Hot Ross Slot (Hacksaw Gaming)

The Hot Ross slot has 5 reels, 5 rows and 19 fixed paylines. A winning outcome is created when 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols appear from left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel and across any of the 19 paylines. Only the highest payout per payline is awarded.

The minimum bet is 10p per spin with the maximum being £5 in the UK (or £2 if under 25): use the arrows to change your bet. Outside the UK, players can opt for Autoplay and Turbo/Super Turbo modes.

The Hot Ross RTP rate is 96.32% (higher than the 96% average) with 94.23% and 92.23% RTP alternative versions available. Very high volatility (5/5), the hit frequency rate is 20.74% (so a winning combination every 1 in 4.82 spins).

When it comes to win potential, Hot Ross offers 15,000 x bet max wins: the good news is that this can be achieved in the base game as well as all bonus features.

With a classic cat and mouse theme, the Hot Ross slot follows on from RIP City and Rad Maxx. Using the same black and white tones with splashes of colour, the setting is an alleyway which is rather grim. It will remind you of the classic Tom and Jerry cartoon series but with a more sinister twist. With Ross fully animated to the side of the reels, the soundtrack is upbeat, fun and guitar-led.

On the reels, you’ll come across low-value A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. The higher-value symbols include bananas, fish bones, spray cans, dice and eight balls: the eight ball symbol is the best paying, awarding 20 x your total bet for 5 in combination.  

Hot Ross benefits from several special symbols. First up is the Bomb Wild which substitutes for all paying symbols and awards a 25 x bet payout when 5 land in combination. Then you have Ro$$ and Hot Ro$$ symbols as well as a FS Scatter: more on these below.

Hot Ross Mobile

Hot Ross, like all Hacksaw Gaming slots, was produced with HTML5 technology: this means it is compatible with desktop, mobile and tablet devices. Mobile player? It’s available to play on iOS and Android smartphones, in Portrait Mode.

The Hot Ross slot focuses on Ro$$ and Hot Ro$$ symbols, which expand and add Ro$$ symbols on adjacent reels as well as awarding multipliers up to 200x when passing through wilds. There are 3 free spins features which give you more Ro$$/Hot Ro$$ symbols as well as activated reels and guaranteed Ro$$ and Hot Ro$$ symbol combinations.

Ro$$ and Hot Ro$$ Symbols

Counting as wilds, you’ll come across both Ro$$ and Hot Ro$$ symbols:

• Ro$$ symbols expand downwards to the bottom of the reel
• Hot Ro$$ symbols expanding to take over the whole reel

Expanded Hot Ro$$ reels trigger Ro$$ symbols on adjacent reels to the left and right to move to the top of the reel and expand to take over the entire reel.

Additionally, a Ro$$ or Hot Ro$$ symbol expanding through a wild will see a multiplier between 2x and 200x applied to the entire expanded symbol and all wins it is part of. If a win includes more than 1 expanded Ro$$/Hot Ro$$ symbol with a multiplier, the multiplier values are added together and then applied.

Free Spins features

Hot Ross comes with 3 free spins features: beginning with 10 free spins, all give you the chance to win extra free spins (2 or 3 FS Scatters will result in 2 or 4 additional free spins). Anyway, below are the details of each mode:

• Cat Calls free spins: has an increased chance of Ro$$/Hot Ro$$ symbols.
• Nine Lives free spins: when a Ro$$ or Hot Ro$$ symbol lands on a reel, that reel is activated. When a reel is activated, it guarantees that 1 Ro$$ or Hot Ro$$ symbol will land on every free spin.
• Bigg Boss Ross free spins: in addition to the extras in the Nine Lives mode, at least 2 Hot Ro$$ plus 1 wild symbol will be guaranteed on each free spin.

Bonus Buy

Hot Ross comes with 6 Bonus Buy options:

Hot Ross Slot

Rating: 4.3/5

Hot Ross is a worthy sequel which focuses on expanding Ro$/Hot Ro$ symbols, multipliers up to 200x, 3 escalating free spins and 15,000 x bet max wins.

Chris Taylor

The Hot Ross slot is a great sequel to RIP City. Graphically superb as always from Hacksaw, I found the soundtrack rather appealing. In terms of the bonus features, the focus is entirely on Ro$$ and Hot Ro$$ symbols.

Both acting as wilds, Ro$$ symbols expand downwards whilst Hot Ro$$ symbols expand to take over the entire reel. With expanded Hot Ro$$ symbols adding Ro$$ symbols on adjacen reels, the key is expanding through a wild as this adds a multiplier up to 200x to proceedings.

With the 3 free spins features, the action cranks up further as you have a higher chance of landing Ro$$/Hot Ro$$ symbols, activate reels which guarantee Ro$$/Hot Ro$$ symbols on each free spin and 2+ Hot Ro$$ plus 1 wild on every free spin.

Whilst the gameplay is simple, its effective and lets see you how you can build up the wild reels and multipliers for wins of up to 15,000 x your total bet. This is also higher than the 12,500 x bet max win potential in both RIP City and Rad Maxx.

If you’re a non-UK player, you’ll be happy to learn that you can buy your way into the Epic Bonus (the Bigg Boss Ross free spins), for a cost of 2,000 x your total bet. It is the first time Hacksaw Gaming has allowed direct access into the Epic Bonus.

All in all, Hot Ross may not be the most innovative release, it’s charm, max win potential and superb visuals/soundtrack make it a slot game many of us will be coming back time and time again for.

If you want Hacksaw slots with quirky characters, I highly recommend the ‘Le’ slots series. Featuring Smokey the Raccoon, he travels to 1940s Paris, ancient Egypt, the Wild West and Las Vegas as well as acting as a viking, Santa, fisherman and Greek god.

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The Hot Ross slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who has written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades.

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Chris Taylor is an industry veteran originally from Gibraltar. Having worked in the online gambling industry since 2004, Chris loves slots and has reviewed over 10,000 online slot games. Running a slots-focused website for 13 years, Chris is the go-to guy for everything slots-related.