Bulls Run Wild slot
Bulls Run Wild is a bullring slot from Red Tiger, released in May 2022 on 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 paylines. Its defining feature is the Wild Picker Bar, which names one paying symbol type at the start of every spin; any symbols of that type that land become Wild Bulls before the spin pays. Once the free spins begin, every Wild Bull that appears stays locked on the reels until the round is over.
Editorial note: this guide explains how Bulls Run Wild works. Rules, features and payout figures are set by the studio and can differ between operators and game versions, so check the game’s information panel before you play. Slots are games of chance, and nothing here predicts results. Availability at Fortune Games can change.
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Bulls Run Wild: key facts
| Studio | Red Tiger |
|---|---|
| Released | May 2022 |
| Reels and paylines | 5 reels, 3 rows, 20 paylines |
| Top line payout | Wild Bull: 15x stake for five on a payline |
| Paying symbols | Matador, señorita, guitar and fan, then card ranks |
| Wild Picker Bar | At the start of each spin a random paying symbol type appears in the bar above the reels; every symbol of that type that lands turns into a Wild Bull at the end of the spin, and wins are paid after the change |
| Free Spins | Triggered by three Free Spins scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 |
| Locked Wild Bulls | Every Wild Bull that appears during Free Spins stays locked until the end of the round |
| Extra spins | Free Spins scatters do not appear during the round, and no further spins are awarded |
| Bonus buy | Not part of this game |
| Autoplay and turbo | Not available at sites licensed in Great Britain; UK rules require at least 2.5 seconds between the start of one game cycle and the next |
| Stakes | UK rules cap online slot stakes at £5 a spin, or £2 if you are 18 to 24 |
| RTP | Shown in the game’s information panel |
| Series | Stand-alone |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
How Bulls Run Wild plays
Red Tiger sets the reels in a bullfighting arena, and its own write-up of the game opens with a shout of “Olé!” from the crowd. The paying symbols follow that scene. A matador heads the regular set, ahead of a señorita, a guitar and a hand fan, while card ranks fill the lower end. Wins are counted along 20 paylines on the 5x3 grid.
The bull itself is the wild, and five of them on a line make the top payout in the paytable. Three Free Spins scatter symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 together open the bonus round. Every base-game spin also runs through the Wild Picker Bar, covered next.
The Wild Picker Bar
A bar sits above the reels, and as each spin starts it shows one paying symbol type chosen at random. That choice decides the spin’s extra wilds. If any symbols of the named type land, all of them are turned into Wild Bulls when the reels stop, and Red Tiger’s rules say wins are paid only once that change has happened. The picker works on every spin, and it carries on into the free spins, where its converted wilds meet the locking rule described below.
Free Spins with locked Wild Bulls
Three Free Spins scatters landing on reels 1, 3 and 5 in the same spin start the round. Here the Wild Bulls stop being temporary. Each one that appears during Free Spins, whether it arrived as a wild or was made by the Wild Picker Bar, stays locked in its position until the round finishes. Red Tiger keeps the round to the spins it began with: the scatters are taken off the reels for its duration, and its rules state that no bonus spins are awarded while it runs.
Bulls Run Wild compared with Mayan Gods
Red Tiger used the same 5x3, 20-line frame four years earlier in Mayan Gods, a 2018 game that also hands out wilds in the middle of a spin. There they come from a character symbol: the Mayan King turns into four wilds and can make other symbols wild too. Bulls Run Wild ties its conversions to a symbol type announced before the reels stop, and it adds a bonus round in which those wilds hold their places until the last spin.
| Game | Released | Grid and lines | Wild feature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulls Run Wild | 2022 | 5 reels, 3 rows, 20 paylines | The symbol type shown in the Wild Picker Bar turns into Wild Bulls, which lock during Free Spins |
| Mayan Gods | 2018 | 5 reels, 3 rows, 20 paylines | The Mayan King turns into four wilds and can turn other symbols wild |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
Bulls Run Wild at Fortune Games
Our lobby carries Bulls Run Wild among its slot games (18+). The tile row above adds two more Red Tiger games, Mayan Gods and Flaming Fox, plus Wild Toro, Wild Toro 2 and Book of Toro, all named after the bull. The UK caps in the table apply to every player. There is no autoplay or turbo mode, as at every site licensed in Great Britain. Fortune Games has an app on the App Store and Google Play.
Frequently asked questions
What is Bulls Run Wild?
It is a five-reel video slot from Red Tiger with a bullfighting setting, built around a single idea: the Wild Bull. Both of its features feed that symbol, one by converting a named symbol type on any spin and the other by holding every Wild Bull in place through the bonus round. Red Tiger’s game data lists no bonus buy, and the free spins are opened by scatters.
How does the Bulls Run Wild slot work?
Each spin follows the same order. The Wild Picker Bar names a symbol type, the reels land, any symbols of that type change into Wild Bulls, and only then are line wins worked out across the 20 paylines. If three Free Spins scatters also land on the first, middle and last reels, the bonus round follows straight after that spin.
Can the free spins in the Bulls Run Wild online slot be retriggered?
No. The scatter symbols that start the round are removed from the reels while it plays, and Red Tiger’s rules say no further spins are added. Instead, the round builds through its wilds: each Wild Bull that appears, including those made by the picker, stays put for every spin that remains.
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Checked on 6 November 2026 against Red Tiger’s game pages for Bulls Run Wild and Mayan Gods, the SlotCatalog, Casinos.com and VegasSlotsOnline records of Bulls Run Wild, the SlotCatalog and LCB records of Mayan Gods, and the Gambling Commission’s stake-limit guidance and remote technical standards. How we research and check our guides: our editorial policy.