The dawgs are barking up and down the reels in the newest online slot game at Bodog Casino, City Dawgs. This one is perfect for the urban pet owner looking for a fun canine-filled session that could end with a cash surplus.
In this 1024-ways-to-win slot game, your goal is to land multiple matches on back-to-back reels in the base game and hopefully reach the Hold & Win feature for a serious cash grab. We’ll explain how it all works in this guide, with a special focus on the design and format to start. We’ll also explain how the bonus features work and what you can expect from the Hold & Win feature. If you haven’t yet played a slot with Hold & Win included, you’re in for a treat.
After reading this City Dawgs slot review, you’ll know exactly what to expect when you launch a session on Practice Play or Real Play mode. Available with all of our casino games, Practice Play mode is an excellent option for testing out games risk free.
Meanwhile, Real Play mode is what you want when you’re ready to play with real cash on the line. You’ll need to have an account set up and funds deposited to play here in Real Play mode. We’ll explain the best way to do that in the last section of the game review.
Gameplay & Design
This 5-reel, 4-row, 1024-ways-to-win slot designed by BetSoft has a classic layout like many 5-reel games here, making it easy to dive right in and follow the action.
Renowned for their fun 3D cinematic animations and quirky themes, BetSoft delivers another homerun with City Dawgs. As soon as you launch a session, you’ll appreciate the detail in the design. The reels are set over an urban background with colourful skyscrapers flanking the game screen and trash cans lining the bottom. Sunbeams glow over the reels and random bits of litter blow in the wind, combining to create a fun big city vibe as the game’s backdrop.
The game icons help round out the theme. They include spunky urban dogs and a mix of canine accessories. The dog icons are the high symbols and include a Pug, Corgi, Bull Terrier and a scrappy Miniature Pinscher, all of which pay more than the low symbols and act as special bonuses in the Hold & Win feature (more on that in a moment). The Bull Terrier pays the most out of all the high symbols, doling out 1.5X when you land a line of five matches on the reels.
The game’s low symbols include the Ball, Steak, Bowl of Kibble, Collar and Bone symbols, with the Ball paying the most. Each needs at least three matches to pay. To see all of the game’s payouts, pull up the paytable in the settings. Payouts reflect the current bet.
With no traditional paylines limiting the ways you can win, all you need to do is land three or more matches on consecutive reels to trigger a payout. There can’t be any gaps in the reels and the matches need to start on the first reel and move left to right for it to be considered a win. With this format, there are literally 1,024 potential winning scenarios every round, making this a very exciting game to play for those who like lots of action.
Betting configurations are at the bottom of the screen and easy to navigate. The default bet is $0.80, but you can adjust it with the — and + toggles within a range of $0.40 to $15 per spin. The paytable shows how much you win based on the current bet size.
City Dawgs can be played on a smartphone just as easily as on a computer. The game screen takes up the entire phone screen, even on Portrait mode, and scales down perfectly for a comfortable playing experience. All of the buttons can be accessed from the game screen, making navigation easy and intuitive for the smartphone crowd.
Key Features
Wilds
The wild symbol is a Fire Hydrant with the world “Wild” on it. You’ll see it on all five reels, glowing and expanding in all its glory. Wilds take the shape of any standard game symbol (not including bonus symbols) when it’s able to complete a winning combination. For example, if you land four Bowls of Kibble on consecutive reels and the wild, the wild becomes a fifth Bowl of Kibble. With wilds included, you’re able to land way more wins than what would be possible without them.
The wild in City Dawgs also pays an instant cash prize when you land two or more anywhere on the reels. They pay between 0.25X to 2.5X and don’t have to line up on consecutive reels to cash in on these payouts.
Bonus Symbol
The Bone symbol is a regular game symbol as you’ll see on the paytable, but the mounted Gold Bone is a special bonus symbol that triggers Hold & Win when you land at least six anywhere on the reels. These have dollar values displayed on them.
Bonus Rounds
Hold & Win
When six or more Gold Bone symbols land anywhere on the reels, you get to launch a Hold & Win session. The bonus symbols lock in place and trigger three re-spins while staying put. If more bonus symbols land, they likewise lock in place and trigger another three re-spins. Only when the re-spins run out, or all 20 spaces on the reels have bonus symbols locked within, does the Hold & Win end.
As mentioned, each Gold Bone symbol has a dollar value attached, and at the very end of the Hold & Win bonus, you get to collect them all.
On top of hoping for more Gold Bone symbols to land during Hold & Win, you can cross your fingers for special bonuses that come in the form of the furry crew. Each dog does something unique.
– The Bull Terrier is a ‘Shapeshifter’ and transforms into one of the other dogs.
– The Miniature Pinscher is a ‘Collector’ and collects the value of each icon on the reels.
– The Pug is an ‘Extra’ and applies a multiplier between 3X and 100X to a random symbol on the reels
– The Corgi is a ‘Multiplier’ and randomly boosts between two and four symbols by multiplying their value two to five times.
Buy Feature
If all of that sounds like a fun time, you can fast-track your way to the bonus by using the game’s Buy Bonus feature. Available in many newer slot games, the Buy Bonus feature lets you pay a certain amount to trigger the game’s bonus instantly. No waiting required. In City Dawgs, you can buy one, two, or three re-spins; one costs 30X your bet, two costs 60X, and three costs 100X.
Instantly, the six Gold Bone symbols land on the reels, and the special dog bonuses are displayed on a banner with an explanation on how they work in the Hold & Win session. There’s no guarantee that they’ll land during the bonus, but when they do, it’s very exciting.
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