PH33 Mahjong Ways 2 Audit: What Moved Against the First Game

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Sequels in slots often change less than their marketing says, or more than their artwork shows. The ph33 mahjong ways 2 audit puts the second game next to the first and lists exactly what PG Soft changed: the shape of the grid, the number of ways, the ceiling and the RTP. Anything that stayed the same is marked as such.

PH33 Mahjong Ways 2 Audit: Side by Side With the Original

LineMahjong WaysMahjong Ways 2Changed?
Grid5 reels, 4 rows5 reels, 4 rows plus 1 extra on reels 2, 3 and 4Yes
Ways to win1,0242,000Yes
RTP96.92%96.95%+0.03 points
Session volatilityMediumMediumNo
Maximum winx25000x100000Four times higher
Free-spin multiplierUp to x10Up to 10 timesNo

Why 2,000 and not 1,024? The original multiplies four rows across five reels. In the sequel the outer reels keep four positions and the middle three get five. Multiply them out, four by five by five by five by four, and the answer is exactly 2,000.

Checked: both PG Soft sheets past their age prompts, plus the studio timeline, where the sequel carries a 14 April 2020 date.

Not checked: whether a PH33 account lists both Mahjong titles, or only one of them.

How you can check it yourself:

  1. Sign in through PH33 login on its own domain, ph33.pub, and type mahjong into the lobby search.
  2. See whether two separate results come back, one of them carrying a 2 in its name.
  3. Open each info screen and match the ways count to the table above.

Verdict: two changes matter, the taller middle reels and the x100000 cap; the rest is the original’s rulebook.

Mahjong Ways 2 Features: Avalanche, Golden Tiles and the 10x Ceiling

The sequel is played the same way, with a few differences in what you see:

  1. Avalanche refills. Winning tiles clear and the board refills from above, as in the first game, with the extra row on three reels giving each refill more positions to land a win.
  2. Golden tiles. A gold-edged tile inside a winning run converts to a wild on its way down.
  3. Free-spin multiplier. It climbs through the round to a ceiling of 10 times and does not reset between spins inside that round.

Problem: a x100000 maximum next to a Medium label looks like a contradiction.

Fix: it is a pairing worth pausing on, not an error. The ceiling describes the rarest edge of the maths, while Medium describes how most sessions are distributed. Plan around the label, not the cap.

Problem: the extra row makes wins feel more frequent, so stakes creep up.

Fix: the RTP moved by just 0.03 points. Extra ways change how the return is spread across spins, not how large it is.

The first game’s step-by-step cascade is in the original Mahjong Ways audit, and if a climbing multiplier is the part you enjoy, Lucky Neko’s cat multiplier explained builds one a different way. Practice play is covered in the PG Soft demo questions, and the PH33 PG Soft studio sheets hold the full set of figures. Funding comes last. Mid-August 2025 (the 16th) is when GCash pulled its licensed gaming top-ups, a step it tied to Bangko Sentral memo M-2025-029; where casino GCash payments stand now explains the change.

Verdict: choose the sequel for its ceiling and taller grid, not for a better return, because the return is effectively the same.

How to Get Started

  1. Count the taller middle reels

    On load, compare the middle three columns with the outer two; each middle column should hold one extra tile.

  2. Compare the two caps side by side

    Write x25000 and x100000 next to each other before choosing a game, so the jump in ceiling is a choice and not a surprise.

  3. Carry your old stake across

    Players moving from the original should open at an unchanged stake. A 0.03-point RTP gap gives no reason to raise it.

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Open questions, answered

Mahjong ways 2 RTP: which figure does PG Soft give?

96.95%. Next to it the sheet shows Medium volatility and a x100000 top. The original sits 0.03 points lower.

When did Mahjong Ways 2 come out?

14 April 2020, on the studio timeline. PG Soft writes it month first: 04.14 2020.

First Mahjong Ways or the sequel: which one to open?

Same volatility label, nearly the same RTP, so the choice is about the ceiling and the layout. The sequel's x100000 top is four times the original's and comes with a busier grid; the first game is easier to read.

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