Pragmatic Play · 2021
Bigger Bass Bonanza is a high volatility video slot by Pragmatic Play, set on a 5x4 fishing grid. This page covers the figures, rounds and bonus.
The numbers, decoded
Every figure on this table, and what it changes about a session at your bet size.
| Spec | Reading |
|---|---|
| Made by | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to players | 96.71% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid | 5x4 |
| Top win, multiple | x4,000 |
| Top win, money | A$960,000 |
| Released | 16/09/2021 |
A fishing-themed video slot with a 5x4 grid and 12 fixed paylines, so a win needs matching symbols side by side from the leftmost reel, and two are enough on the top symbols. Everything else in this game is built around the catch: cash-valued fish sit on the reels, and the fisherman wild comes out to reel them in.
That collection twist runs through both modes. Regular symbols pay from the paytable as they land, while the wild that gathers the fish money only appears during the free spins, where every fourth catch also retriggers more spins and adds a collection multiplier.
Choosing How You Spin
Read this before your first bet, when you want to know what the reels do without a trigger.
Three SCATTERs open 10 spins, four give 15 and five give 20. The fisherman WILD shows up only in here, standing in for every symbol but SCATTER and sweeping up the cash values of all MONEY fish on the reels. Each fourth WILD adds 10 more spins with a x2, x3 or x10 collection multiplier, up to 3 retriggers, and the round stops at 4000x the bet.
Base playCash collection
The 5x4 grid runs 12 fixed paylines from the leftmost reel, paying left to right on adjacent reels, and the MONEY-valued fish and the regular symbols settle up on the paytable. The fisherman does not appear in this part of play, so any cash on the fish stays where it is until the free spins come around.
Opening the gamePlain payline wins
Every A$100 staked on Bigger Bass Bonanza returns A$96.71 on average across millions of spins, so A$3.29 goes the other way. The version the lobby runs is named in the game rules.
| Return Setup | RTP | Runs in This Lobby |
|---|---|---|
| version 1 | 96.71% | Available |
See it first
After reading this you will know what each screen shows during a base round and free spins.
Five steps in all
The usual worry: not knowing what a round does after the bet.
Pick a bet from A$0.12 up to A$240 before you spin. The 12 fixed paylines do not change, so a bigger bet pays more on every win.
Wins form when matching symbols land on adjacent reels from the leftmost reel, along the 12 fixed paylines. Two matching symbols can already pay on a line.
Scatter symbols lead into the free spins, and some symbols carry a money value you can see on screen. Money Collect and the Multiplier only come into play during free spins.
Three, four or five Scatter symbols start the free spins. More Scatter symbols give more spins, and the fisherman Wild only appears from then on.
Set your limit before the first spin, because high volatility means no one knows when the next free spins will come.
Two ways in
Sorts out whether you can spin the reels for nothing or need an account behind you.
The demo reel spins run on virtual credits and hand back nothing you can keep. Paid play starts once you have an 18+ account here and a balance loaded.
Play for realReels spin and settle on their own schedule, and no one can say when the fisherman round will arrive or how many spins it takes. Each session stands alone too: a strong RTP figure describes the long run across many players, not the balance after your evening. Treat any claim about a hot spell as noise.
The game rules screen carries the RTP figure for the build you are playing, and that number can differ between operators running the same slot. Reading it before your first spin settles which version sits behind the reels you see, without relying on what another site printed.
The x4,000 ceiling is real but rare: it marks the most a single round can pay, not an amount waiting in the average bonus. Most rounds finish far below it. Play with a stake that treats the top prize as a distant possibility rather than the plan for the night.
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, the national self-exclusion register.
Set a session budget before the first spin, and treat that amount as the most you are willing to lose. When it is gone, stop playing.
Decide when you will stop before you start. Keep to that point after a win too, because a big win is no reason to keep spinning.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play. Lower them if the game starts to feel like a chase.
Take a break when the game stops being fun, and self-exclude through BetStop if you cannot keep to your limits.
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Bigger Bass Bonanza
After reading, you will know how the free spins start and what the bet range is.
This slot has one RTP setting, 96.71 percent. Over a very long run, players get back about that share of the money they stake. Any single session can land well above or well below it, so the figure does not predict your next spin.
3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols start the Free Spins round, which gives 10, 15 or 20 spins. Only the free spins round has the fisherman WILD, and when it lands it collects the cash values of all MONEY symbols on screen.
Bigger Bass Bonanza has the highest RTP of the series, 96.71 percent, while the others sit between 96.50 and 96.52 percent. Its maximum win is 4,000x the bet, lower than the 5,000x of most series titles and the 25,000x of Big Bass Splash 1000.
You can stake from A$0.12 up to A$240 per spin in this market. The examples on this page use A$0.20 and A$0.40, but those are only examples, not the limits.
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