Hit the Bank Hold and Win Slot Review

Hit the Bank: Hold and Win Slot Overview

Hit the Bank: Hold and Win is a Playson video slot with 5 reels, 4 rows and 40 fixed paylines, set around a high stakes bank heist. I load it up when I fancy that gangster atmosphere and a shot at serious money, as the game can pay up to 20,000x the bet. The core action revolves around a Hold and Win style Bonus Game built around coins sliding down towards money bags.

Hit the Bank: Hold and Win Slot Information and Theme

Hit the Bank: Hold and Win drops me into a stylised version of 1930s Chicago, with neon signs, classic cars and gloomy streets framing the reels. The layout sticks to a simple and classy format, mainly showing the grid, spin button and bet controls, so I am not hunting around for settings. The reels sit in front of bank style buildings, which fits the whole robbery plot and keeps the focus on lining up wins.

In play, stacks of cash, gold coins and a heavy bank vault door appear in the animations, which makes the Hold and Win rounds feel like cracking a real safe. The soundtrack leans towards jazzy, dramatic brass in the style of an old spy film, and it ramps up nicely when the Bonus Game triggers. I have played it on desktop and phone and the presentation holds up well.

Hit the Bank: Hold and Win Symbols and Paytable

Symbols in Hit the Bank: Hold and Win are split between low pays, high pays and specials. The low paying icons are J, Q, K and A card ranks, paying up to 5x the bet for five of a kind. High paying symbols are four members of the robbery gang, with the boss at the top worth 20x for five. Safe Wilds substitute for regular pays and share the boss payout, while Bank symbols trigger the Bonus Game.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x20
	4	x4
	3	x0.8
	5	x20
	4	x4
	3	x0.8
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x0.6
	5	x9
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x8
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.2
	5	x4
	4	x1
	3	x0.2
	5	x3.5
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	5	x3
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	Bonus

Hit the Bank: Hold and Win Slot Features

The Wild Symbol in Hit the Bank: Hold and Win is the Safe, appearing as different gang characters, some carrying a crowbar, pistol or rifle, or calmly smoking. I like seeing a line of these because they both substitute for every paying symbol except the Bonus and carry strong values themselves. Landing three, four or five Wilds in a combination pays from 0.8x up to a solid 20x the bet.

Hit the Bank: Hold and Win really comes alive in the Bonus Game. Hitting 3, 4 or 5 Bank symbols awards 3, 5 or 10 coins to start, each showing a value from 1x to 10x the bet. On every spin, each coin drops one cell down the reel and eventually falls into the money bags, paying its accumulated value. The feature carries on as long as at least one coin is still visible.

Above the reels in Hit the Bank: Hold and Win, the top row can show Bonus Game Boosters during the feature. These extra values either add a number between 1 and 100 to every coin on that reel or apply multipliers such as x2, x10, x20 or even x50, which can escalate wins very quickly. There is also a Buy Bonus option priced at 100x the bet, though it is not available to me as a UK player.

Hit the Bank: Hold and Win Win Potential and RTP

On the numbers side, Hit the Bank: Hold and Win runs with high volatility, a 95.21% RTP and a hit frequency of 26.32%. Bets start at 0.10 and rise to 100 per spin, so both cautious punters and high rollers can get involved. The headline figure is a maximum win of 20,000x the stake, which is reached through a very strong Bonus Game with stacked coin values and multipliers.

In practice, the slightly low RTP does show itself in longer dry spells in the base game, at least from my sessions with Hit the Bank: Hold and Win. When the Bank symbols finally line up, though, the coins and Boosters can create serious runs, with frequent smaller wins and the odd massive payout. It is the sort of slot I approach with a set bankroll and patience, aiming for those rare heist sized hits.

Hit the Bank: Hold and Win Slot Verdict

For me, Hit the Bank: Hold and Win is a well put together crime themed slot that hits the spot when I want tense, swingy sessions. The colourful graphics, jazzy soundtrack and creative Hold and Win mechanic make it stand out, even though the RTP sits below average. If you are happy with high volatility and chasing big coin chains inside a bank vault, this Playson title is worth a few spins.

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