Pragmatic Play · 2020
Big Bass Bonanza is a 5x3 fishing and ocean video slot from Pragmatic Play with high volatility. This page covers its figures, rounds and bonus modes.
The demo is free. The real game needs an account and players must be 18+.
On the 5x3 reel grid, a win starts on the leftmost reel and runs left to right along one of 10 paylines. Two matching symbols in a row from that reel are enough to pay. The fishing and ocean theme shows in the lure, rod and reel, dragonfly, tackle box, fish and card-rank symbols. Base game uses standard pay symbols only, so the paylines alone decide each win before any bonus starts.
Three or more Scatter symbols on the reels start the Free Spins, where special reels take over. Fisherman Wild then appears on every reel and collects the values of Money symbols as it lands. Every fourth Wild collected adds free spins and steps up the Multiplier, with up to three retriggers.
Big Bass Bonanza table
Most players ask what the RTP and the top win mean for their own money.
| What it is | Game detail |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player (RTP) | 96.71% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid | 5x3 |
| Max win multiple | x2,100 |
| Max win in money | A$525,000 |
| Release date | 14/12/2020 |
Before the reels turn
Casino Mate shows each screen with its game terms, so you know what to expect before a spin.
Return to player is the share of each staked amount a game pays back over time. On A$100 staked, single sessions land above or below it. The version in use is in the game rules.
| Payback setting | RTP | Provider default |
|---|---|---|
| Edition 1 | 96.71% | Available |
Know each payout
The worry most players have is not knowing what a spin does before they press it.
The reels stay still until you set a bet from A$0.10 up to A$250 a spin. The paytable uses A$0.40 as its example, and each payout scales with your bet.
Wins form on the ten paylines, read from the leftmost reel to the right. A line pays from as few as two matching symbols.
Reels in the base game show only standard pay symbols, since the Fisherman Wild stays out. Landing three or more Scatter symbols opens the Free Spins.
Three, four or five Scatter symbols on the reels start the Free Spins with 10, 15 or 20 spins. The Fisherman Wild lands on all reels and collects MONEY symbol values.
Reels keep turning only while you play, so set a limit before the first spin. The result of a session cannot be known in advance, whatever the bet.
Know the rules first
After this, you will know how the free spins start and what each mode gives you.
Landing three or more SCATTER symbols starts free spins: 3 gives 10, 4 gives 15, 5 gives 20 spins. Fisherman Wild appears on every reel, collects MONEY values on landing. Every 4th Wild collected adds 10 spins and raises the multiplier to x2, x3 or x10, max 3 retriggers.
Base Game reelsExtra spins, multipliers
Each spin lands symbols on a 5x3 grid, and 10 paylines are read left to right from the leftmost reel. Only the standard pay symbols appear here. Fisherman Wild does not appear in the base game.
Placing your betStandard pay symbols
Each spin lands symbols on the 5x3 grid, and the bonus round, Free Spins, starts only when three or more Scatter symbols appear. How often that happens is not known in advance. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP, so a single session can end well above or well below it.
Every spin on the reels runs under one RTP version, and the game rules are the only place that names it. The RTP figure describes return over a very long run, not the outcome of any single session.
Symbols on the reels seldom line up the top prize, and the maximum win of Big Bass Bonanza is a ceiling reached very rarely. It marks the most one bet can return, not a target to aim for.
Big Bass Bonanza
At Casino Mate we answer each question with the figures the game itself gives, and nothing else.
Winning combinations on the reels can pay up to x2,100 of the bet. At the example bet of A$5, that cap is A$10,500. The free spins share this x2,100 cap.
Big Bass Bonanza has high volatility, so results on the reels swing widely. Dry spells can run long between wins, and the largest wins arrive rarely. How often free spins arrive cannot be known in advance.
Spins on the reels return 96.71 per cent of all stakes over a very long run. This slot has one RTP version only. It describes the payback across many spins and says nothing about the result of a single session.
On the reels, the other series versions pay back slightly less. Their maximum wins go higher, so this slot has the highest RTP and the lowest maximum win of the series.
Three or more Scatter symbols landing on the reels start the free spins. Three Scatters give 10 free spins, four give 15 and five give 20. During the free spins, special reels are active and Fisherman Wild appears on all reels.
This page is for players aged 18+. Call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, and use BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Decide how much you can afford to lose on Big Bass Bonanza before the first spin, and keep that amount separate from your everyday money.
Choose the point where you stop before you start, and keep to it even after a big win on the reels.
Set a deposit limit and a loss limit in your account before you open the game, so the session ends on your rules, not on the reels.
If the game stops being fun, take a break, or self-exclude through BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
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