Nine To Five — Full Review & Free Demo

Nine To Five: Slot Overview

Nine To Five is a 5x4 slot from Nolimit City with 1,024 ways to win, a default RTP of 96.03% and a top win of 9,217x. It leans hard into a scruffy 90s office theme, all old monitors, fax machines and miserable workers. I found it funny and proper distinctive, but it is very high-volatility, so it is not exactly a gentle little spin session.

Wins land from left to right with 3 or more matching symbols. Bets run from 0.20 to 280, though one source listed a lower local top stake in pounds. The base game already has plenty going on with wilds, xWays and xNudge Wild, plus the max win can actually drop in the base game if the Mega Blue Screen lands fully in view.

Symbols And Paytable

5 reels, 4 rows, and a paytable full of office tat. The top symbol is the Manager, paying 0.75x for 3, 2x for 4, and 4x for 5. Then you get three office worker symbols, with 5 of a kind paying 2x, 1.5x and 1.25x. Low pays are the stapler, coffee mug, lunch box and fax machine, topping out at 0.8x, 0.7x, 0.6x and 0.6x.

Wilds only appear on reels 2 to 5. When they land, they turn into either a Green Wild with a random x1 to x5 multiplier, or a Red Wild that is basically useless. Scatter symbols trigger the bonus rounds, and the Mega Blue Screen symbol is the one tied to the full 9,217x hit.

Symbol Payouts

Manager

Highest-paying regular symbol.

5	x4
4	x2
3	x0.75

Woo-Tang Office Worker

High-paying office worker symbol.

5	x2
4	x0.75
3	x0.5

Every-Dave Office Worker

Mid-to-high paying office worker symbol.

5	x1.5
4	x0.6
3	x0.45

Medi-Ocre Office Worker

Lowest-paying character symbol.

5	x1.25
4	x0.55
3	x0.4

Stapler

Low-paying office supply symbol.

5	x0.8
4	x0.4
3	x0.3

Coffee Mug

Low-paying office item symbol.

5	x0.7
4	x0.35
3	x0.25

5	x0.6
4	x0.3
3	x0.2

Fax Machine

Low-paying office item symbol.

5	x0.6
4	x0.3
3	x0.2

Scatter

Wild

Nine To Five Bonuses And Special Features

xBet is the first thing worth knowing. It costs 10% extra and more than doubles your chance of triggering Middle Management or Ivory Tower Spins, though it locks the fifth reel. Fair enough, really. I can see why loads of players leave it on, because the base bonus frequency is about 1 in 237 spins, and the standard game can feel stingy without help.

xNudge Wild symbols land on reels 2 to 5 and always nudge until fully stacked, adding +1 to the multiplier on every step. After filling the reel, they can nudge another 0 to 9 steps, which is where it gets a bit mad. If more than one lands, their multipliers multiply together. xWays symbols reveal 2 to 4 of the same symbol, and if several appear, they all reveal the same one.

Middle Management Spins trigger from 3 scatters and give 10 spins. Layoff adds +1 to the round multiplier, Lawsuit takes -1 away, and the final value is applied only at the end. Overtime gives +1 spin, and 2 Overtime symbols on the same spin upgrade the round to Ivory Tower Spins. Ivory Tower needs 4 scatters and gives 12 spins. Here, Tech Layoff builds the multiplier and doubles the next added value, while Ctrl-Alt-Del divides it by 4.

Bonus Buy Options

10 Middle Management Spins

Feature Cost: x75 BetRTP: 96.45%

12 Ivory Tower Spins

Feature Cost: x200 BetRTP: 96.17%

God Mode

A single bought base-game spin where the Mega symbol appears, but it is not guaranteed to land fully in view. This is tied to the top prize.

Feature Cost: x1370 BetRTP: 96.09%

Lucky Draw

Bonus buy option with a 40% chance of landing the Ivory Tower feature.

Feature Cost: x125 BetRTP: 96.22%

Middle Management Spins

Triggered by 3 scatters and awards 10 free spins. Layoff symbols add +1 to the end-of-round multiplier, Lawsuit symbols reduce it by -1, and Overtime can add spins or upgrade the round.

Feature Cost: 75xRTP: 96.45%

Ivory Tower Spins

Triggered by 4 scatters and awards 12 free spins. Tech Layoff symbols build the multiplier with doubled added value on each next hit, while Ctrl-Alt-Del cuts it by 4.

Feature Cost: 200xRTP: 96.17%