Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em Slot Review
The neon shopfronts perched above the reels of Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em aren’t decoration – they’re the game’s whole pay structure made visible. Each coloured coin that lands flies to its own little deli, and the real money here is made by getting two or three of those shops trading in the same bonus round.
Fish & Chips have built the machine around that stacking: a 5×3 grid, 25 fixed paylines, low-to-medium volatility, a hit on roughly 27% of spins, and a top line pay of 15x because the coin board is where the game actually pays. Bets run from 0.10 to 125 per spin, and a 1000x Grand Prize waits at the end of the coin round.
Studio stablemates Bus Stop Bonanza and Wolf of London work similar territory, though neither makes the bonus structure this literal. Pull up a stool.
How the Base Game Pays
Wins land on 25 fixed paylines, evaluated from left to right across the five reels. Four card suits make up the low end, with five deli fillings above them. At the default stake of 1.00, the symbol pays look like this:
- Coleslaw: 0.8x, 3x or 15x the bet for three, four or five
- Pastrami: 0.5x, 2x or 10x
- Corned Beef: 0.4x, 1.6x or 8x
- Cheese: 0.3x, 1.2x or 6x
- Bread: 0.3x, 1x or 4x
- Spade, Heart and Diamond: 0.2x, 0.4x or 2x
- Ketchup Bottle Wild: 0.8x, 3x or 15x the total bet
- Mustard Jar Scatter: no line pays, triggers Free Spins on reels 1, 3 and 5
The wild substitutes for all regular symbols but never for the Scatter or either Coin symbol, and it’s a Walking Wild. What that means for the reels is the next section’s business.
Walking Wilds and Respins
Every wild that lands awards a respin, whether or not it’s part of a winning line. At the start of each respin the wild walks across the board and locks into place when the first reel stops. Up to three wilds can hold the board at once.
Each wild pays for one respin only. If a fresh wild lands during that respin, it brings another one with it, so a lucky run of ketchup can chain several free spins of the reels together. Simple, and it gives an otherwise modest base game something to do between bonuses.
Splitz 2.0
The Splitz feature can hit in the base game and in Free Spins, and only high paying symbols can split. When one does, it divides into two: the original symbol plus a second high symbol chosen at random. Low symbols, the wild, the scatter and both Coin symbols never split.
Every winning payline through a split symbol pays x2. If a line runs through more than one split, the multipliers multiply together, so two splits pay x4 and three pay x8. More than one symbol can split on a single spin.
One boundary matters: the Splitz multiplier applies to payline wins only. It never touches Coin values or anything won in the bonus game, so it’s a base game and Free Spins booster, not a jackpot accelerant.
Free Spins
Three Mustard Jar scatters, one each on reels 1, 3 and 5, serve up 10 Free Spins. Land the scatter again mid-round and another 10 spins join the order. There’s no stated cap on retriggers.
Everything from the base game carries over: the Walking Wild still awards respins and still walks, and Splitz can still double paylines through split symbols. It’s the same game with the volume nudged up rather than a separate round with its own rules.
Lock’em & Load’em
Six or more Standard Coins landing together with any Special Coin open the bonus on a fresh board with 15 cells and three respins. Every new coin that lands sticks and resets the respins to three, and the round runs until the respins run dry or the board fills.
Special Coins can also open the bonus without the six-coin threshold. Each coloured one flies along a trail to its matching shop above the reels, and more than one Deli Shop feature can run in the same round, which is where the stacking potential lives.
Collect Feature
The green shop serves the Collect Feature. Every Collect Coin that lands gathers the value of every coin on the board and adds it to its own, and each extra Collect Coin scoops the whole table again. A board with several Collect Coins on it can compound hard.
Double Feature
The blue shop powers the Double Feature. Each Double Coin multiplies the value of all coins on the board by two immediately after the spin it lands on, then the coin itself takes a random value of up to 150x the total bet.
Mystery Feature
The red shop brings the Mystery Feature. Every Mystery Coin reveals a random award of 15x, 30x, 50x, 75x, 100x or 150x the total bet, and each new one lands another surprise on the board.
The Prize Ladder
Four Prizes sit on top of the coin action, and each one is a clean multiple of the total bet:
- Mini Prize Coin: 15x total bet, at random during the bonus
- Minor Prize Coin: 50x total bet, at random during the bonus
- Major Prize Coin: 200x total bet, at random during the bonus
- Grand Prize: 1000x total bet, for filling all 15 cells with coins
Every coin that sticks along the way brings the board one cell closer to that 1000x, so a full board is the round the whole game is built around.
Golden Bet and Bonus Buys
Switching on Golden Bet lights a glow around the board and raises the chance of landing any Special Coin, priced at 3x the stake. Eight Buy Bonus entry options sit alongside it, each skipping you straight to a feature and giving real control over how quickly the Deli Shops open.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.8/10
This is a game you sit down at for one reason: the counter between bonuses is busy and cheap, with walking wilds, respins and split symbols keeping the reels moving on a 27% hit rate, and then the coin board opens and the little shops above the reels finally start earning their neon.
When two or three Deli Shop features stack in a single round, with a Collect coin sweeping a board that a Double coin has just doubled, that’s the best this game gets – and it’s genuinely good.
Between bonuses, the wins stay small by design. The paytable tops out at 15x, Splitz never touches coin values, and low-to-medium volatility keeps the swings gentle.
For players who like a steady, well-fed session with a Hold & Win round that can properly compound, this one’s a comfortable booth. Anyone chasing hard variance will find the portions small. The rest of the diner will eat well.
Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em FAQs
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Who makes Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em?
Fish & Chips. -
Is Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em high volatility?
No. It’s a low-to-medium volatility game, paired with a hit frequency of roughly 27% of spins. -
How do you trigger Free Spins in Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em?
Three Mustard Jar scatter symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 award 10 Free Spins. The scatter can also land during the round, with each retrigger adding another 10 spins. -
How does the Lock’em & Load’em bonus game trigger?
Six or more Standard Coins landing together with any Special Coin open the bonus, which starts with three respins on a 15-cell board where every new coin sticks and resets the respins. Special Coins can also open the bonus on their own. -
What does the Splitz feature do in Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em?
A high paying symbol can split into two high symbols, and every winning payline running through a split pays x2. Multiple splits on one line multiply together, up to x8. The multiplier applies to payline wins only, never to Coin values or bonus prizes. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em?
You can stake anything between 0.10 and 125 on a single spin. -
What is the maximum win on Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em?
The game’s ceiling is an absolute cash cap on a single round rather than a fixed multiplier of the bet, so the effective multiple depends on your stake. The biggest prize inside the bonus itself is the 1000x Grand Prize for filling all 15 cells. -
When is Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em released?
Hold the Mayo Lock ’em & Load ’em’s release date is 16 December 2026.
