Wicked Grin
demo and specs

Wicked Grin is a Hacksaw Gaming slot with a release date of 8 October 2026. It uses a 5x5 grid and has no paylines at all. Wins come from scatter pays, and the mechanic is listed as All-Scatter.

The published numbers are an RTP of 96.27%, medium volatility and a max win of 10,000x stake. Stakes run from 0.1 to 100. The name and the symbol list point to a grinning, mischievous look, but the studio's own material is the place to judge the artwork.

The feature list is long for a medium-volatility game: Wicked Grin symbols, Super Wicked Grin symbols, Multipliers, Diamond Coin symbols, Spreading FS symbols, Super FS symbols, Stash N Stack and Coin Craze. That is eight named pieces, and most of them are built around the free spins and coin ideas in the names.

It is aimed at players who like scatter-pay grids and want a feature-rich game without the extreme swings of the highest-volatility titles. It also suits anyone who wants to scale the stake from pennies to a serious bet on the same game.

A 5x5 all-scatter grid, 96.27% RTP and a 10,000x ceiling on medium volatility.

On what is published: RTP, volatility, max win, grid, mechanic and bet range are all stated. A hit rate and the finer details of each feature are not, and this page says so rather than filling the gap.

The RTP is 96.27%. Against the rough 96% UK average that is a small step up, about 0.27 percentage points. Over £1,000 of total wagers the long-run return is £962.70, which leaves £37.30 as the house edge. That is an average over a very large number of spins, not a promise for one evening.

The gap to the average is tiny. It will not change how a session feels, but it is a point in the game's favour when you compare it with slots sitting below 96%.

Volatility is graded medium. In practice that means a spread of outcomes between the very steady and the very top-heavy: expect a mix of small returns and the odd stronger hit, with dry spells that are real but usually shorter than on a high-volatility game. Because the studio publishes no hit rate, how often a spin returns something is not on file.

The max win is 10,000x the stake, and the cash value scales directly with the bet. At the minimum stake of 0.1 the ceiling is £1,000. At £1 it is £10,000. At £10 it is £100,000. At the maximum stake of 100 it is £1,000,000.

Those are ceilings, not typical outcomes. A cap of 10,000x is the sum of everything stacking up in the best possible round, and the studio does not publish how often that is reached. Treat it as the top of the range rather than a target.

Medium volatility and a 10,000x cap fit together sensibly. The game is not chasing a six-figure multiple, so it can afford to pay more evenly. For a budget, think in terms of a few hundred spins at your stake rather than a handful, so the feature rounds have room to show up.

Hacksaw names eight features. Here is each one, with what the name and mechanic category tell us and no more:

• Wicked Grin symbols: the game's headline symbol, which gives the slot its name; they are the symbols the rest of the feature set appears to build around.
• Super Wicked Grin symbols: an upgraded version of the same symbol, so expect it to be rarer and stronger than the standard one.
• Multipliers: in a scatter-pay game a multiplier boosts the value of a win, so they matter most when a cluster of symbols is already paying.
• Diamond Coin symbols: coin-style symbols, which in this kind of game usually carry or collect a value; the exact role is for the studio to specify.
• Spreading FS symbols: the FS tag points to free spins, and the word spreading suggests the symbol extends its effect across the grid.
• Super FS symbols: a stronger free-spins symbol, as the Super prefix implies, sitting above the standard FS symbol.
• Stash N Stack: a named feature round or mechanic; the name suggests collecting and building up, but the rules are not published.
• Coin Craze: a named coin-based feature, likely tied to the Diamond Coin symbols, with its mechanics left to the studio.

Free spins in an all-scatter game generally work as a bonus round where the same scatter-pay engine keeps running, often with extra symbols or multipliers added. How many spins, what triggers them, how many symbols are needed and what each multiplier is worth are not published. The page is updated when Hacksaw publishes them.

No bonus buy or feature buy is listed for this game. Where a game does offer one, it is switched off for GB players at UKGC casinos, because the regulator does not allow paying to skip straight to a bonus round. Nothing in the published feature list suggests it would matter here.

The base game is a 5x5 grid with no paylines. Wins are scatter pays, so a symbol pays by appearing in enough positions on the grid rather than by lining up left to right. The exact count needed and the paytable values are not published, so the paytable inside the game is the reference.

Between features the game should feel like a steady scatter-pay grid, with the special symbols and multipliers adding the spikes. At medium volatility that means smaller returns most of the time, and the coin and free-spin features carrying the bigger swings.

The stake range is 0.1 to 100. The low end suits cautious play and long sessions: at 0.1 the 10,000x ceiling is worth £1,000, and the bankroll lasts a long time. The top end suits experienced players who accept bigger swings for a £1,000,000 ceiling.

For a medium-volatility game, a practical rule is to size the stake so the budget covers a few hundred spins. A £50 budget at 0.2 stakes gives 250 spins, while the same budget at £2 gives only 25, which is too few to see the features. Pick the stake first and the budget second.

Hacksaw builds its slots for mobile as standard, so the 5x5 grid is designed for a phone screen. The UK build rules apply on a phone exactly as on desktop: no autoplay, a minimum spin time, and reality checks and session tools from the casino. None of that changes the maths.

Among all-scatter slots, Wicked Grin sits in the middle of the field. Its volatility is medium rather than high, so it is steadier than the headline-chasing titles in the category. Its ceiling of 10,000x is the lower to middle end, well short of the biggest caps this mechanic can reach.

That is the trade. A lower ceiling lets a game pay more often and more evenly, because the maths does not have to hold back so much for one giant round. A higher ceiling buys the chance of a very large win, but it is paid for with longer dry spells and a smaller share of sessions that end in profit.

With 96.27%, Wicked Grin also sits slightly above the usual UK RTP, so the steadier profile does not come with a worse return. The similar-slots table that follows shows the real comparison figures, so the numbers are there to check rather than to take on trust.

Read it as a game for players who want the all-scatter format and a long feature list, but who would rather see a few decent returns on the way than chase one huge multiple. Its own ceiling is 10,000x, and that is the one number to weigh against the others.

It suits these players:

• Players who like scatter-pay grids and want a game with eight named features to explore rather than a single bonus.
• Medium-volatility fans who want fewer long droughts than a high-volatility slot, with a 10,000x ceiling still on offer.
• Low-stake players, since 0.1 keeps the ceiling at £1,000 and stretches a small bankroll across many spins.
• Players who check the maths first and like an RTP of 96.27% sitting just above the UK average.

Skip it if you want a six or seven-figure multiple on a normal stake, since the cap is 10,000x. Skip it too if you need every feature rule and a hit rate spelled out before you play, because those are not published yet. If paying for bonus rounds matters to you, note that no buy feature is listed, and that would be switched off for GB players in any case.