AllStar 7s Hold And Win Slot Review
Midnight-blue stage light, a border of gold bulbs wrapped around the reels, four-pointed sparkles drifting like a dusted night sky: this is a fruit machine dressed for an arena rather than a pub corner. The interesting thing about AllStar 7s Hold And Win is that the dressing is doing very little work – beneath the glow sits one of the most conservative builds Kalamba Games could have chosen, and the game is better for it.
It’s a 5×3 grid with 25 paylines, all always in play, running at 96.8% RTP at its best setting with high volatility. Sister titles Hot Hats Hold and Win, Scary Cherry 7s and Piggy Bank Plunder 1000 Hold and Win cover similar ground; the Cashpot ladder is what gives this one its own spotlight.
Base Game and Paylines
All 25 paylines are active on every spin, so there’s no line-selection arithmetic to do before you start. It’s a familiar layout, and deliberately so.
The wild arrives as a WILD x2 tile on reels two to five, carrying an x2 multiplier. The sevens come in blue, red and green variants, with the Hold and Win flame symbols carrying the feature work and attaching their own cash values to the reels.
The RTP isn’t a single flat figure, though. It shifts with how you stake:
- Bet Level 1: 96.23%
- Bet Level 2: 96.41%
- Bet Level 3: 96.62%
- BuyBonus Level 1: 96.61%
- BuyBonus Level 2: 96.75%
- BuyBonus Level 3: 96.64%
- BuyBonus Level 4: 96.80%
So the headline 96.8% belongs to the top BuyBonus tier, and the standard betting ladder tops out at 96.62%. None of these are poor figures; the spread just rewards knowing which level you’re playing.
Hold and Win Spins
Hold and Win Symbols
Hold and Win symbols can appear in any position during the base game or the Free Spins Bonus, and they work on a threshold system:
- Four or five symbols: the values attached to them are paid out immediately, and a Cashpot can also be triggered.
- Six or more symbols: Hold and Win Spins are triggered, awarding 3 initial spins.
The Respin Round
During Hold and Win Spins, any new Hold and Win symbol that lands locks in place and resets the remaining spin count back to three. That’s the whole tension of the round: every lock buys you another three chances, and the counter only runs down on spins where nothing lands. A board that keeps feeding symbols can hold the round open far beyond its starting length.
Fill every position on the grid and an additional Full-Grid prize is awarded on top of the collected symbol values. It’s a hard ask on a 15-position grid, but it’s the round’s ceiling event, and the individual symbol values run high enough that a mostly-filled board pays respectably even without it.
Cashpots
A four-tier Cashpot ladder sits above the reels, and each time a Cashpot is triggered – either by four or five Hold and Win symbols landing, or during the respin round – one of the four is selected at random and paid. As multiples of your stake:
- Mini: 5x
- Minor: 50x
- Major: 500x
- Maxi: 5,000x
The Maxi is the prize that justifies the high volatility tag. It’s not a progressive, so it’s the same fixed 5,000x whenever it drops.
Free Spins and HyperBet
The Free Spins Bonus sits alongside Hold and Win, Cashpots and Multiplier Wilds in the game’s feature set.
HyperBet Selector
Before you spin, the HyperBet Selector lets you raise the probability of triggering the Free Spins Bonus. Three modes are available:
- Standard Mode: default play, no change to trigger odds.
- 2x Chance: raises the probability of triggering the Free Spins Bonus.
- 5x Chance: raises the probability of triggering the Free Spins Bonus.
The higher-chance modes improve the odds of the bonus round landing. Players who want the bonus round to arrive on its own schedule will get on with the 5x setting.
Buy Bonus
A Buy Bonus button sits in the interface, and the BuyBonus tiers carry their own RTP figures, listed above: 96.61% on Level 1, 96.75% on Level 2, 96.64% on Level 3 and 96.80% on Level 4. That top tier is the single best return the game offers anywhere.
It’s an unusual ladder in that the returns don’t step cleanly upward – Level 3 dips below Level 2 – so the fourth tier is the one doing the persuading. Anyone buying bonuses habitually will want the top option for that reason alone.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
This is a long wait between spotlights. The x2 wilds keep the base game from going fully dark, but the real reason to sit down at this particular marquee is the Cashpot ladder: a fixed 5,000x Maxi that doesn’t move, sitting in plain view above the reels the whole time you play.
The respin round is the strongest thing here, because the reset-to-three counter lets one good run of locks snowball well past three spins. The Free Spins Bonus is the weak entry on the bill – it’s the feature you’ll trigger least and remember least once you have.
It’s a sound pick for anyone who already likes the Hold and Win format and wants a fixed jackpot to aim at rather than another Megaways variant. Anyone chasing new mechanics will find this stage hosts a familiar act. For fans of the format, the lights are on and the show’s a good one.
AllStar 7s Hold And Win FAQs
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How do you trigger Hold and Win Spins on AllStar 7s Hold And Win?
Six or more Hold and Win symbols appearing in any position, during the base game or the Free Spins Bonus, trigger Hold and Win Spins with 3 initial spins. Four or five symbols instead pay out their attached values immediately. -
How does the retrigger work in Hold and Win Spins?
Whenever a new Hold and Win symbol locks in place during the round, the number of remaining spins resets to 3. The counter only decreases on spins where no new symbol lands. -
What are the Cashpots worth in AllStar 7s Hold And Win?
There are four Cashpots: Mini at 5x your bet, Minor at 50x, Major at 500x and Maxi at 5,000x. Each time a Cashpot is triggered, one of the four is randomly selected and awarded. -
What is the RTP of AllStar 7s Hold And Win?
The RTP varies by bet level: 96.23% at Bet Level 1, 96.41% at Bet Level 2 and 96.62% at Bet Level 3. BuyBonus tiers run from 96.61% up to 96.80% on the top level. -
Is AllStar 7s Hold And Win high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility slot. Wins can be infrequent between features, with the Cashpot ladder and Hold and Win Spins carrying most of the potential. -
How many paylines does AllStar 7s Hold And Win have?
It has 25 paylines on a 5×3 grid, and all lines are always played on every spin. -
Can you buy the bonus on AllStar 7s Hold And Win?
Yes, a Buy Bonus button is available, with four buy tiers. The top tier runs at 96.80% RTP, the best return the game offers. -
Who makes AllStar 7s Hold And Win?
Kalamba Games. It’s a 5-reel, 3-row video slot featuring Hold and Win, Cashpots, Multiplier Wilds and a Free Spins Bonus.
