Le Bandit Slot Features

On a colorless backdrop of a dirty back alley, a 6x5 grid awards wins when at least 5 matching symbols form a cluster. Qualifying sets must comprise icons adjacent horizontally and/or vertically. Every successful combination, plus any symbols matching it elsewhere on the grid, will disappear from the board, dropping the remaining ones down the grid and adding new instances to complete the view. Regular payouts range from 0.1 to 15 times the bet when forming wins on royals from 10 to Ace and between 1 and 25 times when scoring on premium icons represented by a top hat, a bag of baguettes, a mug of beer, a wheel of cheese, and a bear trap. A standard Wild appears on all reels, substituting for any regular symbols during win evaluation.

Win To Win Feature

Every winning cluster leaves behind Golden Squares in every covered position. Those areas can turn into Instant Win Coins if a Rainbow symbol is present anywhere on the grid. Depending on the Coin's color, the following prizes can be awarded:

• Bronze Coins: between 0.2x and 4x.
• Silver Coins: between 5x and 20x.
• Gold Coins: between 25x and 500x.

Additionally, Golden Squares may reveal a Four-Leaf Clover that multiplies all Coins by x2, x3, x4, x5, or x10, or a Pot of Gold that collects all Coin values into itself. After that, all affected Golden Squares will reveal new prizes.

Luck of the Bandit Bonus

Landing 3 FS Scatter symbols represented by a camera activates the bonus with 8 free spins. During the round, all Golden Squares remain persistent between spins until triggered by the Rainbow Symbol. Scoring 2 or 3 additional FS Scatters awards 2 or 4 extra spins, respectively, while scoring 4 upgrades the round to All That Glitters is Gold bonus and adds 4 more spins.

All That Glitters is Gold Bonus

The round can also be triggered by landing 4 FS Scatters in the base game. In such a case, it begins with 12 free spins where Golden Squares remain persistent between spins even after they're triggered by the Rainbow Symbol. Achieving extra spins happens identically to the previous bonus.

Treasure at the End of the Rainbow Bonus

The game is activated by 5 FS Scatters in the base game. It plays through in the same way as the previous bonus, with two differences: a Rainbow Symbol is guaranteed on every spin, and Bronze Coins do not appear during the Win To Win feature.

Bonus Buy

Customary to slots by Hacksaw Gaming, the game offers several possibilities to trigger features and bonuses instantly for a fixed buy-in:

• Bonushunt offers 5 times higher chance to trigger a bonus for 3 x bet.
• Rainbow guarantees at least one Rainbow symbol landing for 40 x bet.
• Luck of the Bandit Spins for 100 x bet.
• All That Glitters is Gold Spins for 250 x bet

Final Thoughts

Hacksaw Gaming is becoming, or perhaps has already become, one of the few outfits that can tackle almost any theme, delivering a superb experience. Be it an eerie horror, an intense ancient scene, or a retro cartoon. In Le Bandit, we're dealing with the latter, presented in rather bleak colors, if not counting the premium and special symbols. It's a deliberate choice, of course, to turn the attention to the most important aspects of the game, as it happened in a visually similar release from the beginning of 2023 - RIP City. The raccoon criminal, however, basks in more brownish hues, most likely to emphasize the era and the location in which he was placed. All elements set a likable, quirky tone to the gameplay, at times reaching to some French stereotypes like a bag of baguettes or a wheel of cheese among the premium symbols.

Technically, Le Bandit utilizes a clever mechanism that seamlessly connects wins on regular symbols with the game's leading feature. While many slots with instant win functionality use separate icons to deliver them, Hacksaw creators decided to draw them from highlighted positions left behind winning combinations. It undoubtedly adds great value to every winning spin aside from the standard payout. All three bonus rounds do a fantastic job of enhancing the feature, turning the active areas persistent, guaranteeing the triggering symbol, and eventually even removing the lowest-value coins from the mix.