Wild Cup - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Your country may never seem to win the football World Cup but you could win with the Wild Cup if you choose to play this 25-payline slot from the Skywind Group. Score a goal on the fifth reel for the potential of great wins in the Goal bonus, or will you be able to pass the ball and score your penalty to win the My Team bonus? Yellow cards are nothing to be feared in this game, as these are wild symbols, and you have the chance to gamble and win extra prizes by betting on the World Match results. 

Wild Cup theme and storyline

This is a football-themed game that takes you into the cheering crowd in a stadium and invites you to bet on winning football teams for extra wins. The reels feature a range of football-themed symbols, including referees, players, and corner flags. If you like the football theme, you may enjoy the Football Glory slot.

Wild Cup RTP and variance

Skywind gives this choice of free play slots three out of five for variance, with five being the most volatile. This means that Wild Cup is a medium volatility game and should offer a decent balance between the size of the rewards on offer and how often they arrive - in theory, at least! The theoretical return to player ratio is 94.38 per cent, which is very low when you consider that the average for an online slot is around 96 per cent.

How to play Wild Cup

If you have played Skywind slot demos before, many of the controls in this game will look familiar. If you haven’t, don’t worry, as here is what you need to know:

1. World Matches championship results and games are shown at the side of your reels or above, depending on the device you choose to play on.
2. Click the coin stack to set your bet, using the plus or minus options to scroll through the total bet options. This figure is based on a coin value multiplied by the game’s 25 fixed paylines.
3. The three-bar button opens the paytable and the sound settings. Use the speaker symbol to turn the sounds on or off.
4. Scroll through the paytable and use the ‘press here’ option on the final page if you want to access the ‘help’ and ‘how to play’ pages.
5. Have fun and always bet responsibly. Never chase any losses and always think about how much you can reasonably afford to bet, especially if you decide to move on from playing in free demo mode to trying your luck for real cash.
6. You can play this game in either landscape or portrait mode.
7. The game has a turbo mode if you want to play at a faster speed. Be aware of how much quicker your balance can disappear if you choose to play this way and regular wins don’t roll in.

Wild Cup bet sizes & paytable wins

You can bet from 0.25 to 250.00 on each game. Base game prizes are available for matching three to five symbols, with the latter including:

• Wild = 1,000
• Red player = 500
• Blue player = 200

The referee, girl, yellow-shirted player and corner flag offer prizes of between 75 and 150 for five-of-a-kind combinations, based on the maximum bet, and there are playing card symbols that can deliver prizes of up to 50 for five.

Max-win 1,000x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 94.38%

Wild Cup bonus features

Wild Cup has a good range of features. Let’s take a look at what it offers:

World Matches

16 national teams are competing in the World Matches cup and you get the chance to pick the winning team or predict a draw and spin until the match ends. Guess right and a cash prize will be yours. A new match will start every 30 games, but this tally does not include free spins.

This feature has four rounds and 14 matches in total. The 16 teams are split into eight group matches before moving on to the quarter-final, the semi-final, and eventually the final match.

Goal bonus

If you trigger this bonus, three nets will appear on the fifth reel. The prizes on offer if you manage to score are 70x, 45x or 35x your total bet.

My Team bonus

Every time you pass in the My Team bonus, you can win a random prize ranging from 3x to 50x your total bet. Your win will be the total of all successful passes. You will have the chance to complete four passes and then have the chance to gamble on the penalty shootout. This could see your prize halved or doubled, depending on how lucky you are.

Wild Cup review: our verdict

There is a lot to like about the Wild Cup slot, especially if you are a football fan. There are plenty of bonus features and the chance to bet both on match wins and on the reels makes it feel like you get the chance to play two games rolled into one. The downside of this is that the gameplay may feel a little confusing at first, especially if you are a fan of more traditional slots, although it shouldn’t be long before you get to grips with the action. The other problem with the game is the dire RTP, although the entertainment value on offer may make up for this.

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