In this guide
- Which four releases are being compared?
- Bonanza: compare the reaction and multiplier sequence
- Divine Fortune Megaways: the wild behaviour changes the comparison
- Madame Destiny Megaways: the feature wheel is the useful difference
- The Dog House Megaways: retain the chosen feature mode
- What can the published RTP figures tell you?
- Compare a hypothetical reel configuration without predicting a win
- Use this list as a version check
- Confirm the full release name before comparing the numbers
- Maximum ways is not a maximum award
- The same maximum can coexist with different feature behaviour
- Explore 22Bet
- Follow the reaction and multiplier change in order
- Divine Fortune’s falling Wild is a retained object to identify
- The overlap condition belongs beside expanding-Wild wording
- A ways range describes structure rather than a uniform distribution
- Four scatters and ten spins belong to the Divine Fortune entry
- Record the feature wheel’s spin count and multiplier separately
- The feature wheel is not a roulette-wheel comparison
- The Dog House choice needs its selected mode recorded
- A feature name does not disclose every persistence detail
- Published return figures require exact source labels
- Multiply positional counts without calling every combination a win
- A refill does not identify whether the evaluation uses ways or clusters
- Check GB availability separately from a global launch page
- Choose a comparison question before choosing a catalogue row
Which four releases are being compared?
The exact title matters because an original game, its Megaways edition and a later sequel can have different rules. A shared theme or similar artwork is insufficient evidence that a help screen describes the release being compared. The entries below retain each provider and the specific Megaways title.
The published maximum is a ceiling on the number of possible ways in the relevant reel arrangement. It is not a count of prizes paid on every round, a promise that all arrangements occur equally often or a forecast of what a short session will return. Use the individual rulebook to identify qualifying symbol combinations.
| Release | Provider | Published maximum ways | Feature distinction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza | Big Time Gaming | 117,649 | GOLD scatter letters and a reaction-driven feature multiplier |
| Divine Fortune Megaways | NetEnt | 117,649 | Falling wilds, respins and expanding wild behaviour |
| Madame Destiny Megaways | Pragmatic Play | 200,704 | A feature wheel determines spins and a starting multiplier |
| The Dog House Megaways | Pragmatic Play | 117,649 | Choice between Sticky Wilds and Raining Wilds features |
Bonanza: compare the reaction and multiplier sequence
Big Time Gaming’s public Bonanza catalogue lists a maximum of 117,649 ways and identifies its mine-themed release. GOLD scatter letters trigger twelve free spins in the described feature, while reactions increase the feature multiplier. Those facts distinguish this entry from a list that merely repeats the Megaways label.
When reading the rules, separate a qualifying combination, any ensuing symbol reaction and the feature’s multiplier state. The list does not claim that a reaction must produce another win. A maximum-way statistic also cannot substitute for the trigger conditions or the point at which the described multiplier applies.
Divine Fortune Megaways: the wild behaviour changes the comparison
NetEnt’s catalogue describes falling wilds producing respins. A wild landing over an existing falling wild expands on the reel. It also describes four scatters starting ten free spins. These are release-specific instructions, not rules that should be copied onto every game with variable-height reels.
The catalogue gives a range from 64 to 117,649 ways. That range describes the published structure, while the paytable determines which symbols actually qualify for payment. A reader comparing this game with Bonanza should therefore examine the wild and respin rules, rather than treating their shared maximum as evidence of identical rounds.
Madame Destiny Megaways: the feature wheel is the useful difference
Pragmatic Play’s launch material publishes 200,704 ways and describes a feature triggered by at least three scatters. A wheel determines the number of free spins and the starting multiplier. These differences make the game a separate catalogue entry rather than another spelling of the 117,649-way examples.
The announcement’s feature-purchase wording concerns certain jurisdictions. It does not establish that a purchase option exists on a GB account. This comparison consequently supplies no purchase price, activation instruction or claim that a locally displayed game must match every option in a global launch announcement.
The Dog House Megaways: retain the chosen feature mode
The original The Dog House Megaways announcement gives 117,649 ways and describes four paw scatters offering a choice between Sticky Wilds and Raining Wilds free-spin features. The choice is a specific rule difference worth retaining when comparing the feature descriptions side by side.
Do not silently substitute the fixed-line original or The Dog House Megaways 1000 for this release. Similar characters and a familiar name do not establish the same maximum or feature instructions. Confirm the full title in the game’s own information before applying a rule copied from a catalogue or review.
What can the published RTP figures tell you?
The public catalogue pages checked here list 96.11% for Bonanza and 96.09% for Divine Fortune Megaways. Those are named source values for the described catalogue releases. They are not evidence of the exact configuration delivered by a particular operator, and no RTP is invented for the two other entries.
RTP describes a theoretical long-run return under the applicable model. A tiny difference between two published percentages cannot determine which game will return more during an individual session. Nor do similar percentages prove similar prize frequency, stake range or feature behaviour. Check the actual displayed version and rules instead of predicting a result from the comparison.
Compare a hypothetical reel configuration without predicting a win
For a purely illustrative six-reel arrangement, suppose the reels show two, three, four, five, six and seven positions. Multiplying those counts gives 5,040 possible positional combinations. This is arithmetic about the example layout; it does not say that 5,040 winning combinations have appeared.
A game still needs its stated symbols, adjacency or sequence, minimum match and special-symbol rules to determine a payable result. The cluster-pays guide addresses a different grouping mechanic. A symbol refill may appear in several game families without making their methods of identifying a win identical.
Use this list as a version check
Start with the exact release name, then compare its feature trigger and what changes once the feature begins. Read the displayed paytable, configured return information and permitted stake in the actual product. A global provider page cannot establish all account-specific or territorial options.
No game was played and no operator lobby was tested for this list. The accompanying phone photograph shows original illustrative reel themes, not provider screenshots or proof of availability. For the separate GB stake-ceiling question use the stake-limit guide; for elapsed-session controls use reality checks.
Confirm the full release name before comparing the numbers
The four entries compare exact releases. Bonanza is the Big Time Gaming title; Divine Fortune Megaways is the NetEnt release; Madame Destiny Megaways and The Dog House Megaways are the specified Pragmatic Play products. Their place in one category does not make them variants of one shared rulebook. Read the full release name before copying a feature instruction.
Put the provider, full title and source date above each number you extract for a comparison. This helps prevent a sequel or fixed-line original from supplying the wrong trigger count. If a source drops Megaways from the title or adds another subtitle, resolve that difference first. Similar artwork can make two releases look related, but it cannot confirm that their help pages describe the same game.
Maximum ways is not a maximum award
A ways maximum describes the evaluation structure’s potential routes under the relevant arrangement. A maximum award describes an upper payout boundary under a model. The figures are not interchangeable. The 117,649 entries in this list must not be relabelled as times-stake maxima, and the 200,704 entry is not a cash amount.
Keep ways, maximum award and return information in separate columns. Where the award cap has not been established, leave that cell blank; putting the ways count there would change what the number means. The catalogue fact is useful in its proper column. However large the route count, an actual award still requires qualifying symbols and the evaluation rules for the release being described.
The same maximum can coexist with different feature behaviour
Bonanza, Divine Fortune Megaways and The Dog House Megaways share the listed 117,649 maximum. Their feature descriptions differ in triggers, Wild behaviour and choices. The common count therefore cannot establish identical spin sequences or identical values. A comparison that stops at the maximum discards the very mechanics that distinguish the releases.
Try comparing the instructions with the themes hidden: a reaction-driven multiplier, falling-Wild respins and a choice of Wild modes. The differences remain clear without any cabinet artwork. Those instructions point to the kind of explanation a reader needs. An equal maximum ways count cannot show that the games share prize frequency, stake settings or likelihoods, and it says nothing about how they will perform in a short session.
Bonanza’s GOLD letters identify a particular trigger
The provider description connects the GOLD scatter letters with twelve free spins. Retain the letter-based trigger rather than replacing it with a generic count from another title. A symbol category and its required arrangement or collection instruction belong to the actual rule. The shared Megaways label does not supply that input.
A feature note should put the GOLD event beside the opening free-spin award. Record ordinary qualifying combinations and reactions separately, so the entry trigger does not become mixed up with later events. A prominent letter is not automatically an ordinary paying symbol. Equally, an ordinary win is not another completed letter trigger unless the rules say so. Keep the named events as carefully labelled as the numbers attached to them.
Follow the reaction and multiplier change in order
Bonanza’s described feature links reactions with multiplier progression. To explain one sequence, identify the qualifying result, the ensuing reaction and the applicable multiplier state. A large multiplier visible later cannot be applied retrospectively to every earlier result merely because all events belong to one feature. Timing and scope remain necessary inputs.
For a worked sequence, record the opening state, a qualifying reaction and the next displayed state in order. There is no need to assign a prize just to show that progression. If the recording crops out the multiplier change or result breakdown, leave the missing transition open. The provider’s description explains the type of mechanic, but another game’s multiplier schedule cannot supply the values absent from this particular record.
Divine Fortune’s falling Wild is a retained object to identify
NetEnt describes falling Wilds producing respins. The useful comparison question is what remains or changes when a respin occurs. A Wild’s location and role are different from a feature-wide multiplier or the number of free spins remaining. Keep the object named in the source rather than calling every continuing event the same kind of progress.
An illustrative diagram can mark a falling Wild, then show the respin that follows as a separate stage. That keeps attention on the object being followed without suggesting that another paid stake was taken or a profit was assured. The word respin does not settle the award calculation: the symbols that appear next and the loaded paytable are still needed to identify any qualifying result.
The overlap condition belongs beside expanding-Wild wording
The Divine Fortune Megaways description says a Wild landing over an existing falling Wild expands on the reel. Both parts of that relationship matter: the newly landing Wild and the existing object. Omitting the overlap condition would turn a specific interaction into a claim that every Wild expands independently.
Show the existing Wild before drawing the new arrival in a before-and-after illustration. That makes the overlap condition visible alongside the expanded coverage. If a cropped image contains only the final tall symbol, it may not show what caused the expansion. You can explain the documented rule while acknowledging that gap. More screen coverage describes a changed symbol state; it is not, on its own, a separate amount credited to the balance.
A ways range describes structure rather than a uniform distribution
The NetEnt catalogue’s sixty-four-to-117,649 range gives lower and upper structural values for the described title. It does not say that every count between those endpoints occurs, that all configurations are equally likely or that a larger displayed count guarantees a larger result. A range supplies boundaries, not the whole probability distribution.
Record a configuration you can see separately from the provider’s published range. The observed configuration describes one state; the range describes the catalogue’s structural limits. You still need the paytable to determine whether the symbols qualify in that state. Keeping these entries separate allows a comparison to explain what was displayed without treating the range, current ways count and completed award as interchangeable pieces of evidence.
Four scatters and ten spins belong to the Divine Fortune entry
The checked NetEnt description gives four scatters starting ten free spins. Keep this mapping attached to Divine Fortune Megaways. It should not replace Bonanza’s GOLD instruction, Madame Destiny’s wheel route or The Dog House’s paw-scatter choice. Shared format does not authorise moving a trigger from one row to another.
Put each trigger beside the opening feature state in a comparison table. The distinction is harder to check if a recording begins with only a free-spin counter already running. In that case, describe the current stage and say that the entry event was not observed. A familiar scatter count elsewhere in this list cannot verify what happened before the recording began, even if the games share a format.
Record the feature wheel’s spin count and multiplier separately
The provider announcement describes a wheel determining free-spin count and starting multiplier. Those outputs use different units. A larger spin allowance is not the same thing as a larger factor, and neither can be added to the other as a meaningful overall score. A comparison should retain both labelled outputs.
Write the wheel result as two labelled entries: opening spin count and starting factor. Then follow the feature from that stated starting point. A single result cannot reveal the wheel’s probability distribution, and the apparent size of its segments does not establish equal chances. The cited description tells you what the wheel determines. It does not provide every selection probability or predict the return from the observed outcome.
The feature wheel is not a roulette-wheel comparison
The word wheel names an interface mechanism in Madame Destiny’s feature, while the roulette guide compares conventional pocket sets and wager coverage. The shared circular shape does not transfer roulette probabilities or payout rules into the slot. Read the feature’s actual output and selection instructions rather than borrowing fractions from another game category.
For an illustrative slot-wheel diagram, label the displayed outputs in their stated units and leave their chances unassigned unless a source establishes them. A circle divided into sectors does not prove that those sectors are equally likely or disclose the random process behind the selection. The picture can explain the options while keeping the model unknown. Similar geometry is not enough to borrow probabilities from another kind of game.
The Dog House choice needs its selected mode recorded
The original Megaways announcement describes four paw scatters leading to a choice between Sticky Wilds and Raining Wilds features. The mode selected is part of the event history. Two sequences can start from the same trigger yet follow different Wild behaviour because the intervening choice differs.
For a hypothetical comparison, record the option label shown and selected before describing later symbols. Do not infer the selected route solely from the final award, and do not assume that a remembered choice from the fixed-line original or Megaways 1000 applies here. The label identifies the branch whose own instructions must explain what remains, changes or resets during that feature.
A feature name does not disclose every persistence detail
Sticky Wilds and Raining Wilds are useful mode labels, but a short list is not a complete technical specification. The exact timing, scope and reset rules still belong to the loaded help. Avoid expanding a name into an invented claim that a particular Wild remains for a particular number of events unless the source establishes it.
The same discipline applies across the comparison. Falling, expanding and reaction-driven identify kinds of behaviour; they do not reveal every award interaction. A useful list points the reader to the specific question to check. It should not conceal missing detail by supplying a standard rule that sounds plausible for the feature name but may belong to another release.
Published return figures require exact source labels
The catalogue values 96.11% for Bonanza and 96.09% for Divine Fortune Megaways differ by 0.02 percentage points. That arithmetic comparison does not identify which configuration a particular operator loads. It also cannot establish which game will return more in a limited session. Preserve the provider catalogue context with both figures.
Leave an unverified percentage blank for the other entries. Borrowing a figure from an older review or related product would make the table look complete at the cost of mixing configurations. When checking a particular installation, read its own displayed percentage and retain the full game title and context. This list records the established catalogue figures; it cannot serve as a universal schedule of the returns every operator delivers.
Multiply positional counts without calling every combination a win
The six-reel teaching example uses counts two, three, four, five, six and seven, whose product is 5,040. The arithmetic counts potential positional selections in that example. It does not verify that those selections contain matching symbols or that every selection satisfies a game’s qualifying sequence. Coverage of positions and qualification of symbols are separate steps.
A hypothetical change from two available positions on the first reel to three would scale that illustrative product while leaving all award values unknown. This shows why a route count can change without revealing a payout. The example does not claim that any of the four releases uses that exact configuration or that a particular maximum can be reverse-engineered into a verified reel layout from its factorisation alone.
A refill does not identify whether the evaluation uses ways or clusters
Several game families remove or replace symbols after a result. That continuation mechanic does not, by itself, establish how a win was recognised. A ways title and a cluster title can both show falling symbols while using different qualification inputs. Read the evaluation rule before treating similar animations as evidence of the same format.
A side-by-side teaching diagram can begin with the task each rule requires. For ways, identify eligible matching positions under that game’s instructions; for clusters, trace the connected group. Symbols may fall in much the same way afterwards, but the earlier qualification step is different. The cluster-pays guide helps explain that other grouping method. It should not be used as an alternative name for every Megaways reaction just because the refill animation looks familiar.
Check GB availability separately from a global launch page
The Madame Destiny announcement qualifies feature-purchase wording by jurisdiction. That is evidence of a described capability in its publication context, not an available purchase option in a GB account. This list supplies no price or activation route and does not infer that every local build contains all global catalogue controls.
An observation can establish that a control was visible in a particular environment. Account permissions and territorial availability still need their own evidence. A provider demo is separate from an operator account, and a launch page cannot establish cashier terms, funding methods or permission to buy a feature. Keep those account questions attached to suitable sources, without allowing them to become implied promises in a comparison of the mechanics.
Choose a comparison question before choosing a catalogue row
A reader asking about a progressing reaction multiplier will need a different entry from one asking about falling-Wild overlap or a selected Wild mode. The list is useful when it directs that precise enquiry. Ranking rows by the largest ways count would answer none of those rule questions and could conceal the feature difference the reader actually needs.
Finish a comparison note with the exact release, entry trigger, active feature and the object being tracked. Include a source-labelled RTP only where it has been established, and use the separate GB guide for stake ceilings. Those details explain the sequence without implying that an operator lobby was tested or that a title is preferred. If an input or feature branch is missing from the record, identify that gap before trying to reconstruct a numerical award.
Questions and answers
How many Megaways slots are in this list?
Four releases are compared from provider material. They form a selected catalogue, so the list does not count every Megaways game.
Do all Megaways slots have 117,649 ways?
No. The examples include Madame Destiny Megaways with a published maximum 200,704. Read the exact release instead of assuming a universal maximum.
Are the games available on every UK casino account?
This list does not establish availability for a particular GB account. A provider catalogue can describe a release without proving that an operator offers it.
Does a larger ways number mean more winnings?
No. The ways figure describes the game’s possible evaluation routes. It does not promise a return, establish a probability or count the prizes that will be paid.
Can I buy the feature in Great Britain?
No GB feature-purchase option has been established by this review. The global announcement qualifies its statement by jurisdiction, which cannot confirm availability on a GB account.
Is The Dog House Megaways 1000 the same release?
No substitution is made here. The entry concerns the original The Dog House Megaways announcement and its stated features.
Sources and scope
Reviewed 10 November 2026. GB means England, Scotland and Wales. Provider examples do not establish availability on every account.
- Big Time Gaming Bonanza catalogue fields and featurebeta.bigtimegaming.com
- NetEnt Divine Fortune Megaways catalogue and wild behaviourbeta.netent.com
- Pragmatic Play Madame Destiny Megaways announcementwww.pragmaticplay.com
- Pragmatic Play original The Dog House Megaways announcementwww.pragmaticplay.com