Stick'em Slot – Free Demo

Thumbs That Refuse to Leave

Sticky thumbs up symbols are the focal point of Hacksaw Gaming's slot Stick'em. NetEnt's Jack Hammer 2 and Gamomat's Sticky Diamonds are two other slots whose re-spins hold symbols in place. Sticky, since players get to undergo the Sticky Win Spin mechanism. It keeps thumbs up symbols in position for re-spins, and the outcome is a heap of on-screen activity, yet it never becomes too overpowering. The Sticky Win Spin can pay up to 2048x the bet on its own.

It is accessible on any device from €0.20 to €450 per spin. My own session ran at a flat 20.00 per spin from a starting balance of 5,000.00. The standout here is the lone 5x4 reel set commanding the display, which generates 1,024 win ways during base gameplay. A way pays when matching symbols land on adjacent reels from left to right, starting on the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each way is paid.

Numerically, RTP is a stated 96.08%. My 310 spins returned 70.9% of what I wagered, with 4,396.00 back on 6,200.00. Volatility rests at 3 on a scale of 6. I finished on 3,196.00 of my opening 5,000.00.

Taking a glance at the paytable shows 6 low payers and 4 high payers, and the high payers consist of gold coins, diamonds and banknotes crowned by a money bag. The low payers are thumbs up, crossbones, bombs, playing cards, dice and stars. The four top-tier symbols are worth 1.5x to 3x the stake for five of a kind. Of the low payers, five thumbs up pay 2x the stake, while five stars pay 0.3x.

Ways, Wheels and Two Kinds of Scatter

The extras roster comprises the Sticky Win Spin and the Bonus Game, and it comprises free spins. Neither the Bonus Game nor free spins can be triggered while a Sticky Win Spin is running.

The Sticky Win Spin is core to the slot. In my session it produced the second-biggest win, 420.00 on spin 174, or 21x the stake.

Now, whenever three or more thumbs up symbols create a win, a free re-spin is granted, so for instance, if 3 thumbs up land in a win, the triggering thumbs up and any fresh ones stay. The re-spins proceed until no fresh thumbs up lands, and then all thumbs up that landed award a combined win. Another Sticky Win Spin on spin 211 paid 192.00, which is 9.6x the stake.

The Bonus Game scatters are the other route, because if three of them show in one spin, then the bonus wheel steps into play with wins up to 1000x the wager. Bonus Game wins are scaled to the bet of the spin that triggered it, and its scatters appear in the base game only.

Free spins are triggered when 3 or more Free Spin scatters hit, and hitting 3 scatters grant 5 free spins. Both of my rounds came from exactly three scatters, so each was worth 5 free spins. 4 grant 10, and 5 grant 15. Neither of my two rounds retriggered.

Once in, the round is run with extra high-value symbols. The Free Spin symbol does not show. Between them, my two rounds paid 1,636.00, which was 37% of everything I won.

310 Spins of Sticky Thumbs

The win frequency is moderate, though. Over my session, 82 of 310 spins paid out. That works out to 26% of spins. And 46 of those returned less than the stake. The longest stretch without any win was 19 spins, ending on spin 308.

Unsurprisingly, most of the time, these nominal wins are fairly negligible due to the low symbol payouts, yet they do fight the long base game lulls. They hold interest levels up, as does the Sticky Win Spin itself. Spin 95 paid 280.00, or 14x the stake.

The Minty Summary: As you might anticipate, Stick'em can be rather swingy. My balance peaked at 5,386.00 on spin 97 and bottomed out at 3,172.00. In my run, the free spins triggered on spin 97. They returned 72x the stake, and then a long delay of 147 spins for the second trigger saw the round return merely 9.8x. The second round landed on spin 244, where the base game added 52.00. The delay does heighten expectation for free spins.