Le Bandit Slot Review

Bonjour! Meet Hacksaw Gaming’s Smokey Le Bandit, a charming yet sticky-fingered raccoon who won’t hesitate to rinse you of all your worth by using every trick in the book at least once!

The good news is that Smokey has a good side, and if you’re lucky enough to get on it, he may be willing to share some of his ill-gotten gains with you, along with some of his tricks.

Hacksaw Gaming already have quite a collection of loveable characters in their portfolio, but will Le Bandit be a one-off or will we be seeing more of him very soon?

Brush off your Français and let’s get stuck in!

Le Bandit Base Game and Features

Le Bandit is a 6×5 Video Slot with a Cluster Pays mechanic. Winning combinations are formed when 5 or more of the same symbols land adjacent to each other, either Horizontally or Vertically.

The minimum bet available here is £.€0.10 per spin and the maximum bet available is £.€100 per spin, with plenty of other options in between the two. Le Bandit has a theoretical RTP of 96.34% and a max win cap of 10,000x.

In terms of symbols, the highest-paying regular symbol here is the Hat, followed by the Bread, Beer, Cheese, and Trap. Low-paying symbols are standard Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten. There are no Wilds present.

Each time a winning combination forms, all winning symbols will be removed from the reels, including all other copies of winning symbols, triggering a Super Cascade where new symbols will drop down from above.

Win to Win

Once a winning combination occurs, special highlighted Golden Squares will be left behind the winning symbols.

If a Rainbow symbol is present, it will activate any Golden Squares once all winning combinations have been awarded. Activated Golden Squares will reveal either Bronze, Silver, or Gold Coins, or a Pot of Gold or Four-leaf Clover symbol.

• Bronze Coins – Reveal a random Cash Value of 0.2x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x, or 4x your bet.
• Silver Coins – Reveal a random Cash Value of 5x, 10x, 15x, or 20x your bet.
• Gold Coins – Reveal a random Cash Value of 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x, or 500x your bet.

Once all Coin and special symbols have been revealed, Four-leaf Clover symbols will activate and multiply all Coin and Pot of Gold symbols with a random value of x2, x3, x4, x5, or x10.

Pot of Gold symbols will only activate after all present Four-leaf Clovers have been activated. Pot of Gold symbols will collect the values of all Coins and other Pot of Gold symbols, storing their total win value. Please note, Pot of Gold symbols activates top to bottom, left to right.

Once the last Pot of Gold symbol has activated, all other Golden Squares will reactivate to reveal new symbols and the process will repeat until no Pot of Gold symbols appear. Once this is complete, all Golden Squares will be removed.

Luck of the Bandit Free Spins

Landing 3 FS Scatters across the reels during the base game triggers the Luck of the Bandit Free Spins round, awarding 8 Free Spins.

During this round, all Golden Squares remain highlighted in between spins until they are activated by a Rainbow symbol. Landing 2 or 3 FS Scatters during this time will award an additional +2 and +4 Free Spins respectively.

Alternatively, landing 4 FS Scatters will upgrade your Free Spins round to All that Glitters is Gold Free Spins, awarding an additional +4 Free Spins.

All that Glitters is Gold Free Spins

Landing 4 FS Scatters across the reels during the base game or the Luck of the Bandit round triggers the All that Glitters is Gold Free Spins, awarding 12 Free Spins.

During this round, all Golden Squares remain highlighted throughout, even after they’re activated by a Rainbow symbol. Landing 2 or 3 FS Scatters during this time will award an additional +2 and +4 Free Spins respectively.

Treasure at the End of the Rainbow Free Spins

Landing 5 FS Scatters in the base game triggers the Treasure at the End of the Rainbow Free Spins round, awarding 12 Free Spins.

During this round, all Golden Squares remain highlighted throughout, even after they’re activated by a Rainbow symbol. 1 Rainbow symbol is guaranteed to land with each new Free Spin, and Bronze Coins have been removed.

Le Bandit Bonus Buy

Those outside the UK will benefit from a Bonus Buy option. Hacksaw Gaming has granted players access to 4 Bonus Buy options as follows.

• Bonushunt FeatureSpins (RTP 96.28%) – Each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger a Free Spins round for a total cost of 3x your bet.
• Rainbow FeatureSpins (RTP 96.36%) – Each spin guarantees that 1 Rainbow symbol lands in view for a total cost of 50x your bet.
• Luck of the Bandit (RTP 96.3%) – Awards 8 Free Spins for a total cost of  100x your bet.
• All that Glitters is Gold (RTP 96.4%) – Awards 12 Free Spins for a total cost of  250x your bet.

Le Bandit: Our Verdict

Hacksaw never fail to impress of late. It’s a pleasure to review and play their slots in equal measure, and Le Bandit is the latest to thrill us with captivating gameplay. We admit we were expecting Hacksaw’s classic multipliers to make an appearance, but what we got instead was some coinage.

Players can’t go far wrong with Le Bandit if they’re looking for something quirky. It catches your attention with the mischievous character, and the gameplay features do well to keep you engaged. Le Bandit has potential momentum that keeps things highly exciting with its impressive capabilities, and it goes to show how Hacksaw Gaming can handle many types of gameplay mechanics in a proficient way.

At its best, Le Bandit can hit up to 10,000x, which is rather standard for Hacksaw slots, yet appealing nonetheless.

Overall, Le Bandit isn’t the most audacious slot to ever grace the Hacksaw Gaming catalogue, but it’s a cheeky, entertaining and capable instalment once more, and one that is definitely worth checking out.