Ultra Fortunator Hold and Win

Ultra Fortunator: Hold and Win Overview

Designed by experienced online slot designer Playson, this new product is yet another game developed around the perennially popular hold and win feature. If you are not acquainted with this particular feature, it is the bonus which allows you to play a re-spin game in which you can win jackpot amounts by landing special icons. Mechanically, this is a straightforward game with a five-reel, three-row board and ten pay lines. Nothing surprises you about this game if you are a seasoned online slot player. Ultra Fortunator is available on mobile, laptop and desktop platforms.

The features for this game comprise, as mentioned, just the eponymous hold and win bonus. This feature is triggered when players land three or more of the gem bonus symbol on the middle reel. This will grant you three re-spins, with each new bonus gem resetting your re-spin count to three. The idea of this feature is to try and amass as many bonus symbols as possible on the board before your re-spins run out, at which point the game will total the values of all the symbols and pay them out in one big sum. However, the true excitement lies in the fact that players can also score fixed jackpots in this bonus too. This feature will be further elaborated on later in the review.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is a classic slot machine. By this, we mean that this online game has tried in every perceivable way to emulate the physical slot games people were used to seeing in casinos and pubs. A classic slot machine theme includes symbols that are typically found on older, traditional slot machines. These symbols include fruit, bars, 7s, and bells. The style of this game is simple and probably one for fans of nostalgic aesthetics that bring up memories of the older games that used to prop up establishments back in the 90s.
The background for this game is a rather dull black and purple patterned board with very little to comment on at all. If nothing else, at least this image is not distracting and fits nicely with the various colours that appear on the board, such as the golds of the di and the reds of the lucky 7s.

The playing board for this game is a golden rectangle with various shades of purple that become more intense as they move towards the middle.

The symbols are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying icons are the diamonds, clubs, hearts and clubs in gem style. The most valuable of these icons is the purple club gem, worth 10x the stake for the top combination. The more valuable icons, however, are the golden BAR, the golden di, the gold bell and finally, the triple lucky 7s. The sevens are the most valuable symbol, worth 100x the stake for the top combination. The only special symbol in this game and the one responsible for triggering the hold and win bonus is the coloured gem icon.

Game Play

Ultra Fortunator Hold and Win is played on a 5-reel, 3-row machine with 10 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.

The betting range for Ultra Fortunator Hold and Win is 20p to £100 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stakes up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.
Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen.
Volatility for this slot is rated in the high range. The return to player percentage for Ultra Fortunator Hold and Win is 95.55%, which is below average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 2,157x your stake.

Features

As we have repeatedly said, the only feature in this game is the hold and win bonus. This feature is triggered the player manages to land three or more of the gem bonus symbols on the middle reel. Doing so will, in turn, grant you three re-spins. All of the bonus symbols found are then frozen to their positions, with each new bonus gem found resetting your re-spin count to three and also becoming sticky.

The idea of this feature is to try and land as many bonus symbols as possible on the board before your re-spins run out, at which point the game will total the values of all the symbols and pay them out in one lump sum. However, in addition to earning through these regular bonus symbols, players can also land jackpot amounts by landing concentrations of special jackpot gems.
Four jackpots can be won in this game called Mini, Minor, Major and Grand, and they are worth 25x, 50x, 150x and 1,000x your stake, respectively. However, you must land three or more of the corresponding special gems to win these amounts.

Conclusion

Playson seems to be pumping out hold-and-win games like they are going out of fashion. In truth, you will likely find hundreds of games like this on the market, most of which will offer better odds and a more interesting theme. There are vanishingly few reasons why you would play this game, as the RTP is low, the top payout is poor, and there is very little excitement in the playing experience. You can probably find better elsewhere.