Mahjong Ways 2

By Mike Chen, Gaming Analyst

Mahjong Ways 2 is PG Soft's sequel to its tile themed hit, and it has become one of the most played video slots in Play Live's lobby, because it takes the cascading wins and gold symbols of the original and adds a bigger grid, a multiplier trail that climbs to x10 in the free spins and an advertised top prize of 100,000 times the bet.

How Mahjong Ways 2 plays

The reels are five wide and four rows deep, with an extra row on each of reels 2, 3 and 4, which gives 2,000 ways to win, so matching tiles only need to land on adjacent reels from the left, and every winning tile is removed so that new ones cascade down and can pay again on the same spin.

Mahjong Ways 2 RTP

PG Soft's game information sheet gives a theoretical RTP of 96.95%, made up of 70.39% from the main game and 26.56% from the free spins, a figure you can compare with other titles in our plain English guide to RTP.

Volatility

PG Soft rates the session volatility as medium and puts the overall hit rate at 29.90%, so some kind of win arrives on close to three spins in ten, while the free spins trigger far less often at a hit rate of 0.46%, which means patience and a sensible stake matter more than chasing the bonus.

Maximum win

The advertised maximum win is 100,000 times the bet of the winning spin, but PG Soft's own simulation of one billion spins reached a highest exposure of 1,708 times the bet, so the headline number is a theoretical ceiling rather than something to plan a session around.

Features and the free spins round

• Some tiles on reels 2, 3 and 4 can land in gold, and any gold tile that forms part of a win turns into a wild after the next cascade.

• The wild substitutes for every symbol except the scatter.

• A multiplier trail above the reels starts at x1 and moves to x2, x3 and then x5 for the fourth and every later cascade on the same spin.

• Three scatters anywhere trigger 10 free spins, and each extra scatter adds 2 more spins.

• In the free spins every tile on reel 3 apart from wilds and scatters lands in gold, the multiplier trail is raised to x2, x4, x6 and x10, and the round can be retriggered.

Playing on mobile

Like every PG Soft game, Mahjong Ways 2 is designed for phones held upright, and the sheet lists support for iOS, Android and HTML5 with a 19.5:9 portrait ratio, so it runs comfortably in a mobile browser without any app to install.

Mahjong Ways 2 demo

PG Soft offers a free demo of Mahjong Ways 2 from its game sheet, and a few dozen play money spins will show you how the multiplier trail builds through a cascade before you decide on a real money stake.

Where to play Mahjong Ways 2

• Play Live, which had Mahjong Ways 2 enabled in its lobby on desktop and mobile when we checked on 2 November 2026, and you can read about its banking, bonuses and game library in our Play Live review.

If you like the gold tile mechanic, PG Soft's Wild Bandito uses the same idea with a multiplier that keeps rising for as long as the cascades last, and our roundup of the best online slots in South Africa covers more games worth trying.

Mahjong Ways 2 is for players aged 18 and over only, so please play within your limits, and if gambling stops being fun you can call the National Responsible Gambling Programme on 0800 006 008 (a free call).