Hot Potato Slot Review

Hot Potato Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

A typical grid game, the Hot Potato slot is played on a 7×7 grid with Cluster Pays. Winning combinations are formed when 5 or more identical symbols are connected horizontally and/or vertically. The more matching symbols in the ‘cluster’, the bigger the payout. For more information about this, check out our grid slots page.

Playable from 10p to £100 a spin, you can change the bet in Hot Potato by clicking/pressing the ‘Bet’ box. This will bring up a scrolling menu of all options. For non-UK slot players, there is an Auto Play facility which allows up to 5,000 auto spins as well as optional loss and single-win limits.

Returns-wise, the Hot Potato RTP is 96.16%. About average for a Thunderkick slot game, there are 94.13% and 92.16% RTP versions. At your chosen UK casino, open the Paytable to determine which RTP you’re actually playing with. The Hot Potato demo available here at Online-Slot.co.uk benefits from the highest RTP setting.

Very high volatility, the Hot Potato slot offers you 10,000 x bet max wins. The key to bigger wins are the Multiplier Grids which can reach 128x. Your chances improve in the free spins are Multiplier Grids are sticky. Finally, the max win probability is 1 in 29,644,529 spins.

Theme: spins sizzle and wins explode

With a food theme, the Hot Potato slot is hotter than a jalapeño in a sauna. This hot game sees spins sizzle and wins explode. Set in New York City, you’ll see the infamous yellow cabs in the backdrop as well as skyscrapers.

The soundtrack has a hip-hop vibe to it and is quite funky and upbeat. Aesthetically, it has a cartoon feel and is light-hearted. The symbols on the grid are clear with a focus on the most important symbols.

On the 7×7 grid, you’ll come across pickles, doughnuts, soda cans, fries, burgers and chefs. Sporting earrings, shades and a gold tooth, the chef is the best-paying symbol awarding 100 x your total bet for 25 or more in a cluster.

Whenever a winning cluster is formed, a Hot Potato Exploding Wild symbol appears. This will lead to wilds which substitute for all other symbols (except the scatter). There are also Hot Scatters which will trigger the free spins.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Pickle	5 to 25+ pays 0.2 to 10 x bet
Doughnut	5 to 25+ pays 0.3 to 20 x bet
Soda	5 to 35+ pays 0.3 to 25 x bet
Fries	5 to 25+ pays 0.4 to 37.5 x bet
Burger	5 to 25+ pays 0.5 to 62.5 x bet
Chef	5 to 25+ pays 1 to 100 x bet
Exploding Wild	Removes symbols in 3x3 Multiplier Grid + doubles multipliers
Scatter	3 triggers Bonus Game feature

Hot Potato Mobile

The Hot Potato release date is the 8^th of November 2023. Produced with HTML5 technology, it’s compatible with mobile, desktop and tablet devices. The 7×7 grid is perfect for smartphone devices including those powered by iOS and Android.

Hot Potato Bonus Features

The Hot Potato slot has 5 bonus features. With avalanches for successive wins, Exploding Wilds remove symbols in a 3×3 Multiplier Grid with a 2x multiplier value revealed. If new Exploding Wilds land and explode on these, the multiplier doubles up to 128x. This applies during the free spins but the Multiplier Grids are sticky for bigger multipliers.

Avalanche feature

When a winning combination of 5 or more identical symbols lands horizontally and/or vertically, the Avalanche feature comes into play. The winning symbols are removed from the grid with new symbols replacing them. This allows for new winning clusters to be created. The feature continues as long as a new cluster is formed.

Exploding Wild feature

Look out for the Exploding Wild symbol randomly landing on the grid. It explodes during the spin or Avalanche feature sequence or it can automatically generate and explode in a Cluster Pay area. The Exploding Wild symbol removes all symbols in a 3×3 Multiplier Grid around and under the symbol.

Multiplier Grid feature

Under each cell in the underlying grid, a multiplier with an initial value of 2x appears. If new Exploding Wilds land and explode on top of an existing Multiplier Grid, the multiplier doubles up to a maximum of 128x on the grid cells that overlap. The Multiplier Grids are additive to each other. If a Cluster Pays win covers a 2x and 32x multiplier for example, the winning cluster will be subject to a 34x multiplier.

Bonus Game feature

The Hot Potato slot comes with a Bonus Game feature. It’s triggered by landing 3 Hot Scatter symbols anywhere on the grid. With 10 free spins awarded, you head into the chef’s kitchen where the heat is turned up. You can retrigger the feature by landing 3 scatters (for another 10 free spins).

Multiplier Grids activated in the base game will reset during this feature. However, the Multiplier Grids are sticky and remain active until the feature ends. This means the multipliers can only increase.

Hot Potato Review Summary: Exploding Wilds key to building Multiplier Grids

Following a long line of food-themed slot games, the Hot Potato slot is certainly different. Visually, it’s rather simple though with a hint of New York life and a hip-hop soundtrack giving it an edge. However, it’s all about the gameplay which is unique.

With Avalanches, the focus is on the Exploding Wilds which removes symbols in a 3×3 Multiplier Grid and adds a multiplier value of 2x. More Exploding Wilds that land and explode will see the multipliers double up to 128x. It similar to the Multiplier Spots feature in Pragmatic Play’s Sugar Rush slot game.

Thunderkick loves doubling multipliers and this is the case with the Esqueleto Explosivo 2 slot where the Mucho Multiplier can double up to 32x.

Importantly, the Multiplier Grids are sticky during the free spins meaning the values can only rise. This will make it easier to achieve the bigger multipliers and ultimately wins.

With 10,000 x bet max wins, the Hot Potato slot can dish out big wins, especially if the multipliers double in succession with Exploding Wilds. That said, Thunderkick’s Bones & Bounty comes with 25,000 x bet max wins which is 2.5 times higher.