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The Great Stick-Up

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Wild West robbery slot with an upgrade-driven bonus

SlotRanker Score

/ 99

05099

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RTP

95.32%

return to player

Volatility

High volatility

variance

Max win

5,000×

top multiplier

Min bet

$0.20

per spin

Reels

20 lines

Player rating

4.7 ★

19 votes

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19 ratings

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

Payouts & RTP8/10

RTP 95.32% → 8.0/10

Volatility9/10

high → 9.0/10

Win Potential7.4/10

x5000.00 (5000×) → 7.4/10

Features10/10

15 features → 10.0/10

Game Mechanics7.1/10

f=15 r=5 p=20 → 7.1/10

Context signals (tie-breakers)

Layout6/10

5x3 → 6.0/10

Bet Flexibility6/10

0.2–100 (×500) → 6.0/10

Provider Reputation7.1/10

provider avg 7.1 → 7.1/10

Popularity2.8/10

search demand p29 + proxy blend (70/30) → 2.8/10

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: 72 — The Great Stick-Up by Pragmatic Play

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Slot Summary

Feature-focused players get the clearest reason to choose The Great Stick-Up: its sticky mystery symbols improve when enough overlay icons are collected during Free Spins. Pragmatic Play sets that system inside a rural American robbery story, where the 20-payline base game acts as the approach to a bonus that can add spins, upgrade the mystery symbol, and pursue the x5000.00 ceiling.

How It Plays

Cash, maps, handcuffs, and detective symbols form combinations across 20 paylines. A Wild Symbol is the principal support during the ordinary spins.

The base game keeps its robbery setup simple, reserving the changing symbol values, collected overlays, and extra-spin decisions for the Free Spins round.

Theme & Atmosphere

A rural town supplies the Wild West setting, while Detective and Thief imagery places the conflict between pursuit and escape directly on the reels.

Mafia, Guns, Gems, and Steam punk details turn the robbery into a stylized caper rather than a historically strict account of frontier crime.

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Features & Win Potential

High volatility and the x5000.00 maximum win place much of the game's weight on the Bonus Game rather than on frequent adjustments to ordinary spins.

Symbol Collection advances the upgrade sequence, Sticky Wilds hold their positions, and Symbol Swap determines what the mystery cells reveal across the active reels.

High volatility Free Spins Symbol Collection Multiplier Scatter Symbol Wild Symbol Respins 5 Reels Bonus Game Sticky Wilds Symbol Swap Symbols collection (Energy)Additional Free Spins RTP range 20 Paylines

Bonus & Free Spins

Free Spins begin when three or more Scatter Symbols land. Seven spins are awarded, and sticky mystery symbols open to show the same regular symbol.

Overlay icons can appear on standard symbols. Collecting at least two upgrades the mystery result, while each completed tier adds an Additional Free Spin until the final tier.

Screenshots

3 gameplay frames

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Spec sheet

The Great Stick-Up at a glance.

Identity

Slot nameThe Great Stick-Up

StudioPragmatic Play

Released5/19/2022

Math

SlotRanker Score72

RTP95.32%

VolatilityHigh volatility

Max win5,000×

Bet range$0.20 – $100.00

Player rating4.7 / 5 · 19 votes

Format

Reels5

Paylines20

Layout5x3

This game is searched most in Denmark, Argentina, and Austria.

Expected average based on this slot's 95.32% RTP — individual sessions vary with volatility.

Bet per spin

Spins per hour400

Session length (hours)

Cost per hour$3.74

Cost per session$3.74

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 The Great Stick-Up? 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: High

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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 (High). The model is calibrated so the average return equals this slot's published RTP (95.32%), with wins capped at its top multiplier (5,000×).

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 The Great Stick-Up with other games

	The Great Stick-Up Score 72This game	Mafioso Score 71	Dead Rider's Trail Score 88	Heist: Bank Rush Hold & Win Score 87	Unusual Suspects Cartel Cash Score 82
Identity
Studio	Pragmatic Play	HungryBear	Relax Gaming	Betsoft	Northern Lights Gaming
Released	5/19/2022	1/29/2025	8/24/2022	4/10/2024	10/14/2024
Math
RTP	95.32%	94%	96.2%	96.2%	96.09%
Volatility	High volatility	Medium/High	High volatility	High volatility	Medium volatility
Max win	5,000×	5,000×	50,000×	—	12,000×
Format
Reels	5	6	6	5	5
Layout	5x3	6x4	6x6	5x3	5x3
Paylines	20	Cluster Pays	46656	1024	10
Min bet	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Max bet	100	50	20	10	20
Features
Progressive	—	—	—	—	—
Wild symbol	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Free spins	✓	✓	✓	—	—
Scatter symbol	✓	✓	✓	—	—
Multiplier	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bonus game	✓	—	✓	✓	✓
Respins	✓	—	—	✓	✓

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The Great Stick-Up

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RTP

95.32%

Max win

5,000×

Score

− Bonus Game− Respins

Heist: Bank Rush Hold & Win

− Free Spins− Scatter

Unusual Suspects Cartel Cash

Northern Lights Gaming

− Free Spins− Scatter

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