PH888 Mahjong Ways 2 — Avalanche Reels, 2000 Ways & RTP

Of the PG Soft titles covered here, Mahjong Ways 2 is the one built around labelled medium volatility but publishing a maximum of 100,000x, which makes for an unusual pairing.

Before placing a bet, make sure you know how the game pays.

Mahjong Ways 2: how the feature round unfolds

The base spins by themselves are the wrong yardstick for this game.

Up to 2,000 ways, almost double the earlier number, with the cascade becoming an avalanche and falling golden tiles converting into wilds. Here the 100,000x maximum and the medium volatility label do not sit comfortably together, and that mismatch usually means the top figure is an accounting ceiling and no outcome to plan around. Nothing resets the free-spins multiplier during a round, and its steady rise continues to be the mechanism.

One round can reach at most the 100000x maximum win PG Soft publishes for this title, so it is a ceiling and not a figure to plan a session by.

What the maximum win figure actually means

In relation to the stake, the largest possible result of a single Mahjong Ways 2 round is the published 100000x ceiling. Being a boundary, not a target, it can tell you nothing about how often a given outcome will happen. A ceiling can be very high without the game paying more than small amounts almost every time it does pay.

Use the volatility as context when you read the ceiling. Close to meaningless alone, each of the two helps describe the shape of the game when read with the other.

Mahjong Ways 2 next to the rest of its siblings

Where the original Mahjong Ways is concerned, 1,024 ways are evaluated and the maximum is published as 25,000x. 2,000 is what this game evaluates, whereas 100,000x is what it publishes. The gap in RTP is only 96.92% versus 96.95%; the extra headroom is paid for by being reached so rarely.

Making sense of Mahjong Ways 2 RTP and volatility

It would be wrong to apply the published RTP of 96.95% to an evening, since it is a long-run average over millions of spins.

Taken from game data PG Soft publishes separately, since its game page leaves this out.

Medium volatility is how PG Soft classes it, though the class says how results are shaped and not how large they are.

Playing Mahjong Ways 2 at PH888

Mahjong Ways 2: a PG Soft slot, ways-to-win, 5 reels. Here is how to get into it at PH888:

1. Sign in at PH888 and open the game lobby.
2. Try searching Mahjong Ways 2 by title, or filter the lobby on PG Soft.
3. Stakes and paytable can be read straight from the info screen of the game.
4. Choose what the session will cost you in advance, then ease in with a low stake as you get used to the feature round.