Hotline

If you are old enough, it is hard to not make the connection to the 80s TV classic Miami Vice when you see the cover to the Hotline online slot. It is by no means an official slot based on the TV series, but the vibe is similar and the characters clearly inspired by Crocket and Tubbs.

NetEnt is well known for consistently delivering top-notch slots and Hotline is no exception. When you open the game, you'll see an intro screen and then the awesome music starts, and when you're ready to spin the reels, you will be transported into high-speed car chase down a palm strewn Miami road.

Hotline also has a plot, which revolves around a jewellery theft that took place in Miami. The game's two main characters are detectives who must solve the case, and they have you, the player, to help them. Hotline has several exciting features such as a free spins game, re-spins and a bonus game where you have the chance to win big!

Hotline has the classic layout with 5 reels and 3 rows and 30 fixed bet lines. Firstly, set your bet level and coin value before you start spinning the reels.

By tweaking coins and levels you can bet almost anything from 0.15 up to 150 (USDT) per spin. The wide range of betting options allows you to start soft and then increase your bet if you feel like it, which is good since the most exciting play mode (3 Hotlines activated) requires 3 times the base bet, but will increase RTP from 96.13% to 97.0%.

The highest paying symbols in Hotline are represented by 3 cool characters, and the low pay symbols sparkle and shine beautifully, consisting of a precious crown, a necklace and a ring. The Wild Symbol in Hotline is a red, sizzling car and the Scatter Symbol is the outline of the city and palm trees at sunset.

Moving on to one of the most exciting features of Hotline, the game's Bonus Bet feature gives players an edge! More specifically, this is a bonus bet feature that applies to all three lines on the reels, known as Hotlines.

You can activate and deactivate the Hotlines according to your own preferences, but the middle one will always be active. Activating one or more of these Hotlines means that by betting a little more in return, you are playing with higher chances of getting both expanding wild symbols and re-spins.

1. Hotline: This is the base layer which corresponds to 15 coins per bet level. RTP = 96.13%.
2. Hotlines: If you instead want to play with 2 Hotlines activated, it means that you spin with double the bet, which means 30 coins per bet level. RTP = 96.70%.
3. Hotlines: You play with a triple base bet (45 coins per bet level) and all 3 Hotlines active at the same time. RTP = 97.07%.

Activate all Hotlines rather than raise bet level. It is more fun in terms of gameplay and increases RTP.

Wilds and Re-spins

The Wild Symbol in Hotline can appear at any time and land anywhere. It replaces all standard symbols in the game but not the Scatter Symbol.

If a Wild that lands in an active Hotline, it expands over the entire reel, creating a reel completely covered with Wilds. You also win a re-spin. If another wild lands on an active Hotline during re-spins, you will be rewarded with another re-spin and this will continue until no more wild symbols appear on active Hotlines.

The Free Spins game in Hotline is activated when 3 scatter symbols appear on the same spin in the main game. These symbols need to land on reels 1, 3 and 5 for you to win 7 free spins.

Wilds that land on an active Hotline during free spins will remain there (in expanded state) for the remainder of the bonus round.

Your free spins will be played with the same bet and the same number of activated Hotlines as the spin that triggered the freespins game, so you cannot add or remove Hotlines or adjust your bet once you enter the free spins round.

When the free spins game ends, you return to the spin in the main game that activated the freespins, and should you have triggered a re-spin and activated the freespins at the same spin, your free spins will always be played first.