Silver Bullet Slot by Playtech

Nine paylines, but every one of them pays in both directions. The reels read left to right the usual way, then count matching symbols again starting from the rightmost column, so a run of three from either edge lands a win. That roughly doubles how often a line connects, and it's the main reason this old Playtech title still hits so often for such a plain setup.

The sheriff's gold star badge is the wild. It covers everything except the revolver, and any win it helps complete pays double. Land two wilds on the same line and the doubling chains, pushing that combo to 4x before you even count the base pay. The badge has no line value of its own, so it works purely as a booster rather than a payer. The holstered Colt revolver is the scatter, and it pays from wherever it drops with no line needed. Two already return your stake, three pays 5x total bet, five hands over 100x.

There's nothing else. No free spins, no pick round, no jackpot, nothing sitting behind a scatter count. The flaming red 7 is the top symbol and where the 10,000x line ceiling comes from, backed by a whiskey bottle, a brown horse, a wagon wheel, a smoking pipe, lit dynamite, a horseshoe and a fat wad of dollar bills. They spin on plain cream strips set into a dusty saloon back room, weathered shutters on either side and a faded dollar sign painted on the grimy wall behind the grid. A 2009 build through and through, and it plays like one.