The Dog House: 20 Lines, 2x and 3x Wilds, Sticky in the Feature

Conditions on The Dog House: a fenced yard. Pragmatic Play’s 2019 slot runs 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 fixed paylines, and its multiplier wilds (2x or 3x) never leave the middle three reels. That fence caps what one line can pay in the base game.

In free spins the wilds turn sticky and hold their places for the round, and only there does the published 6,750x ceiling become reachable. The series has grown to seven titles, each with its own rules.

How The Dog House plays

1. Lines. Twenty, all fixed.
2. Wilds. Each carries 2x or 3x and can land only on reels two to four. Reels one and five never hold one.
3. Feature. Free spins are counted out on a mini-grid, anywhere from 9 to 27.
4. Sticky wilds. Inside free spins, every wild that lands stays put until the round ends.
5. Published figures. 96.51% RTP at the top tier, high volatility, 6,750x maximum, 5x3 grid.

Why lines stay small, and when they do not

Problem: a full line of top symbols pays less than you expected. Fix: with multipliers only on the three middle reels, the most any one line can be multiplied is bounded. The large outcomes need several sticky wilds building up through free spins.

Problem: you read a figure for “The Dog House” on another site and it does not match. Fix: check which title it was. The original’s RTP is tiered, and the sequels are separate games with their own numbers.

Wilds that multiply are a mechanic worth knowing on their own; how a wild symbol works across slots covers the general rules.

The mini-grid also shapes the session. A count of 9 gives sticky wilds little time to gather, while 27 gives them three times as long, so two features on the same stake can end worlds apart. Read the count when it lands and treat a short one as a light shower rather than a failed round. The stake per spin stays the same either way.

How the dog house slot series differs between versions

PHSKY’s PP card lists seven entries in this series:

1. The 2019 original, the game every figure on this page describes.
2. Three that add a word to the plain title: Megaway, Multihold and Royal Hunt.
3. Two with a subtitle after a dash: Muttley Crew and Dog or Alive.
4. One that renames the house: The Big Dog House.

The names sit close together, so a hurried tap can open the wrong one; read the full title on the tile first. Each sequel runs its own grid, wild rules and RTP set, printed in its own rules screen. Before staking on one of them, read three things there: the line or ways count, where wilds can land, and the RTP of the build that loaded.

For a contrast on the same shelf, the wilds that multiply each other in Wild West Gold work on a 40-line grid. More from Pragmatic Play and the slot games on every studio sit one tap away.