Buffalo Blazing: Hold & Win roars onto the screen with a flame-painted muscle car, a buffalo skull strapped to its bonnet and gold coins spilling from its trunk. Behind it, red rock canyon walls glow in the sun under a bright blue sky. The grid is a compact 3×3, and a banner promising x10 000 sits right underneath it. I had a 50,000 fun balance and played at 1.00.
Theme and Gameplay
It’s a hot-rod twist on the classic fruit slot. Flaming bells, lemons, oranges, cherries, watermelons, plums, a chrome BAR and a burning lucky seven make up the reels. Corner jackpot boards read Mini x25, Midi x50, Major x150 and Grand x1000.
On the right sit autoplay, spin, turbo and a Buy Feature ticket, with the bet controls below the reels.
Slot Features
Cash coins appear on reels 1 and 3, and any sitting there when the respin round kicks off are collected straight away.
Inside the feature, every position becomes its own mini-reel and those starting coins clear away. Three respins follow, refilled by any Regular or Jackpot Coin (Mini, Midi, Major or Grand), though a Collector doesn’t. Reels 1 and 3 can also land Multiplier Frames that wait in place until a coin lands inside, multiplying its value, even for jackpot coins. The Collector Coin, which has no value of its own, lands only on reel 2. A coin landing with no Collector does nothing, but when a Collector arrives it grabs every coin’s value, and with several Collectors active each one takes the full amount. Unused frames disappear when the round closes, and all collected values are summed and paid.
RTP and Win Potential
At 95%, the RTP trails the average slightly, and payouts are capped at 10,000x your bet. Bets run from 0.10 to 100.
The buy menu includes direct entry to the bonus with standard conditions, plus a stronger version where multiplier frames turn up more often and boosted coin values. Given the concentration of value in the bonus and its jackpots, volatility is high.
My Thoughts On This Slot
Buffalo Blazing takes a tiny 3×3 grid and squeezes a surprising amount of action out of it. The middle-reel collector system is simple to grasp, and the mini-reel bonus with multiplier frames is genuinely exciting. The hot-rod art gives a fresh look to a familiar fruit theme.
Coins that land without a Collector can be frustrating, and the 95% RTP is a drawback for regular players.
