About Ultra Buffalo: Hold and Win
Ultra Buffalo: Hold and Win is a medium-high volatility slot by Booming Games with a 5x3 grid and 20 paylines. Buffalo, eagle, cougar and wolf portraits fill the reels above a prairie horizon. A, K, Q and J royals cover the low end of the paytable.
Four features stack on top of that base. Wild Buffalo Herd drops random wilds mid-spin, and the Buffalo Bonus Wheel hands out fixed cash prizes or entry to the bonus.
Ultra Hold and Win runs the coin-collection respins, and the Ultra Reel adds a multiplier ladder once the grid is full enough. This Ultra Buffalo game pairs a random-wild base feature with a three-stage bonus path that tops out at 5,000x your bet.
Theme & Visuals
Every animal symbol carries its own frame colour. The buffalo sits in a red-and-gold frame, the eagle in blue, the cougar in green and the wolf in purple. All four stand against a sun-bleached desert and canyon scene.
Coin symbols follow the same colour logic in the bonus: Mini coins glow green, Minor blue, Major purple and Grand gold.
Wild Buffalo Herd
Wild Buffalo Herd fires at random on any base game spin. There is no trigger symbol, no scatter count and no payline condition attached to it. A low-value spin can turn into a full win line without warning.
When it lands, a herd runs across the grid and the herd leaves Wilds behind on every trampled reel. Those wilds apply to the current spin only and substitute for all symbols except Bonus and Scatter. A Wild 2x variant also appears during the herd run. When two or more multiplier wilds join the same win, their values are added first and the total then multiplies the payout.
Buffalo Bonus Wheel
One Bonus scatter symbol on the grid awards a single spin of the Buffalo Bonus Wheel. Four of the six segments pay cash outright, and the other two open the bonus. The wheel decides whether you walk into Ultra Hold and Win or straight into the Super Bonus grid.
| Segment | Prize |
|---|---|
| Mini | 20x bet |
| Minor | 50x bet |
| Major | 250x bet |
| Grand | 2000x bet |
| Bonus | Triggers Ultra Hold and Win |
| Super Bonus | Upgrades the Hold and Win start grid to 5x5 |
The wheel is the only door into the hold-and-win round. A Grand hit at 2000x pays more than most single bonus entries. Only the Bonus and Super Bonus segments move you to the respins stage.
Ultra Hold and Win
The feature opens on a 5x4 grid, or on 5x5 if the wheel stopped on Super Bonus. Three respins are on the clock at the start, and every fresh coin symbol resets that counter back to its full value.
Coin symbols lock in place and each one carries either a cash multiplier or a jackpot label. Jackpot values are fixed against total bet: Mini 20x, Minor 50x, Major 250x and Grand 2000x. Landing coins on locked rows unlocks them.
The round closes on one of three conditions: respins run out, all positions on the grid are filled, or the Win Cap is reached. Everything collected pays out together at that point.
Ultra Reel
The Ultra Reel sits above the main grid and stays dormant until two conditions are met at once. At least one full 1x8 column of the expanded Hold and Win grid must be filled, and every locked row must be opened. From there the playable area can stretch to a full 5x8.
It spins from right to left and holds two reward types on a ladder: cash multipliers and +2 tokens that add respins. The promo panel shows a sample ladder of X20 / +2 / X2 / +2 / X2. Actual values change from spin to spin.
Payout Table
Payouts below are shown as a multiple of total bet, matching the values displayed in the game's own paytable.
| Symbol | 5 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 3 of a kind | 2 of a kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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10.00x | 2.50x | 1.00x | 0.20x |
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5.00x | 2.00x | 0.90x | — |
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4.00x | 1.50x | 0.70x | — |
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3.00x | 1.00x | 0.50x | — |
| A | 1.50x | 0.50x | 0.20x | — |
| K | 1.50x | 0.50x | 0.20x | — |
| Q | 1.00x | 0.40x | 0.10x | — |
| J | 1.00x | 0.40x | 0.10x | — |
| Symbol | Role and payout status |
|---|---|
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Substitutes for all symbols except Bonus and Scatter. The Wild 2x variant appears during Wild Buffalo Herd, and multiple wild multipliers in one win are summed before the win is multiplied |
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Awards one spin on the Buffalo Bonus Wheel |
Coin symbols in Mini, Minor, Major and Grand colours never appear on the base reels. They exist only inside Ultra Hold and Win, where they carry the cash multiplier and jackpot labels described above.
Feature Buy
Two purchase options are built into the bet panel, each priced as a multiple of total bet:
| Buy option | What it triggers | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Bonus | Ultra Hold and Win, entered the normal way | 100x total bet |
| Ultra Bonus | Ultra Hold and Win with all rows already unlocked | 200x total bet |
"Bonus" starts the Bonus feature on the standard locked grid. "Ultra Bonus" costs double but guarantees the round opens with every row unlocked from the first respin, skipping the wait to grow the grid naturally. Price and availability depend on the operator and on local regulations, and several markets block buy features entirely.
Boost+ is a separate toggle in the base game that raises the chance of a feature trigger while it is switched on. Its exact cost and the size of the boost were not confirmed in the demo build, so check the side-bet panel before enabling it.
RTP & Volatility Guide
RTP is 95.6% and volatility is medium-high. The base game with its 20 paylines rarely produces standout results on its own. Large payouts concentrate in bonus entries that reach the Ultra Reel stage with an expanded grid.
Bets run from $0.20 to $100, so size your stake for several dozen spins before a feature lands. The route to 5,000x runs Bonus Wheel to Ultra Hold and Win to Ultra Reel. A bankroll that dies before the first wheel spin never sees any of it.
How to Play Ultra Buffalo: Hold and Win
Pick a licensed casino
Choose an operator from the vetted list on this page. Check that the site carries the Booming Games catalogue and accepts players from your country.
Register or log in
Create an account with your real details and confirm the email link. Existing players just sign in and clear any pending verification request.
Choose a payment method
Open the cashier and select a card, e-wallet or bank transfer option. Compare minimum deposit limits and withdrawal times before you commit.
Fund your account
Deposit an amount that supports several dozen spins at your chosen stake. Apply a bonus code at this stage if you plan to use one.
Find the game in the lobby
Type the title into the lobby search bar or filter the slots section by Booming Games. Adding it to favourites saves the hunt next time.
Set your bet and spin
Launch the demo or the real money version, set a stake between $0.20 and $100, and decide on Boost+ before the first spin.
Demo vs Real Money
The demo version runs on play credits and shows the same maths. Use it to see how often Wild Buffalo Herd interrupts a base spin and how the wheel segments are weighted in practice. The demo also shows how the coin grid behaves once respins reset.
Real money play is where the jackpots, Buy Feature and Boost+ toggle become available. Any Ultra Buffalo casino worth using will offer both modes side by side. Cash stakes are the point of the game, with the demo serving as a rehearsal for the bonus path.
About Booming Games
Booming Games is a Berlin-founded studio producing online slots for regulated markets. Certification and testing run through the standard licensing bodies that operators list in their footers. Its catalogue includes Booming Bars, Burning Classics and a growing line of hold-and-win titles.
Content is distributed through aggregators and direct operator integrations. The same title therefore shows up across a wide set of casino lobbies with identical feature behaviour.
FAQ
Yes. Most casinos carrying the title offer a free play version with the full feature set. Buy Feature and Boost+ purchases are usually disabled or run on play credits in that mode.
It fires at random during any base game spin. No symbol combination, scatter count or bet level activates it, and there is no way to call it manually.
Bonus starts Ultra Hold and Win on the standard 5x4 grid. Super Bonus starts the same feature on a 5x5 grid, giving five extra positions from the first respin.
Landing coin symbols on the locked rows opens them. Each new coin also resets the respin counter, so a steady flow of coins keeps the round alive while the grid grows.
It switches on once at least one 1x8 column is completely filled and every locked row has been unlocked. Its ladder holds cash multipliers and +2 respin tokens, spinning from right to left.
Their multiplier values are added together first, then applied to the payout. Two Wild 2x symbols in one combination produce a 4x multiplier on that win.
The "Ultra Bonus" option guarantees the Bonus feature triggers on purchase. Availability depends on your operator and market rules, and some jurisdictions remove buy options completely.