Cash Ultimate in South Africa: How Cash Lock Climbs to 5,000x
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Cash Ultimate is a Red Tiger slot from April 2021: fruit-machine symbols on five reels and four rows, paying on 30 lines. Its main feature is Cash Lock. Three or more Cash Ultimate symbols lock in place and stay there for the spins that follow, for as long as new ones keep landing, and the prize comes from a table beside the reels, up to 5,000 times the stake. Red Tiger rates its volatility high.
RTP (return to player): the share of bets the game pays back over time, as Red Tiger publishes it.
RTP as the studio publishes it.
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In short
Cash Ultimate is a slot by Red Tiger, released in 2021. Studio figures: RTP 95.71%; max win 5000x. Found at 22 casinos we cover, from R0.20 a spin at Betway SA. No. 41 in our South African top 100. Try it on this page before you deposit.
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What Cash Ultimate looks like
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Images: Red Tiger, official game page and game files (redtiger.com).
How Cash Ultimate works
Cash Ultimate has five reels of four rows, twenty positions in all, and pays on 30 lines. The symbols have the look of an old fruit machine: Red Tiger's own screenshots show cherries, a lemon, single, double and triple bars, a star, a bell and a diamond.
Everything else turns on one symbol, Cash Ultimate. Three or more start Cash Lock, which pays a multiple of the stake from the prize table when it ends. There is no free spins round and no feature buy.
Cash Lock, step by step
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Three symbols start it
Three or more Cash Ultimate symbols start Cash Lock and lock into place. -
The lock holds while the count grows
The locked symbols stay for the spins that follow. Every spin that adds new Cash Ultimate symbols raises the count, and the prize table pays on that count. -
The first spin without a new one ends it
When a spin adds no new Cash Ultimate symbol, the prize is paid from the table beside the reels and the feature resets. -
A full screen ends it at the top
Cash Lock also ends when all twenty positions show Cash Ultimate. That pays 5,000 times the stake, the game's maximum payout.
Cash Bloxx: the 2x2 Cash Ultimate block
Cash Ultimate symbols can also land as a 2x2 block, which Red Tiger calls Cash Bloxx. Whole or only partly visible, the block breaks down into single Cash Ultimate symbols. A whole block covers four positions, one more than Cash Lock needs to start.
The Cash Lock prize table, in rand
Red Tiger shows the table at a £2 stake, from £4 for three symbols to £10,000 for twenty. Here each prize is a multiple of the stake and in rand at R2. The table rises in twos at the bottom, 3, 5, 7 and 9, then one symbol at a time.
| Cash Ultimate symbols | Prize (x stake) | At a R2 stake |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2x | R4 |
| 5 | 3x | R6 |
| 7 | 5x | R10 |
| 9 | 7x | R14 |
| 10 | 10x | R20 |
| 11 | 15x | R30 |
| 12 | 25x | R50 |
| 13 | 50x | R100 |
| 14 | 75x | R150 |
| 15 | 100x | R200 |
| 16 | 250x | R500 |
| 17 | 500x | R1,000 |
| 18 | 1,000x | R2,000 |
| 19 | 2,500x | R5,000 |
| 20 | 5,000x | R10,000 |
Reading the table before you set a stake
The bottom of the table moves in small steps: three symbols pay 2x the stake, ten pay 10x, and no rung up to eleven adds more than five stakes to the one below it. At a R2 stake, a Cash Lock that stops at seven symbols pays R10.
The size is at the top. Sixteen symbols pay 250x, then 500x, 1,000x, 2,500x and 5,000x for the full screen, and each of those rungs needs Cash Ultimate on sixteen or more of the twenty positions.
Red Tiger gives a hit frequency of 21.93%, about one winning spin in 4.6, and rates the volatility high. A bigger stake makes every rung pay more in rand, and Red Tiger gives the return as 95.71%.
Cash Volt and Cash Ultimate side by side
Red Tiger's <a href="/games/cash-volt/">Cash Volt</a> is easy to confuse with Cash Ultimate: both use fruit-machine symbols and pay for a count of their own Cash symbols. They are separate games with their own rules.
| Red Tiger's figure | Cash Volt | Cash Ultimate |
|---|---|---|
| Released | July 2020 | April 2021 |
| Reels and rows | 5x3 | 5x4 |
| Play lines (max) | 20 | 30 |
| Cash symbols for a prize | 6 or more: an Instant Win prize | 3 or more: Cash Lock, locked for the spins that follow |
| Maximum payout | 2,500x | 5,000x |
| Hit frequency | 19.15% | 21.93% |
| Volatility | High | High |
| RTP | 95.71% | 95.71% |
Cash Ultimate RTP and volatility
Red Tiger gives Cash Ultimate's return to player as 95.71%.
Volatility is high: long quiet stretches between the wins that matter.
Top payout: 5000x.
Paying for Cash Ultimate in rand
We found Cash Ultimate at 22 casinos. All take cards, 20 take Ozow, 14 take Capitec Pay and 20 take cash vouchers.
The lowest minimum deposit among them is R1, at Luckyfish, World Sports Betting and Hollywoodbets.
Winnings are paid to a bank account in your own name, after the FICA check.
Get FICA done first (the ID and address check every licensed site runs) · How to deposit in rand · Every payment method
Is Cash Ultimate legal in South Africa?
Cash Ultimate is a slot. In South Africa you find it at licensed bookmakers, next to their sports markets.
All 22 operators we list for Cash Ultimate hold a South African provincial licence.
Before you play with real money
Set a budget and a deposit limit before your first round. If it stops being fun, the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation helpline is free on 0800 006 008.
Pros, cons and verdict
- Three Cash Ultimate symbols start Cash Lock, and every Cash Lock pays from the prize table
- Locked symbols stay while new ones land, so one Cash Lock can climb many rungs
- The prize table sits beside the reels, in money at the stake in play
- A whole 2x2 Cash Bloxx block covers four positions in one landing
- No free spins round and no feature buy
- The lower rungs are small: 2x for three symbols and 10x for ten
- Every rung from 250x up needs sixteen or more of the twenty positions
Cash Ultimate is built around one feature that can play out over several spins: three or more Cash Ultimate symbols lock, every new one lifts the count, and the first spin that adds none, or a full screen, pays from the table. It pays 2x to 10x at the bottom and 250x to 5,000x on its last five rungs. Pick a stake at which the small rungs still feel worth landing, and read 5,000x as the top of the table, not a target.
Cash Ultimate FAQ
How does Cash Lock work in Cash Ultimate?
Three or more Cash Ultimate symbols lock in place for the spins that follow, and each spin that adds a new one raises the count. The first spin that adds none, or a full screen, ends it and pays from the prize table.
What does a 2x2 Cash Ultimate block count as?
Under the Cash Bloxx rule it breaks down into single Cash Ultimate symbols, whether it lands whole or only partly visible. A whole block covers four of the twenty positions.
What is the maximum win in Cash Ultimate?
5,000 times the stake, for all twenty positions showing Cash Ultimate: R10,000 at a R2 stake.
Does Cash Ultimate have free spins or a bonus buy?
No. Its two features are Cash Lock and Cash Bloxx, and there is no feature buy. Cash Lock can run over several spins, for as long as new Cash Ultimate symbols keep joining the locked ones.
Is Cash Ultimate the same game as Cash Volt?
No. Cash Volt, from 2020, gives an Instant Win prize for six or more of its symbols on a 5x3 screen, up to 2,500x. Cash Ultimate, from 2021, locks three or more on a 5x4 screen and builds towards 5,000x.
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Where to play Cash Ultimate in South Africa
Licensed South African operators where we have found Cash Ultimate, with each one's licence and our score. Ordered by that score. How we score Offers checked September 2026.
Hollywoodbets
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Betway SA
4.9
Luckyfish
4.9
SuperSportBet
4.9
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