Hustling
Written by: Lars Huq, Journalist
Updated: February 25, 2025, 8:00 am UTC+0
The latest win both ways title from Red Tiger, Hustling video slot and looks like a more than a decent game. Although, how successful is it with the slightly narrow rap-battle theme? Yet, we know it’s a market out there for said genre. However, to stand out and captivate an audience, you need to have a great game. And that’s why we are here; put the Hustling video slot to the test and see if it’s worth your time. But, if we only check out the box, it all looks good from the start. For instance, this title includes 1×3 tile space super wilds. That also operates with a triple purpose. Telling us, this game will not include scatters, but yet plenty of free spins. So, we are in for a cliff-hanger type of spins infrequent intervals straight away. So buckle up; things could heat up in the Hustling.
Hustling video slot – game statistics and other game info
- Game Provider: Red Tiger Gaming
- Type: Video slot, rap theme
- RTP: 95.69%
- Paylines: 10
- Reel: 5 reels and 3 rows
- Min – Max bet: £0.20 up to £20
- Bonuses & features: free spins
- Volatility: High
- Max Win: 3,000 x your bet
- Release date: 14.12.2021
- Suitable for: Cautious players, Everyday pleasure seekers, Daredevils, and High Rollers.
Hustling video slot – Bonus Feature
The main symbols you are looking for are the East wild or the West wild stack symbols. That only appears on reel 1 (West wild) and reel 5 (East wild). And has 3 purposes. First, if only one of the super wilds land, it locks in place and initiates a re-spin. Second, if two super wilds land, the player gets rewarded with 10 free spins. However, before you get spinning your 10 free spins, you need to pick a side, East or West. Now, during the free spins. As the wins come from both ways, every time any of the super wilds make up a win, the multiplier on that wild increases by 1x. Or your “rap battle”. And should your picked side end up after the 10 free spins with more multiplier than the other side? Well, you guessed it, you win the battle and 10+ free spins more.
Side note about the bonus feature
Of course, are we going to explain what happens if the East and West sides are equal in multiplier after the initial 10 free spins? In the event of a tie, the Hustling video slot will launch one more free spin (as long as needed) until one of the extended super wild is a winner. Also, should both wild get included in a win? “The multipliers are multiplied by each other before being applied.”
Symbols and Scatters
Seemingly, spray paint and a rap theme go hand in hand. As such, the lower segment of ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 are all graffiti-inspired in different colours. And in the same order as previous, they appear in the colours yellow, blue, pink, green, and purple. From the top, we have a gold chain, sneakers, and a boom box. Plus spray cans and finally a baseball cap for the medium to the higher selection. This takes us to the only 2 remaining symbols. The East and West 1×3 super wilds that only appear on reel 1 (West wild) and reel 5 (East wild). And that’s all of the included symbols.
The real spin experience of Hustling
For being a tested option, meaning launching a win both ways on a 5-reel, 3-rows on 10-paylines come with many already existing judgments. Although, we always try to go into the 100 test spins for £1 with an open mind. And would you believe it after 61 spins, we won 10 free spins, that we also re-trigger a second time. Resulting in 20 free spins overall, leaving us with a pretty decent win of £ 44.42. However, that seemingly loosed up the Hustling video slot a bit. As we also won a big £24 win, along with some smaller ones as well. And then on spin 81, another free spins session kicked off, giving us another £24,06 win, wow.
Our thoughts on Hustling video slot
Yes, all included and stated attributes work as intended; even Red Tiger’s 5/5 reported hit rate is on par. Sure, the max win of 3,000 x your bet is far from the best in the industry. Yet, all things considered, staying above the positive gain line when spinning 100 test spins are indeed far in between when it comes to high volatile video slots. Still, in the Hustling video slot, this is precisely what happened. But, and we are sad to say, there is a but in this review. The rap theme narrows down the target audience slightly, and if you are not a fan of the genre of music. Though, We say that if you have no preferences for the themes you play, you need to play this high volatility and win both ways with a high hit rate Hustling video slot.
