Royal Joker: Hold and Win

Royal Joker: Hold and Win Overview

Royal Joker: Hold and Win is a classic fruit slot from Playson and a follow-up to the studio’s Royal Coins games. It was released on 10 March 2023 and plays on a compact 3x3 grid with 5 fixed paylines. SlotCatalog lists an RTP of 95.62% (other RTP settings exist), high volatility, a hit frequency of 10.14% and a maximum win of 21,150x the bet, with stakes from 0.20 to 100.

Symbols and Paytable

The reels hold cherries, lemons, oranges, plums, watermelons, grapes, golden bells and double BAR symbols. The grinning Joker is the Wild. According to SlotCatalog, three Jokers pay 50x the bet, bells pay 30x, BARs 20x, watermelons and grapes 16x, oranges, lemons and plums 4x and cherries 1x for three in a line. Our demo confirmed the plum value: plum, Joker, plum on line 1 paid €4.00 at a €1 stake.

Bonus Game and Jokers’ Multipliers

Coin symbols carry cash values, such as the 2.00 coin in our first screenshot at a €1 bet. Three of them start the Hold and Win bonus with 3 respins, and every new coin or Joker resets the counter to 3. In the bonus, a Joker leaves an x2 multiplier on its cell, and each further Joker on the same spot raises it by one. Coins that later land there are multiplied, and the multipliers stay until the round ends.

Royal Bonus and Jackpots

The gold crown Royal Coin lands only on the middle reel, as our third screenshot shows. It sticks during the bonus and collects the values of all coins, including jackpots. The four fixed jackpots scale with the stake. At €1 the display reads Mini €25, Minor €50, Major €150 and Grand €1,000, which is 25x, 50x, 150x and 1,000x the bet. The random Pile of Gold feature can drop extra bonus symbols onto the reels in the base game to force the bonus, and it adds x2 symbols during respins.

Playing the Game

The five lines are always active and are marked on both sides of the grid. The stake is changed with the minus and plus buttons next to the bet field, while the credit and last win are shown on the left of the bottom bar. On the right there are the Auto button, the large spin button and a lightning button for turbo spins, plus the info and menu icons. With a hit frequency of about one win in ten spins, the base game can be quiet for stretches, and most of the value sits in the bonus game.

Our Take

Royal Joker: Hold and Win keeps the look of a classic fruit machine but adds sticky Joker multipliers and a coin collector. The free demo on the left runs without registration.

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