Paylines
5 fixed paylines
Gamzix didn't try to reinvent the wheel with 3×3 Football Strike: Hold The Spin, and that's sort of the point. It's a tiny machine. Three reels, three rows, five fixed lines, and a paytable built on cherries, plums, grapes, oranges, a red lucky 7, a horseshoe and golden bells. Classic fruit-and-bells stuff, just wearing football boots. The whole thing sits on a green stadium-grass backdrop with a gold ball perched on a pile of coins above the grid.
The base game runs at 96.00% RTP with medium volatility, so the swings stay sensible rather than brutal. What gives it teeth is the coin layer. Coin symbols drop on reels 1 and 3 carrying random values from 1x to 15x your bet, and the centre reel hosts a Soccer Ball collector. When the ball lands alongside coins on one side, it scoops up those values. Simple, satisfying.
Want the real action? You're after the Hold The Spin bonus. It fires when coins fill reels 1 and 3 and the soccer ball sits in the middle, or when the Heap of Coins feature decides to force the issue by flooding the grid with enough coin symbols to guarantee entry. Once inside, only coins, Jackpot Coins and the ball can land, and every fresh coin or ball resets your respin counter. The soccer ball keeps collecting everything it sees, including jackpots.
Speaking of which, there are four. Mini pays 25x, Minor 50x, Major 150x, and Grand a meaty 1000x your stake, all dished out through Jackpot Coins during the respins. The Wild, a silver football boot, subs for the fruit and bells but stays out of the coin business, which is fair enough. Top prize across the whole game is 5000x bet.
If patience isn't your thing, the Buy Bonus basket button skips you straight to the feature. My one gripe? Five paylines on a 3×3 grid means the base spins can feel thin between bonus runs, so this really lives or dies on those respins. But for a quick, punchy coin-collector with a World-Cup-season hook, it does the job.