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Sizzling Hot Deluxe slot: the fruit game every other one copies
The Sizzling Hot Deluxe slot is Novomatic's cabinet classic on 5x3 with five lines, cherries, lemons and a star scatter. RTP 95.66%, medium volatility, 1000x for a screen of sevens. It has outlived several generations of slot design and still sits in the Vavada Hit tab.
- ProviderNovomatic
- RTP95.66%
- VolatilityMedium
- Max win1000x
- Reels5x3
- Ways to win5
- ReleaseNovember 2007
The provider does not publish an open demo for this game; the free version opens from the game card in the Vavada lobby.
Play for real moneyWhat is on the reels
Cherries, lemons, oranges, plums, grapes, watermelons, the seven and the star. The seven is the top symbol and five of them pay the maximum; the star is a scatter that pays anywhere on the reels. There are no wilds and no free spins. After any win the gamble button offers to double it on a card colour, and losing the gamble loses the win; it is the only decision the game asks of you. The deluxe in the title refers to the redrawn graphics of the online version, not to any change in the maths.
Why it survives
Three reasons. It is instantly readable: anybody who has seen a slot machine knows what a row of sevens means. It is fast: a spin is over before a cluster game has finished its first cascade. And it has a real top prize: 1000x for the seven line is a serious number for a game with no bonus, and the paytable is steep enough that sessions swing. The RTP of 95.66% is below the average of the tab, which is the price of the classic maths; the volatility is medium.
How to play it well
Do not chase the sevens with a large bet; the game does not reward that, it just empties the balance faster. A small bet and a long session is how the cabinet version was played, and the maths has not changed. Skip the gamble unless the win is small enough not to matter. And if you like this, the modern equivalents in the Hit tab are Hot to Burn from Pragmatic Play and Red Hot 100 from True Labs, both with more lines and a similar spirit.
Demo and Vavada
Novomatic does not publish an open launcher for the game, so the demo runs inside Vavada from the card in the lobby without login. The red button opens the casino; the welcome package is on the bonuses page.
