Buffalo Blitz vs Buffalo Blitz Megaways: Which Playtech Slot to Play

The original: one clear structure

Buffalo Blitz came out in 2016 and became one of Playtech’s flagship titles, the basis for the live-dealer Buffalo Blitz Live in 2020. It runs on a 6x4 grid with 4,096 ways. Buffalo symbols come stacked, and a diamond wild appears on every reel except the first.

The free spins are where it pays. Three, four, five or six scatters award 8, 15, 25 or 100 free spins, and two or more scatters in the round add 5 to 100 more. During the round the diamond wild applies x2, x3 or x5 to the wins it is part of. It is the same 8-15-25-100 ladder Pragmatic Play’s Buffalo King later used.

Slotcatalog and FanDuel both rate it high volatility.

The Megaways edition: choices and pots

Buffalo Blitz Megaways, released in 2021, changes the reel engine and the bonus. Six reels of two to seven symbols give between 324 and 117,649 ways on each spin.

Four to six scatters trigger free spins, and the player chooses how to play them. Blitz gives 10 to 20 spins, Thunder 8 to 16, Buffalo 6 to 12, and Mystery picks for the player. Each mode sets its own wild multipliers, and across the four they range from x2 to x10. Retriggers can take a single round as far as 1,000 spins.

The second addition is Jackpot Blitz, a progressive bonus with four prizes. Slotcatalog lists them seeding at $50, $500, $5,000 and $100,000. That is where 0.99% of the game’s 96.29% RTP goes.

Who should pick which

The original is the choice for a player who wants a clean, readable buffalo game with one strong feature and a familiar free spins ladder. Its 100-spin top award from six scatters is a rare result, but it is the moment the game is built around.

The Megaways edition is for a player who likes to set the risk of the bonus round and wants a jackpot in the background. A round of 6 to 12 spins in Buffalo mode is a different proposition from up to 20 spins in Blitz mode, and the choice is the player’s. Slotcatalog rates it high volatility as well.

On paper the Megaways version has the higher ceiling, 20,000x at slotcatalog, though Paddy Power lists 10,000x. The original’s maximum is not published as a clean multiple; slotcatalog phrases it as 10,000x the line bet or 250,000 coins, and this site leaves it blank.

Stakes run from $0.40 to $80 on the original at slotcatalog, and up to $200 for the jackpot edition at FanDuel. The Megaways edition is listed at £0.10 to £200.

Data quality

Neither game has a public spec page from Playtech, so every number here comes from reviewers or operators. The Megaways edition is the weaker of the two on that front: its data rests entirely on secondary sources, and RTP versions range from 95.19% to 96.29%.

Where each can be played

The original has a confirmed US release, though in one form and one state. FanDuel carries Buffalo Blitz Jackpot, the edition with progressives, under its Michigan licence; the Michigan page lists the licensed casinos for players 21 and over. Other states are not confirmed for this title.

Buffalo Blitz Megaways is not confirmed at any regulated US online casino, and FanDuel does not list it. The 2020 sequel Buffalo Blitz II, with a reel set that grows to 14,400 ways in free spins, is also at FanDuel in Michigan, though it has no page of its own here. The Playtech provider page lists the series, and the Megaways hub covers the format across studios.