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Timber Wolf

This Aristocrat classic dates back to the MK6 cabinet era of the mid-2000s and is still widely placed today, but the bonus round has a reputation for staying dormant -- one reviewer clocked it at once every 150 to 200 spins.

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Fact sheet

  • Manufacturer: Aristocrat (branded Aristocrat Gaming; corporate entity Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. appears on official press materials, parent company Aristocrat Leisure Limited of Australia)
  • Release: unknown exact year; coololdgames.com states the original cabinet was 'introduced about 20 years ago' (article dated 2026, implying circa mid-2000s) during the era when Aristocrat's MK6 platform was popular in North America -- not confirmed via a manufacturer press release or regulatory approval filing
  • Cabinet: Originally released on Aristocrat's MK6 cabinet platform (per coololdgames.com); currently sold/serviced as a refurbished unit on Aristocrat's later Viridian cabinet with dual 19-inch LCD screens, a digital button panel, and a multi-denomination bill acceptor for $1-$100 notes (per ohioriverslots.com listing; a second retailer, slotmachinesltd.com, corroborates the dual-LCD Viridian cabinet generally but doesn't itself confirm screen size, button panel, or bill range)
  • RTP: unknown for the physical land-based cabinet -- RTP on this class of multi-denomination Aristocrat cabinet is casino/jurisdiction-configurable and not publicly published by Aristocrat. Online-adaptation review sites report divergent, non-converging figures (92%, 94.67%, 97% depending on source) that most likely describe different digital ports rather than one authoritative physical-cabinet RTP, so no single figure is reported here
  • Mechanic: standard

Known quirks

  • A slot reviewer (VIP Casino / Paul Diamond Blow) reports the Timber Wolf bonus round is 'hard to come by,' estimating it hits 'maybe just once every 150-200 spins,' and describes personally losing money on the machine aside from a single $120 win on a 40-cent spin -- concluding he now 'usually stays clear of the Timber Wolf slot machines' in favor of Aristocrat's Buffalo titles.
  • Timber Wolf is a confirmed, currently-tracked physical land-based cabinet: URComped's slot-machine locator page for the game shows it tagged by community members 172 times, with sightings logged at named casinos including Harrah's Council Bluffs, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, and Meskwaki Bingo and Casino.
  • On the paytable, the second-highest-paying symbol is a bearded frontiersman/trapper figure that the reviewer describes as resembling 'Grizzly Adams,' alongside the top-paying howling wolf, plus deer, a snow-covered house symbol, and a bear symbol -- useful visual cues for identifying the cabinet from a photo.
  • coololdgames.com states the Timber Wolf slot machine 'was originally introduced about 20 years ago, when the MK6 generation of Aristocrat platforms became popular in North America,' describing MK6 as Linux-based video slot hardware 'primarily installed in Las Vegas and tribal casinos across the United States.'

Recognition clues

  • Top-paying symbol is a howling wolf; the next-highest is a bearded frontiersman/trapper figure players often compare to Grizzly Adams, alongside deer, a snow-covered house, and a bear
  • Currently found on Aristocrat's Viridian cabinet: dual 19-inch LCD screens stacked one above the other, with a digital button panel below
  • Older units may still be running on Aristocrat's original MK6 cabinet from the mid-2000s
  • Multi-denomination bill acceptor that takes $1 to $100 notes

Photo checklist

  • Full cabinet shot showing the dual 19-inch LCD screens and cabinet frame
  • Close-up of the paytable showing the howling wolf top symbol
  • Close-up of the bearded frontiersman/trapper symbol, deer, house, and bear symbols
  • The digital button panel and bill acceptor slot, since the bill range ($1-$100) is a cabinet-generation clue

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