Johnny vs Chicken

Johnny vs Chicken Overview

Johnny vs Chicken is a Wild West duel slot from BGaming, released on 15 September 2026. It brings back Johnny Cash from Gold Rush with Johnny Cash and pits him against his lifelong rival, Wild Chicken. The game plays on a 5x4 grid with 15 paylines, and symbols pay from left to right on consecutive reels.

The RTP is 97% – and the same 97% applies to every bonus buy option. The volatility is medium-high, and the maximum win is 5,000x the bet.

The heart of the game is the VS symbol, which turns into an Expanding Wild where the two cowboys fight a duel for a multiplier of up to x500. Free spins, sticky Wilds and four bonus buy options complete the package.

Theme and Graphics

The reels are set in a dusty Western town, with wooden saloons, a steer skull and cactuses in the background. On the left stands Johnny Cash, a moustached cactus cowboy with two revolvers and a red bandana; on the right waits Wild Chicken, a rooster gunslinger in a sheriff’s hat with an ammunition belt.

The premium symbols are the two heroes, an old slot machine, a whiskey bottle and a cactus. The card ranks A, K, Q, J, 10 and 9 are the lower symbols. The Wild is a sack of gold bars, and the Scatter shows two crossed revolvers.

Symbols and Paytable

At a bet of 7, five of a kind on a line pay:

• Wild and Johnny Cash: 56 each (28 for four, 7 for three),
• Wild Chicken: 28 (10.50 and 5.60),
• Slot Machine: 17.50 (7 and 3.50),
• Whiskey Bottle and Cactus: 14 each (5.60 and 2.80),
• A, K, Q, J, 10 and 9: lower values.

The Wild substitutes for every symbol except the Scatter, and three or more Wilds on a line pay on their own. Only the highest win is paid on each active payline, and wins on several lines are added together.

VS Symbol and Expanding Wilds

When a VS symbol is part of a winning combination, it expands to cover the whole reel and becomes an Expanding Wild. Inside it, Johnny and the Chicken fight a duel between two multipliers. The possible values are x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7, x8, x9, x10, x20, x25, x50, x100 and x500.

The winning multiplier is applied to the combination that includes the Wild. If several Expanding Wilds are part of the same win, their multipliers are added together. In our screenshots, two Expanding Wilds with x7 and x3 paid 140 at a bet of 10.

Free Spins

Three Scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 trigger 10 free spins. Three more Scatters during the round add another +10 spins, and the number of retriggers is limited only by the maximum win. The bonus game is played at the same bet as the spin that started it.

In the regular free spins, the VS symbols work exactly as in the base game: each one that becomes part of a win expands and starts a duel. Our screenshots show how quickly this adds up. On the sixth free spin, Expanding Wilds with x2 and x4 on reels 1 and 5 combined into x6 and paid 67.20 at a bet of 7, while even simple wins, such as four whiskey bottles on the first spin, paid 8.00 at a bet of 10.

How Big Can It Get?

The duel multipliers are the key to the top wins. A single x500 Expanding Wild on a premium line already turns a modest line win into a huge payout, and because the multipliers of several Wilds in the same combination are added, two or three Wilds can push the total even higher. The game caps every round at 5,000x the bet.

Nine of the fourteen possible duel values sit between x2 and x10, and only five go higher – x20, x25, x50, x100 and x500. This wide spread between everyday multipliers and the rare big ones fits the medium-high volatility rating: steady small and medium wins, with the occasional duel that changes a whole session.

Bonus Buy Options

The BUY BONUS menu offers four choices. At a bet of 7, they cost:

• Chance x2: 10.50 per spin – increases the chance of triggering free spins and stays active until you switch it off.
• Hot Shot: 525 (75x) – 10 free spins with Expanding Wilds.
• Flaming Shot: 1,050 (150x) – free spins with Sticky Expanding Wilds that stay on the reels until the end of the round.
• Inferno Shot: 2,100 (300x) – sticky Expanding Wilds plus a guaranteed Expanding Wild on the first spin.

Only one option can be active at a time, and the prices change with the bet. In our Flaming Shot round, three sticky Wilds with x2, x2 and x4 stayed on reels 1, 3 and 5, and the total win grew to 1,188.60 by the ninth spin at a bet of 7.

Autospins and Settings

The Autospins menu lets you choose the number of rounds, skip the “Click to continue” pop-ups and enable quick spin. Autoplay can stop on any win, when a bonus game is triggered, when a single win exceeds a set amount, or when the balance rises or falls by a chosen sum. After the autospins stop, the settings and the bet return to their defaults.

In the settings panel you can switch on quick spin, use the space bar to spin, and adjust the sound effects and the music separately. Unfinished rounds are closed every 24 hours, with any win added to the balance.

Who Should Play It

Johnny vs Chicken suits fans of the original Johnny Cash slot and players who like big Wild multipliers and several bonus buy levels. The 97% RTP is above average, while the medium-high volatility means the best wins come from the duels. Try the free demo first.

Where to Play Johnny vs Chicken

You can try this game on Casino007 Online Casino. There’s a unique casino bonus offer of 400% up to £1200 for a limited time.

Johnny vs Chicken was listed in all six of our partner casino libraries when we checked on 19 October 2026.