Hot & Cash Slot Review

Hot & Cash - Game Overview

Hot & Cash is a five reel, three row, twenty line fruit machine that feels like a 6 a day treat. I spin through cherries, lemons, oranges, melons, grapes and plums, lining up three to five symbols to feed my balance rather than my waistline. The layout is clean, the pace is brisk, and it plays like a classic slot with a few tasty twists on top.

Hot & Cash comes from Amusnet Interactive, the team many players still call EGT, and landed in casinos in May 2015. The RTP sits at 96.08 per cent with average volatility, so I get a steady mix of smaller and larger hits. Bets range from 0.01 to 1000 per spin, while the top win of x1000 keeps me chasing those hotter combinations.

Symbols and Paytable in Hot & Cash

I spend most spins staring at fruit, and in Hot & Cash those simple icons do steady work. Cherries and oranges can pay up to 50 coins for five of a kind, while lemons and plums climb to 100 coins. Grapes and melons are the best of the bunch, with wins up to 200 coins, so full screens of those really fatten the balance.

Non fruit symbols change the mood. Lucky 7s live up to the name, bringing wins of up to 1,000 coins when I land a full line. Scatter Stars shine brighter, as five of them anywhere across the five reels and twenty pay lines award 4,000 coins. That payout does not need a line, so random star drops can swing a session in a heartbeat.

I often check the paytable before I spin, and Hot & Cash keeps it simple. Regular symbol wins start from x0.25 for three of the low fruit and climb through x0.5, x1, x2.5, x5 and up to x50 for the better lines. The Scatter pays x5, x20 and x200 for three, four and five, while the Wild icon sits ready to improve almost any winning run.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x50
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	5	x2.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	Scatter
	5	x200
	4	x20
	3	x5
	Wild

Betting, RTP and Wins in Hot & Cash

In Hot & Cash I can tailor stakes to my mood, as the game accepts bets from 0.01 up to 1000 credits across the twenty lines. The stated RTP of 96.08 per cent, combined with average volatility and a maximum win of x1000, gives a balanced profile. I see long spells of small hits, broken up by the occasional burst of hotter returns.

Expanding Wilds and Action in Hot & Cash

In the base game of Hot & Cash, the Wild Dollar Sign is where things start to sizzle. It only lands on reels two, three and four, but each Wild that appears expands one position to the left and one to the right. That widening effect can turn near misses into full lines, especially when it drops between matching fruits that were one symbol short.

Wild Dollar Signs can also appear stacked, which is when Hot & Cash really lives up to its name. Filling parts of two or even three reels with Wilds sends payouts leaping across multiple lines at once. Every time I land a solid hit, the game celebrates with burning symbols, so the reels feel as if they are on fire while those flambéed fruits pay out.

Gamble Feature in Hot & Cash

One feature I always test in Hot & Cash is the Double Your Prize Gamble. After any regular win I can choose to stake the lot on the turn of a card, guessing red or black in a simple fifty fifty choice. If I pick correctly, the current win doubles, but the gamble is only offered while the staked amount stays below 700 coins.

When a gamble win keeps the total under that 700 coin ceiling, Hot & Cash lets me go again, so I can chain several correct guesses for dramatic climbs. Of course, one wrong pick wipes the lot, so I only push it when I feel the base game has been generous. Used sparingly, this feature adds sharp little spikes of tension between the fruit spins.

Progressive Jackpots in Hot & Cash

In Hot & Cash the hot jackpot feature sits above the reels, with four progressive pots marked by card suits, club at the bottom and spade at the top. A jackpot can drop randomly after any spin, which throws me into a twelve card challenge. I tap cards until I reveal three of the same suit, then the linked jackpot lands in my balance, turning a normal spin into a huge moment.

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