Le Bandit Slot (Hacksaw Gaming)

The Le Bandit slot is played on a 6x5 grid and uses Cluster Pays to award wins. 5 or more matching symbols are required adjacent to one another (i.e. in a cluster) for a winning combination. The matching symbols need to be touching either vertically or horizontally. Top payouts per symbol are awarded for 13 or more of the same symbol so it’s possible to land wins on several symbols.  

You can play Le Bandit from just 10p per spin. The maximum bet goes all the way up to £100 a spin with some sites limiting the max bet. If you want to change your bet, use the up and down arrows on laptops or PCs or the plus and minus buttons on a tablet or smartphone. Outside the UK, you have Autoplay (up to 1,000 auto spins with loss and single-win limits), Turbo Mode and Super Turbo Mode (the latter 2 options speed up play).

The Le Bandit RTP rate is 96.34% which is above the slot game average of 96%. Hacksaw Gaming slots come with multiple RTP versions and there are 94.23% and 92.17% RTP settings available. Check within the Paytable to see which you’re playing with. All free slots at OLBG use the highest RTP setting where possible. 

Medium volatility (classed as 3/5 by Hacksaw Gaming), winning clusters will land every 3.08 spins on average as the hit frequency rate is 32.47%. It’s slightly higher at 32.49% for the lower RTP settings.

Finally, the Le Bandit slot comes with 10,000 times bet max wins. With no max win probability details, bigger wins are more likely in the bonus features but can be won in the base game too.

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Released in August 2023, the Le Bandit slot has a crime theme. You join Smokey Le Bandit, a racoon, who won’t think twice to fleece you for all you’re worth. The aim is to get on his good side and he may be convinced to share some of his ill-gotten gains and show you the road to riches.

Set in 1940s Paris, it was a tongue-in-cheek feel using slapstick comedy. Set down a dingy back alley, the visuals have a sepia tone. The upbeat and jolly piano soundtrack adds to the racoon’s charm and cheekiness. If you know your classic films, Hacksaw Gaming has been inspired by the Smokey and the Bandit movie which starred Burt Reynolds.

On the 6x5 grid, symbols include low-value A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. The higher-value symbols include animal traps, cheese, beer, baguettes (oh how Frencyh) and magician’s top hats. The magician’s top hat symbol pays the most awarding 100 times your total bet for 13 or more in a cluster.

Le Bandit comes with a Wanted Poster Wild symbol that substitutes for all paying symbols. Look out for Rainbow symbols that activate Golden Squares which then reveal Bronze, Silver or Gold Coins (more on this below). There’s also Pot of Gold and 4-Leaf Clovers.

Finally, there is a Polaroid Camera Scatter which is key to triggering the free spins features. Below is a list of all symbol payouts and functions:

• A/K/Q/J/10: 5 to 13+ pays 0.1 to 15 x bet
• Animal Trap/Cheese: 5 to 13+ pays 0.3 to 25 x bet
• Beer/Baguette: 5 to 13+ pays 0.5 to 50 x bet
• Magician’s Top Hat: 5 to 13+ pays 1 to 100 x bet
• Wanted Poster Wild: Substitutes for paying symbols above
• Rainbow: Activates Golden Squares + reveals symbols below
• Bronze/Silver/Gold Coins: Award bet multiplier up to 500 x bet
• 4-Leaf Clover: Activates & multiplies coins/Pot of Gold symbols up to 10x
• Pot of Gold: Collect Coin/Pot of Gold values + reactivate Golden Squares
• Polaroid Camera Scatter: Triggers 3 free spins features

Le Bandit Mobile

Hacksaw Gaming create all slot games using HTML5 technology. Compatible with laptop, PC, mobile and tablet devices, there is a special Portrait Mode for iOS and Android smartphone devices. The 6x5 grid works well on smaller screens making it perfect to play on the go.

The Le Bandit slot has 5 bonus features. Central to the action are Golden Squares which appear after a win. When a Rainbow symbol lands, Golden Squares reveal Bronze, Silver or Gold Coins worth up to 500 x bet. 4-Leaf Clovers multiple coin wins up to 10x and Pot of Gold symbols collect all wins as well as reactivate the Golden Squares for more wins. With 3 free spins features, Golden Squares are active throughout the feature with one the features guaranteeing a Rainbow symbol on each free spin.

Super Cascade 

If you land a winning cluster (of 5 or more matching symbols appearing adjacent to one another), the Super Cascade feature will be activated. All winning symbols will disappear from the grid with the remaining symbols dropping down. Then new symbols drop in from above to fill the new empty positions on the grid.

Giving you the chance to win again, the winning positions are highlighted with Golden Squares. To activate them, you need to see a Rainbow symbol land. If this happens, Golden Squares will reveal either Bronze, Silver or Gold Coins which are worth up to 500 times your total bet:

• Gold Coins: 25, 50, 100, 250 or 500 x bet
• Silver Coins: 5, 10, 15 or 20 x bet
• Bronze Coins: 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 3 or 4 x bet

After all coins have been revealed, the activated Golden Squares may also reveal a Pot of Gold or 4-Leaf Clover symbol.

• 4-Leaf Clover: Activate and multiply all Coins and Pot of Gold symbols on adjacent squares with a 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x multiplier.
• Pot of Gold: Activated after all 4-Leaf Clover symbols have been activated, they collect the values of all coins and other Pot of Gold symbols storing their total value.

After the last Pot of Gold symbol on the grid has been activated, all other Golden Squares will activate again to reveal new symbols to repeat the process. This continues until no new Pot of Gold symbols appear. Then the Golden Squares are removed with all coin values and Pot of Gold symbols added together to determine your final win. Then a new spin occurs.

Luck of the Bandit

Landing 3 Polaroid Camera Scatter symbols during a base game spin simultaneously will trigger the Luck of the Bandit feature. With 8 free spins awarded, all Golden Squares remain highlighted between free spins until activated by the Rainbow symbol.

If you land 2 or 3 Polaroid Camera Scatters, an extra 2 or 4 free spins will be added to your tally. Landing 4 Polaroid Camera Scatters will see you play the All that Glitters of Gold feature described below with 4 extra free spins.

All that Glitters Is Gold 

Triggered from the Luck of the Bandit feature or by seeing 4 Polaroid Camera Scatters in a base game spin, the All that Glitters is Gold feature awards 12 free spins initially.

All Golden Squares are highlighted throughout the whole feature, even after being activated by the Rainbow symbol. If you land 2 or 3 scatters, 2 or 4 additional free spins will be awarded.

Treasure at the End of the Rainbow 

Le Bandit also benefits from a Treasure at the End of the Rainbow feature. It’s triggered when you see 5 Polaroid Camera Scatters in the base game. 12 free spins are won.

During the feature, all Golden Squares are highlighted even after being activated by the Rainbow symbol. Unlike the All that Glitters is Gold feature, a Rainbow symbol is guaranteed to land on every free spin. Furthermore, only Silver and Gold Coins appear with Bronze Coins removed.

Bonus Buy 

Finally, the Le Bandit slot offers non-UK players a Bonus Buy feature. There are 4 options which can be enabled by using the yellow Buy Bonus button. Costing from 3 times bet per spin up to 250 times your total bet, the RTP rate also varies. Here are all the details:

For starters, the Le Bandit slot has a unique visual style that blends the 1940s, a sepia colour tone and slapstick humour on the streets of Paris. The graphics and animations are tongue-in-cheek and give this mischievous racoon license to accumulate many wins along the way.

Winning clusters lead to Super Cascades which brings Golden Squares into the mix. Activated by the Rainbow symbol, Golden Squares will award Bronze, Silver or Gold Coins: the latter award prizes up to 500 times your total bet. If a 4-Leaf Clover is revealed after this, a multiplier up to 10x will apply.

The Pot of Gold symbol is the crucial symbol as this collects the values of all coins and other Pot of Gold symbols. Furthermore, the process can repeat itself several times if Pot of Gold symbols keep appearing.

Le Bandits offers you 3 free spins features where your chances of landing bigger wins increase due to Golden Squares being highlighted throughout the features. If you’re lucky enough to trigger the Treasure at the End of the Rainbow free spins, you’re guaranteed Rainbow symbols on every single free spin.

With an above-average 96.34% RTP rate and 10,000 times bet max wins, the Le Bandit slot is cheeky, entertaining and can serve up big wins in the base game and 3 main features. Hacksaw Gaming has since created a 'Le' slot series with Smokey featured in Le Pharaoh (15,000 x bet max wins) and Le Viking (10,000 x bet max wins). 

The game reminds me of various slots from Push Gaming that offer coin wins. Most noticeably you have Razor Returns where the Razor Reveal feature can reveal instant prize coins up to 5,000 x bet as well as multipliers and other symbols. The game offers huge 100,000 x bet max wins.  Another option is Rabbit Royale by Pragmatic Play which comes with a Coin Collection feature and 30,000 x bet payouts.