Time Bender 2 Slot

Time Bender 2 (marketed by some casinos as Time Bender II) is a new slot from WGS Technology, launched in August 2026 exclusively across the WGS-powered casino network — Red Stag, Miami Club, Lincoln Casino, and Liberty Slots all rolled it out as a "new slot" within days of each other. It's worth flagging up front that this shares its name, but nothing else, with Time Bender, an unrelated 2017 title from Arrow's Edge with a sci-fi time-travel theme and a progressive jackpot — different studio, different game. No independent slot database has published a full technical breakdown of this release, but the game's own in-game information screen — the most authoritative source available, and the one referenced throughout this review — confirms the core numbers directly, so far less here has to be flagged as unconfirmed than in casino marketing copy alone.

Theme and Design

The official key art used by Red Stag to promote the game shows a hooded, glowing-eyed sorcerer figure conjuring blue lightning with both hands, set against a gothic stone archway and a circular backdrop studded with clock faces — a visual that reads as dark arcane fantasy built around a time-magic hook, rather than the gears-and-brass "steampunk" label that Lincoln Casino's own marketing copy uses for the same game. Both descriptions agree on the time-bending premise; they disagree on the aesthetic vocabulary, and the artwork itself supports the arcane-sorcerer reading more than a steampunk one. Casino copy separately promises "immersive animations" for the in-game presentation, though no gameplay footage was accessible at the time of this review to confirm how that translates to the actual reels.

Gameplay and Symbols

Time Bender 2 runs on a standard 5-reel, 25-payline layout, per the game's own in-game info screen — no cluster-pay, Megaways, or cascading-win mechanic is involved, just a fixed-payline structure. Beyond the confirmed presence of expanding wild symbols, no casino or the info screen itself publishes a full symbol list or paytable for this title, so no premium or low-value symbol breakdown is reported here rather than guessed at.

Bonus Features

The game's own info screen lists four features: Expanding Wilds, a Wheel Feature, Hold & Win, and Bonus Buy — and free spins is notably absent from that official list. That resolves a real contradiction between the two casinos offering the game: Red Stag's bonus terms state Time Bender 2 has no free spins feature, while Lincoln Casino's marketing copy separately claimed it "includes Free Spins." The official in-game feature list backs Red Stag's version — this is a wilds-and-wheel game, not a free-spins game, whatever Lincoln's marketing blurb says. Exact trigger conditions for the Wheel Feature and Hold & Win round aren't detailed on the info screen itself, but Hold & Win typically works by locking special symbols in place for a set number of respins, extended each time a new one lands, with a full board sometimes paying a jackpot. Bonus Buy lets players pay a premium to enter a bonus round directly rather than relying on a natural trigger — worth noting that bonus buy features are restricted or unavailable in a number of regulated markets (the UK among them), so availability will vary by casino and jurisdiction.

RTP, Volatility and Betting

The in-game info screen states a base game RTP of 94.04%, rising to 95.19% including jackpot contribution — both figures confirmed directly from the game itself rather than inferred. The base figure sits a little below the roughly 96% that's typical of modern releases, though the jackpot-inclusive total narrows that gap. Volatility is officially labeled Medium-High on the same screen, which is why this review rounds it to high in the quick facts above rather than the lighter "medium" tag. Time Bender 2 carries two linked jackpots — a Mega Jackpot and a Daily Drop Jackpot — which were showing balances of roughly $32,754 and $7,564 respectively at the time this info screen was captured; both are live progressive-style meters that constantly move, so treat those specific numbers as a snapshot rather than a fixed prize. No minimum or maximum bet figure is published anywhere checked, so confirm your stake range directly at the casino's bet selector.

Verdict

Time Bender 2 is a real, newly launched WGS Technology slot with a consistent time-magic premise, a confirmed 5-reel/25-payline structure, and — thanks to its own in-game info screen — actual verified numbers behind it rather than marketing guesswork: 94.04% base RTP (95.19% with jackpots), Medium-High volatility, and a four-feature set of expanding wilds, a wheel bonus, Hold & Win, and bonus buy. That same info screen also settles the one real contradiction in this review's sources: there's no free spins round here, despite one casino's marketing copy suggesting otherwise. The base RTP is a touch below the modern average, and neither the Wheel Feature's exact trigger nor a fixed top-line multiplier is spelled out anywhere public yet, but this is a substantially better-documented release than its first days on the WGS network suggested. Worth a spin through one of the no-deposit offers currently running, especially for players who enjoy Hold & Win mechanics and don't mind a two-tier jackpot as the game's main long-term hook.