El Cowboy Megaways is a video slot with six dynamic reels that generate 2 to 7 symbols on each spin, for a total of 64 to 117,649 ways to win. To win, line up three or more symbols from the leftmost reel to the right. You can participate in the Day of the Dead-style battle for 0.20 to 100 credits per spin. This slot has a high volatility rating and an RTP of 96.21%. Different RTP models will be chosen. Check the game info when it loads to ensure you're playing the preferred version.

El Cowboy Megaways is a mash-up of the wild west and the Mexican holiday of Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), in which lost relatives are remembered and honored in colorful style. Stakelogic paints a bright picture with a dramatic musical score to add some intensity to the Latin American holiday, which makes for a great slot theme.

Starting with a bottle of tequila, a cigar, a knuckle duster, a pistol, and a cigar clipper, the picture pay symbols pay from 0.6x to 0.9x your stake for matching six across the reels. The lineup is completed by five cowboy character symbols, and six of a kind pays from 0.9x to 12x your bet.

Wild symbols appear in the bonus reels before being cast onto the main reels, where they substitute for all other symbols in winning combinations. Finally, a decorative skull appears on the scatter symbol, which triggers free spins if four or more are landed.

Netherlands-born Stakelogic has maintained a rigorous game schedule since its inception in 2015, creating a diverse range of successful Megaways games along the way, including The Expendables Megaways and Black Gold Megaways. El Cowboy Megaways features a format change, with a Bonus Reels mechanic similar to El Patron replacing the extra top reel normally reserved for more symbols. Let's look at the game's features and the outcome.

After reviewing the basic Megaways game engine and the dynamic reel set, each spin works by randomly selecting from 2 to 7 symbols to appear on each reel. This results in a possible range of 64 to 117,649 payment options, as well as any number in between.

Each win activates the Reactive Win mechanic, which removes winning symbols to make room for new and existing ones to cascade down into. This can result in another win, and the process can be repeated until no more wins occur, with the total of all wins paid at the end of the spin sequence.

The two horizontal Bonus Reels, one above and one below the dynamic reel set, are one of the first things you'll notice. The top bonus reel in the base game contains 'wild,' 'dropping,' 'expanding,' and'multiplier' action symbols. Sheriff badges appear on the bottom bonus reel. When an action symbol above lines up with a sheriff badge below, the corresponding wild modifier appears on the reel between:

Wilds: Places a regular wild symbol between the reels.

Expanding Wilds: A expanding wild that fills the reel is dropped onto the reel below.

Multiplier Wilds: Drops up to five multiplier wilds with multipliers of x2, x3, x4, or x5. Multiple wins will multiply their values before being applied.

Dropping Wilds: Triggers a drop and respin mechanic, which begins with wild symbols that fill the reel before each respin drops down one position until the last one drops out of the play area.

To activate the El Cowboy Megaways Free Spins, you must land four, five, or six scatter symbols. Four scatters award 15 free spins, five trigger 20 free spins, and six scatters initiate a round of 25 free spins. During the round, the bottom bonus reel's sheriff badges are replaced with dynamite sticks, while the top bonus reel only has 'wild' and'multiplier' action symbols. When they are aligned across a reel, they will activate the corresponding modifiers.

During a single free spin, up to fifteen regular wilds can appear on reels two through six. In addition, a win multiplier reel sits beside the play area, rotating with each free spin to reveal a win multiplier of x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x8, x10, x12, x15, x20, x25, x50, or x100. Following any potential wild multiplier calculations, the win multiplier is applied to each winning combination in turn.

El Cowboy Megaways includes a Bonus Buy Feature for direct access to the bonus game where it is available. There are four Bonus Buy options available:

Regular Free Spins | 100x Stake: 15 to 25 free spins are awarded on a regular basis.

5,040 Min Ways | 300x Stake: For 15 to 25 free spins, a minimum of 5,040 ways to pay is guaranteed.

15 to 25 free spins with a guaranteed maximum of seven symbols and 117,649 ways to win on each spin.

Random Pick | 250x Stake: A random award of one, two, or three Bonus Buy options.