Slot of the Week: Wild Turkey

With Thanksgiving only a few days away, get in the mood for the festivities with a look at our Slot of the Week, the feathery New Jersey favorite, Wild Turkey!

Currently the 6th most popular slot in the Garden State, Wild Turkey boasts an unmatched character and a particularly rewarding free spins feature with special expanded wilds that’ll keep those reels spinning — and you winning! — for even longer!

In Short:

• Wild Turkey is a 20-payline online slot by NetEnt.
• It is available to play at 15 New Jersey online casinos including Golden Nugget, Unibet Casino, Pala Casino and Harrah’s Casino.
• Features of this slot include increasing free spins and expanded wilds.
• The maximum payout of a single line in Wild Turkey is 4,000x bet.

The Basics

Wild Turkey is a 20-payline slot that was released by well-known games developer NetEnt back in early 2013. The slot has a very unique native, tribal turkeys theme that fits rather well with Thanksgiving celebrations!

Though this game doesn’t boast numerous features like many of NetEnt’s creations, the few that are on offer deliver plenty of enjoyment and win-potential, with its simplicity allowing you to take in the fun theme and play for a feast of riches!

First Impressions

Wild Turkey is set in a tropical valley dotted with palm trees and in a central clearing is where we find a collection of small grass-roofed huts, presumably the home of our host wild turkeys.

The reel set itself takes its form from two very twisted looking trees whose branches have met along the top and bottom, with viney tendrils outlining each reel. The Wild Turkey logo, which has a carved wood appearance, sits at the top of the reels and features the big turkey chief at its center.

In terms of sounds, there isn’t really any kind of soundtrack serving to fill the silence in this slot. Instead, you’ll hear the banging of skin drums and the occasional bird tweets, echoing the wild theme.

Spin the reels and you’ll trigger a descending trill of xylophone hits, with the reels emitting a whirring sound before coming to rest with a gentle, brief donk. Land a win and it’ll be announced by a celebratory woodwind tune.

Symbols

Wins in this game can be triggered by lining up matching symbols along one of the 20 paylines. You can see where each of the paylines lies by hovering your cursor over (or tapping) one of the numbers to either side of the reels.

As you might expect, the main symbols in Wild Turkey are all turkeys of different characters. The highest paying of the lot is the big red chief turkey, with the orange, green, blue, and brown turkeys making up the tribe.

The game’s low-paying symbols take the form of 10 to A card value symbols, each of which is intricately carved in stone and carries the same colors as the turkeys.

The one remaining symbol to watch out for in Wild Turkey is the wild symbol, which is a beige-colored carved wood impression of the turkey chief. This particular symbol is a bit special in that it serves as both wild, substituting for all other symbols, and scatter, unlocking the game’s main feature in which it appears stacked for even greater win-triggering power.

Wild Turkey Features

Wild Turkey only really has one feature, but it’s definitely worth waiting for as it contains a special stacked wild that can keep you playing and potentially winning for even longer. Let’s check out the details of this feature.

Free Spins

The wild symbol is the one to watch out for if you’re hoping to trigger the free spins feature, with three, four, or five of them landing on the reels at once unlocking 15, 30, or 60 free spins, respectively.

The background will turn from daytime to nighttime and you’ll see fireflies floating up and down the two twisted tree trunks that flank the reels.

During your free spins, all wild symbols will appear stacked, though they may not always fall that way. If you do land a stacked wild in its entirety — that is, so it takes up the whole reel — you’ll be rewarded with two additional free spins.

As a result, the free spins feature can last for quite a while, boosting your chances of scoring big in the round and accumulating a healthy pot of winnings.

Wild Turkey Payouts

So what kind of winnings can you expect to score playing Wild Turkey? The answer to that depends on several factors, namely, how much you bet, how many matching symbols you’ve lined up along one of the game’s paylines, and the value of those matched symbols.

Below is a breakdown of all the symbols and their payouts, which are in coin wins that you can multiply by your chosen coin value in the game to get your final payout:

Symbol	3x	4x	5x
Red Turkey	50x bet	600x bet	4,000x bet
Orange Turkey	40x bet	400x bet	2,000x bet
Green Turkey	30x bet	300x bet	1,000x bet
Blue Turkey	20x bet	200x bet	600x bet
Brown Turkey	20x bet	150x bet	400x bet
A	5x bet	60x bet	200x bet
K/Q	5x bet	50x bet	150x bet
J/10	5x bet	40x bet	100x bet

As you can see, the highest win in the base game is 4,000x your bet. With a maximum coin value of $0.50, that translates to a maximum base game win of $2,000.

However, remember that the free spins feature can see you starting with up to 60 free spins and thanks to the additional two free spins every time you land a stacked wild, you could be spinning and winning for a while, all for just the price of the triggering spin!

Wild Turkey RTP and Volatility

How do the payouts of Wild Turkey compare to those of other slot games? In order to address that question, we’ll look at two industry standard measurements: Return to Player (RTP) and Volatility (or Variance).

The Return to Player of a game is defined as the percentage of all played funds that is paid out to players over time. This is in contrast to the house edge, which is the cut that the casino keeps. When it comes to the Wild Turkey slot, the stated RTP is 96.6%, which is slightly higher than the industry average of 96%, making this game quite attractive to play in terms of payouts over time.

The volatility of a game is the balance between small, frequent wins and larger, less frequent wins. Volatility is usually measured on a scale of small to medium to large. The volatility rating of Wild Turkey is high, which means you can expect to find a lot of variation in both the size and frequency of wins. This results in some very exciting and potentially very rewarding gameplay.

Gobble Up Those Rewards!

Wild Turkey is an interesting slot with a very unique theme that gives our feathered friends a new look and character for great entertainment value. It’s fun checking out each of the turkeys’ personalities as they align on the reels for the benefit of your bankroll.

Though there’s only one feature, it is a rather rewarding one, with up to 60 free spins waiting for you and two additional free spins topping you up each time you land one of the special stacked wilds. The result is a whole lot more win-potential from that one triggering spin!

Wild Turkey is available to play at many of the top New Jersey online casinos including Golden Nugget, Unibet Casino, Pala Casino and Harrah’s Casino.

Fancy getting warmed up for Thanksgiving? Simply check out our detailed reviews of any of the online casinos linked above and join the one that suits you best. Claim their welcome bonus for some extra funds to get you started, then open Wild Turkey and prepare to feast!