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Useful when you compare this slot with other games, or before you set your bet size.
| What it means | Shown as |
|---|---|
| Game provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player (RTP) | 96.06% |
| How wins arrive | High |
| Grid and paylines | 5x3 |
| Maximum win multiple | x2,100 |
| Maximum win in money | A$787,500 |
| Release date | 23/10/2023 |
Five reels, three rows and ten paylines form the grid of Big Bass Halloween, a fishing and horror video slot from Pragmatic Play. Symbols pay left to right, starting on the leftmost reel and running across adjacent reels. Two matching symbols are enough to pay. The main mechanic is the small-fish MONEY symbol, which carries a random cash value of the total bet on each spin.
Three, four or five scatters anywhere on the reels start Free Spins, with 10, 15 or 20 spins. Inside that round, every WILD lands on all reels and collects the cash values of visible MONEY symbols. A 12-cell progress ribbon adds 10 spins at the fourth, eighth and twelfth WILD, and each retrigger lifts the multiplier. Retriggers stop after three.
How to play
Before the first spin, most players want to know what a round costs and what it pays.
Pick a bet from A$0.10 up to A$375 before the first spin. Every payout and bonus value scales with that total bet, so A$0.20 and A$0.50 are useful comparison points.
A win runs left to right on the 10 paylines, starting on the leftmost reel. Two matching symbols on adjacent reels are the fewest that pay.
Small fish clusters carry one of eight values, from 2x to 2000x total bet. The MONEY symbol draws its value at random each spin, so one cluster can pay differently.
Three, four or five SCATTER symbols anywhere start Free Spins with 10, 15 or 20 spins. Wild then lands on every reel and collects all visible MONEY values on each spin.
Set your budget and your bet before the first spin, because no session result can be known in advance. Stop when the budget runs out, however the reels have run.
The Free Spins purchase costs 100 times the total bet, so at A$0.50 it comes to A$50.
| Purchase | Bet multiple | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Free Spins at 100x | x100 · A$50 | – |
Spins on the reels take the stake, and the long-run return is a share of each A$100 staked. It is an average, not a promise per session. The running version appears in the game rules.
| Version | RTP | Factory standard |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.06% | Yes |
While the reels run
Most players first want to see what the grid, wins and bonus screens look like.
Before you bet
After this, you will know how each bonus mode starts and what it costs before you play.
Three, four or five SCATTER symbols trigger 10, 15 or 20 free spins. WILD appears on all reels and collects visible MONEY cash values each spin. Each 4th, 8th and 12th collected WILD adds 10 spins and lifts the multiplier to 2x, 3x and 10x. Retriggers stop after 3.
Base game reelsFree spins
Switch the Ante Bet on and your total bet rises to 1.5x. The natural chance of landing SCATTER symbols and hitting Free Spins goes up. While it is ON, Buy Free Spins is disabled.
Base game betMore SCATTER chances
Buy Free Spins starts the Free Spins round directly for 100x the current total bet. The round then follows the same rules as triggered free spins. It is disabled while the Ante Bet is ON.
Base game screenFree Spins round
Symbols on the 5x3 grid pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. Each spin, the small fish cluster MONEY symbol takes a random cash value of 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x or 2000x total bet. Base Game has 10 paylines.
Game lobbySymbol cash
Trial play
You will know which version to open and what each one costs before you play.
Spins in the demo use no money and win nothing, while the real game needs an account at Axe Casino and the legal age of 18+.
Play for realEach spin lands symbols at random on the 5x3 grid, so no one can say when the bonus round will start. How often the Free Spins trigger is not known in advance. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP, because the RTP describes the return over a very long run of spins, not over the next one.
Symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. Which RTP version Axe Casino runs is shown only in the game rules, so read those rules in full before the first spin.
Big wins need the right symbols to land together on a payline, and the maximum win of Big Bass Halloween is a ceiling reached very rarely. Treat it as the upper limit of the game, not a result to expect.
Six questions answered
The answers below settle the bets, RTP, bonus buy and maximum win before you spin.
Each spin on the 5x3 grid can be set from A$0.10 up to A$375. Bets of A$0.20 and A$0.50 appear as examples on this page, not as limits. With Ante Bet on, the total bet rises to 1.5 times the stake.
Over many spins, the reels return 96.06 percent of every A$100 staked. This slot has one RTP version. The other Big Bass series versions run between 96.50 and 96.52 percent, so this one returns a little less.
Buy Free Spins starts the bonus at once, for 100 times the total bet. At the A$0.50 example top bet, that costs A$50. The buy is disabled while Ante Bet is on.
Start at the A$0.10 minimum bet to see how the rounds run before you raise your stake. The paytable is set at A$0.20, so the symbol payouts there show what a bet of that size pays.
Big Bass Halloween has the lowest RTP and the lowest maximum win in its series. Four of the other versions cap at 5,000x, while Big Bass Splash 1000 reaches 25,000x.
The maximum win is 2,100 times the bet. At the example top bet of A$0.50 it is A$1,050. The highest bet of A$375 pays up to A$787,500.
The legal age is 18+. Get help in Australia from the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, or self-exclude through BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Set a budget before you start a session, and treat it as the most you will lose, not a target to win back.
Decide your stopping point before the first spin, and keep to it even after a win.
Use the deposit and loss limits in your account to cap what a session can cost you.
Take a break or self-exclude once the game stops being fun, and do not chase losses.
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