Sweet Bonanza at Vegasking Casino, what the figures say
Sweet Bonanza from Pragmatic Play is a 6x5 tumble slot where winning symbols are paid and replaced, rated 96.49% to 96.60% RTP with medium volatility.
Sweet Bonanza: what sort of slot this is
Sweet Bonanza pays by count. Fruit and candy share a 6x5 grid in a slot shipped by Pragmatic Play in mid-2019, and it pays by count rather than by lines or ways: matching symbols anywhere on the reels form a win. Paid symbols leave the grid, the rest fall and empty cells refill, and that tumble repeats until nothing new lands. Volatility sits at medium.
A budget first, then the reels. Medium volatility means wins land with moderate gaps rather than constant small returns, which suits a player who wants a session paced by tumbles instead of a slow drip. Bets here run from NZ$0.20 upward, and the free spins feature carries the largest swings, so patience and a fixed budget matter more than bet size.
Look at the free spins strips. What separates it from other Pragmatic Play releases is the free spins round: special reel strips are used only there, and multiplier bombs from 2x to 100x exist nowhere else. Their values add together at the end of a tumble sequence and multiply that sequence, with scatters landing three or more adding five more spins.
Continue ReadingWhat the slot's figures mean for your stake
These are the numbers behind the game, set out for you, not buried in a rules page.
Pragmatic Play
NZ$5 064 000
What happens between your bet and your payout?
Here is the order of events in one round, from stake to balance.
Sweet Bonanza, from the reels to the recap
From four scatters to the recap, seen whole
Count more candies, collect a larger slice
The figures below are cash values at a NZ$0.20 stake, and each extra matching symbol raises the payout.
Highest value symbols
SCATTER4+ NZ$0.60 · 6+ NZ$20
Heart candy8+ NZ$2 · 12+ NZ$10
Purple square jelly candy8+ NZ$0.50 · 12+ NZ$5Smaller payers
Green pentagon jelly candy8+ NZ$0.40 · 12+ NZ$3
Blue oval jelly candy8+ NZ$0.30 · 12+ NZ$2.40
Apple8+ NZ$0.20 · 12+ NZ$2Sweet Bonanza bonus round, from scatter to bomb
Sweet Bonanza free spins ten. Four or more SCATTER symbols anywhere on the 6x5 grid award 10 free spins. Three or more scatters during the round add 5 more. Only this round uses special reel strips, and the MULTIPLIER symbol shows a random 2x to 100x value; all multiplier values present when a tumbling sequence ends are summed into one total that multiplies that sequence's win.
Sweet Bonanza paid entry. An optional purchase in the left-hand panel starts the round straight away and always awards 10 free spins, whatever stake you have set. The option stops responding while the side switch is on, so the two paths never run together.
Counted wins, uncapped tumbles. Six reels of five rows with no paylines: wins are counted by how many of a symbol sit anywhere on the grid at the end of a spin or tumble step. Winning symbols pay and leave, the rest fall, gaps refill from above, and tumbling repeats uncapped until no win appears; everything from one spin lands in your balance together.
Sweet Bonanza stake boost. A switch in the left-hand panel raises your total stake by a quarter. With it on, the paid entry to the round is unavailable, so you choose between a larger stake per spin and a direct purchase into the round.
Try the tumble before you stake
Removes the worry that a first spin costs money before the rules make sense.
Which Sweet Bonanza build suits you?
Each version returns a slightly different long-run share and caps the win at a different multiple, from 96.49% up to 96.60%.
Sweet Bonanza 2500
Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter
Sweet Bonanza 1000
Which Sweet Bonanza build suits your stake?
Sweet Bonanza keeps some answers back
Arrival of the bonus round. Scatters fall where the reels send them, so nobody can promise a free spins round inside a set number of spins. Each spin is independent of the ones before it.
One session against the average. A return figure is measured across many millions of spins. Over one evening, the balance can fall well below it or rise far above it with no pattern to follow.
Sweet Bonanza rules panel. Two configurations of this build ship with different returns, and the one loaded here appears only in the game rules panel, not on the lobby tile.
Sweet Bonanza top payout. Payouts are capped at a fixed multiple of the stake, and reaching that cap needs a long tumble chain with summed bombs. Treat it as a ceiling, not a plan.
What New Zealand players may set here
These limits decide what this slot offers you in New Zealand, and each one is simple.
Choose between purchase and ante
Ten spins now, not later
Paying for Free Spins starts the round straight away with 10 spins, and at a NZ$0.40 stake the purchase costs NZ$40, or 100 times the bet.
Is the extra quarter worth it?
The Ante Bet raises the stake by a quarter, so NZ$0.40 becomes NZ$0.50 a spin, and the Buy Feature button goes dim while it is on.
The cash side of both versions
The return is a long-run average, and a casino may run either version listed in the game rules; over NZ$100 staked you can see what each one leaves.
RTP 96.49%
RTP 96.60%
Spin first, ask later, or read this first
Read this and you can start a round knowing exactly what each part does.
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What keeping control of Sweet Bonanza gives you
Sweet Bonanza money, decided early. Decide the amount you can spend on Sweet Bonanza before you open it, and treat that sum as the whole session. A budget set in advance does not move when the reels are running hot or cold.
Sweet Bonanza can stop here. A win on the tumbles feels like a reason to stay, yet it changes nothing about the next spin. Pick a stopping point or a clock time in advance, and keep it even after a good sequence.
A cap the slot cannot pass. Deposit limits and loss limits in your account cap what Sweet Bonanza can draw on, whatever the stake. They apply to every game here, so a long night cannot quietly grow past the figure you chose.
Stop and shut it down. When Sweet Bonanza stops feeling like a pastime, step away for a while or close the account for good through self-exclusion. Both options sit in your settings, and neither costs you anything to use.