Le Bandit

Le Bandit is a 6x5 cluster-pays slot from Hacksaw Gaming, released on 24 August 2023, with 96.34% RTP, medium volatility (3 out of 5 on the studio's scale) and a 10,000x max win. Golden Squares and Rainbows decide when coins pay out.

How Le Bandit works

Le Bandit is played on 6 reels and 5 rows, with bets from 0.10 to 100 in the demo's currency (dollars), and wins come from clusters instead of paylines. It uses what Hacksaw calls Super Cascades: winning symbols are removed, new ones fall in, and the chain can run on while wins keep forming. This is the familiar cascading reels idea.

The mechanic that matters is the Golden Square. Every position in a win is marked with one. If a Rainbow lands on the same spin, the marked squares light up and reveal coin values; if it does not, nothing is collected. In the bonus rounds the squares stay marked between spins, so they carry on building until a Rainbow arrives.

Hacksaw's page does not publish the cluster size needed to win or the pay table for the regular symbols, and we could not capture it from the demo, so we list no cluster pays here. Check the paytable inside the demo for those.

Le Bandit symbols and payouts

What Hacksaw does publish are the coin values and the special symbols. Coin values are multiples of your total bet:

Pots of Gold activate from top to bottom and left to right, and the Golden Squares re-activate after the last one has collected.

Le Bandit bonus features

Luck of the Bandit Bonus

Three Free Spin symbols in the base game open it. The Golden Squares stay marked between spins until a Rainbow activates them. Two Free Spin symbols during the bonus add 2 extra spins and three add 3. Four upgrade it to the next bonus, carrying over your current spins plus 4 more. Hacksaw's page does not say how many spins you start with.

All That Glitters Is Gold Bonus

Four Free Spin symbols in the base game open it with 12 free spins. The Golden Squares stay marked for the whole bonus, and retriggers work as in Luck of the Bandit.

Treasure at the End of the Rainbow Bonus

Five Free Spin symbols give 12 free spins and a Rainbow on every spin, with the squares staying lit. It is the only bonus with a guaranteed Rainbow, and the only one you cannot buy.

Bonus buy and BonusHunt

Where the casino and your market allow it, the bonus buy menu gives direct access to the bonus rounds; Hacksaw does not list the prices on its page. There is also BonusHunt FeatureSpins: you pay 3x your stake per spin for 5x the odds of triggering a bonus. On a €1 spin that is €3, and on a 20 cent spin it is 60 cent. It is the one option here that costs extra on every spin.

RTP, volatility and max win

Hacksaw lists four RTP values for Le Bandit: 96.34%, 94.23%, 92.17% and 88.36%. It does not say which setting each one applies to, and the casino chooses which to run, so the lower ones are a real risk. Our library records 96.34%; at the lowest, the house keeps about €11.64 of every €100 staked instead of €3.66.

Volatility is 3 on Hacksaw's scale of 5. The max win is 10,000x your stake, which is €2,000 on a 20 cent spin or €10,000 on €1. As a guide to scale, a single gold coin can be worth up to 500x, or €500 on a €1 bet.

Theme and design

It is a cartoon heist: a raccoon bandit in a green hat and an orange beard, with four-leaf clovers, rainbows and pots of gold as bonus symbols. That leaning towards luck charms means it sits close to Irish slots in look, though our library files it under raccoon slots, bandit slots and cartoon slots.

How to play the Le Bandit demo

1. Open the demo on this page. It asks for no account or deposit.
2. Set your bet with the controls in the game.
3. Spin and watch where the Golden Squares appear, and what happens when a Rainbow lands.
4. Open the paytable inside the game for the regular symbol pays and the cluster size.
5. Try the Buy Bonus menu if the demo offers it, and compare what the bonuses cost.

The demo does not show your casino's RTP version or its bonus terms, and bonus buys may be switched off in some markets. Nothing you win in the demo can be cashed out.

Le Bandit in Ireland

Le Bandit gets about 90 searches a month in Ireland for the demo (November 2026, Google), and about 70 for the plain name. We did not see it in the "popular" rows of the Irish casino lobbies we checked in early November 2026, so it is a game people look for by name more than one casinos push.

Le Bandit and Hacksaw Gaming

Le Bandit is one of 87 slots from Hacksaw Gaming in our library (November 2026) and one of a run of "Le" titles from the studio. The ones we carry are Le King, Le Pharaoh, Le Zeus and the Irish-themed Le Prechaun.

Le Bandit vs similar slots

• Same studio, higher max win: Le King and Le Zeus both go up to 20,000x, double Le Bandit's 10,000x.
• Same studio, Irish theme: Le Prechaun has a 97.52% RTP in our library and a 15,000x max win.
• Same cluster mechanic, other theme: Sugar Rush 1000 pays in 7x7 clusters, with a 25,000x max win.

Playing Le Bandit for real money in Ireland

Ireland's licensing is changing. Under the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 the GRAI has licensed remote betting since 1 July 2026, but licences for online gaming are only due from 2027. Until then, look up which licence a casino holds before you deposit.

Moving from demo to real play changes three things: your wins become cashable, the casino picks the RTP version, and bonuses carry wagering requirements. The casinos on this page come from our Irish casino rankings, which show each one's licence; make sure Le Bandit is in the lobby before you sign up.

Real-money play is for adults 18+ only. Set a limit before you start. If it stops being fun, GamblingCare.ie runs a free 24-hour helpline on 1800 936 725, and our responsible gambling page lists more help.