Hot Money Slot: burning banknotes on a nine-cell grid

The idea

Hot Money is a fruit machine where the fruit has been replaced by money: stacks of banknotes, gold bars, chips and a flame that acts as the wild. The grid is three by three and wins are counted as ways rather than lines, so any three matching symbols on adjacent reels pay regardless of row. With the variable ways of the studio's design, the number of active ways changes with the symbols on screen, and a wild on the middle reel is worth more than one on the edges because it connects more combinations.

Volatility and pace

The studio rates the game as medium volatility and gives it an RTP of 96%. In play that means a steady rhythm of small wins with an occasional full screen of one symbol, which is the only way to approach the 300x maximum. There is no free spins round; the excitement is built into the base game through the wild and the flame animations, and a session here is measured in minutes, not in hours of chasing a feature.

Where it fits

This is the game I would give to someone who has never played a slot and wants to understand what a spin is before touching a cluster grid. It is also a reasonable place to run the 100 registration free spins if the casino assigns them here: the winnings clear the wagering faster in a game that pays often. Players hunting for five-figure multipliers should look at Le Prechaun or Sugar Rush 1000 instead.

Demo and the other exclusives

The demo above runs on the studio's launcher with the real maths. At Vavada the game is in the Hit tab next to the other True Labs titles: True Crown Slot, Red Hot 100 and True Golden Slot.