Full explanation
The roughly 36.6% hit frequency comes from how the base game is structured rather than any generosity on the house's part.
Two things drive it. First, the four low-pay Greek-letter symbols hit often across the 19 fixed lines, and most of your registered "wins" are exactly these small letter combinations. Second, Mystery symbols appear regularly on reels 2 to 5, and even modest reveals add to the win count. Together they keep something landing about one spin in three.
Compared with Hacksaw's more savage high-volatility titles, where you can spin a long time between anything at all, Le Zeus feels busier. That is the medium-volatility positioning working as intended: keep players engaged with frequent small returns, while concentrating the real money in rarer feature outcomes.
The thing to keep in perspective is that a high hit frequency is not the same as a high payout. It is comfort, not profit. The 36.6% keeps the session moving; the RTP and the feature math decide how it ends.
Frequency is comfort, not profit
The most important thing to internalise about a high hit frequency is that it describes how often something lands, not how much. Le Zeus keeps you winning small letter combinations regularly, which makes the base game pleasant to sit through, but those wins rarely cover the stake.
So do not read 36.6% as a sign the game is loose or beatable. It is a session-comfort feature that keeps engagement up while the RTP and the rare feature payouts quietly decide the outcome. A frequently-hitting slot and a profitable slot are different things, and conflating them is how the hit-frequency number gets misused.
Read the higher hit rate as a design choice about feel, not a hint of better value. Frequent small returns keep a session ticking over and soften the dry patches, but they sit inside the same overall return as a punchier, lower-frequency game. You are getting a smoother ride here, not a richer one, and that is worth knowing before you judge a quiet spell.