Diamond Bounty 7s Hold and Win

Diamond Bounty 7s Hold and Win Overview

Diamond Bounty 7s Hold and Win is the original game in Kalamba Games’ Diamond Bounty series: a retro 5x3 slot with 10 fixed paylines, sevens and BARs, multiplier wilds, a four-level HyperBet and a Hold and Win bonus built on cash-carrying diamonds. Kalamba’s official portfolio gives a launch date of 31 August 2023, a volatility of 10 out of 10, a hit frequency of 19.2% and a maximum coinciding win of 20,000x. SlotCatalog lists the RTP at 96.01%, with other RTP versions available; stakes run from 0.50 to 50.

Sevens, BARs and Diamonds

The symbol set is classic fruit-machine: blue and purple BARs, blue, red and gold 7s, and the pink-and-white diamonds that carry cash values and drive the bonus. The cabinet is lit in blue neon, with the four cashpot plaques along the top.

The Four Cashpots

At a 100 stake the plaques read:

• Mini: 100 – 1x the bet
• Minor: 250 – 2.5x
• Major: 5,000 – 50x
• Maxi: 100,000 – 1,000x

HyperBet

The HyperBet bar under the reels has four icons: a 7, a wild with an x2 badge, a single diamond and a pile of diamonds. Kalamba’s own description speaks of four HyperBet levels, multiplier wilds and four cashpot levels; each level switches on more of these extras at a higher stake.

The Hold and Win Bonus

The bonus opens with “Congratulations – 3 Cash Spins Awarded” and the line “Hold them all and win extra prize!”; in our round the extra prize on offer was 40.00. The diamonds lock in place and the other positions respin.

One of our rounds at the 100 stake ended with 12 diamonds on the board and three empty positions. Their values were 3.00, 25.00, 8.50, 25.00, 4.00, 5.00, 8.50, 7.50, 7.50, 25.00, 6.00 and 50.00 – 175.00 in total, 1.75x the bet. With three spots left open, the full-board prize was not paid.

A Big Round at 1,000

At a 1,000 stake a Hold and Win round finished with the grid nearly full and a total win of FUN 5,214.50 – about 5.2x the bet, celebrated with a shower of gold coins.

Gamble

A separate win of 350.00 went to the gamble wheel: Collect FUN 350.00 or Gamble to FUN 700.00 on an x2 wheel. The first of three diamond markers was already ticked, showing how many steps had been taken.

Buy Bonus

At a 100 stake the Buy Bonus menu offers two ways in, each worth 3 Hold and Win spins:

• Red option: 1,000.00 – 10x the bet, with “Win cashpots more often”
• Blue option: 375.00 – 3.75x the bet

What the Numbers Mean

A 19.2% hit frequency means that roughly one spin in five returns something. On a ten-line machine with the top volatility rating, many of those hits are small line wins, and the real money sits in the diamonds and the cashpots.

The cashpots scale with the stake. At the 0.50 minimum the Maxi is worth 500 and the Mini 0.50; at the 50 maximum the Maxi reaches 50,000, and the 20,000x ceiling works out at 1,000,000. Kalamba’s portfolio also confirms a free spins feature, special wilds, the Feature Buy-In and the gamble option, all on top of the Hold and Win bonus.

The Biggest Wins

The big win tracker on the left of the screen showed x1,600, x1,122 and x1,098. They are far below the 20,000x maximum, which fits the top volatility rating: the cap is reachable, but most big results land well under it.

Diamond Bounty 7s vs the Xmas Edition

Four months later Kalamba released Diamond Bounty Xmas Hold and Win, the same machine dressed for Christmas, with the same grid, lines, cashpots, buy prices and 20,000x cap and a 96.51% RTP setting. For another Kalamba Hold and Win title, see Dolphin Riches Hold and Win.

Who It Is For

Diamond Bounty 7s Hold and Win is for players who like the classic sevens-and-BARs look with a modern bonus on top. The base game is simple, the diamonds do the heavy lifting, and HyperBet lets you choose how much of the extra machinery to switch on. All six casinos we checked carry it.

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