbols run from the leftmost reel without a gap. The blonde outlaw is the best ordinary symbol, EUR 4.00 when five of her fill a line at the demo's default EUR 0.60 bet, the two bandits in hats follow at EUR 2.00 and EUR 1.60, and the money bag and the dynamite pay EUR 1.20 each; the card symbols top out at EUR 0.80.

The Massive Wild is a single gunman two reels wide that lands on reel 2 or reel 4 and spreads onto the reel to its right, so he covers up to ten positions when fully on screen and fewer when he stops with part of his body above or below the grid. He substitutes for every ordinary symbol and also counts as a Bonus symbol. The locomotive Bonus symbol appears on reel 1 only and never during the free spins.

Seven free spins start when a Bonus symbol shows anywhere on reel 1 at the same time as a Massive Wild on reel 2 or reel 4. Every position that is Wild at the moment of the trigger stays Wild for all seven spins, and any Massive Wild that lands during the bonus stays on the reels for the rest of it as well. There is no retrigger and no way to buy the feature.

On the official sheet the 96.58% RTP divides into 69.81 points for the base game and 26.77 for the free spins, volatility is rated 4.10 of 5, and the highest result in a billion simulated spins is put at 739x the bet, while the client configuration carries a 968.33x ceiling. Demo bets run from EUR 0.15 to EUR 90 with EUR 0.60 preset.

Mechanics3 from the rules screens
  • Wild symbol
  • Sticky symbol
  • Free spins

Verdict

The money sits on reel 2

Of the 1,137 ordinary spins that showed a Massive Wild, the 562 with the gunman on reels 2 and 3 alone returned EUR 1,896.48, the 512 with him on reels 4 and 5 alone EUR 132.40, and the 63 that had both EUR 689.96. Lines pay from the leftmost reel, so a Wild on the second reel completes a three-symbol line almost wherever he stands, while one on the fourth reel can only lengthen a line that already pays. Those Wild spins were 11.37% of the series and supplied 70.2% of the EUR 3,870.68 paid outside free spins.

Free spins came 66 times, once per 151.5 spins, and every feature ran exactly seven spins. The locked cells set the result: 14 features that finished with two Wild cells averaged EUR 2.83, while the five that finished with 16 averaged EUR 129.78 and took 34.7% of all feature money between them. Round 9614 opened with 16 locked cells and paid EUR 183.64 from its spins, 306x, the largest round of the series at 328.7x in all.

At the close the series stood at 95.67% of EUR 6,000 staked against the declared 96.58%, with the split tilted toward the feature: free spins returned 31.16% of stake against 26.77 on Quickspin's sheet, everything else 64.51% against 69.81. The balance closed 433 bets down after a deepest point 657 bets below the start.

Measured upsides
  • A Massive Wild on reels 2 and 3 returned 5.62x the stake per spin on average over 562 spins.
  • A feature arrived every 151.5 spins on average, 6.6 bHz, paying 47.21x the stake.
  • Ten features paid 100x or more from their seven spins, the best 306x at round 9614.
  • Locked Wilds never leave: the five features that ended with 16 Wild cells averaged EUR 129.78, 216x the stake.
Measured downsides
  • A Massive Wild on reels 4 and 5 alone returned 0.43x the stake per spin over 512 spins, less than the bet.
  • Nothing at all came from 6 of the 66 features, and 14 never grew past the two Wild cells they started with.
  • The locomotive on reel 1 appeared 301 times and started a feature on only 66 of them.
  • The best ordinary spin reached 62.2x, at round 8668, and nothing outside the feature came near 100x.

Test record

10,000 rounds · 0 buys · open data · closed rig

One test run so far: a single session of the base game on the official demo server, every request and response logged; the game offers no bonus purchase, so every feature in the sample came from ordinary spins. When the game is tested again, the new run is added here and the figures on this page combine all runs into one sample.

result of this run2026-10-01
Measured return 95.67% 95% band 81.2–110.2% · declared 96.58%
  • 10,000rounds logged
  • 19%rounds that paid
  • 329xbiggest round
  • 1 / 152natural bonus rate
  • 51longest dry streak
return of this run with its 95% banddeclared 96.58%
Run 1 · 2026-10-0110,000 rounds
95.67%95% band 81.2–110.2%
75%85%95%105%115%declared 96.58%
dot = measured return · whisker = the range the long-run value is likely to sit in, given this many rounds
how the return settled, round by round10,000 rounds
95.67% after 10,000 roundsdeclared 96.58%
line = return measured up to that round · the line swings early and calms as rounds pile up
The run · tap to open
01run Run 012026-10-01 10,000 rounds at EUR 0.60 · 0 buys · rig 0.8.7 · RTP profile 96.58% measured return95.67%-0.9 pts vs declared 95% band81.2–110.2% natural bonuses66 · 1 / 152 biggest round329x
95% band
81.2–110.2%
rounds that paid
19%
biggest round
329x · round 9,614
longest dry streak
51
natural bonuses
66 · one per 152 rounds
balance start → end
5,000 → 4,740
deepest drawdown
822x
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10000 ordinary paid rounds, including naturally triggered features, at a fixed EUR 0.6 bet on the official Quickspin demo server (jurisdiction MT, RTP profile 96.58%); every request and response logged; test run 2026-10-01.

The test rig plays the official demo build over the network and records every server round: bet, win, cascade steps, 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 →

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FAQ

6 questions · answered from the log
Does 95.67% from the Sticky Bandits demo contradict the 96.58% RTP?
Lab answer

Not on its own. Ten thousand spins at EUR 0.60 returned 95.67% of the EUR 6,000 staked, 0.91 points under the declared figure, with an approximate 95% CI running from 81.17% to 110.17%. The shortfall sits in ordinary spins, which returned 64.51% of stake against 69.81 on the game sheet, while free spins gave back 31.16% against 26.77.

Does a Massive Wild on its own start the free spins?
Lab answer

No. The gunman counts as a Bonus symbol, but the feature also needs the locomotive on reel 1, and that symbol showed on only 301 of 10,000 spins. The two met 66 times; on the other 1,071 spins with a Wild on screen he simply substituted on the lines.

Can the seven Sticky Bandits free spins be extended?
Lab answer

Seven, with no retrigger: all 66 features in this series ran exactly seven spins, because the Bonus symbol is removed from reel 1 for the feature. The cover of locked Wild cells is what grows instead, and the 16 features that added cells on the way paid 37.6% of the free spins money.

Which reel should the Massive Wild land on?
Lab answer

Reel 2. Across 562 base spins with the gunman on reels 2 and 3 alone the return was EUR 1,896.48, 5.62x the stake per spin, against EUR 132.40 and 0.43x per spin for the 512 spins with him on reels 4 and 5 alone. Lines pay from the left, so a Wild on the second reel completes three-of-a-kind on every line through him, and one on the fourth reel can only lengthen a line that already pays.

How far did the best round of the Sticky Bandits test go?
Lab answer

Round 9614: a feature that opened with 16 locked Wild cells paid EUR 183.64 from its seven spins, 306x the EUR 0.60 stake, and 328.7x for the whole round. Without that one round the other 9,999 spins returned 92.39% of stake. On the game sheet the best result in a billion simulated spins is 739x, and the client configuration carries a 968.33x cap.

Is a winning spin common in Sticky Bandits?
Lab answer

Roughly one spin in five: 19.28% of the 10,000 paid, one in 5.19, with a median winning spin of 1.33x the stake. Dry runs of 20 spins or more came 33 times, three of them reached 30, and the longest, 51 spins, ran from round 3602 to round 3652.

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Slotester Labmeasured run · every request logged measured
  • spins10,000
  • bet0.60
  • result-433x
  • RTP measured95.7%
  • bonuses66
  • max win62.2x

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