Pragmatic Play · 2020
Big Bass Bonanza is a 5x3 fishing slot from Pragmatic Play with 10 paylines and high volatility. This page covers its figures, rounds and free spins.
The demo is free. The real game needs an account and is for players 18+.
A fishing slot set on open water, with a 5x3 grid and 10 paylines running left to right from the leftmost reel. Winning combinations begin at two matching symbols on a line, so wins come together more easily than on games that ask for three, and the Fisherman Wild stays out of the base game entirely.
Free spins run on separate reels where the Fisherman Wild lands on any reel and scoops up the money values sitting on screen. Collect four Wilds and ten extra spins arrive with a rising money multiplier on each retrigger, up to three times.
Seven figures to check
Worth a glance while you pick a stake and a budget for the session ahead.
| What it is | Value here |
|---|---|
| Slot maker | Pragmatic Play |
| Return share | 96.71% |
| Volatility | High |
| Reel grid | 5x3 |
| Top win cap | x2,100 |
| Cap at A$250 | A$525,000 |
| Release | 14/12/2020 |
Big Bass Bonanza preview
The common worry is misreading the bonus screens, so each one below is explained in game terms.
Once a bonus starts
Useful when you want to know how a Scatter turns into free spins before you play.
Free spins start on 3+ Scatters: 3 give 10, 4 give 15 and 5 give 20 free spins. Fisherman Wild appears on all reels and collects MONEY values. Every 4th Wild collected adds 10 free spins and lifts the MONEY multiplier to x2, x3 and x10. Max 3 retriggers.
3+ Scatters landedExtra free spins
Each round begins on the 5x3 grid with 10 paylines, counted left to right from the leftmost reel. Only the standard pay symbols appear here, so Fisherman Wild does not show up in the base game.
Placing a betWins on paylines
5 steps, one spin
This block settles how one round moves from bet to payout and where the bonus starts.
A$0.10 is the lowest bet and A$250 the highest, across 10 paylines on a 5x3 grid. Every win scales with the bet you pick.
2 matching symbols on a payline from the leftmost reel are the fewest that pay, so wins form left to right.
3 or more Scatter symbols start Free Spins, and the base game uses standard pay symbols only, so Fisherman Wild waits for the bonus.
10 Free Spins start with 3 Scatter symbols, 15 with 4 and 20 with 5, and on those spins Fisherman Wild appears on every reel.
A$2 and A$10 are the example bets here, so decide your total budget before the first spin and keep each bet within it.
Set aside A$100 across Big Bass Bonanza and the long-run expectation is A$96.71 back, A$3.29 kept by the house. The rules screen inside the game names the version in play.
| Return Rate | RTP | Shipped Standard? |
|---|---|---|
| Version 1 | 96.71% | Available |
Five reels spin, three scatters land or they do not, and nothing in the 96.71 percent return figure tells you when. The gap between bonus rounds has no schedule you can plan around. Every result in a session is drawn fresh from a random generator, so a good return percentage spreads across millions of spins and never arranges itself around the hour you happen to play.
The 96.71 percent figure describes the version set as the standard one, and operators can run a lower setting where the option exists. Read the game rules inside the slot and the return figure printed there is the one that applies to the reels you are spinning. Nothing on the outside of the game shows it.
Capped at 2,100 times your stake, the top payout is a boundary, not a target. Reaching A$525,000 demands the maximum A$250 stake, a free spins round, and every money symbol landing in the values and multipliers that line up. Most rounds finish far below the ceiling, and a session build is a hope rather than a plan.
Two ways in
Useful when you want to see how the reels run before deciding anything.
A free version of Big Bass Bonanza costs nothing to open and returns nothing to your balance, so treat it as a look at the reels. Playing for real takes a 77 Casino account and the legal age of 18 or over.
Play for realBig Bass Bonanza facts
Read this before the first spin, or when you are weighing the bets and the free spins.
3 or more Scatter symbols start the Free Spins round. 3 Scatters give 10 free spins, 4 give 15 and 5 give 20. Fisherman Wild appears on every reel during the round and collects Money symbol values as it lands.
96.71% is the only RTP setting of this slot. RTP means return to player: over a very long run, the game pays back about A$96.71 for every A$100 staked. A single session can end well above or below that share, so the figure cannot predict your result.
x2,100 is the top prize multiplier. High volatility means wins come less often but can be larger when they land. How often the Free Spins round arrives cannot be known in advance, and a session can run long without a large win.
A$0.10 is the lowest bet and A$250 is the highest. A$2 and A$10 are the example bets on this page, and every win scales with the bet you choose.
2,100x the bet is the maximum win, which is A$21,000 at the A$10 example bet. At the A$250 maximum bet, the top prize reaches A$525,000. The prize is a ceiling, not an expected payout.
You must be 18+ to play. Help is available from the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, and you can self-exclude through BetStop.
Spin only with money you can afford to lose, and fix a session budget in advance.
Choose the point to stop before you start, and keep that point even after a win.
Set a deposit limit and a loss limit in your account before you play, and check them after each session.
When the game stops being fun, take a break, or self-exclude through BetStop when a break is not enough.
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