The Dog House Dice Show Slot Review
Most of The Dog House Dice Show’s decisions are made before its free spins round even begins. A single 3×3 reveal at the top of the feature settles how long it runs for, and since the round can’t retrigger, that one draw is the whole difference between the best session this game can give you and a damp squib. It’s a bold way to build a bonus, and it works only because the wilds underneath it are generous with what they add to every payline they touch.
Pragmatic Play have kept the formula intact here. It runs on a 5×4 grid with 20 paylines, at 96.51% RTP with medium volatility, and a top prize of 6,750x the bet. Stakes run from 0.20 to 240 per spin. For the uninitiated, The Dog House and The Dog House Megaways are the kennel’s founding documents, and The Dog House Muttley Crew is its loudest recent spin-off.
Base Game & Features
The cast is the kennel’s usual crew of pampered dogs, led by the Rottweiler in a blue collar, with a bow-wearing Shih Tzu, a tan Pug and a Dachshund behind him. Collars and bones fill the mid tier, and A, K, Q, J and 10 round out the low pays. Behind the grid, dark vertical planking and a scuffed strip of stage floorboards keep the theatre illusion going.
All symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost. There are 20 fixed paylines, wins are multiplied by the bet per line, and only the highest combination counts on each one. When several lines win at once, all of them are added together for the total.
Symbol values, as multiples of the total bet:
- Rottweiler: 2.5x for three, 7.5x for four, 37.5x for five
- Shih Tzu: 1.75x, 5x, 25x
- Pug: 1.25x, 3x, 15x
- Dachshund: 1x, 2x, 10x
- Collar: 0.6x, 1.25x, 7.5x
- Bone: 0.4x, 1x, 5x
- A and K: 0.25x, 0.5x, 2.5x
- Q, J and 10: 0.1x, 0.25x, 1.25x
There’s a decent drop from the Rottweiler’s 37.5x top prize to the royals, where five of a kind pays between 1.25x and 2.5x. It’s a paytable built for the middle reels to do the heavy lifting rather than for symbol wins to carry a session on their own.
Wild Multipliers
The wild appears only on the middle three reels and substitutes for every symbol except the bonus. Each spin, every wild on the same reel carries the same random multiplier, either 2x or 3x, and that multiplier applies to the win of each payline the wild is part of.
Where more than one wild forms part of the same payline win, their multipliers are added to each other rather than multiplied. Three stacked wilds on a line, each carrying 3x, work together as a 9x boost to that win. The ceiling for a single line in the base game comes from wilds doing this work together.
Bonus Symbol
The bonus symbol appears on reels one, three and five only, and pays in any position rather than on a payline. Three of them, one on each of those reels, is the trigger, and it pays 5x the total bet on its way in. There’s no partial version: one or two bonus symbols do nothing on their own.
Stakes and Controls
Bets are set through the bet menu, which shows the 20 lines, the current total bet in both coins and cash, and separate controls for coins per line and coin value. Clicking the credit and bet labels toggles between the two views.
Spin speed cycles between normal, quick and turbo, and autoplay runs for a chosen number of automatic spins with a skip-screens option that jumps past feature introductions and end screens. Space and enter on the keyboard start and stop a spin.
The Dog House Dice Show Free Spins Round
Landing bonus symbols on reels one, three and five starts the feature, and from there the round unfolds in a fixed order. First the 5x trigger pays. Then, before a single free spin plays out, a separate 3×3 grid of mini reels spins automatically.
That grid reveals a number of free spins in each of its nine cells, and the nine numbers are added together for the total awarded. The round’s length is decided entirely by that one reveal, and nothing that happens afterwards extends it.
Inside the round, the wilds change character. Any wild that hits on the middle three reels stays on screen for the rest of the feature, keeping the multiplier it was revealed with for the whole round. A board that fills early keeps every one of those multipliers working on every remaining spin.
Because sticky wild multipliers still add on shared paylines, a full middle board is the round’s best case. Stacked wilds holding 3x apiece turn ordinary five-symbol wins into something much larger, and every spin after they land inherits that boost for free.
Special reels are in play during the feature, and bonus symbols don’t appear on them at all, so the round can’t retrigger. The free spins win is added to the payline win and awarded once the round completes.
What the reveal gives you is everything you get. Once the spins from the 3×3 grid run out, the round ends and it’s back to the kennel.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Sitting through this one feels like waiting in a small theatre for the act you came for: pleasant enough, marquee bulbs twinkling, wild multipliers tossing out the occasional decent win, but everything between features is a warm-up. The reveal at the top of the free spins is the moment that matters, because it decides your whole evening and never revisits the decision.
When that draw is kind, the round is superb. Sticky wilds that keep their multipliers and add them on shared lines mean a board that fills early gets better with every spin, and a good round genuinely compounds.
When it isn’t kind, there’s nothing to fall back on: no retrigger, no second chance, and a base game that won’t rescue a short feature. That all-or-nothing shape is the one real flaw.
This is for players who enjoy a bonus round that either blooms or doesn’t, and who like their dogs theatrical. Chasers of giant ceilings or steady features will find better rooms in the series. The kennel’s comfy, though, and the show’s worth the seat.
The Dog House Dice Show FAQs
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What is the RTP of The Dog House Dice Show?
96.51%. -
Is The Dog House Dice Show high volatility?
No. It’s a medium volatility game, so payouts tend to be steady with a range from low to very high wins. -
How do you trigger the free spins in The Dog House Dice Show?
You need three bonus symbols on reels one, three and five at the same time. That combination pays 5x your total bet and starts the free spins round. -
How many free spins do you get in The Dog House Dice Show?
The number is random. Before the round starts, a 3×3 grid of mini reels spins and reveals a number of free spins in each cell, and the nine numbers are added together for your total. -
Can the free spins round be retriggered?
No. Bonus symbols don’t appear on the reels during free spins, so the round runs for the spins awarded at the start and then ends. -
What do the wild multipliers do in The Dog House Dice Show?
Wilds appear only on reels two, three and four and carry a random 2x or 3x multiplier each spin. During free spins they stick in place for the whole round, and when several wilds form part of one payline win their multipliers are added together. -
What is the maximum win on The Dog House Dice Show?
6,750x your bet. -
What are the betting limits in The Dog House Dice Show?
Stakes run from 0.20 to 240.00 per spin, across 20 fixed paylines on a 5×4 grid.
