Head to head
The Big Dog House vs The Dog House
Seven years after the original, Pragmatic Play went back to the same back yard, the same four dogs and the same paytable, and then made the wilds bigger. Here is what really changed between The Dog House and The Big Dog House, and what our demo runs of both showed.
Short answer
Same dogs, bigger wilds
Pick The Dog House for the clean original: one kind of wild, one kind of bonus, nothing to set up and nothing to buy.
Pick The Big Dog House if you like options. Its wilds can cover a whole reel or three reels at once, the bonus comes in four flavours, and you can buy any of them or change how every spin plays with ante bets and super spins. The cap more than doubles, to 15,000x.
The RTPs are almost identical, 96.51% and 96.53%, and both are rated medium volatility.
| Feature | The Big Dog House | The Dog House |
|---|---|---|
| Released | ||
| Layout | 5×3, 20 lines | 5×3, 20 lines |
| RTP | 96.53% | 96.51% |
| Volatility | Medium | Medium |
| Max win | 15,000x | 6,750x |
| Wilds | 1×1, 1×3 or colossal 3×3; 2x or 3x on reels 2–4 | 2x or 3x on reels 2–4, added together |
| Free spins | 9–27 spins, sticky wilds, ghost wilds, Biggie and Ghost Out modifiers | 9–27 spins, sticky multiplier wilds |
| Bonus buy | Free spins 100x, Biggie free spins 200x, Ghost Out free spins 200x, Biggie Ghost Out 500x | None |
| Special bets | 4 ante bets and 4 super spins | None |
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What the two games share
- The paytableFive Rottweilers pay 37.5x, Shih Tzus 25x, Pugs 15x and Dachshunds 10x in both. Every pay symbol pays the same.
- The layoutFive reels, three rows, 20 lines, wilds on reels 2 to 4 with 2x or 3x that add up on a line.
- The barrelsThree bonus symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5, then nine barrels decide on 9 to 27 free spins.
- Sticky wildsIn both games every wild that lands in free spins stays until the end.
- No retriggersNeither game adds spins once the round has started.
- The castThe same Rottweiler, Shih Tzu, Pug and Dachshund, back home after their adventures in the sequels.
What changed
Four things The Big Dog House adds
Expanded and colossal wilds
A wild can land as a single dog house, as a 1×3 that fills a reel, or as a colossal 3×3 that covers reels 2, 3 and 4 at once. A colossal wild turns the three middle reels wild for every one of the 20 lines, so all a line needs is a matching symbol on reel 1.
The ghost wild
Only in free spins, an icy blue wild can land on reel 5. It pays like a wild with 2x or 3x, but each time it lands, one of your sticky wilds is picked at random and leaves before the next spin. It's the first Dog House feature that can take something away from you.
Biggie and Ghost Out
Green and blue bonus paws change the round: Biggie makes every wild an expanded or colossal one, Ghost Out turns the ghost wild off, and the luckiest trigger gets both.
Buys and special bets
Four buys, from 100x for normal free spins to 500x for Biggie Ghost Out; four ante bets that make a chosen bonus more likely; and four super spins, from 5x to 200x a spin, that guarantee wilds but switch off the free spins.
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What our demo runs showed
We recorded thousands of spins of each game at the minimum bet on Pragmatic Play's demo servers. The original's bonus figures come from rounds it triggered on its own; for The Big Dog House we also bought every kind of free spins.
| Measure | The Big Dog House | The Dog House |
|---|---|---|
| Base game spins we played | 3,168 | 6,045 |
| Spins that won anything | 25.0% | 27.5% |
| Free spins triggered | 1 in 211 | 1 in 202 |
| Average free spins round (triggered) | 62.3x (15 rounds) | 75.3x (30 rounds) |
| 100x buys we made | 80 | No buy |
| Average 100x buy paid | 119x (119% of the price) | – |
| Median 100x buy paid | 56.7x | – |
| Buys that paid back 100x or more | 34% | – |
| Best single round, any buy | 2,464x | 379x |
How each of The Big Dog House's four buys paid, and the rest of our data, is on the statistics page.
Quick answers
Questions about the two games
Is The Big Dog House a remake of The Dog House?
In look and paytable, yes: same yard, same dogs, same pays. The wilds, the bonus modifiers and the buys are new, so it plays like a new game.
Which one pays more?
Neither in the long run: 96.51% against 96.53%. The Big Dog House can pay more in one round, up to 15,000x against 6,750x.
Do I need the special bets?
No. A normal spin in The Big Dog House works like the original, with bigger wilds. Ante bets and super spins are optional and raise the cost of every spin.
Is the ghost wild bad?
It pays like any wild when it lands, but it removes a sticky wild each time, so long rounds tend to hold fewer wilds. Ghost Out free spins switch it off, at a price.
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