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Benny the Beer Slot by Hacksaw Gaming

by Hacksaw GamingReleased Oct 5, 2023

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Hacksaw Gaming's medium-volatility Stackways slot with 10,000x max win, five bonus buy tiers, and up to 100,000 winning ways.

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Specifications

Game TypeSlots
RTP96.17%
RTP Range88.26 / 92.28 / 94.17 / 96.17
VolatilityMedium
Max Win10,000x
Grid5x4
PaylinesStackways (1,024 to 100,000 ways)
Min Bet$0.1
Max Bet$100
Hit Freq37.79%

Stackways Series

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Benny the Beer slot by Hacksaw Gaming gameplay screenshot

About Benny the Beer Slot

Stackways is the mechanic that replaces wilds here. When a Stackways symbol lands on a reel, it fills that entire column with 2 to 10 copies of whichever paying symbol creates the strongest combination. Normal Stackways stack 2 to 4 high. Revealing Stackways push from 5 through 10. Stack multiple reels at once and the way count climbs from 1,024 toward 100,000 - that expansion is where every big win comes from, because no multipliers exist anywhere in the game. Rubber-hose cartoon characters fill the paytable: Benny himself (a pint glass with a handlebar mustache), a bottle cap, an alarm clock, a camera, a padlock, all sitting in a warm forest biergarten with greens and golden light. The four card values all pay identically, which simplifies the math when Stackways stacks fire.

Five buy tiers let you pick your risk. BonusHunt at 3x just increases scatter frequency during normal play. Double Stack (25x) guarantees at least 2 Stackways symbols per spin, Triple Stack (75x) guarantees 3, and the price jumps reflect how aggressive each level gets. At the top: direct bonus buys at 120x for Book of Stackways or 300x for Super Book. Third entry in the Stackways series after Mayan Stackways and Ronin Stackways, and that tiered buy system is the main mechanical addition this time around.

Book of Stackways awards 10 free spins with 2 randomly chosen Special symbols. When a Special lands on 3 or more reels simultaneously, those reels stack with that symbol. Land 4 scatters and you upgrade to Super Book - same 10 spins but with 4 Specials instead of 2, doubling the stack trigger frequency. Retriggers add spins in increments of 2 or 4 depending on scatter count. Four scatters in base game skip straight to Super Book. The core Stackways loop is familiar if you played the earlier games, and the criticism that Benny is mostly a reskin has some weight - but the Book upgrade path and the five-level buy menu add decision points the original lacked.

Reviewed by Arina, Slots Editor at Spinoxy Media Ltd.