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Bidding Wild is an attractive machine, using graphics that are designed to really play with the auctioneering theme. The reels are set on a stage with auditorium seating, the perfect place to display valuable goods to bidders. On the right side of the screen, you’ll see the caller, who keeps track of the leaders and solicits bids from the participants.

Of course, your goal in this game won’t be to win items, but rather to collect prizes by matching symbols from left to right across the reels. The lower prizes are won by matching some fairly generic icons: nines through aces to be exact, with higher ranks bringing in slightly more money for you. Bigger prizes can be earned by matching up several different auction-goers or the auctioneer himself. There are young socialites, heiresses, and oil barons, all of whom can earn you some big money if you can match three or more of them in a row.

You may have noticed that we haven’t talked about paylines yet. That’s because Bidding Wild doesn’t use that sort of system to determine whether you’ve won. Instead, it uses the popular 243 Ways format, in which paylines are a thing of the past.

Here’s how it works. Simply get the same symbol on consecutive reels – no matter what position they might appear in on each column – and they will count toward a winning match. Given the 3x5 format of the reels in this game, that means there are 243 different possible ways to win every time you play. This sort of format also greatly increases the power of wild symbols, since they can help make hundreds of wins on a single spin! Best of all, you’ll also get all of this for one price, so there are no worries about how much each line is costing you.

Whether the auction theme is particularly interesting to you or not, Bidding Wild is a fun an exciting slot machine. If you haven’t played a game that uses the 243 Ways format before, you’ll definitely want to check it out: it’s a huge change from the general way that slots work, and definitely leads to a lot of added tension on every spin. And if the theme speaks to you as well, then we think this is a must play, as Lightning Box has done a great job of capturing the thrill of participating in high stakes bidding against the rich and famous.