Barcrest

Boulder Bucks

Slots Video Slots Action & Adventure Nature Fruit Retro Jungle Forest Animals Cartoon Tiger Jurassic park

Prehistoric Free Spins slot with three selectable Wild modes

Boulder Bucks uses Expanding Wild With Re-Spin; 99.1% of the games we track do not.

SlotRanker Score

/ 99

05099

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How this score is built

RTP

94.09%

return to player

Volatility

Medium volatility

variance

Max win

—

top multiplier

Min bet

$0.10

per spin

Reels

10 lines

Player rating

3.9 ★

20 votes

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3.9 / 5

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Five weighted signals shape the composite. Four context signals refine ties. See how we rate for the full methodology.

Payouts & RTP6/10

RTP 94.09% → 6.0/10

Volatility8/10

medium → 8.0/10

Win Potential—

no data

Features6/10

9 features → 6.0/10

Game Mechanics4.2/10

f=9 r=5 p=10 → 4.2/10

Context signals (tie-breakers)

Layout6/10

5x3 → 6.0/10

Bet Flexibility8/10

0.1–500 (×5000) → 8.0/10

Provider Reputation6.5/10

provider avg 6.5 → 6.5/10

Popularity0/10

synthetic proxy → 0.0/10

Popularity blends real player search demand (~30 markets) with a catalogue-derived proxy; games without measurable search demand use the proxy alone. Not live play telemetry.

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SlotRanker Score: 52 — Boulder Bucks by Barcrest

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Slot Summary

In 2016, Boulder Bucks turned a 5x3 Barcrest slot into a choice between three Free Spins packages rather than a single fixed bonus. The prehistoric cast separates the options: more spins with an Expanding wild, fewer spins with stronger wild behavior, or a short round where Sticky Wilds remain. Medium volatility and a 94.09% RTP leave the main distinction in that risk-and-duration choice.

How It Plays

Base play runs across 5 reels and 10 paylines, with Wild Symbols substituting on the 3 middle reels. Scatter Symbols provide the route toward Free Spins.

When 2 Boulder Bucks symbols appear on the required outer reels, a Pick Me option can appear on the final reel. Revealing the third symbol activates the bonus choice.

Theme & Atmosphere

A Cartoon prehistoric cast carries Boulder Bucks through Forest and Jungle scenery, with a mammoth, pterodactyl, and saber-toothed tiger assigned to separate bonus modes.

The Nature setting is not detached decoration. Each Jurassic park creature signals a different Free Spins package, helping the player read the choice before selecting it.

Action & Adventure Nature Fruit Retro Jungle Forest Animals Cartoon Tiger Jurassic park

Bonus & Free Spins

The mammoth option awards 20 Free Spins and places an Expanding Wild on the middle reels, favoring the longest round among the three choices.

The pterodactyl option supplies 10 Free Spins. Its Expanding Wild can convert symbols to its left into additional Wild Symbols during the selected round.

The saber-toothed tiger option gives 6 Free Spins, but its Expanding Wilds become Sticky Wilds and remain in place until the bonus concludes.

Spec sheet

Boulder Bucks at a glance.

Identity

Slot nameBoulder Bucks

StudioBarcrest

Released4/27/2016

Math

SlotRanker Score52

RTP94.09%

VolatilityMedium volatility

Max win—

Bet range$0.10 – $500.00

Player rating3.9 / 5 · 20 votes

Format

Reels5

Paylines10

Layout5x3

Features

Themes

Expected average based on this slot's 94.09% RTP — individual sessions vary with volatility.

Bet per spin

Spins per hour400

Session length (hours)

Cost per hour$2.36

Cost per session$2.36

Estimate only, for entertainment purposes — treat gambling as entertainment, not a way to make money, and set a budget you can afford to lose.

How long could a bankroll last on Boulder Bucks? We simulate thousands of sessions from this game's published RTP and volatility — the long-run math, not a prediction of your next spin.

Bankroll ($)Bet per spin ($)Speed

Volatility tier: Medium

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How this works

Each simulated spin either misses or returns a win drawn from a log-normal distribution, with the hit rate and spread set by the slot's volatility tier (Medium). The model is calibrated so the average return equals this slot's published RTP (94.09%), with wins capped at its top multiplier (1,000×).

This is a simplified, parametric model of the game's math — not its real paytable. It exists to make the house edge visible over many sessions, so the numbers above are averages across thousands of runs, never a forecast of one.

This is math, not a prediction. Real sessions vary wildly, and no strategy changes a game's built-in house edge. Play for fun, set limits, and never bet more than you can afford to lose.

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Compare Boulder Bucks with other games

	Boulder Bucks Score 52This game	Jungle Queen Score 80	Coyote Crash Score 77	Wild Swarm Score 76	Adventure Palace Score 75
Identity
Studio	Barcrest	BGaming	Habanero	Push Gaming	Games Global
Released	4/27/2016	2/20/2025	9/15/2016	6/5/2018	6/15/2008
Math
RTP	94.09%	96.15%	96.02%	97.03%	96.1%
Volatility	Medium volatility	High volatility	High volatility	Medium/High	Medium volatility
Max win	—	10,000×	—	3,100×	—
Format
Reels	5	5	5	5	5
Layout	5x3	5x3	5x3	5x3	5x3
Paylines	10	20	25	20	9
Min bet	0.1	0.25	0.25	0.2	0.01
Max bet	500	25	500	5	45
Features
Progressive	—	—	✓	—	—
Wild symbol	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Free spins	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Scatter symbol	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiplier	—	✓	✓	✓	—
Bonus game	—	✓	—	—	✓
Respins	—	—	—	—	—

Every number is shown as a delta against Boulder Bucks.

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RTP

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