Sticky Bandits Demo: Rules Checked, 500 Spins Logged
Sticky Bandits is a 30-line Quickspin slot on a 5x5 grid, released in August 2017. Massive Wilds land on reels 2 and 4 and spread to the reel on their right. A Bonus symbol on reel 1 together with a Wild on reel 2 or 4 starts 7 free spins, and every wild position stays wild until they end. The game sheet lists one RTP model, 96.58%, and volatility 4.1 of 5, while the demo server reports a top simulated result of 968.33x the bet.
Do you need both a Bonus symbol and a Wild for Sticky Bandits free spins?
Yes. The in-game rules start free spins when a Bonus symbol appears anywhere on reel 1 and a Wild appears on reel 2 or 4; the "or" in the feature column of the 2017 game sheet is a slip. Our 500 paid spins agree: 57 showed a Wild without the Bonus symbol and 12 showed the Bonus symbol without a Wild, and none of them triggered anything. All 3 spins with both did.
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Quickspin's client starts you on €0.60 and €5,000.00 in play money, the bet at which the rules screens on this page were captured. Stakes run from €0.15 to €90.00 in fixed steps with no €1.00 option (the ladder goes €0.60, €0.90, €1.50), which is why our 500-spin session ran at €0.90.
- Studio
- Quickspin
- Released
- August 2017
- Grid and wins
- 5x5, 30 lines
- Volatility
- 4.1 of 5 (game sheet)
- RTP
- 96.58% default. One model published
- Max win
- 968.33x the bet, largest win in 100 billion simulated spins, demo server data
- Where the RTP comes from
- Base game 69.81% · Free spins 26.77%
- Win of 100x or more
- 1 in 1,630 spins
- Demo bets
- €0.15 to €90.00
- Bonus buy
- None in this game
- Free spins
- 7, from a Bonus symbol on reel 1 plus a Wild on reel 2 or 4
- Bet lines
- 30 lines, numbered on the in-game rules screens
- 2017 sheet max win
- 739x in 1 billion simulated spins
30 lines on a 5x5 grid and the Massive Wild
Line wins pay left to right in succession from reel 1 and need at least three matching symbols. The rules screens draw all 30 lines, which confirms the count our registry had taken from third-party listings.
The Massive Wild lands on reel 2 or reel 4 and also covers the positions to its right, so a wild from reel 2 takes part of reel 3 and one from reel 4 part of reel 5. It substitutes for every symbol. A Massive Wild appeared on 60 of our 500 spins, and it was part of the best base result, 51.5x on spin 57, where it covered four rows of reels 2 and 3.
The paytable below is copied from the rules at the €0.60 opening bet. At our €0.90 stake every amount is 1.5 times higher.
| Symbol | 5 | 4 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blonde woman, red hat | €4.00 | €1.60 | €0.40 |
| Bandit with revolver, purple | €2.00 | €1.00 | €0.24 |
| Bandit, blue background | €1.60 | €0.80 | €0.24 |
| Money bag, dynamite | €1.20 | €0.60 | €0.20 |
| A, K | €0.80 | €0.32 | €0.12 |
| Q, J | €0.60 | €0.24 | €0.08 |
Seven free spins and wilds that stay put
The trigger needs symbols from two different reels. The Bonus symbol lands only on reel 1 and never during the bonus, and it has to share a spin with a Wild on reel 2 or 4. That gives 7 free spins. Every position that is wild at the trigger stays wild for all seven, and any Wild that lands during the round stays too.
Quickspin's own documents disagree on one word. The game page and the opening blurb of the 2017 sheet pair the Bonus symbol with a wild, while the sheet's feature column says "or". The game says "and", and so does our log.
That wild covered just two positions, and no other Wild arrived in the seven spins. The round paid €5.40, 9x the €0.60 stake, the smallest of the four Sticky Bandits bonuses we saw.
Its best spin came second to last.
The three rounds in our 500-spin session show the same mechanics at different sizes. Spin 345 began its seven spins with eight wild positions, rows 2 to 5 of reels 2 and 3, and paid 63.4x. Spin 471 began with four and paid 21.2x. Spin 332 began with two, gained four more when a Wild landed on the sixth spin, and paid 18.4x. In these three the round with the most frozen wild positions paid the most, though three rounds are far too few to put a number on that.
500 spins at €0.90: three bonuses and a slow slide
Our 500 logged spins at €0.90 ran on 21 Oct 2026 against Quickspin's demo server. Wins came on 21.4% of them with a median of 1.2x, and no dry spell lasted longer than 16 spins. The balance peaked at €5,026.40 on spin 57, the spin of the best base win, fell to €4,908.86 by spin 316 and ended at €4,928.90: €378.90 back from €450.00, or 84.2%.
- 500paid demo spins at €0.90
- 21.4%of them paid something
- 63.4xbest spin, free spins round included
- 3free spins bonuses triggered
Free spins paid 103x the bet between them, about 24% of all returns. The sheet puts the odds of a 100x win at 1 in 1,630 spins; we saw none, and at volatility 4.1 a run this short says little about the long-run return.
Max win and RTP: 968.33x today, 739x in 2017
Two maximum figures circulate for Sticky Bandits, and both come from Quickspin. The 2017 game sheet gives 739x, the top result of 1 billion simulated spins. The demo server now reports 968.33x, drawn from a simulation of 100 billion spins. A simulation a hundred times larger can be expected to find a higher peak, so we use 968.33x and keep the sheet figure beside it. At the €90.00 top bet that win would be worth €87,149.70.
The sheet lists a single RTP model, 96.58%, split 69.81% base game and 26.77% free spins, and the demo server runs the same figure. No lower model is published for this game.
Sticky Bandits beside Most Wanted, Big Bad Wolf and Dwarfs Gone Wild
The third game arrived in May 2021 with 9 lines across a 5x3 grid. Our Sticky Bandits 3 Most Wanted review covers a game with a 60x free spins buy, an RTP of 95.82% and a top recorded win of 22,468x; Quickspin has published no game sheet or volatility for it.
Among the older Quickspin titles, Big Bad Wolf from 2013 sits closest in scale: 25 lines, volatility 4.24 and a top simulated win of 1,225x.
Dwarfs Gone Wild (June 2018) rates lower on volatility at 3.74, with 20 lines and a 2,535x maximum.
Sticky Bandits in 2026: our take
Sticky Bandits is easy to read. The base game lives on line wins and the odd Massive Wild, and the bonus keeps whatever wild started it. Our four rounds ran from 9x to 63.4x. With no buy and a 968.33x ceiling it suits players who want a plain 30-line slot with one clear thing to watch for.
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From the in-game rules, Quickspin's data and our 500 logged spins.
How many paylines does Sticky Bandits have?
30 lines. The rules screens number every bet line, and wins pay left to right in succession from reel 1. A media spin in which one bandit filled reels 1 to 3 paid exactly 30 times its three-of-a-kind amount.
What is the maximum win in Sticky Bandits?
968.33x the bet, the top result of Quickspin's simulation of 100 billion spins, as the demo server reports it. The 2017 game sheet lists 739x from 1 billion spins. Our best result in 500 spins at €0.90 was 63.4x, a free spins round.
Does Sticky Bandits have a bonus buy?
No. The demo server lists no purchase option, so free spins only come from a Bonus symbol on reel 1 landing with a Wild on reel 2 or 4. In our 500 spins at €0.90 that happened 3 times.
Can the free spins retrigger?
The rules give no retrigger. The Bonus symbol is not available during the round, so it cannot start again from inside; what grows instead is the wild cover, because every Wild that lands during the 7 spins stays until they end.
How is Sticky Bandits different from Sticky Bandits 3 Most Wanted?
The August 2017 original has 30 lines on a 5x5 grid and no buy. Most Wanted (May 2021) has 9 lines on 5x3, a 60x free spins buy and a recorded maximum of 22,468x.