Christmas Link Express: Hold & Win is a casino slot from Octoplay with a jolly Christmas theme! This is another release in the provider's Link Express Hold & Win series, with previous releases such as Cash Link Express: Hold & Win. Here, players can experience a festive Christmas adventure where the Santa Symbol can appear on reel 3, helping you create winning combinations and collecting any Cash Prize on the reels. Join us for this cheerful experience providing Persistent Cash Symbol, Free Spins, and Feature Buy, and discover what Christmas Link Express: Hold & Win has to offer!

5X3 game grid
Base Game

 

Christmas Link Express: Hold & Win is a video slot from Octoplay with 5 reels, 3 rows, and 5 paylines. Players can choose between a Min.bet of 0.1 and a Max.bet of 100. This game has a below-average RTP of 95.77%, increasing up to 95.83% when activating the Feature Buy. The game offers a hit frequency of 15.6% and an average Free Spins hit frequency of 1 in 157 spins. Christmas Link Express: Hold & Win has low volatility and a max win of 2,000X the bet. 

This peaceful slot game adventure has some good features to help you pursue and land the big wins. The features of Christmas Link Express: Hold & Win are Wild Symbol, Cash Collect, Hold & Win, Double Chance, and Feature Buy.

The game’s design is based on a Christmas theme where Santa comes by train, not reindeer. You can see the decorated train above the game grid beside the game’s Jackpots. The 5X3 game grid is in the middle of the screen, and if you are looking to boost the gaming experience for a cost, use the Double Chance or Feature Buy buttons on the corners of the screen. All remaining buttons, including the Spin and Bet Size, are on the screen’s lower edge. You can play Christmas Link Express: Hold & Win on all mobile devices, desktops, and notepads. You create a winning combination by landing 3 or more of the same symbol types on adjacent reels starting at the leftmost reel. 

The lower-paying symbols are cherries, citrus, oranges, plums, grapes, and a horseshoe. Landing 5 of the same symbol type pays between 10X and 25X. The higher-paying symbols are a golden bell and 777. Landing 5 of the same symbol type pays 50X. 

The game’s Wild Symbol has the design of a star with the text “Wild,” and creating a win with 5 Wild Symbols awards a direct payout of 75X the bet. The Cash Symbol is a golden coin carrying values ranging from 1X to 20X. It can be collected by the Santa Symbol, which is the image of a white-bearded Santa Claus. There is no traditional Scatter Symbol in this game, and the Bonus Game can be randomly triggered whenever a Cash or Santa Symbol appears on the reels or if 4 Cash Symbols and a Santa Symbol land in the same spin. Let’s find out what kind of features this game has to offer!

What is the max win in the slot of Christmas Link Express: Hold & Win?

The max win is 2,000X the bet. 

What features are available in the slot of Christmas Link Express: Hold & Win?

The features of this slot game are Wild Symbol, Cash Collect, Hold & Win, Double Chance, and Feature Buy.

Wild Symbol on reel 3
Free Spins

Wild Symbol

The Wild Symbol substitutes all symbols except the Cash and Santa Symbols and helps you create winning combinations. Creating a win with 5 Wild Symbols awards a direct payout of 75X the bet.

Cash Collect

This feature can be triggered whenever a Cash and a Santa Symbol appear simultaneously on the reels. The Santa Symbol will collect all Cash Symbols, which can only appear on the middle reel.

The Cash Symbol can have values of 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, 6X, 7X, 8X, 10X, or 20X. The Cash Symbols can land on the reels as Persistent Cash Symbols, which remain locked on the reels for 3 to 9 spins. It can also be one of the game’s Jackpots of Mini, Minor, Major, or Grand that awards 25X, 50X, 250X, or 1000X the bet, respectively, during the Hold & Win feature.

Hold & Win

This feature can be randomly triggered whenever a Cash or Santa Symbol lands on the reels or if 4 Cash Symbols and a Santa Symbol land in the same spin, awarding 3 respins. Only Blanks, Cash, and Santa Symbols can land on the reels, and whenever a Cash or Santa Symbol lands, the respins get reset to 3 again.

During the feature, whenever a Cash or Santa Symbol lands on the reels, it gets locked and remains in its reel position for the remainder of the spins. All Cash, including the Jackpots and Santa Symbols that land during the feature, has a chance to add 1 to 4 Gifts to the reels, and each Gift turns into a Persistent Cash Symbol or a Jackpot Symbol.

Double Chance

You trigger the Double Chance at the extra cost of 50% of the current bet. When this feature has been activated, you play the game with an RTP of 95.77%, and the chances of triggering Bonus Game doubles.

Bonus Buy for 70X the bet
Feature Buy

Feature Buy

If you want to take advantage of the Bonus Game immediately, you can use the Feature Buy option:

70X = Activate the Free Spins with an RTP of 95.83 %.

Based on Saint Nicolas, a 4th-century bishop known for his generosity and secret gift-giving, Santa Claus has evolved through a mix of folklore and marketing strategy. We have seen Santa and his reindeer in many slot releases, such as Gates of Santa and Santa’s Golden Christmas, and it always delivers a boosted Christmas spirit this coming holiday season!

Octoplay has created action-packed gameplay with the Cash Collect feature as its highlight, featuring Cash Prizes ranging from 1x to 20X and Jackpot up to 1000X the bet. We have seen a similar set of features in Cash Link: Hold & Win, but this release offers boosted symbol values and the Persistent Cash Symbol, which can remain on the reels for up to 9 spins, increasing the chance of getting collected. Regarding the design, we wish the provider had created a cozier environment that was more suitable for Christmas instead of a generic vibe.

In conclusion, this game offers a familiar Cash Collect feature, with decent-sized Cash Prizes and Jackpots. While testing the game, it had a similar vibe as other recent low-volatility releases from Octoplay, such as Twin Cash Hold and Win and Lucky Seven Spin, but this time with Persistent Cash Symbols, creating some good win potential.

Christmas Link Express: Hold & Win is a slot with a familiar Hold & Win feature that offers Jackpots up to 1000X the bet!