Dead Man's Hand and Expanding Wild Dynamics
Dead Man's Hand is a two-phase bonus triggered by three dead scatters. It runs on a collect-and-respin framework that rewrites standard slot mechanics for the duration of the round.
[DEAD MAN'S HAND TWO-PHASE ARCHITECTURE]
PHASE 1: Collect Phase (3 Respins Counter)
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| - Grid loads with Wilds, Multipliers and Blank placeholders |
| - Collect Wilds (accumulated into Wild Counter) |
| - Collect Multipliers (accumulated into Multiplier Value) |
| - Any collected symbol resets Respins back to 3 |
| - Phase ends after 3 consecutive non-collect spins |
| - HARD CAPS: max 20 Wilds collected / max 31x multiplier |
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PHASE 2: Showdown Phase (3 Payout Spins)
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| - 3 Showdown Spins are awarded |
| - Collected Wild count is randomly applied to the grid |
| - All formed payline wins multiplied by Total Multiplier |
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In the collect phase, the aim is to maximise both the accumulated wild meter and the collected multiplier. The respin counter resets to three on every collected symbol, so a long collect phase is built from consecutive successful landings, not from a fixed spin allocation. You are effectively playing a streak game inside a slot.
Accumulation limits engineered into the software hard-cap that meter at 20 wild symbols and a cumulative multiplier of 31x. Hitting both maximums before the showdown phase gives you the strongest mathematical configuration available for approaching the 12,500x ceiling.
Once three consecutive non-collect spins close phase one, the showdown phase begins. Across three spins, the collected wild count is deployed randomly across the 5x5 grid, and every resulting payline win is multiplied by the total collected multiplier value.
