Eastern Fury Slot: Pragmatic Play Pits Rival Gangs on a 5×5 Grid

Pragmatic Play has released Eastern Fury, a slot about rival gangs fighting for control. It plays on a 5×5 grid, and wins are paid for matching three or more symbols from left to right. The studio describes the tone as gritty, and the RTP is listed at 96.53%.

Expanding wilds and respins

The main feature is the expanding wild, which can land on the fifth reel in both the base game and the bonus. When it does, it covers the whole reel and carries one of two competing multiplier values, anywhere from 2x to 100x.

In the base game, a wild that doesn't produce a win stays where it is and awards a respin. Another expanding wild can then land on the adjacent reel, again with a multiplier of up to 100x. If that spin still doesn't pay, the process moves on to reel three. Respins keep coming until one of them produces a win. When several multipliers are part of the same winning combination, they add together rather than multiply.

Free Spins and Super Free Spins

Landing three to five scatters triggers the bonus game, which awards 10, 15 or 20 free spins depending on how many scatters land. The wild behaviour changes here. Once a wild expands on reel five, it stays for the whole feature. Later wilds land in order from right to left, and each one also stays in place. Wilds and multipliers therefore build up over the course of the bonus instead of resetting between spins.

Super Free Spins is the second bonus tier. It activates when one of the symbols that triggers the feature appears as a super scatter. In that mode, the minimum multiplier on expanding wilds rises to 10x, so the 2x end of the range no longer applies.

Where it fits in the catalogue

Eastern Fury adds to a lineup that Pragmatic Play says grows by up to eight new slots a month. The studio also supplies live casino games through a single API. Sharon McHugh, the company's director of public relations, pointed to the sticky wilds, multipliers up to 100x and Super Free Spins as the features that give each spin its tension.

The game's listed RTP is 96.53%.