Le Bandit Demo & Review – Play for Free

Hacksaw Gaming is a massive name in Canada, particularly in Ontario, where they hold a full iGaming Ontario (iGO) license. Their transition into our market was strong from the beginning, thanks to their initial partnerships with operators like DraftKings and Caesars.

Le Bandit is set in a back alley of Paris, with Smokey the Raccoon as the mascot, who switches out his bandit mask for a leprechaun hat during bonus triggers. It’s definitely quirkier than the dark themes I know Hacksaw for.

Reels, Rows, Paylines le bandit

All of the action goes down on a 6x5 grid with a Cluster Pays engine. So, you need to land 5 or more matching symbols touching horizontally or vertically, instead of on fixed paylines. That’s where cascading reels come in to create chain reactions, thanks to winning clusters being replaced by new symbols on a single bet.

Le Bandit’s default RTP (estimated returns over millions of spins) is 96.34%, which is considered really good for the market. But you must make sure you check the payable at the specific casino you choose, because lower versions (94.23% or 92.17%) exist. It’s also rated medium volatility, so wins are more frequent and slightly on the smaller side.

The bet range of $0.10 to $50 caters nicely to casual and mid-stakes players, but some high rollers might find the max bet a bit low. 

This title offers a max win of 10,000x your stake, which is pretty generous considering the volatility is medium, and wins are predicted to be more frequent. You can only reach this win ceiling through the Pot of Gold mechanic in the free spins rounds.

Jackpot Element le bandit

Le Bandit’s 10,000x cap is pretty much a fixed jackpot within itself. For a $10 bet, you could hit a $100,000 payout. Some casinos, like LeoVegas, also feature the game in a progressive jackpot. The LeoJackpot is a four-tier progressive you can enter by adding an additional $0.15 per spin to compete for a mega jackpot of $5 million or more. 

• Wanted Poster Wild: Substitutes for all high- and low-paying symbols. These don’t pay out on their own.
• Polaroid Camera Scatter: You can trigger the free spins bonuses with 3 or more of these.
• Rainbow: This one turns all golden squares into coins, clovers, or pots of gold.

These are like regular cascading reels that trigger every time you land a winning cluster. Your winning symbols disappear, and new ones drop down to fill the gaps. The twist is that every position that was part of the winning cluster is then highlighted as a Golden Square, which remains on the grid until the cascade ends.

The Rainbow Symbol le bandit

The Rainbow activates all existing Golden Squares to reveal one of three prizes if it lands after your cascades finish:

• Coins: Bronze pays 0.2x to 4x, silver pays 5x to 20x, and gold pays 25x to 500x.
• Four-Leaf Clovers: These multiply all coins and Pots of Gold on adjacent squares by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, or 10x randomly.
• Pot of Gold: This symbol takes on the value of all coins currently on the grid. Then the Golden Squares reactivate once it’s finished to reveal a whole new set of symbols and potentially repeat the process.

Luck of the Bandit – Free Spins

3 Polaroid Cameras trigger 8 free spins and stay highlighted between spins until they are activated by a Rainbow. The cameras reset for the next spin once activated and can award extra spins or even upgrade you to the next bonus level if you land more of them.

All That Glitters is Gold 

You need 4 scatters to trigger this round of 12 free spins. The major difference here is that Golden Squares never reset. Even after a Rainbow activates them and pays out your coins, the squares stay golden for the remainder of the bonus.