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Cover plate tipped in from the Pragmatic Play workshop — folio 29964 of the Codex Equitum.
Entry of 26 April 2023 · folio 29964
Knight Hot Spotz is Pragmatic Play's medieval money-collect, and it's a proper high-volatility beast dressed up with a beer-swilling knight, cheeky armoured pigs and a dragon-egg bonus. Five reels, a quoted RTP of 95.5%, a 2,000x maximum win and a firmly HIGH volatility rating — this is a chase pokie, not a gentle grind. The shots below are from my own demo run at a 2.00 bet.
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Three courts the chronicler would send a squire to: NZD-friendly, quick to pay, and stocked with the Pragmatic Play stable this knight rides in.
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The chronicle · entry 29964
he escutcheon is a moody five-reel forge, chains and lava in the background, a bearded knight quaffing from a tankard off to the side. It's Pragmatic at its most tongue-in-cheek: the premium charge is a plump pig in a knight's helmet, and the whole thing has a knowing grin about it.
Under the humour sits a serious engine — a money-collect built for spikes, where sausage-shaped coin symbols carry cash values and a dragon does the collecting.
Straight from the roll: Pragmatic Play, RTP 95.5%, volatility HIGH, maximum win 2,000x the stake, released 26 April 2023. Those are the numbers the College of Arms stands behind.
A 2,000x ceiling with high variance tells you the shape of the thing — long droughts punctuated by the odd loud spike. Budget for patience.
The armoured pig is your premium — in my run three of them on line 6 paid 3.20 for a 6.40 total at a 2.00 bet. Below the pig sit the sword-and-shield, then the card royals Q-K-J-A in their jewelled script.
The bearded knight is the scatter (it landed stamped SCATTER down reel two in the free-spins trigger), and the green dragon egg with the little skull strap is the bonus symbol that opens the money-collect.
The heart of it is the coin round: sausage 'hot spot' symbols land with printed cash values — in my session I saw 10.00, 8.00, a glowing 24.00, 4.00 and 2.00 — and the red dragon acts as the collector that sweeps them up. Symbol-swap and additive-symbol mechanics feed the round.
Three scatters mustered me into free spins — the trigger paid 6 (I also saw a 7-spin variant), the reels lit with fire, and the round tallied a 54.00 total win by the end. Additional free spins can be retriggered inside.
This plays exactly like its rating: base spins can go quiet, then the coin symbols and dragon show up and the numbers jump. The 6.40 line hit was pleasant; the 54.00 free-spins tally was where the session actually earned its keep.
It's brash and fast and never takes itself seriously, which I rather liked. The high variance is real, though — you'll want a bankroll that can ride the flat stretches.
Made for players who like Pragmatic's money-collect format and can stomach high volatility for a 2,000x shot. If you enjoy a bonus buy-style tension and a bit of daft humour, it delivers.
If quiet stretches frustrate you, give it a miss. Whatever you spin, keep it 18+, set a limit and stop when it stops being fun. NZ support: safergambling.org.nz and the Gambling Helpline on 0800 654 655.
A well-built, genuinely funny high-variance money-collect with legible coin values and a satisfying free-spins tally — the strongest knight on my roll this muster.
Blazon it as a proper contender: loud, spiky and honest about what it is.
The rule bank
Five reels of medieval mayhem. My demo ran at a 2.00 total bet with wins paid on lines left to right.
Sausage 'hot spot' coin symbols land carrying cash values — I saw 10.00, 8.00, 24.00, 4.00 and 2.00 — and the dragon collector sweeps their values into your win.
Three knight scatters award free spins (my trigger paid 6, with a 7-spin variant seen); the round can retrigger additional free spins. My free-spins round tallied 54.00.
A wild substitutes for paying charges; symbol-swap and additive-symbol mechanics feed the coin round, and an RTP range applies.
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The symbols
| Charge | Standing | Value read in session |
|---|---|---|
| Armoured pig | Premium | line 6 paid 3.20 (3 pigs, 2.00 bet) |
| Knight (Scatter) | Scatter | 3 = 6 free spins |
| Dragon egg (Bonus) | Bonus | entered after the session |
| Sword & shield | High | entered after the session |
| Hot-spot coin | Money symbol | cash values 2.00 / 4.00 / 8.00 / 10.00 / 24.00 |
| A / K royals | Low | entered after the session |
| Q / J royals | Low | entered after the session |
Full symbol multipliers weren't shown as a clean table, so per-symbol pays are entered after the session. Real figures I read at a 2.00 bet: three pigs on line 6 paid 3.20 (6.40 total); hot-spot coin values 10.00 / 8.00 / 24.00 / 4.00 / 2.00; free-spins round total 54.00; scatter triggers awarded 6 and 7 free spins. No invented numbers.
From the play-log
The chronicler has ridden this knight. The plates below are frames from that session — our own screen, nothing borrowed.
Captured in our own session. Where a round has not been reached yet, the codex shows an honest blank rather than a borrowed picture.
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Every tile below leads to a leaf that exists; entries still being inked are simply not shown.
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