Cash Crew

Theme and Design

Hacksaw Doing What They Do Best - An Ominous and Moody Slot

A heist slot from Hacksaw was always going to go down the dark and moody path. This one is creepy, set against the backdrop of a gritty urban scene at night … in a heavy rainstorm, complete with lightning. There are tall, trenchcoated gangsters either side of the reels, bearing arms and wearing strange masks, and the soundtrack is a slowed-down electro pulse punctuated with sirens and rumbling thunder. Basically, it’s everything you want a volatile Hacksaw slot to be. Another quality production.

RTP and Variance

Cash Crew has 4 RTP settings – 96.26%, 94.23%, 92.17% and 88.29%. There is a big difference between playing at 96.26% and 88.29% and you want to avoid the lower rates which some UK slot site will choose for the game. I recommend MrQ from Lindar Media which consistently runs slots from Hacksaw at the optimum RTP – 96.26% in this case.

Wherever you play you can check the RTP of the game for yourself by hitting the hamburger menu icon under the reels then the ‘info’ button to bring up the game rules. Then scroll through until you see ‘Return to Player. If it’s less than 94% I would look to play elsewhere.

This is also one of Hacksaw’s more volatile slots, so expect an uneven win distribution. It can produce some big win sequence but also rinse your balance in no time.

Maximum Win

The maximum win in Cash Crew is 10,000x. That is about average for Hacksaw slots. You can find bigger potential in slots like 2 Wild 2 Die (15,000x) and RIP City (12,500x), but those are rarities rather than the rule.

If you enjoy playing for the big money prizes then I recommend that you check out our article on the highest max win slots.

Symbols and Paytable

This is a 5-reel game with 5 rows per reel and 14 paylines. Wins are scored by landing 3 or more identical symbols across a line from left to right, starting at the left most reel.

There are nine pay symbols to win on. The low value ones are the cards – Jack, Queen, King and Ace. These all have the same value of 0.2x for 3 on a line up to 2x for 5 on a line. The 5 premium symbols are the 4 gang members in turquoise, purple, yellow and red and the gang leader in green. These are valued at from 0.4x for 3 green up to 10x for 5 reds.

There are also Wilds which substitute for any pay symbol to complete paylines AND pay out at 25x for 5 on a line. These also have multiplier powers as we will find out in the next section.

Features and Gameplay

Land Grab ‘Em Symbols To Collect The Cash

A core component of the gameplay here is the Cash Collect features. Cash symbols, represented by the green guy with the glasses, have values of 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x or 500x. Their values are ONLY collected when a ‘Grab Em’ symbol lands at the same time.

Multipliers and Wilds

The wild symbol here also comes with a multiplier value, printed on the front. Whilst the wild does its job of substituting for any pay symbol to complete lines, the multiplier part does TWO jobs.

First, its value will be applied to all win lines it forms a part of. Second, its value is applied to any cash symbols in the surrounding 3x3 area if a Grab Em symbol lands at the same time.

Multiplier values may be 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x or 25x. When the value is 5x or higher, then a ? is printed on the wild and the value only reveals itself when the Grab Ems symbol lands.

Finally – if you get lucky with more than one Wild Multiplier on a win line then their values are MULTIPLIED before the win amount is calculated. So a 3x and a 5x become 15x!

Two Free Spins Rounds 

As we see with many Hacksaw Gaming slots, there are TWO free spins rounds in Cash Crew. They come with enhanced odds of hitting the features you see in the base game, and a few more treats.

The Vault – 6 Free Spins

The Vault is unlocked by landing THREE FS scatters during the base game. In this round, the odds of higher value cash symbols and multipliers are improved AND when a multiplier lands, it activated the position on the grid it lands on. And thereafter, on EVERY spin, a multiplier will land in that position.

You can extend this round by landing a Stopwatch symbol which gets you between 2 and 6 more spins, as indicated on the watches screen.

The High Security Valut – 9 Free Spins

The most powerful round in the game is this one – High Security Vault. You’ll need to land 4 FS scatters during the base game to trigger this one.

The rules are the same as in The Vault – better odds of landing higher value cash symbols and multipliers, persistent multiplier positions throughout the round, and the chance to extend the round by landing stopwatch symbols. But now an added extra - the minimum value for a cash symbol is 5x.