Pragmatic Play · 2024
Fire Portals is a 7x7 cluster-pays video slot from Pragmatic Play, high volatility, with tumbles, walking wilds and free spins. This page covers the figures, payouts and rules before you spin.
Step into a fantasy world of fire: a sorceress, potions and ceremonial blades sit on a 7x7 grid, and wins never follow paylines. Five or more matching symbols joined horizontally or vertically form a cluster, and every paying cluster tumbles away so fresh symbols drop in and can add to the same spin. Fire Portal Wilds appear, expand and merge as the tumbles run.
What separates it from other Pragmatic Play releases is the Fire Portal Wild itself: it walks and sticks rather than clearing each spin. Free Spins keep those wilds on screen for the whole round and multiply wins progressively, while a higher-priced bet raises your trigger chances and a paid route skips the wait.
Fire Portals in numbers
Settle what each number means for your stake before the reels turn.
| What it is | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.00% / 96.01% / 96.06% |
| Volatility | High |
| Play area | 7x7 |
| Top win multiple | x10,000 |
| Top win in cash | A$3,000,000 |
| Released | 21/03/2024 |
Fire Portals bonus
Vegastars shows each bonus rule in plain terms so you can judge a bet before the first spin.
Land 3 Scatters for 10 Free Spins, 4 for 12, 5 for 14, 6 for 16 or 7 for 18. Special reels are in play. Fire Portal Wilds stay on screen for the whole round instead of resetting each spin, and the round can retrigger.
Base Game spinsRetriggerable spins
Choose a bet and spin the 7x7 grid. Five or more connected symbols, horizontally or vertically, form a winning cluster. The Tumble Feature cascades winning symbols away and refills until no further win. A Fire Portal Wild spawns, grows and merges within the tumbles of one spin.
Bet placedTumbling wins
See the rules
Vegastars Casino shows each screen with the rule behind it, so you know what to expect.
Know the sequence
By the end, you will have followed one round from bet to payout and set a limit.
Pick a bet from A$0.20 up to A$300 before the first round starts. The bet sets the stake, and every win pays as a multiple of it.
A win forms when five or more connected symbols touch horizontally or vertically on the 7x7 grid. Winning symbols then cascade away, and new ones fall in until no win remains.
A Fire Portal Wild can spawn, grow and merge within a spin's tumbles. Tumbles keep going until no further win appears, so one spin can pay more than once.
Three scatters start 10 free spins, and seven scatters start 18. Special reels are in play, and Fire Portal Wilds stay on screen for the whole round.
Set your limit before the first spin, since no session result can be known in advance. Call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 if play stops being fun.
The Free Spins buy costs 100 times the total bet, which is A$1,000 at the A$10 top bet.
| Extra | Price | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins buy at 100x | x100 · A$1,000 | – |
Check the game rules before the first spin: return to player (RTP) is the share of each A$100 staked that the game pays back over a long run, and the version running is listed there.
| Payback level | RTP | Default? |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.06% | Yes |
| Variant 2 | 96.01% | No |
| Variant 3 | 96.00% | No |
Expecting the free spins on a schedule only leads to chasing them. Nothing states how often the scatters land, and no session follows a pattern. RTP describes a long-run return across many players, not what your next run of spins will hand back, so treat each tumble as its own event.
Checking which RTP version runs takes one look inside the game rules, where the figure sits beside the bet settings. Nothing on the screen before you load it tells you, and the variants differ by a sliver. Read that panel first if the distinction matters to your choice.
Treating the maximum as a target sets you up for disappointment. It marks the top of the payout ladder, a combination that surfaces rarely across the whole player base. Most sessions end well short of it, and that ceiling says nothing about the round you are about to open.
First spin, no stake
Clears up whether you need an account and a stake just to see the grid work
Fire Portals in demo mode costs nothing and pays nothing, so the tumbles and portal wilds are free to watch. Playing for money needs an account here and you must be 18 or older.
Play nowMore spins for the same session
Useful once you have a feel for this grid and want a different mechanic to compare against.
Fast facts
Five short answers on wins, RTP, free spins, volatility and the bonus buy before you wager.
Set your bet first, since the top win is x10,000 times it. At the A$10 example bet, that means A$100,000. At the highest allowed bet of A$300, the same multiple reaches A$3,000,000.
Compare the versions by their long-run return on A$100 staked. Fire Portals runs at 96.00%, 96.01% and 96.06%. A single session can land well above or below these figures.
Land three scatters to start 10 free spins, four for 12, five for 14, six for 16 and seven for 18. Retriggers extend the round, and Fire Portal Wilds stay on screen for the whole round.
Pick a bet that can absorb long dry spells, because Fire Portals has high volatility. Wins are less frequent but can be large, so a session may run long without a big hit. How often the bonus appears cannot be known in advance.
Buy the Free Spins for 100x the total bet. At A$10, the example top bet, the buy costs A$1,000. The buy is disabled while Ante Bet 25x mode is active, and the Ante Bet itself adds 1.25x the bet to each spin.
Players must be 18+ to play Fire Portals. Help in Australia is available from the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, and you can self-exclude through BetStop.
Decide your session budget before the first bet, and treat it as money you have already spent. Once it is gone, the session is over.
Pick your stop point before you start, and keep it after a big win. Wins make it tempting to play on, so leave when the point arrives.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play, and keep them in place. They hold your budget steady even during a hot run.
If the game stops being fun, take a break or self-exclude through BetStop. Fire Portals is entertainment, so step away once it feels like work.
Editor of the slot reviews, sixteen years covering Australian pokies
I read each slot's published game rules before a word goes up, and I check the player protection text step by step with the wallet tools in the cashier, so the numbers you see are the ones the supplier prints, not a marketer's version of them.
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