Smokey’s Antics Continue in Hacksaw Gaming’s Le Bandit Hold & Win

Hacksaw Gaming has brought back Smokey, its French raccoon bandit, in a new slot called Le Bandit Hold & Win. The setting returns to France, with familiar reel symbols tied to the character’s mischievous theme, including bear traps, baguettes, and top hats.

The game adds bronze, silver, and gold coins that can pay out when they appear in sets of three, with prizes based on each coin’s multiplier. Alongside those coin wins, jackpot markers shown as colored casino chips can also land as part of a winning combination and award one of four fixed jackpots: Mini (5x), Major (25x), Mega (250x), or Grand (2,500x). These jackpot prizes are awarded after all regular wins and are paid as a multiple of the player’s bet.

Two bonus rounds are also in the mix, both built around a Hold & Win-style respin format. Rainbow Fortune Hold & Win starts when 1 Rainbow scatter symbol lands in the base game. During the bonus, only coins, jackpot markers, pot of gold symbols, clovers, and dead symbols can appear, and players receive three respins that reset whenever a non-dead symbol lands.

Clovers can carry multipliers up to 20x, while pots of gold collect all coin symbols currently on the reels. A gold Epic Rainbow scatter symbol triggers Rainbow Epic Drop Hold & Win, which works similarly to Rainbow Fortune Hold & Win but begins by guaranteeing a full grid of coin, jackpot marker, pot of gold, and clover symbols, with coin values set to be at least 1x when they land.