High in the western peaks, a brass steam engine hauls oxblood carriages over a stone viaduct while the low sun turns its steam to gold. In the free round the multiplier climbs like the grade itself and never slips back.
Merle will never charge for these games. A scale ticket holds your 100,000 coins, your favourites, your level and your daily missions safe between visits — and lets us confirm you are 19 or over before you spin.
Virtual coins and nothing else: no real-money gambling, no prize of real-world value, nothing sold in the app. 19+.
Stonearch Grade is the long climb west, where the railway leaves the wheat behind and crosses a gorge on tall stone arches. Coal Scoops, Ruby Headlamps and Needle Dials share out the modest pays, the Curlhorn Ram stands on the next rung, and the Gilded Engine carries the most. The Arch Seal wild completes lines for every picture apart from the Route Scroll. Three scrolls anywhere unroll a ten-spin free climb, a fourth lays track for fifteen, and the fifth lays track for twenty-two, and scrolls that land on the climb add more track. The multiplier rises from x2 to x4 and holds there.
Climbing the Grade. The free round is a steady climb: free spins one and two pay x2, the following pair pays x3, and from the fifth spin up to the summit every win pays x4, with no sliding back toward the valley.
Each spin here uses free virtual coins. No real-money gambling takes place, no win has real-world value, and the app sells nothing. A random number generator decides results, and previous spins have no bearing on the next one.
Measured by running this page's own engine for 10,000,000 spins: coin RTP 95.7%, hit frequency 33.3%, free spins about once in 138 spins, a win of 10x your stake or more about once in 109 spins. Coin figures only — no money is staked or returned.
Sign in, climb aboard at the foot of the western grade and choose a stake.
Spin. The Arch Seal wild copies any picture but the Route Scroll, and each line pays from the leftmost reel across the gorge.
Three Route Scrolls anywhere unroll ten free spins: x2 on the first couple, x3 on the next couple, then x4 on every spin left on the climb.
Riders who like a free round that gathers speed on the way up and keeps its best stretch for the summit.
A middle-weight run. Paid spins hold a steady rhythm, and the higher the train climbs in the free round, the more each win carries.
| Symbol coming down the spout | Five alike on one payline | Those five, as a part of your stake |
|---|---|---|
 Arch Seal (wild) | 6,000× line bet | 300× your stake |
 Gilded Engine | 2,600× line bet | 130× your stake |
 Curlhorn Ram | 1,400× line bet | 70× your stake |
 Needle Dial | 850× line bet | 42.5× your stake |
 Ruby Headlamp | 550× line bet | 27.5× your stake |
 Coal Scoop | 320× line bet | 16× your stake |
The five card ranks (10 to A) pay the least. Three Route Scrolls anywhere open the free round. Full values for three and four of a kind are in the paytable.
No. Each step up the grade is kept, and the final x4 rides along until the very last free spin.
Yes. Three or more scrolls landing in the free round lay down extra spins without resetting the multiplier.
The Gilded Engine on its stone arches, with the Curlhorn Ram standing just below it.
Missions start fresh every morning and count at every stop. Nobody makes you do them.
The siding at the foot of Merle's red elevators, where golden wheat roars down the spout into green hopper cars under a wide blue sky. Anyone can pull the lever here, and every winning line empties out so fresh loads drop into its place.
A timber freight depot where the frozen lake begins, its porch posts hung with amber lamps and a snowy road running out across the ice. Once its free round starts, every win is stamped and paid out twice.
Play while it is fun, and step down once it is not. Before you begin, settle on a time limit, and take breaks. If gambling of any sort is causing you problems, call ConnexOntario free and in confidence on 1-866-531-2600, 24 hours a day, or visit Responsible Gambling Council and CCSA. Merle’s responsible play policy has the rest.
The town gates at Prairie Bushel open for adults aged 19 or over. Its coins are virtual and hold no monetary value; they can never be bought, sold, withdrawn or exchanged. Merle keeps no coin counter and no payment page anywhere in town, offers no prize of real-world value, and is clear that success here does not imply future success at real-money gambling.
Gambling getting heavy? Talk to someone free and in confidence: ConnexOntario 1-866-531-2600, open 24 hours a day · CCSA · Responsible Gambling Council · Merle’s rules for playing sensibly
Every stop draws from one coin bin. A free scale ticket opens the whole line, and Merle keeps your coins, your favourites, your level and your daily missions written down against it from one visit to the next.
Not ready? Spin the open world, Hopper Row — no email needed.