Lock & Loot GigaBlox Slot Review
A masked burglar in a purple eye mask crouches at a zebra crossing, torch beam sweeping the tarmac while neon tower blocks glow overhead, the reel cabinet framed like a gold-trimmed safe door with brass levers jutting from its sides. Most heist slots point the torch at the reels; this one hands it to you. Lock & Loot GigaBlox is built around a decision – which of two bonus rounds you’d rather crack open – and it’s a stronger game for trusting you to make it.
SpinOn build it on a 5×3 grid with 50 paylines, medium-high volatility and a 94.0% RTP, with stakes from €0.10 to €50. It sits alongside Aurora Storm, Captain Cashmap and Dr. Cranko’s Lab in a catalogue that keeps its mechanics busy.
Base Game & Features
The base game runs on 50 fixed paylines, all paying left to right across the five reels. Wins are formed the conventional way: three or more matching symbols from the left. Royals make up the low end, with money bags, gold bars, hammers, handcuffs and character portraits at the premium end. Wilds substitute for regular symbols and help complete line wins.
Gigablox
The headline modifier is Gigablox: oversized symbols that land as blocks of up to 3×3. A Gigablox is a cluster of 1×1 symbols of one kind, so a 3×3 block counts as nine of that symbol for line purposes. When it takes part in a win, it splits into its individual 1×1 pieces. That’s the whole trick, and it’s an effective one: a single oversized premium symbol can cover multiple paylines at once.
Two scatter types drive the bonus machinery. Bank Truck scatters can land anywhere on the reels and drive the Select Feature, while Bomb scatters feed the Lock & Loot Feature directly. Both can appear in the base game, which means any spin carries two separate routes into bonus territory.
Lock & Loot GigaBlox Free Spins & Bonus Features
Select Feature
Landing six, seven, eight or nine Bank Truck scatters anywhere on the reels triggers the Select Feature. Rather than forcing a single bonus on you, the game hands over a choice: the Free Spins game with Nudged Wilds, or the Lock & Loot Feature. More triggering scatters means a better starting position in either mode, which rewards the deep end nicely.
Free Spins with Nudged Wilds
The scatter count sets the spin count, and the ladder is generous at the top:
- 6 Bank Truck scatters – 10 free spins
- 7 Bank Truck scatters – 15 free spins
- 8 Bank Truck scatters – 20 free spins
- 9 Bank Truck scatters – 25 free spins
During the round, a stack of wilds covering one or two positions on a reel will nudge to fill all three positions, expanding that reel for more ways to win. Nudged Wilds can’t appear on the first or fifth reels. The round is played at the bet that triggered it, and wins are added to the triggering round’s total.
Retriggers are built in. The Lock & Loot Feature and the Select Feature can both trigger during free spins, so one good run can cascade into several.
Lock & Loot Feature
This is the feature the game is named after, and it works as a collection round. It triggers in the base game or free spins with six or more Bomb scatters, or you can choose it via the Select Feature, in which case six bombs are randomly added to the grid to start you off.
At the start, every bomb already on the reels locks in place. Every remaining position becomes its own individual spinning reel, and only Bomb scatters can land during the feature. You get five bonus spins to land as many more bombs as possible, and each new bomb sticks for the rest of the round.
Adjacent bombs can randomly form blocks, and block sizes run from 1×1 all the way up to 3×5:
- 3×5, 3×4, 2×5, 3×3
- 2×4, 2×3, 3×2, 2×2
- 3×1, 2×1, 1×1
When the spins run out, each block reveals a fixed multiplier cash prize or one of the Grand, Major, Minor or Mini jackpot prizes. Size matters: the larger the block, the more it wins when the prize is picked, and smaller blocks reveal smaller wins.
Choosing this mode through the Select Feature gives you a bigger spin allowance depending on how many scatters triggered it:
- 6 Bank Truck scatters – 5 bonus spins
- 7 Bank Truck scatters – 6 bonus spins
- 8 Bank Truck scatters – 8 bonus spins
- 9 Bank Truck scatters – 10 bonus spins
If both features trigger at once in the base game, the Lock & Loot Feature plays out first and the Select Feature follows. The feature plays at the triggering bet throughout.
Bonus Buy
Both bonuses are available straight from the menu in the base game, and the pricing is close enough that the choice is a genuine one:
- Free Spins – 20x current total bet
- Lock & Loot Feature – 21x current total bet
The buy round doesn’t award regular payouts, and buys only work in the base game. The Bonus Buy RTP is 94.0%, matching the main game.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
This is a game that spends most of its time setting up a single question: which vault are you opening? The base game is steady rather than thrilling, with Gigablox keeping wins interesting between the dry patches, but the real reason to sit down is that moment the Select Feature arrives and the choice is yours. It plays like a heist that lets you plan the getaway.
The bomb collection is the best thing here. Because bigger blocks pay more when they reveal, every bomb that lands during those five spins changes what the round is worth, and the tension builds without the game having to shout. The weaker half is the free spins round: nudged wilds are solid, but they can’t touch the first or fifth reels, and the mode feels like the safe option in a game built around risk.
It suits players who enjoy collection rounds and like having a say in their own bonus; the nervous bankroll will find the medium-high swings a lot of night work for an uncertain haul. For everyone else, the safe door is worth a tug.
Lock & Loot GigaBlox FAQs
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What is the RTP of Lock & Loot GigaBlox?
The RTP is 94.0%. -
Is Lock & Loot GigaBlox high volatility?
It’s rated medium-high volatility, so expect a mix of steady smaller wins and longer gaps between the bigger feature hits. -
What is the hit frequency of Lock & Loot GigaBlox?
The hit frequency is 26.19%, meaning roughly one in four spins produces a win. -
How do you trigger the Select Feature in Lock & Loot GigaBlox?
Landing six, seven, eight or nine Bank Truck scatter symbols anywhere on the reels triggers the Select Feature, which lets you choose between the Free Spins game with Nudged Wilds and the Lock & Loot Feature. More triggering scatters means a better starting setup in either mode. -
What does the Lock & Loot Feature do?
Triggered by six or more Bomb scatters, it locks every bomb in place and turns the remaining positions into individual spinning reels. You get five bonus spins to land more bombs, which can form blocks of up to 3×5, and each block then reveals a fixed cash prize or a Grand, Major, Minor or Mini jackpot. -
Can the free spins round retrigger in Lock & Loot GigaBlox?
Yes. Both the Lock & Loot Feature and the Select Feature can trigger during the Free Spins game, so a single run can roll into further bonus rounds. -
Can you buy the bonus on Lock & Loot GigaBlox?
Yes. From the base game you can buy the Free Spins for 20x your total bet or the Lock & Loot Feature for 21x, with the Bonus Buy RTP at 94.0%. -
How many paylines does Lock & Loot GigaBlox have?
It has 50 paylines, all paying left to right across the 5×3 grid, with betting limits from ten cents up to €50.
