Malta studio that started with online scratchcards in 2018 and now makes high-cap cluster and multiplier pokies (Le Bandit, Wanted Dead or a Wild, Chaos Crew). Its game pages list every RTP build it ships — Le Bandit at 96.34%, 94.23%, 92.17% and 88.36% — and the casino picks one. Five casinos we recommend name the studio, RocketPlay among them.
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HGMT Ltd, registered in Malta and based in Żebbuġ, started in 2018 making online scratchcards and instant-win games before moving into slots. It now lists more than 250 games running at over 3,000 operator brands across 35-plus regulated markets. The licence list is unusually long for a studio this young: Malta (MGA/CRP/501/2018), the UK Gambling Commission, Sweden, Denmark, Romania, Greece, Ontario and the Isle of Man, with eCOGRA and ISO certification on top.
That matters for a reason beyond box-ticking. A studio licensed in Britain and Sweden has to publish its game rules and submit its maths to testing, so the RTP builds and maximum wins we quote come from documents the studio is obliged to keep accurate.
Hacksaw’s house style is small stakes, long droughts and a very high ceiling: Le Bandit caps at 10,000x stake, Chaos Crew and Wanted Dead or a Wild higher still. There is no low-variance corner of this catalogue.
Like Pragmatic, Hacksaw ships multiple return-to-player builds and lets the casino pick. Le Bandit exists at 96.34%, 94.23%, 92.17% and 88.36%. The gap between the top and bottom build here is nearly eight percentage points — the widest spread of any studio we cover, and enough to change a game from ordinary to indefensible. An 88.36% build of a 10,000x slot is a lottery ticket priced like a slot machine.
We quote the version each casino runs where we could confirm it. If a casino will not say, assume it is not the 96.34% build.
Six of the casinos we review name Hacksaw in their lobbies, five of them on our recommended side: RocketPlay, National Casino, Just Casino, LTC Casino and Ripper. That is far fewer than Pragmatic, and the reason is commercial rather than technical: Hacksaw’s regulated-market licensing means it is choosier about who carries its games than studios that supply anyone.
Bonus buys are central to how these games are designed, and they are also the fastest way to lose a bankroll: paying 100x stake for a feature with a 96% return is still a 96% return, only compressed into one spin instead of two hundred. Several casinos exclude bonus buys from wagering entirely, which turns a welcome offer into a trap on this catalogue specifically — check the terms before you use one here.
