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The 3-reel slot, with 5 instantly active lines, allows you to wager anywhere from 8 to 2,000 credits per line. The potential return then is enormous, provided your luck’s in and those sevens are falling into line. Video slots have come a long way in the past few years, with endless variants and all manner of quirky symbols used in play. It’s strangely refreshing, however, to see a slot that takes it back to simpler times, when sevens and fruit were all you needed to while the hours away.

Hit start and the slots will begin their familiar tumble as a flurry of oranges, plums (or are they grapes?), cherries and lemons glide by. On the 5 x 3 screen familiar from other Novomatic titles such as King of Cards, all it takes is three matching symbols in line: achieve that and there are two factors that will determine your win. Firstly, there’s the stake you’ve wagered, and secondly there’s the multiplier effect of the combination you’ve formed. The higher your stake and multiplier, the higher the pay-out.

While winnings can be collected following each successful spin, the serious money is to be found on the feature board. In this case, the feature consists of Novomatic’s tried and tested double or nothing design: all you have to do is guess the colour of the card, be it black or red. Each successful guess will double your money, but get it wrong and you’ll forfeit the lot.

Aside from the cavalcade of fruit and sevens, the prime gaming symbols to be found on Burning Hot 7’s are Bar, X and double stars. In fact, everything’s displayed in double on this video slot, from the fruit to the wild symbols. Walk away following a prolonged playing session and you’ll literally be seeing double. The flaming sevens that give the game its name also serve as wild, allowing them to substitute for any other symbol.

The holy grail in this game is to score 9 matching fruit symbols across all 3 lines – a tall order, but thankfully those wild sevens count towards your gargantuan winning total. The other symbol of note in the game is the scatter symbol, which is simply marked BONUS – it’s unique, and not even sevens can take its place.

With any three scatter symbols in view, you’ll be taken to the bonus feature, where you can win anywhere from 14 to 20 free spins. Upon activating this feature, each of the BONUS symbols is replaced by a question mark. Which one will you choose to reveal? Whatever your choice, the game will follow by displaying the alternatives you didn’t take, just to taunt you on those occasions when you’ve chosen wrong and to validate you when you’ve called it correctly. As for all those double symbols that appear throughout (pairs of fruit, sevens, X’s and suchlike), there’s a reason for that, as you’ll discover when your free spins are coming in. Each line will automatically double your pay-out, granting you twice the fun and twice the winnings.

In summary, Burning Hot 7’s is a deceptive video slot that’s far more appealing than you’d glean from first glance. It may look retro, but Novomatic have thrown in many of the features that grace their latest slots, including their trademark card picker, where you can double your money by guessing correctly the colour of the card. In fact, with its progressive nine-symbol jackpot and free spins galore, the money can quickly start pouring in once you’re on a roll. The sound effects are simple but upbeat and the whole game is intuitive to play. Then again, this is slots, not particle physics, so what did you expect? If you’ve got the skills to press a button repeatedly, you’ve got what it takes to win on Novomatic’s Burning Hot 7’s.