5 Sevens Hold and Win Slot

About 5 Sevens: Hold and Win

A classic fruit-themed title from AceRun, 5 Sevens: Hold & Win brings a retro design and easy-to-use interface. Despite its simplistic base design, the addition of four jackpots increases the variety in this slot’s gameplay wonderfully. Read on to see what I thought of 5 Sevens: Hold and Win.

Theme and graphics

You may not have high expectations of a 5 Hold and Win as it looks like most regular fruit-based games. However, this slot game has a fixed jackpot system that makes all the difference. Upon opening it, I was impressed by its graphics, despite its retro feel, these were very high quality. The symbols are animated but they look almost like real images. I also liked how the information was organised at the bottom of the machine and how easy the controls were to use. 

Gameplay and features

Bringing an applicably retro 5x3 reel layout with 5 fixed betways, 5 Sevens: Hold and Win follows a typical set-up for an online casino slot of its kind. The bet range starts from €0.20 and goes as high as €100 making for a decent offering for many casual players.

When you play the maximum bet amount, 5 Hold and Win can reward you as much as the maximum payout is 1,810x, which may be considered quite low for the round’s bet. There are eight base game symbols. These can be split into high paying and low paying, while the Number Seven symbol is the most valuable. It offers a win of €1,000 for five symbols, €200 for four three €20 for three. Here’s a breakdown for the rest of them:

Symbols	Description
Star	Pays €50 for five symbols on a line. €10 for four and three symbols pay €2.
Strawberry and Grape	Five of either of these symbols bring €100, four symbols bring €40 and three symbols bring €10.
Plum, Orange, Lemon and Cherry	Five of any of these symbols pay €40, while four symbols pay €10 and three symbols pay €4. The cherry symbol also pays an additional two-symbol prize of €1.

Special features and bonus games on 5 Sevens: Hold and Win

Despite its simplistic design, one factor that truly sets 5 Sevens: Hold and Win apart is its special features. These include its star coins, six or more of which will trigger the hold and win bonus game. This initially offers you three free spins that automatically reset whenever a new coin lands.

Amongst these prizes are four fixed jackpots, namely mini, minor, major and the grand jackpot. The first three can be triggered at any time during the base game. The Grand jackpot occurs whenever 15 coins fill the game’s reels during the Hold and Win bonus feature.

RTP and volatility

The 5 Hold and Win has an RTP rate of 86% to 96.10%. There are versions of this slot that increase in increments, these being 86.0%, 90.5%, 94.0%, and 96.10%. While the top end of this range is quite respectable, with 96% being the average across the industry. Anything lower than that can be seen as quite disappointing. 

Upon further reading the slot’s documentation, I also found that the volatility of 5 Sevens: Hold and Win is between medium and high. So, as mundane as this slot game looks with regular fruits, the volatility is surprisingly high. I always recommend trying the free demo version of the game first. You can get to grips with the gameplay and mechanics this way before spending any real money.

5 Sevens: Hold and Win on mobile

When I opened this slot on my Android smartphone I must admit I was pretty underwhelmed. While the animations and graphics did not lose any quality, the layout was not adequately optimised. The reels and controls only took up half of the display, while the other half was dominated solely by the game’s logo. 

This made the game far poorer and in some ways less accessible due to how small the controls are and the visibility of the entire playing area. I recommend playing this slot on a desktop as that is what it has been designed best for.