Books & Bulls Red Hot Firepot Slot – Free Demo

A bull ring on a 5x3 grid

Gamomat puts the ring on a 5x3 grid in their slot, Books & Bulls Red Hot Firepot, and keeps the horns on the reels. I played it with the panel on 10 lines at 0.30 a line. Books & Bulls Red Hot Firepot seizes some of the vigour found in the bull ring. It channels it through two lively free game features and a side game. The studio's own line is to vanquish the bulls or collect as many bonus symbols as you can.

Books & Bulls Red Hot Firepot employs 5 reels and 3 rows. The player assumes the role of the Torero confronting them. My longest drought was 16 spins without a win, ending on spin 161.

Players may set wagers by the line when playing Books & Bulls Red Hot Firepot, and any device is fit for hosting the game. It has a math model operating on a highly volatile setting, which yields a return to player value of 96.11% in the main game. Gamomat adds that other RTP models are available on request for certain markets, so an operator's build need not be the 96.11% one. The side game carries its own, from 96.05%, and a higher volatility again.

To win, players need to align identical symbols on the paylines, of which there are either 5 or 10. A win can be taken to the card gamble or the risk ladder instead of being collected.

Type A, type B and the Firepot

Aspiring toreros will encounter three features in Books & Bulls Red Hot Firepot: two free game rounds and the side game that grants the slot the second half of its name, the Red Hot Firepot.

First up is the stamping round. Gamomat's own sheet calls it free games of type A. It is one of the two free game features, in which a symbol is stamped across a reel.

The second free game feature is the sticky wilds round, where wilds stay in place where they land. That one is listed as free games of type B.

Then there is the Red Hot Firepot, the extra side game of the title. It has its own RTP and its own, higher volatility. Two gamble versions rest on top of all this: a card gamble and a risk ladder ascended in steps. The card gamble is played on the colour or the suit of a card.

330 spins without a free game

It has placed the two free game rounds and a side game on top of a simple 5x3 grid rather than a fresh mechanic, and the 5 and 10 line versions are a modest setup too. They are neither a broad grid nor a pay all ways game, but the older middle ground that does a simple job of assembling winning combinations.

The interacting trio of features is intended to be the star attraction of Books & Bulls Red Hot Firepot, and none of it appeared, which makes it the more irritating. Across 330 spins at 3.20 a spin, neither free game round fired, not the stamping one and not the sticky wilds one, and the Red Hot Firepot never paid out.

However, the base game does keep ticking over, and 67 of those 330 spins paid something, though 36 of them paid less than the stake. That is a win on one spin in five. 1,056.00 wagered returned as 566.90, a return of 53.7%. The balance had started at 5,000.00. The best single spin was 208.50 on spin 61, 65.2 times the stake. That raised the balance to 5,045.30, a peak it never saw again on the way down to 4,510.90. The next best was 80.00 on spin 192, 25 times the stake, and after that nothing paid above 7.0 times. The card gamble and risk ladder were left untouched throughout, every win collected instead.

Minty’s Closing Thought: 53.7% back over 330 spins is what this game looked like with its three headline features sitting out, and that is the version of it I can actually describe. The line wins arrive often enough to keep the reels moving — one paying spin in five — but 36 of those 67 came back under the stake, so the balance drifts even while something is landing. A longer run might draw a pot and change the shape of the number entirely.

A simple game wearing a jackpot name

Books & Bulls Red Hot Firepot is a simpler option than it appears, for a hint of sunny Spain that can turn up the thrill when bulls and toreros duel. It is far from gentle at 5 of 6 on volatility.