What is the RTP of 3 Bandits?

The game rules list a theoretical RTP of 96.20% for normal play and 96.39% for the Buy Bonus.

How do I trigger Bonus Spins in 3 Bandits?

First unlock every level of the Bandit Meter by landing Coin Collect Bandits. After that, 3 Scatter symbols in the base game award 10 Bonus Spins. You can also buy them for 100x your bet.

How much are the 3 Bandits jackpots worth?

The jackpot coins are fixed multiples of your bet: Mini 10x, Minor 25x, Major 100x and Mega 1,000x. They act as Coin symbols and need a Coin Collect symbol to pay.

Can Bonus Spins be retriggered?

No. The rules say Bonus Spins cannot be retriggered. Every third Coin Collect Bandit you collect adds 5 spins and raises the win multiplier to 2x, 3x, 5x and then 10x.

What does the Buy Bonus include?

It costs 100x your total bet and awards 10 Bonus Spins with all Bandit Meter features unlocked, including Double Chance, the Boost Bandit and the Multiply Bandit.

Can I play 3 Bandits for free in Canada?

Yes. The 3 Bandits demo on CasinoDemo is free, needs no sign-up and uses virtual credits only.

3 Bandits Guide: Rules, Coin Collect, Bandit Meter and Bonus Spins

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

3 Bandits is a Fantasma Games slot set in a dusty western town, played on 6 reels and 4 rows with 4,096 ways. The base game wins are modest; the real action comes from cash Coin symbols and three outlaw collectors, Collect, Boost and Multiply, who sweep those coins into your balance.

We loaded the demo, read every rules page, checked the paytable at a €1 bet and bought the Bonus Spins. This guide covers how the Bandit Meter unlocks the features, what each bandit does, the four jackpot coins and what our 100x buy actually returned.

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3 Bandits at a glance

Provider: Fantasma Games
RTP: 96.2%
Volatility: Medium
Demo: Free, no sign-up

How 3 Bandits works

The grid is 6 reels by 4 rows with 4,096 ways paying left to right. Matching symbols anywhere on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel, form a win way, and they do not need to sit on the same row. If a reel in the chain misses the symbol, the way stops there. Simultaneous wins on different ways are added together.

The paytable at a €1 bet tops out with the Sheriff badge: €5.00 for six, €2.50 for five, €2.00 for four, €1.00 for three and €0.50 for two. The horseshoe and horse pay €2.50 for six, and the whisky bottle, hat and boots pay €2.00 for six. Those premium symbols also pay for two of a kind. The low cards A, K, Q and J pay from three, with A and K at €1.20 for six and Q and J at €1.00.

The demo bet menu runs from €0.10 to €400 per spin, with steps like €1, €10 and €100 in between. The demo starts you on €10,000 of play money.

3 Bandits base game with 6 reels, 4 rows, the Bandit Meter above the reels and the Mega, Major, Minor and Mini jackpot values on the left — The base game at a €1 bet, with the Bandit Meter across the top.

3 Bandits paytable showing high pay symbol values for Sheriff badge, horseshoe, horse, whisky, hat and boots at a 1 euro bet — High pays at a €1 bet. Premium symbols pay from two of a kind.

Wilds, Coins and the jackpot coins

The W symbol is the wild. It substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter, Coin Accumulator, Coin Collect Bandits, Jackpot and Coin symbols, so it only helps with regular way wins.

Coin symbols carry cash values of 0.5x, 1x, 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 8x or 10x your bet. On their own they do nothing. They only pay when a Coin Collect symbol lands on the same spin.

Jackpot symbols act as Coin symbols with fixed values: Mini 10x, Minor 25x, Major 100x and Mega 1,000x the current bet. The panel on the left of the reels shows them in euros at your stake, so at €1 the Mega reads €1,000. These are fixed multipliers, not progressive pools.

The Coin Accumulator, a red money bag, can land anywhere. It pulls every Coin value on the reels into itself. If Coin Collect symbols are also showing, each of them collects the Accumulator's value. Bandits cannot multiply or boost an Accumulator's value.

The three bandits

The collectors only land on the first and/or last reel.

The Collect Bandit simply collects all Coin values on the reels. The Boost Bandit first adds a random boost to every Coin on the reels, from 1x up to 10x (1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x or 10x), then collects them. The Multiply Bandit picks some Coins at random, multiplies them by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x or 100x, and then collects everything.

The Multiply Bandit is where the big numbers live. A 100x multiplier on a 10x Coin is the kind of hit that can make a session, but the rules do not say how often each value appears.

The Bandit Meter

In the base game the Bandit Meter sits above the reels. Each Coin Collect Bandit that lands adds one step, and the steps unlock features in this order:

Collect Bandit: unlocked from the start, landing only on the last reel at this level.

Double Chance: landing 3 Collect Bandits unlocks the chance of Coin Collect Bandits landing on the first reel too.

Boost Bandit: landing any 4 Coin Collect Bandits in total during this level unlocks the Boost Bandit.

Multiply Bandit and Scatter: landing any 5 Coin Collect Bandits in total during this level unlocks the Multiply Bandit and the Scatter symbols. After that, Scatters can land at any time.

The meter keeps its progress and does not reset after all levels are unlocked. That matters: a fresh session in the base game cannot trigger Bonus Spins at all until the meter is full, so early spins are really about filling it.

Bonus Spins

Once the meter is complete, 3 Scatter symbols in the base game trigger 10 Bonus Spins. Scatters land anywhere except the first and last reels.

During Bonus Spins every Coin Collect Bandit that lands goes onto a progress meter. Every third one awards +5 Bonus Spins and raises the multiplier on all wins: 2x after the first three, then 3x, 5x and finally 10x. After the last collection, further bandits are not collected. Bonus Spins cannot be retriggered with Scatters, so the bandit progress meter is the only way to extend them.

3 Bandits Bonus Spins trigger screen with a covered wagon and Click to Continue button — The Bonus Spins intro after our buy.

3 Bandits Bonus Spins showing a 9.00 euro coin collection after a Multiply Bandit landed on reel one — A Multiply Bandit collection worth €9.00 on spin 5.

Buy Bonus: price and our demo result

The Buy Bonus wagon on the right of the reels sells 10 Bonus Spins for 100x your total bet. The big extra is that all Bandit Meter features are unlocked for bought Bonus Spins, so Collect, Double Chance, Boost and Multiply are all live. The rules list a theoretical RTP of 96.39% for the Buy Bonus, slightly above the 96.20% of normal play. It is the only buy option, and it may not be offered in every market.

We bought it once at a €1 base bet, so it cost €100. The round was quiet. A Multiply Bandit landed and collected €9.00 on spin 5, and a Boost Bandit on the final spin added €3.00. We never collected three bandits, so no extra spins or win multiplier kicked in. The bonus paid €12.40 in total, about 12.4x the bet, or roughly an eighth of what we paid. That is a single round and says nothing about the average, but it shows how much the bonus leans on reaching the 2x to 10x multiplier steps.

3 Bandits Buy Bonus menu showing a 100 euro total bet at a 1 euro base bet with all features unlocked during Bonus Spins — The buy menu: 100x the base bet, all features unlocked.

3 Bandits Boost Bandit on the last reel collecting coins for a 3.00 euro win on the final Bonus Spin — A Boost Bandit collection on spin 10/10.

3 Bandits You Won screen showing a 12.40 euro Bonus Spins total from a 100 euro buy — Our bought bonus finished at €12.40.

RTP, max win and volatility

The in-game rules give a theoretical RTP of 96.20% for the base game, simulated over 5,000,000,000 rounds, and 96.39% for the Buy Bonus, simulated over 200,000,000 rounds. The rules pages we read do not state a maximum win or a volatility rating, so we will not guess one. The largest fixed figure in the rules is the Mega jackpot coin at 1,000x the bet, and a Multiply Bandit can push coin values well past their base amounts, so treat this as a swingy game. Our 100x buy returning 12.4x fits that picture.

Our verdict

3 Bandits is a coin-collect slot with a proper progression hook. The Bandit Meter makes early base-game spins feel like they are building toward something, and the Multiply Bandit with its 2x to 100x range gives real upside. The flip side is that Bonus Spins cannot retrigger and lean heavily on stacking three-bandit collections for the 2x to 10x multipliers, so a bonus can fizzle, as ours did at 12.4x on a 100x buy. With 96.20% RTP and no stated max win, it suits players who enjoy feature hunting more than steady line hits. Try it in the free demo first.

How to play 3 Bandits free in Canada

Press Play demo for free on the game page and the Fantasma Games 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.

Use the demo to see how the bonus round plays out and whether the game's pace suits you.

Playing 3 Bandits 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.

3 Bandits FAQ

What is the RTP of 3 Bandits?: The game rules list a theoretical RTP of 96.20% for normal play and 96.39% for the Buy Bonus.
How do I trigger Bonus Spins in 3 Bandits?: First unlock every level of the Bandit Meter by landing Coin Collect Bandits. After that, 3 Scatter symbols in the base game award 10 Bonus Spins. You can also buy them for 100x your bet.
How much are the 3 Bandits jackpots worth?: The jackpot coins are fixed multiples of your bet: Mini 10x, Minor 25x, Major 100x and Mega 1,000x. They act as Coin symbols and need a Coin Collect symbol to pay.
Can Bonus Spins be retriggered?: No. The rules say Bonus Spins cannot be retriggered. Every third Coin Collect Bandit you collect adds 5 spins and raises the win multiplier to 2x, 3x, 5x and then 10x.
What does the Buy Bonus include?: It costs 100x your total bet and awards 10 Bonus Spins with all Bandit Meter features unlocked, including Double Chance, the Boost Bandit and the Multiply Bandit.
Can I play 3 Bandits for free in Canada?: Yes. The 3 Bandits demo on CasinoDemo is free, needs no sign-up and uses virtual credits only.