Background
The Hot Roller slot game is a lot like Vegas itself: bold, brash and exciting, but subtle it is not. Don’t expect any complicated mini-games or clever little story arcs in this game, it’s all about booze, gaming and the casino lifestyle. The lower symbols are shimmering 9 – A icons, while the more valuable symbols are represented by a cocktail, a pair of flaming dice, a roulette wheel, a croupier, a stack of chips and a buxom blonde gambler. The game’s backdrop is also appropriately Vegas, depicting the skyline as the sun goes down and the neon lights come up when anything can happen! The graphics and animations are fine, though not up to the standard of the most modern slot games, if you’re only there to spin the reels and make some money it’s unlikely to matter to you.
Appropriately enough, the big prizes are largely to be won in the main game rather than the bonus rounds. This ain’t no video game, it’s a casino, so winning is as simple as getting a lucky spin on the reels. The symbols are therefore worth quite a bit on their own, with the croupier paying out 1,000 for a combo of five on the reels, and with a betting range between £/€/$0.1 and £/€/$0.50, you’re quickly talking about a whole heap of cash. That’s borne out by the middling RTP of 95.1%, meaning you’ll need to strike it big to reap the rewards. Alongside the rest of the symbols, a pair of flaming dice act as the scatter and the blonde gambler acts as the wild, and she can finish off combos for you that are automatically doubled in value by her presence.
Bonuses
Scatters are bigger in this game than most others, and just landing them on the reels will give you a win decided by the number of scatters times your stake. However, land three scatters and you kick off the bonus round. In true Vegas style, this starts with you rolling three dice, two red and one white, with the number the red ones show becoming the number of free spins you receive and the number the white ones show becoming the multiplier you receive.
You can play with up to 36 free spins on a 6x multiplier this way, and you can even reactivate this round and play with the same numbers again if you land another three scatters in your spins. Finally, if you wish, you can gamble the lot. Pick a card, and if you guess the colour right it doubles your winnings while guessing the correct suit as well nets you four times as much.
