Game file
Hot to Burn slot: five lines, star scatter and 96.71% RTP
Reel Kingdom's no-frills fruit machine: five lines, a star scatter, a top-paying seven and nothing else to learn.
The legal status of casino-style games offered by bookmakers is disputed in South Africa and depends on the province that licenses the bookmaker.
Try the Hot to Burn demo
Hot to Burn is a Reel Kingdom game distributed by Pragmatic Play, and the demo above is the official one from Pragmatic Play's demo server. With five lines, no wilds and no free spins, it shows quickly how a plain fruit slot pays and how rarely the star scatter lands in threes. The i button opens the five rules pages quoted above, and clicking the credit and bet labels switches them between coins and cash, which makes the paytable easier to read at the stake you have chosen. It uses play credits, cannot pay out and predicts nothing about a real-money session; more on that on the demo modes page.
Where to play Hot to Burn for real money
Provincially licensed South African bookmakers whose published game lobbies list Hot to Burn, ordered by our score. Check that the game is in the lobby of your account before you deposit.
| # | Bookmaker | Score | Welcome offer | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  BetsheziWestern Cape licenceRead review | Up to R10,000 in match bonuses over first four deposits, plus R50... | Play now | |
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| 5 |  GbetsWestern Cape licenceRead review | 50 Free Spins and a R50 Free Bet for new customers | Play now | |
| 6 |  PlayBetMpumalanga licenceRead review | 100% first deposit match up to R20,000, split between Casino and... | Play now | |
| 7 |  TopbetWestern Cape licenceRead review | Welcome Bonus: R30 sports/horses & R15 Casino for new sign-ups | Play now | |
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18+ Casino-style games at bookmakers are offered under provincial licences, and their legal status is disputed nationally since a 2025 appeal court ruling on Gauteng bookmakers. Welcome offers have terms; read them first. Set a limit and never play to win back losses. Help: National Responsible Gambling Programme, 0800 006 008, responsible gambling.
Hot to Burn at a glance
Hot to Burn is a classic fruit slot by Reel Kingdom, released on 1 May 2020, with 5 reels, 3 rows and just 5 paylines. There are no wilds and no free spins. Wins come from fruit and sevens on the lines, with the seven paying 1,000x on a line, and from a star scatter that pays anywhere: 2x, 10x or 50x the total bet for three, four or five stars, according to the game's own paytable. The RTP is 96.71%. The spec card lists medium volatility and a top win of 1,000x the stake, the figure on Pragmatic Play's game page; an older review source gave 5,000x.
Hot to Burn is a deliberately plain game: a fruit machine with a burning-hot look and almost nothing to learn. That simplicity makes it a useful contrast to the feature-heavy slots in this guide. With no bonus round to wait for, every result comes from the reels in front of you. This file explains the five lines and the star scatter, what 96.71% means in rand, how it compares with the other fruit games, and where the official demo is.
Reel Kingdom's own catalogue confirms the grid, the five lines and the RTP; it lists the game as Hot to Burn, 3x5 with 5 lines. One review source credits Pragmatic Play, which distributes Reel Kingdom's games. Volatility and release date come only from that review source; the top win on the spec card comes from the game's page on Pragmatic Play's site. For this page we also read the five rules pages inside the official demo and that Pragmatic Play page. The paytable, the line shapes and the settlement rules below come from the demo's rules; where the sources disagree, on the scatter's top pay, the volatility label and the top win, this page says so.
Five lines on a 5x3 grid
Only five paylines cross the grid, so most positions take part in just one or two lines. A win needs matching symbols on a line from the leftmost reel. Fewer lines than a modern video slot means fewer small wins per spin, and a bigger share of the return coming from the high-value symbols.
The rules screen draws the five lines. Lines 1, 2 and 3 run straight along the middle, top and bottom rows. Line 4 is a V that starts in the top row, dips to the bottom row on the middle reel and climbs back. Line 5 is the same shape upside down. Symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel, so three sevens on reels 2, 3 and 4 pay nothing.
The Hot to Burn paytable as multiples of the bet
The paytable in the demo lists wins at a fixed stake. Converted into multiples of the total bet across all five lines, it reads:
| Symbol | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven | - | 20x | 200x | 1,000x |
| Watermelon | - | 10x | 40x | 100x |
| Strawberry | - | 10x | 40x | 100x |
| Plum | - | 4x | 10x | 40x |
| Orange | - | 4x | 10x | 40x |
| Lemon | - | 4x | 10x | 40x |
| Cherry | 1x | 4x | 10x | 40x |
| Star scatter (anywhere) | - | 2x | 10x | 50x |
On a R5 spin, which is R1 per line, three sevens on a line pay R100 and five pay R5,000. Two cherries pay R5, which only returns the stake. The cherry is the only symbol that pays for two of a kind, and four of the seven line symbols top out at 40x, so the seven, the watermelon and the strawberry carry the top of the table.
How a Hot to Burn spin is settled
The rules pages set out how a result is counted, and with no features it fits in five steps:
- You choose the total bet with the plus and minus buttons, which open the bet menu. All five lines are always in play.
- When the reels stop, each line is read from the leftmost reel. Line wins are multiplied by the bet per line.
- Only the highest win is paid on each line, so three sevens that are part of a longer run do not pay twice.
- Stars are counted anywhere on the grid, and their wins are multiplied by the total bet.
- Wins on several lines and the star win are added together into the spin's total.
That is the whole game. There is nothing to collect, no meter that builds between spins and no mode to switch on, which is why the RTP and the paytable tell you almost everything about it.
The star scatter and the seven
Two symbols carry the game. The star is a scatter: it pays wherever it lands, without needing a line, at 2x the total bet for three, 10x for four and 50x for five. An older review source gave 100x for five stars; the game's own paytable and the spec card show 50x. The seven is the top line symbol and pays 1,000x the total bet for five on a line. Everything else is fruit at lower values.
- No wilds Nothing substitutes for other symbols, so a line wins only with real matches.
- No free spins There is no bonus round to trigger, and so nothing to wait for or buy.
- Fast play A speed button cycles through normal speed, quick spin and turbo spin, and autoplay runs spins on its own. Convenient, and a reason to watch the clock.
Hot to Burn RTP: 96.71% in rand
Reel Kingdom's catalogue, Pragmatic Play's game page and the rules page in the official demo all give 96.71%, one of the higher single figures among the slots in this guide. None of them lists a lower version, but the bookmaker chooses what runs in its lobby, so the info screen there is the final word. Over a very large number of spins, the game pays back about R96.71 of every R100 staked and keeps about R3.29. (The catalogue stores the figure in a field labelled "volatility", which looks like a labelling slip; the value is clearly the RTP.)
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Hot to Burn RTP explainer
- Total staked
- R1,000.00
- Average returned
- -
- Average cost
- -
- Per R100 staked
- -
An average over a very large number of spins, not a prediction. A real session can end far above or far below it, and the more volatile the game, the wider that spread.
Medium volatility and a 1,000x top win
The review source behind the spec card rates Hot to Burn medium volatility. The rules page in the official demo carries a "low volatility" label instead, which it explains as paying out more often in smaller amounts while still having the chance to win big. The spec card's top win of 1,000x the stake comes from Pragmatic Play's game page, and it is what five sevens on a single line pay; the rules pages state no separate cap. An older review source gave 5,000x. For a game with no bonus round, any large result depends on sevens filling lines, which is rare.
Hot to Burn among the fruit slots
| Game | Lines | Bonus round | RTP | Top win |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot to Burn | 5 | None | 96.71% | 1,000x |
| Sizzling Hot Deluxe | 5 | None | 95.66% | 5,000x |
| Hot Hot Fruit | 15 | Bonus round with locking wins | 86% to 98% | 5,087x |
| Lucky Lucky | 1 | None, wild with x1, x2 or x3 | 86% to 98% | 900x |
Hot to Burn and Sizzling Hot Deluxe are near twins in structure: five lines, a star scatter and a top-paying seven. Hot to Burn publishes the higher RTP of the two. The fruit slots page compares the whole group.
Where Hot to Burn is listed
Licensed bookmakers that name Pragmatic Play, which distributes Reel Kingdom's games, are listed at the foot of this page; whether Hot to Burn is live in a lobby is shown on the bookmaker's site. The legal status of casino-style games at bookmakers is disputed and depends on the province: a 2025 Supreme Court of Appeal ruling bars Gauteng bookmakers from casino games, while the Western Cape board says its licensees are not affected.
A simple game, a simple budget
What helps
- Turning fast play off to slow the pace
- Setting autoplay limits before using it
- A stop-loss decided in advance
What does not
- Expecting the classic look to mean low risk
- Chasing five stars after four
- Raising the stake after a quiet run
Responsible gambling
Hot to Burn spin budget
- Spins if nothing comes back
- -
- Staked per hour
- -
- Average cost per hour
- -
- Stop-loss to set
- -
- Set the deposit limit in your bookmaker account before you start, not during a session.
- Use a timer: the clock runs faster than it feels when rounds take seconds.
- Never raise the stake to win back a loss.
Averages only: a single session can lose the whole budget much faster. Free, confidential help: National Responsible Gambling Programme, 0800 006 008. 18+ only.
Slots are for adults aged 18 and over. For limits, self-exclusion and free counselling, see responsible gambling.
Hot to Burn screenshots
Game images: Reel Kingdom, distributed by Pragmatic Play, from the official demo. Screenshots show demo mode with play credits, not real-money play.
Listed in the game lobbies of
Names only, from the bookmakers' published game lobbies. Not a recommendation to play.
Questions and answers
Who makes Hot to Burn?
Reel Kingdom, whose games are distributed by Pragmatic Play. It was released on 1 May 2020.
What is the RTP of Hot to Burn?
96.71%, according to Reel Kingdom's catalogue, Pragmatic Play's game page and the rules page in the official demo: about R96.71 back of every R100 staked over a very long run.
Does Hot to Burn have free spins?
No. It has no wilds and no free spins. Wins come from the lines and the star scatter.
How does the star scatter pay?
Anywhere on the reels, multiplied by the total bet: 2x for three stars, 10x for four and 50x for five, according to the paytable in the official demo.
What is the maximum win in Hot to Burn?
1,000x the stake, according to the spec card and Pragmatic Play's game page; that is what five sevens on one line pay. An older review source gave 5,000x.
Is Hot to Burn the same as Sizzling Hot?
They are similar: five lines, a star scatter and a top seven. They come from different studios, and Hot to Burn publishes the higher RTP (96.71% against 95.66%).
Where is the Hot to Burn demo?
On this page: the official Hot to Burn demo from Pragmatic Play loads in the "Try the Hot to Burn demo" section when you press play. It uses play credits only and cannot pay out.
What do the sevens pay in Hot to Burn?
Three sevens on a line pay 20x the total bet, four pay 200x and five pay 1,000x, according to the game's paytable.
What shape are the Hot to Burn paylines?
Three straight lines along the middle, top and bottom rows, a V shape and an upside-down V. Wins count from the leftmost reel.
Is Hot to Burn low or medium volatility?
The review source on the spec card says medium; the rules page in the official demo labels it low. Read the label on the info screen of the version you open.