Red Hot Tamales

About Red Hot Tamales Slot

This classic slot taken from the physical casinos and converted has 3 reels and 27 pay-lines. This makeover lets you play with wagers from 0.27 to 540 credits per spin on desktop, mobile and tablet. It has low volatility and an RTP of 95.83%. You win when you land 3 bars no matter if they are single, double or treble ones. You also win from the other matching symbols. The most lucratively paying symbol of the regular ones is the red 7.

There is a wild that has its standard replacing functions and pays even more than the red 7. The only bonus feature in the game is the Blackout Wins feature. It can give you 37.03 or 185.18 times your stake cash rewards. The highest achievable win, however, comes from the wild. It can result in 285.185 times your stake for a full screen of wilds. If you use the highest stake, this would give you £153,999.9 in total.

Red Hot Tamales Design

Like many of the slots made by IGT, this one also started its existence in brick and mortar casinos. The design is adapted for online play with the layout and rules being very straightforward. It is a classic fruit machine with a fiery style. The symbols are the well familiar single, double and triple bars, yellow and red lucky 7s. The background and the prevailing colour in the game are fiery red with yellow here and there.

The top-paying symbols and bringers of the highest wins are the red and the yellow lucky sevens. They are positioned on the left and right top areas over the reels. You can use the autoplay to spin automatically a predefined number of times. The flaming logo of this Mexican-style game is at the top centre of the reels. On each red and yellow 7 you can see a small flaming bag to indicated the feature they trigger. The soundtrack is Mexican, melodic and joyful, which creates a cheerful atmosphere.

Red Hot Tamales Gameplay

The symbols include classic icons typical for one-armed bandits. There are single, double and treble bars, green, yellow and red 7s, and a wild. The red 7 is the most rewarding symbol of the standard ones – 3 of it on a pay-line give you 3.7 times your stake.

There is a fiery wild with the word itself written on the icon. Besides replacing all standard symbols, it pays even more than the red 7. You get 7.4 times your stake for 3 wilds in a winning combination. The red and yellow 7 symbols have a small icon of a fiery bag each to remind you they trigger a bonus feature. More about it read below.

Red Hot Tamales Features & Bonuses

The only extra feature active in the slot is called the Blackout Wins. This happens when you fill the reels with either yellow or red lucky 7 symbols. Then, you trigger the feature and win the following:

• Yellow lucky 7s covering all reel positions – 1,000 coins win = 37.03 times your stake
• Red lucky 7s covering all positions – 5,000 coins win = 185.18 times your stake

But the highest win you pocket when you land a screen full of the best paying symbol – the wild. This would result in 285.185 times your stake cash reward. The latter is the jackpot that you can grab from playing the slot.

The Conclusion

Those who are into classic slots and such that give you the feeling of playing in a land-based casino will appreciate Red Hot Tamales. It has limited potential, although not bad at all, being a low volatile slot. The 37.03x, 185.18x to 285.18 times your stake wins are decent for a classic slot with a low level of volatility. You can try the game in free mode and then continue with a real play if you like it after its release at the end of January.