Pirate Chest: Hold and Win Slot Review

Pirate Chest Hold and Win Review

Pirate Chest: Hold and Win is a pirate themed Hold and Win slot from Playson, played on 5 reels, 4 rows and 25 fixed paylines. The action takes place on a creaking wooden grid set in front of a battered ship and a quiet shoreline, with animated symbols and a soundtrack that would not feel out of place in a pirate film. I warmed to it straight away as it has that familiar Playson feel.

For me this game sits in the classic Playson bracket where they keep things simple but throw in a couple of strong features. You get the Hold and Win bonus with four fixed jackpots, a free spins round with more coin symbols, a special collect symbol that can scoop up coin values, plus a random Treasure Chest feature that can rain coins onto the reels and kick off the bonus.

Gameplay and Payouts in Pirate Chest Hold and Win

Pirate Chest: Hold and Win runs on a medium to high volatility math model with a quoted RTP of 95.66 percent and a hit rate around fifteen and a half percent, so you should expect patches of dead spins between features. Stakes run from about 0.10 or 0.20 per spin up to 100, and the max win sits at 3,589 times stake, with the Grand fixed at 3,000 times.

Pirate Chest Hold and Win Symbols & Payouts

Pirate Chest: Hold and Win keeps the paytable straightforward. Low paying symbols are the usual J, Q, K and A card ranks, while the high paying ones are an anchor, a compass, a brightly coloured parrot and a cheeky monkey. The pirate captain acts as the wild symbol, stepping in for regular icons, and the tattered ship with a skull flag works as the scatter that triggers free spins.

In terms of numbers, five monkeys or five wild captains on a line pay 20 times your stake, with other premium symbols stepping down through 12 times, 10 times and 6 times for five of a kind. The shining gold coin symbols show instant values from 1x to 15x stake and can also carry Mini, Minor or Major jackpot labels, while filling all twenty coin positions awards the 3,000x Grand.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter
	3	x2
	Wild
	5	x20
	4	x10
	3	x1
	5	x20
	4	x10
	3	x1
	5	x12
	4	x4
	3	x0.8
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x0.6
	5	x6
	4	x2
	3	x0.4
	5	x2
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	5	x2
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	5	x2
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.2
	Collect, Special
	Special

Bonus Features in Pirate Chest Hold and Win

To trigger the Hold and Win Bonus Game in Pirate Chest: Hold and Win you need six or more gold coins, or five coins plus the special collect symbol. When it hits, all regular symbols disappear and only coins remain on the board. You get three respins, which reset each time a new coin lands, and when the spins run out all coin values and any visible jackpots are added up.

In the main game and free spins that collect symbol usually appears only on the centre reel and scoops the values of every coin on screen, sometimes multiplying them as high as 157 times. There is also a Treasure Chest feature that quietly gathers coin values in the background then randomly bursts open, throwing extra coins onto the reels and often pushing you over the line for the Hold and Win trigger.

Free spins in Pirate Chest: Hold and Win arrive when three ship scatters land on reels one, three and five, giving eight spins with more coins and collect symbols than the base game and the chance to retrigger. I have had most of my better sessions when the free spins lead straight into Hold and Win, especially if Mystery coins land and flip into the Mini, Minor, Major or Grand prizes.

Pirate Chest Hold and Win Graphics & Sound

Visually Pirate Chest: Hold and Win is one of the better Playson Hold and Win slots I have tried. The wooden reel frame, rocking ship and distant shoreline give a nice sense of place, and the symbols are crisp and colourful without feeling cluttered. The soundtrack leans heavily on swashbuckling strings and sea shanty style tunes, which I tend to leave on as they suit the spinning rhythm.

Hoist the Flag and Set Out to Sea with Pirate Chest Hold and Win

As a regular slot player I see Pirate Chest: Hold and Win as a very solid Hold and Win effort from Playson. The combination of instant coin collects, free spins, Treasure Chest drops and the four jackpots keeps the gameplay ticking along nicely, even though the stated RTP is a bit lower than I would like. The medium high volatility suits me, but casual players might prefer to keep stakes modest.

I reach for Pirate Chest: Hold and Win when I want something easy to follow with a genuine shot at jackpot style hits. The rules are clear, the features tie together well and it runs smoothly on mobile, so I am happy recommending it to newer players who like pirate themed games, while more experienced grinders can still chase that 3,000x Grand or the full 3,589x maximum exposure.

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