What is the RTP of Fire In The Hole?

The base game RTP is 96.06%. The bonus buys are 96.07% for 3 Bonus symbols, 96.20% for 4 and 96.96% for 5.

What is the max win in Fire In The Hole?

60,000 times the base bet. The rules list simulated odds of 1 in 23,000,000 rounds, and the round ends as soon as that cap is hit.

How do you trigger Lucky Wagon Spins?

Land 3, 4 or 5 Bonus symbols. That opens 2, 3 or 4 rows of the bonus board and starts 3 spins, which reset to 3 each time a coin lands.

How much does the bonus buy cost?

60x the base bet for the 3 Bonus version, 157x for 4 Bonus and 500x for 5 Bonus. The maximum base bet for a buy is €50.

What does the xBomb Wild do?

It substitutes for every symbol except Bonus, explodes to remove adjacent symbols, and adds one to the win multiplier for the next collapse.

How many ways to win are there?

From 64 ways up to 46,656 ways, depending on how many of the 6 rows are open after each collapse.

Fire In The Hole Guide: Rules, xBomb Wilds, Wild Mining and Lucky Wagon Spins

By the CasinoDemo editorial team · Updated 2026-11-09 · How we review

Fire In The Hole xBomb is a Nolimit City mining slot built on a collapsing 6-reel grid that starts with only 3 rows open and digs deeper with every collapse. The game labels itself Volatility Extreme, and the rules cap a round at 60,000 times the base bet.

We played the free demo, read every rules page and bought all three Lucky Wagon Spins options from the Nolimit Bonus menu. Below you will find how each feature works, the exact RTP of every buy, and what our three demo rounds actually paid.

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Fire In The Hole at a glance

Provider: Nolimit City
RTP: 96.06%
Demo: Free, no sign-up

How Fire In The Hole works

The game is a 6-reel slot with up to 6 rows and 12 symbols. Each spin begins with 3 active rows, and every collapse opens one more row until all 6 are live. That takes the game from 64 ways up to 46,656 win ways. The ways counter sits above the reels; our first spins showed 486 and 729 ways.

Wins pay from the leftmost reel to the right on adjacent reels. Winning symbols are paid, removed, and the symbols above fall down to make room for new ones. A collapse is triggered by any of three events: a winning combination, an xBomb Wild exploding when there is no win, or the Wild Mining feature.

The paytable at a €1 bet shows the lantern as the top symbol, paying €7.50 for 6 of a kind, €4.00 for 5, €2.00 for 4 and €0.75 for 3. The bag pays €3.75 for 6, the boot €2.50, the rope €2.00 and the pickaxe €1.75. The card symbols K, Q, J, 10 and 9 pay between €1.50 and €1.00 for 6 of a kind, down to €0.30 or €0.20 for 3.

Fire In The Hole base game with 3 active rows, an xBomb Wild and a Bonus symbol above the blocked mine rows — Base game: 3 rows open, the rest of the mine still blocked

xBomb Wild multiplier

The xBomb Wild substitutes for any symbol except Bonus symbols. Every xBomb Wild explodes when there is a win, whether or not it is part of that win. If there is no win and Wild Mining is not triggered, it still explodes and starts a new collapse.

When it explodes, it removes the adjacent symbols (Bonus symbols are spared) and raises the win multiplier by one for the next collapse. All xBomb Wilds explode before the next collapse, except when Wild Mining has been triggered. In practice this is the base game engine: one Wild can open a row, clear space and add to the multiplier in a single move.

Wild Mining

Wild Mining only runs in the main game. It triggers when 3, 4 or 5 of the same symbol line up horizontally and there is no winning combination. The triggering symbols are removed and Wilds are placed in the middle positions of the line: 3 symbols give 1 Wild, 4 give 2 Wilds and 5 give 3 Wilds. Every other position above the bar that is not a Bonus or Wild symbol then explodes and a new collapse follows. It turns a dead spin into another chance to dig.

Lucky Wagon Spins bonus

3, 4 or 5 Bonus symbols trigger Lucky Wagon Spins with 2, 3 or 4 rows of the reel area open at the start. The feature starts with 3 spins, and the count resets to 3 every time a coin lands. All coin values are in times the active bet.

On each spin the top row reveals enhancers, and an enhancer only activates when a coin lands on the reel below it. Coin values set the coin's value (the rules screen lists 10x, 15x, 25x, 50x and 100x, plus 1x coins). Multipliers of x2, x3, x4, x5, x10 or x25 multiply every coin on that reel. Dynamite blows up blocked positions first, then adds its count to coins, activates the Collect Chests in the bottom row, or adds its count to occupied positions underneath. The Bag collects all coins on its reel into one spot. The Chest collects every value on the board into the triggering coin and clears the other positions, except a Dwarf. The Dwarf collects all values on the board and does it again on every spin.

Collect Chests, once opened by Dynamite, collect the values in their column on every spin. The feature ends when the board is full or no spins remain, and any active Collect Chests then add their value 3 more times. If a second Dwarf appears, it is eliminated and becomes a x1 coin, the first Dwarf resets to the board total, and a "funeral multiplier gift" might be awarded.

Fire In The Hole Lucky Wagon Spins intro showing the six enhancer wagons and the reset to 3 spins rule — Lucky Wagon intro: every coin resets the spins to 3

Fire In The Hole Lucky Wagon Spins board with 100x, 50x and 10x coins and a 177x running total — Our 5 Bonus buy mid-feature at 177x

Nolimit Bonus buy options

The lightning button opens the Nolimit Bonus menu with three Lucky Wagon Spins tickets. The rules list each price and RTP:

3 Bonus symbols: 60x the base bet, 96.07% RTP. 4 Bonus symbols: 157x the base bet, 96.20% RTP. 5 Bonus symbols: 500x the base bet, 96.96% RTP.

The maximum base bet for any buy is €50. Payouts are still calculated on the base bet, not on the price paid. The pricier tickets carry a slightly higher RTP than the base game's 96.06%.

We bought all three at a €1 bet. The 3 Bonus ticket cost €60 and paid €37.00 (37x the bet) over 8 spins. The 4 Bonus ticket cost €157 and paid €102.00 (102x) over 16 spins, with the Dwarf collect climbing from €19.50 to €101.23 before the result. The 5 Bonus ticket cost €500 and returned €244.00 (244x) over 17 spins, helped by a 100x coin landing early. Each of these is a single round, not an average, and all three paid less than they cost.

Fire In The Hole Nolimit Bonus menu with Lucky Wagon Spins tickets priced at €60, €157 and €500 on a €1 bet — Buy menu at a €1 bet

Fire In The Hole dwarf lighting dynamite during the Fire in the Hole collect in Lucky Wagon Spins — The Fire in the Hole collect at the end of our 4 Bonus round

Fire In The Hole total win screen showing €244.00, 244x the bet, after 17 Lucky Wagon spins — 5 Bonus buy result: €244, 244x the bet

RTP, max win and volatility

The base game RTP is 96.06%. The bonus buys sit at 96.07%, 96.20% and 96.96%. The max win is 60,000 times the bet, and the rules give simulated odds of 1 in 23,000,000 rounds for hitting it. Reaching 60,000x "cleans the mine out" and ends the round right away (the Beer Time screen). The game's intro marks the volatility as Extreme. The demo opens at a €1 bet with a €10,000 balance.

Our verdict

Fire In The Hole xBomb packs a lot of motion into one spin. Collapses open the mine row by row, and xBomb Wilds both clear space and raise the multiplier. Lucky Wagon Spins is the real draw, and it is a slow build: coins stack, enhancers pile on and the Dwarf can scoop the whole board. Our three buys all paid back less than their price, which fits a game rated Extreme with a 60,000x cap. If you buy, the 5 Bonus ticket has the best listed RTP at 96.96%, but it also costs 500x. Try it in the demo first.

How to play Fire In The Hole free in Canada

Press Play demo for free on the game page and the Nolimit City demo loads with virtual credits. There is nothing to download, no account to create and no deposit to make, and it works in your browser on desktop and mobile.

Because nothing is at stake, the demo is the easiest way to learn how Fire In The Hole's features trigger and how often it pays.

Playing Fire In The Hole for real money in Canada

Real-money online gambling in Canada is regulated province by province. Ontario runs a regulated market where licensed operators are overseen by iGaming Ontario and the AGCO; other provinces offer play through their own provincial sites, such as PlayNow (British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan), Loto-Québec, PlayAlberta and ALC in Atlantic Canada.

The legal age is 19 in most provinces and 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. Only play at sites licensed where you live, set limits before you start, and treat gambling as entertainment, never as a way to make money.

Fire In The Hole FAQ

What is the RTP of Fire In The Hole?: The base game RTP is 96.06%. The bonus buys are 96.07% for 3 Bonus symbols, 96.20% for 4 and 96.96% for 5.
What is the max win in Fire In The Hole?: 60,000 times the base bet. The rules list simulated odds of 1 in 23,000,000 rounds, and the round ends as soon as that cap is hit.
How do you trigger Lucky Wagon Spins?: Land 3, 4 or 5 Bonus symbols. That opens 2, 3 or 4 rows of the bonus board and starts 3 spins, which reset to 3 each time a coin lands.
How much does the bonus buy cost?: 60x the base bet for the 3 Bonus version, 157x for 4 Bonus and 500x for 5 Bonus. The maximum base bet for a buy is €50.
What does the xBomb Wild do?: It substitutes for every symbol except Bonus, explodes to remove adjacent symbols, and adds one to the win multiplier for the next collapse.
How many ways to win are there?: From 64 ways up to 46,656 ways, depending on how many of the 6 rows are open after each collapse.

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