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his latest game in Everi’s series based on Warren Kre-

mer’s “Hot Stuff the Little Devil” comic book character

utilizes the supplier’s new marquee-style Empire 5527

cabinet—the numbers indicate the 55-inch size of the giant flat-

screen monitor and the 27-inch main game screen.

The “Wicked Wheel” in the name refers to a giant top-mon-

itor wheel used in a picking bonus that can result in one of six

levels of progressive jackpots. The base game is a five-reel scatter-

pay video slot, with no paylines and wins registered by adjacent

symbols. This array features 243 ways to win on every spin.

During the base game, when a Hot Stuff symbol is part of a

winning combination on reels 2, 3 or 4, it multiplies the win-

ning pay by 2X, 3X or 4X.

There are two separate bonus events involving the big wheel.

Three bonus symbols trigger the Wicked Wheel Bonus, in which

the wheel displays bonus awards ranging from 1,600 credits to

8,000 credits, plus the four top progressives—the Major reset-

ting at $40, the Mega starting at $100, the Ultra resetting at

$800 and the top Grand, resetting at $10,000.

The Progressive Pick Bonus can be triggered randomly after

any base game spin, triggering a picking bonus that can lead to

one of the six progressives—the top four plus the Minor progres-

sive resetting at $20 and the Mini resetting at $10. When the

random bonus is triggered, a field of 25 coins is displayed on the

screen. The player picks until matching three progressive prizes

or revealing a pitchfork to end the bonus.

Manufacturer:Everi Holdings

Platform:Empire 5527

Format:Five-reel, ways-to-win video slot

Denomination:.01, .02, .05

Max Bet: 320

Top Award:Progressive; $10,000 reset

Hit Frequency: 31.45%-35.98%

Theoretical Hold: 2%-12%

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NEWGAMEREVIEW

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his game, featured on the new

AGS Orion Slant cabinet, is part

of the Fa Cai Shu family of pro-

gressive slots, which means the top pro-

gressive jackpot can be linked to any other

Fa Cai Shu games on the floor for a jack-

pot that grows rapidly. The top progressive

in this link resets at $8,800, a nod to the

Chinese lucky number 8.

The base game is a five-reel (four

symbols per reel), 50-line video

slot featuring three progressive

jackpots—a Minor resetting at $50

and a Major starting at $500 in ad-

dition to the top Grand prize. A

mystery feature in the primary game

randomly causes all wilds on the

screen to transform into full wild reels.

The progressives are won through a

randomly triggered picking bonus after a spin in which one or more wild

symbols appear. This triggers a picking bonus screen displaying 12 coins.

The player picks until matching three coins corresponding to jackpots or

three “Free Spin” symbols.

In addition to the progressive picking feature, the Free Spin bonus

can be triggered with three or more bonus symbols in the base game.

This awards 10 free games, and the feature can be re-triggered with

bonus symbols in a free game. During the free spins, all wild symbols

carry multipliers.

Manufacturer: AGS

Platform:Orion Slant

Format:Five-reel, 50-line video slot

Denomination:.01

Max Bet: 600

Top Award: Progressive; $8,800 reset

Hit Frequency:Approximately 50%

Theoretical Hold:2.9%-13.87%

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