Big Bass Bonanza is Pragmatic Play's fishing-themed slot released in 2020 that spawned an entire franchise of follow-up titles. Per Pragmatic Play's own game page and launch release, it carries a 96.71% RTP on a 5x3 grid, with a free-spins feature built around collectible money symbols. It remains one of the studio's most commercially significant releases, with numerous sequel titles (carrying their own separate specs) built on the same money-symbol collection idea.
Verified facts
- RTP: 96.71%
- Grid: 5x3
- Free-spins trigger: 3 to 5 scatter symbols award 10 to 20 free spins
- Max money symbol: up to 2,000x on money symbols collected during free spins
- Retrigger: every 4 wilds retrigger the feature with a growing multiplier up to 10x
- Volatility: —
- Maximum win: —
- Paylines: —
- Bet range: —
Verified official source: www.pragmaticplay.com, www.pragmaticplay.com (2026-07-06)
Verified facts about Big Bass Bonanza
Official RTP: 96.71% (game page at pragmaticplay.com). Grid: 5x3 (official launch release). Free-spins trigger: 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols award 10, 15, or 20 free spins respectively. During free spins, money symbols can be worth up to 2,000x the stake, and every 4 additional wilds (the fisherman) retrigger the feature with a growing multiplier up to 10x.
We were unable to confirm an official text volatility label, a paylines count, or an aggregate maximum-win figure in Pragmatic Play's public documentation — we do not publish these to avoid approximating unverified figures. This is a meaningfully different situation from Bonanza or Starburst, whose provider pages do publish a complete official spec sheet.
Important: the RTP figure above is the studio-level figure published by the game's own provider. Slot providers commonly certify more than one RTP configuration for the same title (this is standard, documented industry practice across regulated US markets, not specific to Pennsylvania), and a PGCB-licensed operator may run a different certified configuration than the one shown here. Always check the live RTP disclosed in the game's own paytable or info panel (the "i" icon) inside the operator where you actually play — do not assume the provider's headline studio figure is the one running at every Pennsylvania casino.
How Big Bass Bonanza plays
The game runs on a classic 5-reel-by-3-row grid. The wild (the fisherman with a rod) collects the value of every visible money symbol on screen during the free-spins round, adding them to a running total paid out at the end of the round.
Three, four, or five scatter symbols (the fishing lure) award 10, 15, or 20 free spins respectively. Each time 4 additional wilds appear during the bonus round, it retriggers with extra spins, and the multiplier applied to collected money symbols increases, up to a declared maximum of 10x. The base game outside the bonus round plays as a standard 5x3 slot without the money-collection element, meaning the vast majority of a session's win potential is concentrated in reaching and then extending the free-spins feature.
What isn't confirmed (and why we don't publish it)
Unlike Starburst or Bonanza, we did not locate a text volatility label, a paylines count, or an aggregate maximum-win figure for Big Bass Bonanza in Pragmatic Play's official documentation (neither the game page nor the launch release). Numerous third-party sites cite figures for these fields, but because they do not trace to an official provider source, we chose not to publish them — we prefer an absent data point to an approximated one.
This does not mean the game lacks these characteristics; it means only that we could not verify them against Pragmatic Play's public documentation as of this page's verify date (06/07/2026). Check the game's own info panel (the "i" icon) inside the casino for the full technical sheet the operator displays — operators sometimes surface a volatility rating or maximum-win figure in their own in-game help screen even where the studio's own marketing page does not.
How Big Bass Bonanza compares to the other titles on this list
Big Bass Bonanza's 96.71% studio RTP is the highest of the six titles covered here, edging out Wolf Gold (96.01%), Bonanza (96.11%), Sweet Bonanza (96.48%), Gates of Olympus (96.50%), and Starburst (96.08%). A higher headline RTP does not by itself tell you about volatility or win variance — Big Bass Bonanza's own volatility figure is unconfirmed, unlike its close Pragmatic Play sibling titles Sweet Bonanza and Gates of Olympus, which both carry explicit official labels.
Structurally, Big Bass Bonanza's money-symbol collection mechanic is distinct from every other title here: it is the only game on this list where the bonus feature's payout comes from summing individually revealed money values rather than from cascading matches or Megaways-style combination counts.
Availability at Pennsylvania online casinos
We have not been able to confirm this specific title against any PGCB-licensed Pennsylvania operator's own official game library. Operator game libraries are JS-rendered, require a live account, and are geo-gated to Pennsylvania IP addresses, which means a remote verification pass cannot confirm a live title list without hands-on access from inside the state. Third-party listings claiming a given casino carries this game are common online, but we do not treat those as sufficient sourcing under our verify-gate policy — only an operator's own official library or an official provider/PGCB source counts. This does not mean the game is unavailable in Pennsylvania; it means we have not yet verified it against a source that meets our bar.
The most reliable way to confirm whether a specific PGCB-licensed casino carries this title today is to log into the operator's own account (a free account is typically enough to browse the lobby, even before depositing) and search the slots library by name or by filtering on the provider. Because operators periodically rotate their catalogues — adding new releases, and occasionally dropping older ones as content deals change — a listing we could verify in the past would not necessarily still be accurate today, which is another reason we do not carry forward a stale claim rather than re-verify it. If you cannot find the exact title inside one operator, checking two or three PGCB-licensed casinos in turn is a quick way to build your own current shortlist; see our Pennsylvania casino reviews for the full list we track.
Frequently asked questions
What is the RTP of Big Bass Bonanza?
The official RTP published by Pragmatic Play is 96.71%. PGCB operators may run a different certified configuration — check the game's paytable at the specific operator.
How many free spins does Big Bass Bonanza award?
Between 10 and 20, depending on whether 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols land, with the possibility of retriggering during the round.
What is the maximum win on Big Bass Bonanza?
Money symbols reach up to 2,000x during free spins, per Pragmatic Play, but we did not locate an official aggregate maximum-win figure — we do not publish an unverified figure.
Is Big Bass Bonanza high volatility?
We were unable to confirm an official volatility label in Pragmatic Play's public documentation; we do not publish one until verified.
How does the retrigger feature work?
Every time 4 additional wild (fisherman) symbols appear during the free-spins round, the feature retriggers with more spins and the multiplier applied to collected money symbols increases, up to a declared maximum of 10x, per Pragmatic Play's documentation.
Is Big Bass Bonanza available at Pennsylvania online casinos?
We have not been able to confirm this title in a specific PGCB-licensed operator's own official game library. Check the live slots library inside your chosen casino account for current availability.