Hold and win slots in South Africa

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RTP here is the figure the studio publishes. Some studios let the casino choose one of several settings, and in some games the bet you pick or the moment you cash out moves the return; each game guide says which applies.

Where to find these slots

Casinos where we found at least one of these games, the most complete first. Each game guide has the full list, with licences, offers and the date we looked.

How a hold and win round runs

Hold and win is a family of bonus rounds, and studios give them names of their own: the Money Respin in Chilli Heat, Cash Lock in Cash Ultimate. In Chilli Heat, Buffalo Hold and Win Extreme and 3 China Pots only the round's special symbols reach the reels; whatever lands stays put, and a fresh arrival sends the counter back to its start. In Chilli Heat six or more money bags open the Money Respin with three respins. When the counter runs down or a bag covers all 15 positions, the values are added up and paid. The opening bags count, so the round pays at least 6x the bet, by our arithmetic.

Buffalo Hold and Win Extreme also starts with 3 spins that each new coin resets, but its round can spread over four grids of 15 places: the second opens at 9 coins in total, the third at 18 and the fourth at 27, and a grid filled to the last place doubles every coin on it.

What changes from one studio to the next

The rules of 3 China Pots say each BONUS symbol has a chance to trigger the bonus game, and blue, red and violet coins feed three pots that can bring four respins instead of three, a second board, or multipliers of x2 to x10 on random coins.

Cash Ultimate pays on how many symbols lock, not on values printed on them. Three or more Cash Ultimate symbols lock on its 5x4 screen and stay while each spin adds another; the first spin that adds none ends the feature, and a table beside the reels pays on the count.

What to read on the game's own page

Filling the screen means something different in each game: a 1,000x Grande in Chilli Heat, a 1000x Grand Bonus for all 60 places in Buffalo Hold and Win Extreme, a 2,000x Grand for a board of 15 in 3 China Pots, and 5,000 times the stake for all twenty positions in Cash Ultimate. Our pages give the studio's RTP where published, 96.50% for Chilli Heat and 95.71% for Cash Ultimate; your casino's figure is on the game's information screen.