Who invited the wolf? He’s crouched on the final reel of Wolf It Up! Again Christmas wearing a Santa hat plus a wicked grin, with snowdrifts, wreaths and a gift-stacked cottage behind him. Red curtain-like reels give the grid a theatrical look, and iced Christmas puddings marked 2.00 are already sitting on it. A 1.00 stake and 1,000.00 balance greet you at the start.
Theme and Gameplay
A rocking chair piled with oranges and sweets, a stuffed stocking and a snowy gingerbread house form the upper paying set, while the wolf himself is on top. Five wolves pay 20.00 at that opening stake, five houses 15.00, five stockings 10.00 and five chairs 5.00. Snow-capped royals from ace through ten each return 2.00 for five.
Slot Features
Cash symbols can show x1, x2, x5, x10, x20, x30, x50 or x100 of the base stake, appearing on reels 1 to 4. They only turn into money when a Collect symbol lands on reel 5. Should 4 or more arrive with a Bonus Collect instead, they are all collected and the Cash Bank round begins.
Every pudding also goes on the Cash Pile, which may grow or set off the Wolf Wheel Bonus. The wolf can trigger it himself by tossing in an extra pudding at random. The first wheel holds free spins, three of the pots and an Upgrade space. That Upgrade leads to a smaller wheel offering Double Collect, Golden Cash or the Grand prize.
Pot tokens drop on reels 1 to 4 in every round. Three Mini, 4 Minor, 5 Major or 6 Grand will land the matching award and reset that meter, so repeat pots are possible. Double Collect adds a collector on reel 1 and Cash symbols to reel 5. Golden Cash limits puddings to x10, x20, x30, x50 and x100. Inside any of them, the Free Spins wheel adds spins or pays the Major or Grand.
Bonus Buy prices four choices, including a Mystery pick. Fortune Spins uses stripped-down reels of Cash, Blank and collectors only, and Fortune Bet costs 1.5x for more frequent Wolf Wheels. There’s also Spin Chance, which offers to wager leftover credit too small for a spin on a meter for one more base game round.
RTP and Win Potential
Theoretically, the game returns 94.50% over a very large number of plays, and the Gamble’s own expected payback is 100%. A win limit of 2500x base stake or 250,000.00, whichever is lower, applies to gamble results: a winning gamble that would pass it is collected automatically.
My Thoughts On This Slot
The pudding is a funny, oddly charming stand-in for cash, and I enjoy the wolf more than most festive mascots. That return figure is the one thing to weigh up before settling in.
