What is the max win in The Dog House?

The game's intro screen says you can win up to 6,750x the bet.

How do you trigger free spins in The Dog House?

Land three Bonus symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5. They also pay 5x the total bet. A 3x3 grid then awards 1, 2 or 3 spins per cell, for 9 to 27 free spins in total.

Can you buy the bonus in The Dog House?

No. The original Dog House has no bonus buy, so the free spins can only be triggered by landing three Bonus symbols.

How do the wild multipliers work?

Wilds appear on reels 2, 3 and 4 with a random 2x or 3x multiplier. If several wilds are part of one payline win, their multipliers are added together. In free spins, wilds stick for the rest of the round and keep their multiplier.

Can free spins be retriggered?

No. The rules state the feature cannot be retriggered, and Bonus symbols are removed from the reels during free spins.

The Dog House Guide: Rules, Wild Multipliers and Sticky Wild Free Spins

By the CasinoDemo editorial team · Updated 2026-11-09 · How we review

The Dog House is the Pragmatic Play slot that started a whole series, and the original still holds up. It runs on 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 paylines, with wild multipliers in the base game and sticky wilds in free spins. The in-game rules list a theoretical RTP of 96.51%, medium volatility and a top win of 6,750x the bet.

There is no bonus buy here, so we played it the old way: 25 spins at a $2 bet in the demo. The free spins landed on spin 16. Everything below comes from the rules screens, the game data and our own screenshots.

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The Dog House at a glance

Provider: Pragmatic Play
RTP: 96.51%
Demo: Free, no sign-up

How The Dog House works

The grid is 5 reels by 3 rows with 20 paylines. All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win is paid per line, and wins on different lines are added together.

The Rottweiler is the top symbol. At a $2 bet the paytable shows $75 for five, $15 for four and $5 for three, so five Rottweilers on a line pay 37.5x the bet before any wild multiplier. The Shih Tzu pays $50, $10 and $3.50, the Pug $30, $6 and $2.50, and the Dachshund $20, $4 and $2. The collar ($15 for five) and the bone ($10 for five) sit in the middle. A and K pay $5 for five, while Q, J and 10 pay $2.50.

The demo showed a minimum bet of $0.20 and a maximum of $240, starting at $2 with $100,000 in demo credit.

The Dog House base game with 5 reels, 3 rows and a Bonus symbol on reel 3 — The base game at a $2 bet

The Dog House intro screen showing medium volatility and win up to 6,750x bet — The intro screen: medium volatility, 6,750x max win

Wild multipliers on reels 2, 3 and 4

The wild is the dog house symbol. It appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4 and substitutes for every symbol except the Bonus. On every spin, all wilds on the same reel get a random multiplier of 2x or 3x.

The key rule is that wild multipliers add up. If more than one wild is part of a payline win, their multipliers are added together, and the total applies to each payline the wilds are part of. Two 3x wilds on one line give 6x, not 9x. Three 3x wilds across reels 2, 3 and 4 give 9x. That is a smaller ceiling than multiplying games, but it is also why this is a medium volatility slot and not a high one.

Bonus symbols and the free spins trigger

The Bonus symbol (a red paw) appears only on reels 1, 3 and 5. Land three of them to trigger the Free Spins round. The three Bonus symbols also pay 5x the total bet on their own, on any position.

In our session the trigger came on the 16th spin. The three paws paid $10, exactly 5x our $2 bet, before the round started.

Three Bonus paw symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 triggering The Dog House free spins — Three Bonus symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 paid $10

The Free Spins round

Before the round starts, a 3x3 grid of small reels spins to reveal a number in each cell. Each cell shows 1, 2 or 3 free spins, and the nine numbers are added together. That means every round starts with somewhere between 9 and 27 free spins. Our grid added up to 16.

During free spins, every wild that lands on reels 2, 3 or 4 stays on the screen for the rest of the round. Each sticky wild reveals its own random multiplier when it lands, and that multiplier stays the same until the end. Special reels are used in the round, Bonus symbols are removed from the reels, and the feature cannot be retriggered. The win is paid when the round ends.

The trick of this round is timing. A sticky wild that lands early works on every spin that follows, so a round with an early wild or two is the one that can build. Our round caught a 2x wild on reel 2 fairly early and a second 2x wild on reel 3 near the end. With 4x on lines through both of them, the last few spins carried most of the total.

The Dog House 3x3 grid revealing 1, 2 or 3 free spins in each cell — The 3x3 grid decides how many free spins you get

The Dog House screen announcing 16 free spins won — Our grid added up to 16 free spins

Two sticky 2x wild multipliers on reels 2 and 3 during The Dog House free spins — Two sticky 2x wilds held in place during free spins

What happened in our demo round

Our 16 free spins ended on a total of $48.50, about 24x the $2 bet. That figure includes the $10 the three Bonus symbols paid on the trigger, since the round total counts the whole cycle. Our balance went from $99,970.60 before the trigger to $100,019.10 after it.

That is one round, not an average. A round with an early 3x wild or several sticky wilds can pay far more, and a round where the wilds miss can pay less than the trigger itself. There is no way to buy the feature, so in the demo you have to spin for it like we did.

The Dog House free spins result screen showing $48.50 won in 16 free spins — $48.50 from 16 free spins at a $2 bet

RTP, volatility and max win

The rules list a theoretical RTP of 96.51%, and the game data confirms the same figure. Volatility is shown as medium, which the game describes as paying out steadily, with a range of pays from low to very high. The intro screen gives the top win as 6,750x the bet.

There are no ante bets, bonus buys or extra modes. What you see is the whole game: 20 lines, wild multipliers and one free spins round.

Our verdict

The Dog House is a clean, easy slot to learn. Wild multipliers add instead of multiply, which keeps the base game tame, but the sticky wilds in free spins give the bonus real shape: an early wild is worth a lot more than a late one. The 96.51% RTP is solid and the 6,750x cap is modest next to newer Dog House titles. If you want a medium volatility slot with a bonus you can read at a glance, it is a good pick for the demo. If you want bonus buys and huge caps, the later sequels suit you better.

How to play The Dog House free in Canada

Press Play demo for free on the game page and the Pragmatic Play demo loads with virtual credits. There is nothing to download, no account to create and no deposit to make, and it works in your browser on desktop and mobile.

Use the demo to see how the bonus round plays out and whether the game's pace suits you.

Playing The Dog House for real money in Canada

Real-money online gambling in Canada is regulated province by province. Ontario runs a regulated market where licensed operators are overseen by iGaming Ontario and the AGCO; other provinces offer play through their own provincial sites, such as PlayNow (British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan), Loto-Québec, PlayAlberta and ALC in Atlantic Canada.

The legal age is 19 in most provinces and 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. Only play at sites licensed where you live, set limits before you start, and treat gambling as entertainment, never as a way to make money.

The Dog House FAQ

What is the RTP of The Dog House?: The in-game rules list a theoretical RTP of 96.51%.
What is the max win in The Dog House?: The game's intro screen says you can win up to 6,750x the bet.
How do you trigger free spins in The Dog House?: Land three Bonus symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5. They also pay 5x the total bet. A 3x3 grid then awards 1, 2 or 3 spins per cell, for 9 to 27 free spins in total.
Can you buy the bonus in The Dog House?: No. The original Dog House has no bonus buy, so the free spins can only be triggered by landing three Bonus symbols.
How do the wild multipliers work?: Wilds appear on reels 2, 3 and 4 with a random 2x or 3x multiplier. If several wilds are part of one payline win, their multipliers are added together. In free spins, wilds stick for the rest of the round and keep their multiplier.
Can free spins be retriggered?: No. The rules state the feature cannot be retriggered, and Bonus symbols are removed from the reels during free spins.

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