Hold and Win slots explained
Hold and Win is a respin bonus. Land enough coin symbols and they lock in place, then you get three respins. Every new coin sticks and sets the counter back to three. The round ends when the respins run out or the board is full, and you're paid the value of every coin on it.
One round, step by step
| Step | What happens in Wolf Gold |
|---|---|
| Trigger | 6 or more money symbols in one spin |
| Start | Only money symbols stay on the reels, 3 respins |
| Each respin | Empty spots spin, coins already there stay put |
| A new coin lands | The counter goes back to 3 |
| End | No respins left, or all 15 spots filled |
| Payout | Values of all visible money symbols |
| Full board | Mega Jackpot of 1,000x on top |
From the Wolf Gold page of Pragmatic Play, read 12 Nov 2026. Other games change the trigger count, the grid, the jackpot tiers and the name (Money Respin, Hold and Spin, Hold and Win).
Coins carry either a cash value, shown as a multiple of the bet, or a jackpot label such as Mini or Major. Fewer empty spots mean fewer chances per respin, so the round slows down as the board fills. That's why the last two or three spots feel so stubborn.
How often the board really fills
Studios keep quiet about how likely a coin is on an empty spot, and that hidden number does most of the work. Move it a few points and a full board goes from 1 in 17,000 rounds to 1 in 10. The table keeps everything else fixed: 15 spots, three respins with reset.
| Coins at the start | p = 3% | p = 5% | p = 8% | p = 12% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 in 17,000 | 1 in 610 | 1 in 51 | 1 in 10 |
| 8 | 1 in 6,030 | 1 in 375 | 1 in 43 | 1 in 10 |
| 10 | 1 in 1,501 | 1 in 179 | 1 in 31 | 1 in 9 |
Own calculation, exact Markov chain, script hold_and_win_sim.py; a Monte Carlo run (seed 612) agreed within sampling error. Model only: real games often weight coins by position or by how full the board is.
Two extra coins at the start help less than you'd think. At p = 5%, starting with 8 instead of 6 takes a full board from 1 in 610 to 1 in 375. Nudge the coin chance from 5% to 8% and a 6-coin start jumps to 1 in 51. The full-board jackpot is priced off that hidden number, which the paytable never shows you.
| Coins when the round ends | Share of rounds |
|---|---|
| 6 (no new coin at all) | 25.0% |
| 7 | 17.7% |
| 8 | 16.5% |
| 9 | 14.0% |
| 10 | 11.0% |
| 11 | 7.8% |
| 12 to 14 | 7.8% |
| 15 (full board) | 0.2% |
Same model and script. Mean end count 8.28 coins.
A quarter of those rounds add nothing, and you get paid for the six coins that triggered it. With one spot left open at p = 5%, three respins give you about a 14% shot at it, so stalling at 14 of 15 is the usual way these rounds end.
Hold and Win on Stake
- Titles
- 202
- Wagered on them
- $24.5 million
- Share of all Stake slot wagering
- 0.21%
- Median RTP Stake runs on them
- 95.74% (all Stake slots: 96.11%)
- Studios with the most titles
- Penguin King 45, Novomatic 35, Clawbuster 22, Gamzix 17
| Game | Studio | RTP Stake runs | Wagered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Adventures of Alice Hold & Win | Hacksaw Gaming | 96.26% | $2.95m |
| Thunderline Express: Hold and Win | Penguin King | 95.74% | $2.05m |
| The Jade Path Hold & Win | Hacksaw Gaming | 96.19% | $1.60m |
| Chonky Kong: Hold and Win | Penguin King | 95.77% | $1.24m |
| Big Bass - Hold & Spinner | Pragmatic Play | 96.07% | $1.21m |
bonushunt.gg provider analytics games API, search "hold", month window, fetched 12 Nov 2026 21:20 UTC (third-party data). Name filter and totals are our own. Raw file stake-hold-titles-month-2026-11-12.json.
The format is everywhere in name and small in money. Two hundred titles share a fifth of one percent of Stake slot wagering, and the median setting sits almost 0.4 points under the site-wide figure. If you like coin rounds, read the RTP line before you settle on one, since plenty of these run in the 95s.
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Questions
What does Hold and Win mean in slots?
A respin bonus where coin symbols lock in place while every other spot on the grid respins. New coins reset the respin counter, usually to three, and the round pays the coins on the board at the end.
Is Hold and Spin the same as Hold and Win?
Both names cover one respin idea, branded differently by each studio. Pragmatic Play calls it Money Respin in Wolf Gold. Trigger counts, grid size and jackpots still differ per game.
How rare is a full board in Hold and Win?
It depends on a coin chance the studio does not publish. In our 15-spot model a 6-coin start fills once in 610 rounds at a 5% coin chance and once in 51 at 8%.
Does a bigger bet make coins land more often?
Coin values scale with the bet. The paytables we read say nothing about bet size changing coin odds, so look in the rules of that particular game.
Sources
- Pragmatic Play: Wolf Gold. 6+ money symbols, 3 respins, reset to 3, all 15 positions = Mega Jackpot 1,000x, RTP 96.01% Checked 12 November 2026
- bonushunt.gg provider analytics (games, month window). 202 Hold and Win or Hold and Spin titles on Stake, wagered, configured RTP; third-party data Checked 12 November 2026
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