Wild Gladiators

Wild Gladiators is a 5x3, 25-payline slot from Pragmatic Play built on a Roman Colosseum theme with a sixth multiplier reel bolted alongside the standard five. 96.17% RTP, medium-to-high volatility, 4,000x maximum win. The multiplier reel is always active and applies a 1x to 10x multiplier to every winning spin in the base game, creating a win modifier on every paying combination rather than reserving it for a bonus round.

Wild symbols land on any reel and substitute for all standard symbols. When a wild lands in the middle position of any reel, it expands to cover the full reel — an expanding wild covering a 25-payline layout adds meaningful coverage and can produce multi-payline wins from a single wild expansion. The free-spin round awards up to 10 spins with the multiplier reel active; a Super Wild feature guarantees one expanded wild on every reel during free spins, maximising payline coverage for the duration of the bonus.

The always-on multiplier reel is the structural differentiator. Unlike bonus-only multiplier systems, the 1x–10x range applies to every base-game winning combination — a 5x multiplier on a 20x payline win pays 100x, not 20x. This reduces the session gap between the base game and the bonus round compared to formats where all multiplier value is deferred to the free-spins trigger.

The 4,000x ceiling is modest by current PP standards for a high-volatility-leaning title, and the 96.17% RTP is below the PP catalog average — notably lower than the 96.40–96.55% range most comparable titles operate at. The medium-to-high volatility rating, combined with the below-average RTP, means this slot carries a higher cost for the same level of session variance. The always-on multiplier reel partially offsets this by keeping base-game sessions financially relevant.

Verdict
An always-on 10x multiplier reel on a 25-payline slot with expanding wilds in free spins. The 96.17% RTP and 4,000x ceiling are both below the PP catalog average — price the discount before playing.