Pragmatic Play · 2025
Big Bass Bonanza 1000 is a fishing-themed 5x3 video slot with high volatility. This page covers the rounds, the payouts and the bonus modes.
Pick this slot when you want a fishing theme on a 5x3 grid. The reels show fishing gear, fish piles and the card symbols A, K, Q, J and 10. Wins form on 10 fixed paylines read left to right, and two matching symbols on a payline are enough to pay. Fish high symbols carry random money values that show on the reels in the base game.
Pick it for free spins, its standout feature. Three to five Scatters trigger 10, 15 or 20 free spins. WILD Fisherman is active on all five reels, and each landed WILD collects every visible MONEY FISH value. Every fourth WILD adds 10 free spins and lifts the multiplier from x2 to x3, then x10. Retriggers stop at three and add 30 free spins.
Clear numbers, no guesswork
Answers who made it, what it returns, how it pays and how big the top win gets.
| Game detail | Current setting |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| RTP | 96.51% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid | 5x3 |
| Max win multiple | x20,000 |
| Max win in money | A$7,500,000 |
| Release date | 24/04/2025 |
Check the price first: it is a multiple of the bet, so at A$10 the free spins cost A$1,000 and the Super Free Spins A$4,500.
| Bonus buy | Stake amount | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Free Spins 100x | x100 · A$1,000 | – |
| Buy Super Free Spins 450x | x450 · A$4,500 | – |
Before you bet, know what 96.51 per cent means: A$96.51 returns per A$100 staked over time. Single sessions can land above or below that. The version Vegastars Casino runs is shown in the game rules.
| RTP version | RTP | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| Version 1 | 96.51% | Included |
Five steps in order
Read this before your first spin, when you want the round in order.
Pick a bet from A$0.10 up to A$375 before you press spin. The paytable and the examples on this page use A$2 and A$10 bets.
Look for matching symbols on the 10 fixed paylines, read left to right across the 5x3 grid. Two matching symbols can pay, and WILD does not appear in the base game.
Watch for a near miss with two Scatters showing. The game may randomly respin with those Scatters dropped one row, or play a hook animation for a chance at a third Scatter.
Land three to five Scatters to open the free spins on the special reels. WILD Fisherman works on all five reels, and each landing WILD collects every visible MONEY FISH value.
Decide how much you will spend before the first spin, and stop when you reach it. Need help? Call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858.
Big Bass Bonanza 1000
Unsure what a win looks like on screen? These frames show it before you bet.
When the bonus begins
Useful when a Scatter lands and you want to know which bonus round it opens.
3, 4 or 5 Scatters start 10, 15 or 20 free spins. WILD Fisherman is active on all 5 reels; landing WILD collects every visible Money Fish value. Every 4th WILD fires the Wild Tracker: +10 spins and multipliers x2, x3, then x10. Max 3 retriggers add 30 spins.
3+ Scatters landFree spins, multipliers
Super Free Spins give 15 spins at 450x total bet, with a much higher chance of a 1000x Money Fish value appearing. Same WILD Fisherman collection as regular free spins, plus the same Wild Tracker multipliers x2, x3 and x10.
Base game1000x Money Fish
5x3 grid with 10 fixed paylines, left to right. WILD does not appear. Fish high symbols carry random Money values. A near-miss of 2 Scatters can randomly trigger a respin, with Scatters dropping one row, or a hook animation for a chance at a third Scatter.
Regular spins10 paylines
Big Bass Bonanza 1000
Useful when you are about to deposit and want to see how the reels move.
Choose the demo to learn the reels without staking. It needs no money and pays nothing; the real game needs an account and the legal age of 18+.
Start playingChoosing to play Big Bass Bonanza 1000 means accepting one thing first: how often the bonus round arrives is not known in advance. The result of one session is random, whatever the RTP says. Two players with the same bet can finish a session far apart, and no figure on this page predicts which one you will be.
Checking which RTP version applies to your game means opening the game rules, because only the rules show which version Vegastars Casino runs. Do that before you set a bet. The 96.51 figure on this page describes one version, and the rules name the one you will actually play.
Aiming for the top prize means treating x20,000 as a ceiling, not a target. The maximum win of Big Bass Bonanza 1000 is reached very rarely, and no one can say in advance which session, if any, gets there.
This game is for players aged 18+. Help is available from the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, and BetStop is the national self-exclusion register.
Set a budget before you open the game and treat it as the full cost. Once it is gone, stop, even when a bonus seems close.
Pick your stop point 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 start playing. Lower them before a long session, not during one.
If the game stops being fun, take a break or register on BetStop to self-exclude. Pausing is your choice at any point.
Five Common Questions
You will know how the bonus starts, what the buy costs and how far wins climb.
Three, four or five Scatter symbols on the reels start 10, 15 or 20 free spins. Free spins play on special reels. In the base game, two Scatters can also trigger a respin or a hook animation, which gives a chance at a third Scatter.
The game offers BUY FREE SPINS at 100 times the total bet and BUY SUPER FREE SPINS at 450 times. At the example top bet of A$10, that is A$1,000 for free spins and A$4,500 for Super Free Spins.
Volatility is high, so wins come in uneven bursts rather than steady small hits. Whether a session brings a bonus, and how big it gets, cannot be known before you play.
This version has an RTP of 96.51 percent based on A$100 staked. Other Big Bass versions in the series sit between 96.50 and 96.52 percent, a gap of 0.02 points.
The maximum win is 20,000 times the bet. With the example bet of A$10 the top payout is A$200,000, and at the highest bet of A$375 it is A$7,500,000.
Big Bass Bonanza 1000
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