Le Bandit Slot

Item: Le Bandit
Rating: 4.5

4.5/5

Published Date · Aug. 17, 2023 · Last Updated · Nov. 5, 2026

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Le Bandit Slot Review

Hacksaw Gaming's raccoon heist on a 6x5 cluster grid, where winning squares turn gold and a Rainbow turns them into coins worth up to 500x the bet.

Le Bandit Slot Overview

Burt Reynolds had Smokey and the Bandit. Hacksaw Gaming has Smokey Le Bandit, a moustached raccoon who works the back alleys of Paris with a crowbar and has a soft spot for leprechaun hats. His loot tops out at 10,000x your bet.

The grid is 6x5 and pays in clusters of five or more. A win clears that symbol from the whole grid and leaves gold on the squares it used. When a Rainbow lands, the gold turns into Bronze, Silver or Gold Coins, with a chance of Four-Leaf Clovers and Pots of Gold. Three, four or five scatters open three bonus rounds, and the two bigger ones keep the gold on the grid for the whole round.

Le Bandit came out on 24 August 2023, with a default RTP of 96.34% and a volatility score of 3 out of 5 from Hacksaw.

Le Bandit Slot Details
Paylines	Cluster Pays
RTP	96.34%
Volatility	Med
Jackpot	x
Minimum Bet	£0.1
Maximum Bet	£5
Maximum Win	10,000 x
Software Provider	Hacksaw Gaming
Themes	Animals, Comic, Irish
Design and Layout	Scatter Symbols Slots, 6 Reel Slots, Wild Symbol
Features	Bonus Round, Multiplier, Free Spins

Small wins do real work here. A five-symbol cluster returns 0.1x to 1x, yet it leaves gold on its squares, and a single Rainbow converts that gold into coins. That loop is the highlight of the base game for us. The top bonus round is the weak spot, since you need five scatters at once to open it. Provided your casino offers the 96.34% version, this is one for players who enjoy a feature that grows across a spin.

4.5/5

Pros

Gold Coins reach 500x the bet before any Clover multiplier

A Rainbow lands on every spin of the top bonus round

Max win of 10,000x, reachable in the base game too

Top RTP setting of 96.34%

Cons

Casinos can run Le Bandit at 88.36% RTP

Five-symbol clusters pay only 0.1x to 1x the bet

Base game gold clears at the end of every spin

How To Play Le Bandit Slot

Bets start at £0.10 a spin. UK rules cap each spin at £5, or £2 if you are 18 to 24.

Le Bandit Golden Squares — A winning cluster leaves Golden Squares

Grid	Wins	Min Bet	Max Bet (UK)
6x5	Clusters of 5 or more	£0.10	£5.00

The card ranks 10 to A are the low symbols. Above them sit a trap, a wedge of cheese, a mug of beer, a bag of baguettes and the top hat, which pays the most. The Wanted Poster Wild stands in for every paying symbol, and the Polaroid camera is the FS scatter that opens the bonus rounds.

Le Bandit Slot Paytable & Symbols

Every value below is a multiple of your total bet, read from the game's own paytable. Pay rises with cluster size up to 8 symbols, then in bands: 9 and 10 pay the same, so do 11 and 12, and the last column covers 13 or more. A five-symbol cluster returns 0.1x on the card ranks and 1x on the top hat. Thirteen or more top hats pay 100x.

Name	5 Symbols	6 Symbols	7 Symbols	8 Symbols	9 Symbols	10 Symbols	11 Symbols	12 Symbols	13+ Symbols
10	0.1x	0.2x	0.3x	0.5x	1.5x	1.5x	5x	5x	15x
J	0.1x	0.2x	0.3x	0.5x	1.5x	1.5x	5x	5x	15x
Q	0.1x	0.2x	0.3x	0.5x	1.5x	1.5x	5x	5x	15x
K	0.1x	0.2x	0.3x	0.5x	1.5x	1.5x	5x	5x	15x
A	0.1x	0.2x	0.3x	0.5x	1.5x	1.5x	5x	5x	15x
Trap	0.3x	0.4x	0.5x	0.7x	2.5x	2.5x	7.5x	7.5x	25x
Cheese	0.3x	0.4x	0.5x	0.7x	2.5x	2.5x	7.5x	7.5x	25x
Beer	0.5x	0.7x	1x	1.5x	5x	5x	15x	15x	50x
Baguettes	0.5x	0.7x	1x	1.5x	5x	5x	15x	15x	50x
Top Hat	1x	1.5x	2x	3x	10x	10x	30x	30x	100x

Le Bandit Slot Paylines

Le Bandit has no paylines. Five or more matching symbols that touch up, down, left or right form a win anywhere on the grid. Symbols that meet only at a corner do not connect.

Le Bandit Slot Features

Super Cascades

A win removes the winning cluster and every other regular symbol of the same type on the grid. New symbols drop into the gaps, and the cascade carries on for as long as fresh wins form.

Golden Squares

Each square that held part of a win turns gold. In the base game that gold only pays if a Rainbow is on the grid in the same spin, and it clears when the spin ends either way. With a Rainbow in view, every Golden Square flips over once the cluster wins are paid:

Bronze Coins: 0.2x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x or 4x the bet
Silver Coins: 5x, 10x, 15x or 20x
Gold Coins: 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x or 500x
Four-Leaf Clovers: multiply the coins and Pots of Gold on the squares next to them by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x
Pots of Gold: collect every coin and every other pot on the grid, in order from top to bottom and left to right

When the Pots Keep Coming

Pots are the reason to care. Once the last one has collected, the other Golden Squares flip again to reveal new symbols, and the loop repeats until no new pot appears. A Silver 10x coin next to a 5x Clover is worth 50x before any pot picks it up.

The bonus buy isn't available at UK-licensed casinos.

Le Bandit Slot Bonus Features

Le Bandit All That Glitters Is Gold — All That Glitters Is Gold spins

Luck of the Bandit

Three scatters start 8 free spins. Golden Squares stay lit between spins until a Rainbow cashes them, so the board keeps filling up. Two more scatters add 2 spins, three add 4, and four move you up to All That Glitters Is Gold with 4 extra spins.

All That Glitters Is Gold

Four scatters in the base game give 12 free spins. Here the Golden Squares never clear, even after a Rainbow has used them, so every later Rainbow pays the same squares again. Retriggers work as in the first round: 2 or 4 extra spins.

Treasure at the End of the Rainbow

Five scatters at once give 12 free spins, Golden Squares that last the whole round and a Rainbow on every spin. Bronze Coins drop out of this round, so a square reveals a Silver Coin, a Gold Coin or one of the two special symbols. Hacksaw does not sell this round in the Buy Bonus menu.

Our Verdict Each bonus round keeps more gold than the one before. Luck of the Bandit holds the Golden Squares until a Rainbow cashes them. All That Glitters Is Gold keeps them all round, and the top round gives you a Rainbow on every spin. The ladder is clever.

Le Bandit Slot RTP & Volatility

RTP	Variable RTP	Volatility	Max Win	Hit Frequency
96.34%	Yes	MED (3 out of 5)	10,000x stake	32.47% at 96.34%

Hacksaw ships Le Bandit at four RTP settings, from 96.34% down to 88.36%. At 96.34%, the top setting sits above the 96.00% median of the 392 slot reviews we sampled (October 2026). Your casino picks the version, and the game's info screen tells you which one you are on. Volatility sits at 3 on Hacksaw's five-point scale.

Our Verdict Of Hacksaw's four settings, the best and the worst sit almost eight points apart. That spread is wide for one game. Put £100 through the top version over many spins and, in theory, you get £96.34 back, against £88.36 on the bottom one.

Le Bandit Slot Graphics & Audio

Graphics

The base game sits in a sepia back alley, with an overflowing bin on one side and an old car on the other. Smokey stands to the right of the reels, crowbar in hand and moustache bristling, and even the logo wears a moustache across the B of Bandit. Winning squares glow yellow behind the symbols until a Rainbow arrives. In the free spins the alley turns night blue under a street lamp, and Smokey trades his everyday hat for a green leprechaun hat and a ginger beard.

Le Bandit free spins coins — Free spins in action

Le Bandit Rainbow reveals the coins — A Rainbow reveals the coins

Le Bandit coins and a Clover — A Clover lands beside the coins

Audio

The soundtrack is an upbeat, old-time piano tune.

Our Verdict Smokey's ginger beard fools nobody, yet it is the most fun of his disguises, so the costume change gets our vote. The alley is all browns and greys. Hacksaw saves full colour for the coins and clovers, which helps you track Pots of Gold as they chain across a busy grid.

Le Bandit Slot on Mobile

Smokey carries a crowbar instead of a phone, which makes him about the only part of Le Bandit that never ends up in your pocket. The game plays on iOS and Android smartphones and on tablets.

Le Bandit FAQs

How do the Golden Squares work in Le Bandit?

Every square that held part of a win turns gold. In the base game it only pays if a Rainbow lands in the same spin, and it clears when the spin ends; in the bonus rounds it stays on the grid for longer.

What happens when you land 5 scatters in Le Bandit?

Five scatters at once start Treasure at the End of the Rainbow: 12 free spins with a Rainbow on every spin and no Bronze Coins. Only a base game spin can trigger it.

What is the RTP of Le Bandit?

96.34% at the default setting. Hacksaw's lowest version returns 88.36%, and the info screen names the one your casino has picked.

What is the max win on Le Bandit?

10,000x your bet. Hacksaw says you can reach it in the base game and in all three bonus rounds; when you do, the round ends and any free spins left are lost.

How often does Le Bandit pay out?

The published hit frequency is 32.47% on the 96.34% version, about one winning spin in three.

What is the difference between Le Bandit and Le Bandit Hold & Win?

Le Bandit Hold & Win is a separate Hacksaw game that pays on paylines and builds its bonus around two Hold & Win rounds with Coin symbols and Jackpot Markers. Hacksaw caps it at 2,500 times the bet, a quarter of Le Bandit's ceiling, and its best RTP setting is 96.27%.