9 Circles of Hell — RTP, volatility and max win

9 Circles of Hell by Amigo Gaming moves hell to Mexico: hot chillies, cherries, bells and a sombrero burn in red and black. Besides scatter-triggered free spins there is a hold-and-win bonus in which symbols lock in place while re-spins add more.

9 Circles of Hell came out on July 28, 2023 from Amigo Gaming. Its 5×3 layout, five reels of three rows, holds 20 paylines. The theme crosses the classic fruit machine with hellfire and Mexican folklore: chillies bring the heat, the hat points to Mexico, and cherries and bells recall the slot machines of old. Bet sizes reach from €0.10 to €100, wide enough for small test spins and high bets alike.

Medium volatility is something it shares with many fruit titles, and volatility of inferno slots shows how the inferno slots spread overall.

9 Circles of Hell pays across 20 paylines that run in fixed patterns over the 5×3 grid. Equal symbols must follow each other along one of those lines, beginning on the first reel. The wild fills in for missing symbols. Scatters do not pay along the lines; they open the free spins, which play on the same grid.

During normal play the wild completes lines of chillies, bells and fruit. Scatters are the way into the free spins.

The second bonus is the hold-and-win feature. The trigger symbols stay on their positions, then re-spins follow in which more symbols land and lock as well. When the re-spins run out, everything gathered on the grid is added up. That gives 9 Circles of Hell two separate bonus routes that play out very differently.

Because locked symbols drive a bonus round of their own in 9 Circles of Hell, the game belongs with the inferno slots with hold and win.

Re-spins power the hold-and-win bonus in 9 Circles of Hell, and the inferno slots with re-spins show other ways the mechanic is used.

RTP 96%, higher than 48% of the 400 Inferno slots. Background: how RTP works on a slot. Volatility Medium, like 54 of the 180 slots in the Hell & devil theme. Background: what slot volatility means. Max win 5,000× (€500,000 at the highest stake).

9 Circles of Hell returns 96%, which sits mid-way through the inferno catalogue. The max win is similar: 5,000× is the cap, above about 51% of the others.

Medium volatility fits this mid-table profile. The biggest wins come from the re-spin bonus when plenty of locked symbols pile up.

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