Find Out How Wilds Can Help You Win When Playing Slots

Online slots come with all sorts of special features. One of the most popular of these is the wild symbol. This is a special type of symbol that the majority of online slots have. The role of the wild is simple: to help you form winning combinations. It’s a very handy symbol to have as it can help you earn more money.

Have a look through this guide to find out exactly how wilds work and then have a go at some slots with wilds here at AU Slots!

Wild Symbols

Online slot symbols can be grouped into two categories: standard and bonus. Standard symbols just offer payouts, while bonus symbols have special effects and may offer payouts as well. Wilds are a type of bonus symbol. What they do is they substitute for standard symbols to help you form or extend a winning combination.

Let’s use the lively, neon-filled Dance Party slot by Pragmatic Play as an example. This slot’s played on a grid that has three rows, five reels and has 243 ways you can win.

Landing three or more matching symbols on consecutive reels, starting with the leftmost one, gives you a win. The wild is represented as the slot’s logo on a gold vinyl disc. It can appear on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 and whenever it does, it fills in for any of the standard symbol. The most valuable symbol is a neon DJ. If you land this symbol on reels 1 and 2 with none on reel 3, you won’t get paid. However, if there’s a wild on reel 3, the wild will act as the DJ symbol, meaning you’ll win. This is an example of how wilds can help create winning combinations.

Now let’s look at how wilds can extend winning combinations. Sticking with the Dance Party slot, let’s say you land DJ symbols on the first four reels, with no wilds on reel 5. You’ll get paid for winning with four DJs. If there’s a wild on reel 5, the wild acts as the DJ symbol, so you’ll get paid for winning with five of this symbol, not four.

Wilds can only substitute for one type of symbol at a time. They always choose the most valuable symbol. For example, if you’re playing Dance Party and you’ve got DJ symbols and less valuable triple 7 symbols on the first two reels, a wild that’s on reel 3 will substitute for the DJ symbol since that offers the highest payouts.

There are several types of wild that can be found in online slots. Sticky wilds typically appearing during a bonus round and stay where they are on the grid until the round’s over. Multiplier wilds come with a multiplier and if they help you win, your winnings are multiplied by whatever value the  wild displays. Walking wilds move across the reels on consecutive spins, while expanding wilds expand vertically and/or horizontally to cover more positions on the grid.

 

Play Slots With Wild Symbols

 

Now you know how wilds work, there’s only one thing to do: play some slots that have wilds! Our games collection is packed with loads of exciting, immersive slots, most of which have at least one wild symbol that’s there to boost your chances of winning.

Some of the many slots with wilds you can play right here include Beat Box by Ganapati, Book Of Spells by Tom Horn, Ticket To The Stars by Quickspin and Gladiator Arena by Booming Games, to name just a few. You definitely won’t struggle to find slots with wilds at AU Slots - whichever ones you play, let’s hope the wilds help you to win!