Tom Horn Gaming combines familiar fruit slots with respins, coin collectors and cascading wins. In 243 Crystal Fruits, five paylines can change into 243 winning ways. Majestic Coins accumulates values in a separate Collector. Newer Thor Candy Storm 3000 and Reborn of Zeus 3000 pay for eight matching symbols anywhere on the grid.
The studio has Slovak roots, while Tom Horn Gaming Limited’s registered head office is in Swatar, Malta. Its British position has changed: the company’s Gambling Software and Game Host permissions are suspended. Historical licence dates and the country lists on older product descriptions need to be kept separate from that current status.
243 Crystal Fruits starts on five paylines
The number in 243 Crystal Fruits does not mean every spin is immediately evaluated across 243 ways. The base game starts with five paylines. A Wild 243 on reel two, three or four changes the evaluation and initiates respins. Winning fruit combinations shatter, leaving room for replacement symbols.
The multiplier increases with subsequent respins until it reaches x5. Those events continue an existing feature; they are not five mandatory separately purchased spins. What looks like a conventional fruit slot develops through several stages: switching the calculation, removing winning symbols, refreshing positions and increasing the multiplier.
The original lists 96.55% RTP and Medium volatility. Its Max win field displays 100 without a stated unit, whereas Deluxe explicitly gives x100. A relatively small ceiling alone does not establish that a balance will last longer: it does not specify how frequently ordinary payouts occur or how large they tend to be.
Deluxe changes more than the artwork
243 Crystal Fruits Deluxe retains the switch from five paylines to 243 ways. Its description adds a qualification: at least one Wild 243 on a central reel must be part of a winning combination. The original wording connects activation with the Wild appearing, without adding that requirement. A shared series name does not reveal this difference.
In Deluxe, the respin multiplier begins at x1 and increases to x5. Reaching x5 ends the feature even if a win is present. A new combination therefore does not promise that the sequence can continue indefinitely. This limit matters when interpreting the final respin.
QuickX sells entry into the respin mode with a starting multiplier chosen from x1 to x5. Starting at x1–x4 retains the possibility of progressing to x5 without another purchase within that feature. An x5 start leaves no higher level. The purchase price is a separate charge, rather than another name for an ordinary spin’s stake.
Deluxe lists 95.02% RTP, which is 1.53 percentage points below the original. On identical €1,000 wagering turnover, that is €15.30 of difference in theoretical average return. It compares mathematical models over many rounds, rather than predicting the difference between two short sessions.
Book of Spells and Book of Aladdin
| Game | Evaluation and RTP | Main distinction |
|---|---|---|
| Book of Spells | 9 paylines; 96.13% | 10 free spins with a selected expanding symbol |
| Book of Aladdin | 9 paylines; 95.97% | SHATTER up to x4 alongside Book free spins |
In Book of Spells, the Book substitutes as a Wild during ordinary play. Three or more Books award ten retriggerable free spins. A special expanding symbol is selected for the bonus and can fill up to three positions on a reel. Wild symbols cannot substitute for that special symbol during free spins.
Book of Aladdin adds shattering combinations. Any win activates SHATTER: paid symbols disappear and their positions are filled again. The sequence is limited to four SHATTER rounds and an x4 multiplier. It also ends when no new winning combination appears.
Three Books award ten retriggerable free spins and can accumulate during SHATTER. The selected bonus symbol expands when its qualification is met; qualifying reels do not have to be adjacent. A Book theme does not make the cascade, substitution rules or bonus calculation identical across these games.
Majestic Coins puts the total in a Collector
Majestic Coins uses a compact 3 × 3 field with five base-game paylines. Three Coins activate Hold & Win on nine independent reels. Ordinary symbols disappear and a sequence starts with three respins. Each new symbol resets the counter to three, while an empty respin reduces it by one.
The Coin Collector remains in the bonus and gathers Coin values. Cash denominations range from one to fifty stakes, with Mini, Minor, Major and Grand also included. A Multiplier Collector can increase the collected amount by x2, x3 or x4. The final payout is taken from the Coin Collector at the end.
A separate base-game Grab feature activates when a Collector appears alongside Coins bearing values. It gathers the visible denominations immediately. This is a different event from a longer Hold & Win sequence, even though both involve Coins and a Collector.
Appearing Coins are added to the Coin Pot. A Coin landing gives a chance of starting Hold & Win through that pot, and a random base-game activation is also described. The wording does not establish that every collected Coin advances towards a guaranteed activation after a fixed number of spins.
Direct Hold & Win entry costs forty total stakes, or €8 with a €0.20 stake. The game lists 95.03% RTP, High volatility and a 27,134x ceiling. The purchase charge, an individual Coin’s denomination and the overall payout ceiling answer different questions.
What 3000 means in the newer titles
| Parameter | Published condition | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Main field | 6 × 5; Scatter Pays for 8 or more | Matching symbols do not need to form a payline |
| RTP and volatility | 95.13%; High in both | A shared classification does not predict matching round results |
| Free Spins Booster | Spin charge ×1.5 | Increases feature likelihood, not ordinary combination payouts |
| Super Free Spins | Multipliers from x10 to x3000 | 3000 describes a possible multiplier in this feature |
| Max Exposure | x13,900 | A separate overall exposure field in the listings |
In Thor Candy Storm 3000, a win initiates BlastX. Paid symbols shatter and are replaced, allowing another combination to form. Multiplier values appearing in the sequence are combined at its end and applied to the total BlastX win. The base description gives a multiplier limit of x1000, with higher values possible in Super Free Spins.
Four or more Scatters award fifteen free spins. During the feature, the multiplier persists and increases; additional Scatters can grant more spins. Scatter activation and a purchase are different entry routes: the former meets an in-game condition, while Bonus Buy charges for direct access.
Reborn of Zeus 3000 describes the persistent multiplier more precisely. It begins at zero, increases when new multiplier symbols appear and carries between free spins. However, it only applies to winning SHATTER sequences containing new multiplier symbols. A large retained value does not automatically multiply every later win.
Zeus publishes two purchase charges: one hundred stakes for fifteen ordinary free spins, or five hundred stakes for fifteen Super Free Spins. At a €0.20 stake, those charges are €20 and €100. Super Free Spins gives multiplier symbols a minimum value of x10. Bonus Buy is disabled while Free Spins Booster is active.
The Booster is described as tripling the chance of free-spin activation while increasing the complete spin charge by half. Fifty launches with a €0.20 base cost €15 rather than €10. A tripled chance does not require a bonus to occur within a set number of attempts, and a €0.30 charge does not become a higher payout stake.
Dragon vs Phoenix offers two Wild shapes
Dragon vs Phoenix allows only one of its two Wild options to be active. The selection is made in ordinary play using the Dragon or Phoenix statue. Dragon expands into three positions on reel one or four. Phoenix appears on reel two or three and expands into a 2 × 2 square.
The direction of Phoenix Mega Wild expansion is random, with fewer possible directions at the field’s edge. Both Wild types substitute for ordinary symbols but not the Scatter. Choosing a creature selects its expansion behaviour; it does not guarantee a payout every time the Wild appears.
The studio publishes two RTP values, 95.045% and 95.059%, without unambiguously assigning each percentage to a selected statue in that listing. It also gives sixteen paylines, Medium volatility and a 5,684x ceiling. Those two percentages alone do not establish which selection is more favourable.
Sherlock and Shaolin’s Tiger use other triggers
Sherlock: A Scandal in Bohemia offers twenty-five paylines and two selection bonuses. Paparazzi progresses through four levels with options decreasing from four to one; revealing a Paparazzi ends the feature. Newspaper has one level with six choices, and a compromising photograph stops that bonus.
Separate Scatters activate free spins: three award ten, four award fifteen and five award twenty. These spins cannot retrigger. A pick bonus and a Scatter-awarded series therefore should not be treated as one shared round.
Shaolin’s Tiger has nine paylines. Its free-spin trigger requires three Fighters specifically on reels one, three and five. In the bonus, they become Extra Wilds that substitute for symbols other than the Golden Tiger. Three Fighters appearing anywhere do not meet the published position requirement.
Sherlock lists 96% RTP and Medium volatility; Shaolin’s Tiger lists 96.44% and Low. Low refers to payout variability rather than a promise to preserve a deposit. A higher return percentage does not replace the bonus symbols’ position requirement either.
Slovak beginnings and a Maltese head office
The project predates its first games. A corporate interview from 2019 dates the small software team’s beginnings to 2006 and the introduction of its first gaming systems to 2008. Its first office was in Bratislava. In 2016, Tom Horn Enterprise adopted the Tom Horn Gaming name and entered Lithuania’s regulated market.
The company timeline places its Maltese licence in 2016, its British licence in 2017 and its Romanian licence in 2021. It also records launches in Latvia, Portugal, Spain, Czechia, Slovakia and Croatia, the Kyiv Art & Development Hub and a move to remote working in 2020.
Those events explain the team’s origins. The legal entity’s head-office address in the British register is Tower Business Centre, Tower Street, Swatar, Malta. Bratislava’s place in the early history does not make it the current registered address.
The British permissions are suspended
Tom Horn Gaming Limited has UKGC account number 49577. Its Gambling Software and Game Host (Casino) permissions originally ran from 16 October 2017. Both now show Suspended. The suspension decision is dated 8 September 2026.
The regulator identified breaches concerning reporting, notification of key events, qualifying positions, technical standards and cooperation with the Commission. That is a specific British decision, rather than evidence that the company has the same status in every other jurisdiction.
A Maltese approved-provider listing for United Remote separately names Tom Horn Gaming Limited with RN/201/2021. Product descriptions’ Jurisdictions fields cover different sets of countries. Historical inclusion in a game’s country list does not override a later regulatory decision.
Tom Horn Content Network offers partner content through a single integration with market-specific customisation. Its presence at an operator does not mean every connected game was developed by Tom Horn itself. The individual title and credited developer identify the product; account country and current permissions determine its permitted availability.
