Hot Shot

Do you have what it takes to be a Hot Shot? This Mircrogaming video slot machine tests your ability to score the highest wins in America's favorite pastime – baseball. We'll be rooting for the home team – you!

The gameplay basics are pretty standard, with a grid of five reels and three rows, and there are nine pay lines. You'll see them listed along the sides, posted on baseball bats. All wins pat left to right, except for scatters, which pay in any direction. Only the highest win is paid for each line. This medium-variance game pays out a maximum of 2,000 coins; the minimum bet is .25 and the maximum is 18. The return to player ratio is 95.56%.

You can adjust all of your gameplay parameters on the dashboard, which is the standard one for Microgaming – it's not integrated into the design of the themed game in any way. All the controls you want are there, or you can choose “Expert” to let the game choose an optimum betting scenario for you.

The game's icons are all on theme, and include coffee, candy, pop corn, fries, a hot dog and soda, a baseball hat, a pitcher and a batter, both in silhouette, and a strike and a home run. We love when all the symbols are about the theme, it makes for a more immersive experience, even in a standard grid game like Hot Shot.

The wild ball can substitute for anything you need to make a win except for scatters. A golden trophy is the scatter. It doesn't trigger free spins or a mini-game. Instead, you need at least three to earn a bunch of credits. Scatter wins are added to pay line wins, and are multiplied by the total number of credits bet.