Pragmatic Play · 2023
A 5x3 video slot with 10 fixed paylines, high volatility and a fishing theme. The page covers rounds, symbol payouts and the bonus modes.
The demo is free. Real money play needs an account and age 18+.
A 5x3 grid with 10 fixed paylines gives Big Bass its fishing theme and a plain line-based core. Wins pay from left to right, starting on the leftmost reel, and as few as two matching symbols can pay. The lines do the everyday work, while the bonus rounds sit on top of them. Three or more MONEY symbols open the fishing net round, and three or more SCATTER symbols start free spins.
Three, four or five SCATTER symbols award 10, 15 or 20 free spins, and the WILD Fisherman then appears on every reel. Each WILD collects FISH MONEY values on a 12-slot meter. Every fourth WILD adds 10 spins with a rising multiplier. Hold & Spinner adds a second route, with four respins that reset on each new MONEY hit.
Seven figures explained
Each figure below shows what this game returns over time and where its top win is capped.
| What it measures | In play |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| RTP | 96.07% / 96.09% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid and paylines | 5x3 |
| Max win, times bet | x10,000 |
| Max win in money | A$3,750,000 |
| Release date | 27/03/2023 |
What triggers what
Useful when a round stops looking like the base game and you want to know what set it off.
3/4/5 SCATTER award 10/15/20 spins. WILD (Fisherman) appears on all reels, substitutes all except SCATTER/MONEY, and collects FISH MONEY values on a 12-slot meter; every 4th WILD collected retriggers +10 spins with an escalating collection multiplier (x2 at 4th, x3 at 8th, x10 at 12th, max 3 retriggers). Buyable for 100x total bet.
Base gameFree spins
Money-collect hold-and-respin: 3+ MONEY symbols trigger; grid re-skins as a fishing net, non-MONEY cells become decorative filler tiles. Round starts with 4 respins; any new MONEY hit resets the respin counter to 4 and adds its value to the total; round ends and awards the total when respins run out. Buyable for 100x total bet.
Base gameHold and respin
5 reels x 3 rows, 10 fixed paylines paying left-to-right from the leftmost reel; 3+ MONEY symbols trigger Hold & Spinner, 3+ SCATTER trigger Free Spins.
Opening the gameA paid spin
Round walkthrough
Most players worry about which bet to pick first, so the steps below show the range before any spin.
A$0.10 is the lowest stake and A$375 the highest, so you set any bet between them before the reels move. Each spin is charged at that bet.
10 fixed paylines run across the 5x3 grid, and each one pays from the leftmost reel to the right. Two matching symbols are the fewest that can pay on a line.
3 or more SCATTER symbols start the Free Spins, and 3 or more MONEY symbols start Hold & Spinner. These two triggers are the bonus entries of the base game.
3 SCATTER symbols award 10 spins, 4 award 15, and 5 award 20, so the count you land sets the length. They start after the spin that lands the scatters.
At A$2 a spin, every spin takes A$2 from your balance, so set the limit before the first spin. Ten spins at that bet cost A$20.
100 times the total bet is the price of each bonus buy, and the table shows the money at the top example bet.
| Ante bet | Price | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins at 100x | x100 · A$200 | – |
| Hold & Spinner at 100x | x100 · A$200 | – |
A$100 staked is the base of every RTP figure here. RTP, the return to player, is the share the game pays back over a long run. The game rules show which version this site runs.
| RTP setting | RTP | Set by default |
|---|---|---|
| Edition 1 | 96.09% | No |
| Edition 2 | 96.07% | Yes |
Big Bass screenshots
Useful when you want to see a win or bonus screen before you spin.
Spin without staking
After this section you will know how to open the demo and when the real game applies.
A$0.10 is the lowest stake in the real game, which needs an account and the legal age of 18+. The demo needs no money and pays nothing.
Start playingA$2 bets at five hundred thousand spins still cannot tell you when the net drops; each spin is rolled on its own, and a hundred spins without a trigger is as likely as a quick start. The result of any single session is random whatever 96.07% or 96.09% is doing over the long run.
One sheet carries 96.07% and a second 96.09%, and which one loads on the reels shows only inside the game rules, not on the lobby tile. Open that panel before the first spin and read the figure there.
The x10,000 multiplier sits at the far end of the payout scale: A$20,000 on a A$2 stake, A$3,750,000 at the A$375 ceiling. That headroom exists because the top combination is rare in Hold & Spinner and in Free Spins, so treat it as a boundary rather than a target for a sitting of a hundred spins.
You must be 18+ to play. For help in Australia, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, or register with BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Decide how much you can lose before the first spin, and keep that amount apart from your everyday money.
Set the time or loss limit before you start, and keep to it after a big win too.
Set a deposit limit and a loss limit in your account before you play, so each session starts inside those limits.
When the reels stop feeling fun, pause for a day, and if the pull to return remains, use a longer self-exclusion.
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Know what to expect
This block settles the top win, volatility, series differences and the bets you can place.
10,000 times the bet is the most this slot pays. At the example bet of A$2, that comes to A$20,000, and at the highest bet of A$375 it reaches A$3,750,000. No one can know in advance when a win that size would land.
High volatility means results come in uneven bursts. Long quiet stretches can pass before a large payout, and no one can know in advance when that happens. Expect swings rather than steady returns.
96.07 or 96.09 is the RTP here, below the 96.50 to 96.52 of the other Big Bass versions. Its top win stands at 10,000 times the bet, while Big Bass Splash 1000 reaches 25,000 times. A lower RTP returns less to players over the long run.
A$0.10 to A$375 is the range of bets per spin. The examples A$0.20, A$0.40 and A$2 are sample bets, not limits. Wins scale with the bet, so a higher stake means larger amounts in money.
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