How Hotline plays
Each row can be switched on as a 'Hotline': one is always active at 15 coins per bet level, a second makes it 30 and all three make it 45. A wild landing on an active Hotline expands to fill its reel, locks and awards a respin, repeating while new wilds land on active Hotlines. Three scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 award 7 free spins in which expanded wilds on active Hotlines stay locked until the round ends; free spins cannot be retriggered.
Theme: 1980s Miami neon crime drama. Filed under Crime and heists.
Features in this game
- Respins: An extra free spin of some or all reels, usually with certain symbols held in place, triggered by a symbol or a win.
- Expanding wilds: A wild symbol that grows to cover its whole reel (or more) when it lands, substituting in every position it covers.
- Sticky wilds: A wild that stays in place for more than one spin, usually through a respin sequence or a whole free spins round.
- Free spins: A bonus round of spins played at no extra cost, usually triggered by scatter symbols and often with extra features.
What the figures mean
An RTP of 97.04% is a long-run average across millions of spins. It works out at a house edge of 2.96%, so every £100 staked costs £2.96 on average. A session of 200 spins at £1 stakes £200, and the expected cost of that session is £5.92, although the real result will usually land a long way either side. Work out your own figures.
The provider rates volatility as medium. That describes how winnings are spread: higher volatility means longer runs with little back and rarer, larger wins. It does not change the average. More on volatility, or see it in a simulation.
Published hit frequency is 28%, meaning roughly 28 spins in every 100 return something. Many of those returns are smaller than the stake.
Questions people ask
What is the RTP of Hotline?
NetEnt publishes 97.04%. Over a very long run that returns about £97.04 for every £100 staked; a single session can be far above or below it.
Who makes Hotline?
Hotline is made by NetEnt. It was released in 22 March 2018.
What is the maximum win on Hotline?
The provider states a maximum win of 1,200× the stake. At the £5 per spin limit for adults aged 25 and over in Great Britain that would be a theoretical top prize of £6,000; it is extremely rare by design.
Is Hotline high volatility?
NetEnt describes its volatility as "medium". Volatility describes how wins are spread out, not how much the game returns on average.
Sources
Notes on the data: Not the same game as Hotline 2.
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