Pragmatic Play · 2023
Big Bass – Hold & Spinner is a high volatility fishing slot by Pragmatic Play on a 5x3 grid. This page covers the figures, modes and rules.
Demo is free; the real game needs an account and players must be 18+.
Figures at a glance
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| Attribute | Here it reads |
|---|---|
| Software provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.07% / 96.09% |
| Volatility | High |
| Reels and rows | 5x3 |
| Top win multiple | x10,000 |
| Top win at A$375 | A$3,750,000 |
| Released | 27/03/2023 |
Fishing is the setting: a five-reel, three-row grid of 10 fixed paylines, though only the two-payline minimum applies to the highest symbols. Three or more MONEY symbols open the Hold and Spinner round, where the grid turns into a fishing net and respins keep the values coming. Three or more SCATTER fish reach the Free Spins round instead.
Reel Kingdom pairs a modern money-collect hold-and-spin with the long-running Big Bass free spins, and puts WILDCARD Fisherman on all reels in the bonus, gathering FISH MONEY into a 12-slot meter. Each fourth Fisherman adds spins and lifts the collection multiplier.
Before your first cast
Useful the moment you want to see how the lake and its net really sit on screen.
Five steps of a round
Slotastic lays the round out in order, so the first spin is never a guess.
Bets run from A$0.10 to A$375, and A$1 is the example top bet used throughout this page. Ten fixed paylines pay left to right from the leftmost reel only.
Line wins need symbols on adjacent reels starting at reel one, and two matching symbols are enough on the top-paying ones. Three or more MONEY symbols open Hold & Spinner; three SCATTER symbols open Free Spins.
Ante Bet raises your stake by half, which is A$1.50 on a A$1 bet. The Fisherman WILD stands in for every symbol except SCATTER and MONEY, and the red-and-green bobber is the one that collects.
Three, four or five SCATTER Bass fish award 10, 15 or 20 free spins, and the Fisherman can collect fish money values along the way. Each fourth Fisherman collected adds 10 more spins, up to three retriggers.
A figure on paper before the first spin decides where the session ends, whatever the reels are doing. Chasing the A$10,000 top at a A$1 bet is how a plan turns into a bank balance instead.
100 times the total bet is the price of each bonus buy, and the table shows the money at the A$1 example bet.
| Buy option | Cost | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins bought at 100x | x100 · A$100 | – |
| Hold & Spinner, 4 respins | x100 · A$100 | – |
96.07 percent of every A$100 staked returns to players over a long run of play, and 96.09 percent is the other version. Which version this casino runs is shown in the game rules.
| Version | RTP | Default version |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.09% | No |
| Variant 2 | 96.07% | Yes |
How Each Bonus Starts
This explains what starts each round and exactly how it plays out.
Three or more SCATTER symbols award 10, 15 or 20 spins depending on whether three, four or five land. The Fisherman WILD collects FISH MONEY values onto a 12-slot meter, and every fourth WILD retriggers 10 more spins with a rising collection multiplier up to x10.
Cold reelsMetered free spins
Three or more MONEY symbols start the respin round: the grid becomes a fishing net where non-MONEY cells are decorative filler tiles. Four respins open the round, every new MONEY symbol resets that count to four and adds its value to the total, and the round pays out when the respins run dry.
Money symbolsOne combined total
Five reels and three rows spin across 10 fixed paylines, and only the leftmost reel starts a qualifying line. Landing three or more MONEY symbols opens the Hold & Spinner round, while three or more SCATTER symbols open Free Spins; the base game itself is where both entry points are earned.
Nothing stakedTwo entry points
At A$1 a spin, nothing decides when the fishing net appears: the odds of triggering Hold & Spinner or Free Spins are not published, and one session of 100 spins can pay nothing while another pays twice. A 96.07% return is an average across millions of rounds, not a promise for the evening you sit down.
Two return figures exist for this game, 96.07% and 96.09%, and which one applies to the reels in front of you is stated in the in-game rules panel rather than on a lobby tile. Check it there before you commit a stake.
Reaching the maximum win at example bets means A$10,000 at A$1 a spin, a ceiling built for the rarest rounds. Treat it as the top of the range, not a target: most sessions land far below it, and no stake size moves your chance of getting near it.
Six questions answered
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96.07% and 96.09% are the two RTP versions of Big Bass – Hold & Spinner. RTP is the share of staked money the game returns over a very long run, so it does not predict a single session. The two versions differ by 0.02 percentage points.
A$0.10 is the lowest bet on Big Bass – Hold & Spinner, and A$375 is the highest. The paytable uses A$0.20 as its reference stake. The maximum win at the A$1 top bet is A$10,000.
3 SCATTER symbols start the Free Spins round and award 10 spins. Four SCATTER symbols award 15 spins, and five award 20. During Free Spins, every 4th WILD collected retriggers 10 more spins, up to 3 retriggers.
100x the total bet buys either Free Spins or Hold & Spinner. At the A$1 bet, each buy costs A$100. The Ante Bet raises the stake to 1.5 times the bet, so A$1.50 at A$1.
96.52% is the highest RTP in the series, against 96.07% and 96.09% here. Big Bass Splash 1000 has a maximum win of x25,000, while Blast, Football Bonanza, Trophy Catch and Raceday Repeat cap at x5,000. Here, the maximum win is x10,000.
A$0.10 sits at the bottom of the bet range, the cheapest stake for learning the rules. Read the Base Game, Free Spins and Hold & Spinner rules before the first spin.
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100 times the total bet buys one bonus round, so set your budget before the first spin.
10 spins in a Free Spins round can end in a win or a loss, so decide your stop point before the first spin. Keep to it after a win.
A$375 is the highest bet, so set a deposit and loss limit in your account before choosing a bet size.
4 respins start each Hold & Spinner round. Take a break once the game stops being fun, and do not chase a missed bonus round.
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