Slots Hall of Fame: Button Smasher Award

Zeus has never been known for mercy, and Gates of Olympus Super Scatter proves it with every thunderous spin. Punishing dry spells, costly bonus buys and multipliers that somehow land everywhere except where they’re needed make this a masterclass in magnificent frustration. Add elusive Super Scatters teasing a mythical 50,000x prize, and every agonising near miss starts to feel like divine punishment.

Fire in the Hole 3 gives players more ways than ever to enter the mine, and seemingly just as many ways to leave empty-handed. Its sprawling bonus menu, stubbornly buried upgrades and relentlessly volatile features make every purchase feel like another desperate swing of the pickaxe. Spectacularly explosive when everything connects and downright infuriating when it doesn’t, this is Nolimit City frustration at its finest.

Money Mover by IGT has perfected one of the oldest tricks in the slot book: giving you five bonus balls when six are needed. Again and again, the reels offer just enough hope to make the feature feel inevitable - only to stop one tantalising symbol short. Simple, effective and maddeningly consistent, it turns the humble near miss into an emotional endurance test.