Le Bandit uses a 6x5 cluster-pays grid where five or more matching symbols connected horizontally or vertically form a win. Card royals (10 to A) sit at the bottom of the paytable, while five heist-themed premiums — cheese, trap, beer, bread and the top hat — pay the most, with the hat as the single strongest regular symbol. Separately, Golden Squares left behind by winning clusters can reveal Bronze, Silver or Gold coins worth 0.2x to 500x the stake, but only if a Rainbow symbol also lands that spin.
- Royals never outpay premiums, regardless of cluster size
- Coin values are not part of the standard paytable — they trigger only with a Rainbow symbol
- No full symbol-by-symbol payout table for every cluster size is publicly published
Reading the symbol set
Le Bandit's paytable splits cleanly into two tiers. Card ranks 10 through A form the low end, paying modestly even at large cluster sizes. Above them sit five thematic premiums tied to the street-heist setting: a bear trap, a cheese wheel, a beer mug, a bag of bread and a top hat, ranked in that ascending order with the hat as the best-paying regular symbol in the game. This is a fairly wide premium tier for a cluster slot, which spreads mid-size wins across more symbol types than a game with only two or three premiums would.
Scatter duties fall to a Polaroid-camera icon marked FS. Three of these trigger Luck of the Bandit free spins, four unlock All That Glitters Is Gold, and five open Treasure at the End of the Rainbow — three separate bonus entry points from a single scatter symbol, each leading to a different feature mode rather than one fixed free spins round.
Whether a conventional wild exists is one point where sources disagree: some reviews describe a wanted-poster wild substituting into clusters, others state plainly that no wild is present, and Hacksaw's own feature notes focus on cascades and Golden Squares without naming one directly. Players should treat wild behaviour as unconfirmed rather than assume it works the same way it does in other cluster titles.
The real payout engine beyond the base paytable is the Golden Square system. Any tile vacated by a winning cluster turns into a Golden Square, and if a Rainbow symbol appears anywhere on that same spin, every Golden Square opens to reveal Bronze, Silver or Gold coins, or a clover or Pot of Gold modifier. Coins pay instantly; clovers multiply the pooled coin value by 2x to 10x; Pots of Gold collect everything visible into a single sum and, in bonus states, can retrigger the reveal cycle.
Without a Rainbow symbol on a given spin, Golden Squares stay highlighted through the cascade sequence but never open, clearing away once the spin resolves. This makes the coin tier a conditional layer sitting on top of the standard cluster paytable rather than something guaranteed on every winning spin.
Paytable strengths and weaknesses
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
|---|---|
| Five distinct premium symbols spread mid-tier wins instead of concentrating them in one or two icons | Golden Square coin reveals depend entirely on a Rainbow symbol landing, so many winning spins never open them |
| Three-tier scatter trigger (3/4/5 FS symbols) gives access to different bonus modes from one symbol | No complete symbol-by-symbol payout table across all cluster sizes is available to review in full |
| Coin, clover and Pot of Gold layer adds payout variety beyond a standard cluster paytable | Presence of a wild is inconsistently described across sources, making its role in clusters unclear |
Confirmed paytable-related mechanics
- Cluster pays on a 6x5 grid: wins need five or more adjacent matching symbols, horizontally or vertically
- Super Cascades remove all copies of a winning symbol from the grid, not just the cluster itself, before refilling
- Golden Squares mark tiles vacated by winning clusters and hold potential coin or modifier reveals
- Rainbow symbol activation opens every Golden Square on the grid in one go when it lands
- Coin tiers run Bronze (0.2x-4x), Silver (5x-20x) and Gold (25x-500x) the stake
- Clover symbols apply a random multiplier (2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x) to pooled coin and Pot of Gold values
Le Bandit key specifications
| Provider | Hacksaw Gaming |
|---|---|
| Reels | 5 |
| Paylines | cluster pays |
| Volatility | medium |
| RTP | 96.34% |
| Max win | 10000x |
| Bet range | 0.1 – 100 |
| Released | 2023-08-24T05:00:00.000000Z |
Paytable questions
Which symbol pays the most in Le Bandit?
The top hat is the highest-paying regular symbol, ahead of bread, beer, cheese and the bear trap, with card royals paying less at every cluster size.
Do Golden Squares always pay out when they appear?
No. A Golden Square only opens to reveal coins or a clover/Pot of Gold modifier if a Rainbow symbol also lands during that same spin; otherwise it clears without paying.
Is there a wild symbol on the Le Bandit paytable?
Reports differ: some reviews describe a wanted-poster wild substituting into clusters, while others say no wild exists. This is not confirmed on the published paytable.
What triggers the different free spins modes?
The FS camera scatter is tiered: three symbols trigger Luck of the Bandit, four trigger All That Glitters Is Gold, and five unlock Treasure at the End of the Rainbow.
How high can a single Gold coin value go?
Gold coins are reported in the 25x to 500x stake range, before any clover multiplier or Pot of Gold collection is applied on top.
Does the paytable list exact payouts for every cluster size?
Not in full public form. Cluster payout values are only partially documented across sources, so a complete symbol-by-size table isn't available for reference.
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