Big Bass Blast in Goldenstar Casino
A Pragmatic Play video slot from Reel Kingdom on a 5x3 grid, where Fisherman Wilds collect Money symbols, at 96.50% RTP and high volatility.
Settle what kind of game this is
Money values and the Fisherman. Reels land five wide and three tall, ten fixed paylines run left to right from the leftmost reel, and the theme is a fishing trip. Money symbols carry a random value from 0.5x to 500x your total bet, and a Fisherman Wild on reel one or five collects every value on screen. Wilds, multipliers and scatters join the hunt.
Does a quiet run end? High volatility means wins arrive less often and land larger, so a bankroll has to survive quiet stretches. The floor is A$0.10 and the ceiling is A$360, which suits both a cautious hour and a heavier session. Anyone wanting steady small returns should look elsewhere; the Money collect loop is the draw here.
Two reels that do extra work. Pragmatic Play output often leans on straight paylines; this one hands reel one and five a job instead. Land the right Fisherman and the Money tiles already on the grid convert, with a random x2, x3 or x10 badge possible. Free Spins keeps a guaranteed Fisherman on every spin and raises the collection multiplier at intervals.
Read MoreWhat do these figures change for you?
Below, each published number of this slot turned into what it changes for your session.
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A$1 800 000
Walk a round from stake to payout
By the end you will know exactly what happens between setting a stake and seeing a result.
See the Big Bass Blast screens
Which one pays the most?
Figures below are cash amounts at the A$5 example stake, and longer matches of the same tile bring back more.
Biggest prizes
Bobber2+ A$2.50 · 5+ A$1 000
Dragonfly3+ A$15 · 5+ A$500
Rod and reel3+ A$10 · 5+ A$250Smaller prizes
Tackle box3+ A$10 · 5+ A$250
A3+ A$1 · 5+ A$50
K3+ A$1 · 5+ A$50Where do the symbol values live?
The page behind this line lists what every symbol pays at each bet, plus the bonus round screens: Video Slots
What pushes the counter up?
When three scatters show. Three, four or five scatters pay 5, 7 or 9 spins; the round also sells for 100x total bet. A Fisherman Wild lands on reels 1 or 5 each spin, and every seventh adds 5 spins.
Money tile collection. Five reels, three rows, ten fixed paylines, wins from reel one. Money tiles hold 0.5x to 500x; a Fisherman Wild on reel 1 or 5 collects them, sometimes with an x2, x3 or x10 badge.
What do the two extras cost?
Skip the scatters
Buying the round skips the scatter wait: 100x the total bet, so A$1,000 at the A$10 stake. The scatter count inside still comes out at random.
Half more, more scatters
Ante Bet raises the stake by half, to A$15 at the A$10 example, putting more scatters on the reels. It never promises the bonus and leaves the paytable alone.
Big Bass Blast versions side by side
Four of these five titles return 96.50% or 96.51% and cap wins at 5,000x, while Big Bass Splash 1000 returns 96.52% with a 25,000x ceiling.
Big Bass Blast
Big Bass Football Bonanza
Big Bass Trophy Catch
Sizing a stake from Australia
After this, you will know the ceiling, the autoplay rule and whether the buy button shows.
Same studio, different water
The parts that stay unknowable
Waiting for three scatters. Nobody can count on a bonus round at a set point. Scatters come early or stay away for long stretches, and nothing in the game predicts which.
Do not read a pattern. The return is measured over a long run, not one evening. Any single session can end far above or far below it, and no pattern on the reels shifts that.
Open the rules first. Two return settings exist for this slot, and only the game rules screen states which one you are playing. Check it there before you stake anything.
A ceiling, never a plan. The top prize is a ceiling, not a target. Reaching it takes a rare run of Fishermen and big Money values, so plan around ordinary spins.
Same game, different return
RTP is a long-run average, not a promise for a session. Casinos may run either 96.50% or 96.51% here, and the game rules show which version you are in.
RTP 96.50%
RTP 96.51%
Deciding which button to press
By the end you will know what the trial shows you and what only a funded balance can.
Settled in a minute instead of after a session
Read these before your first spin, or when one question is still nagging you.
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Limits that outlast the Free Spins
Decide the stake while you are calm. Pick a sum you can lose without it touching rent or groceries, and let that be the whole night's stake. A high-volatility game like this can go quiet for long stretches, so the figure should survive the quiet.
Leave on the peak, not after it. A big Free Spins payout feels like the start of something and rarely is. Fix a winning figure and a losing figure before you spin, and close the game when either one arrives.
Deposit caps and loss caps. Account tools let you cap how much goes in and how much can be lost, and the caps hold whatever the reels do. Set them at your usual level rather than at whatever the last spin suggested.
Pause options in your account. If the stake stops being a choice and starts being a habit, a cooling-off period or self-exclusion through the National Self-Exclusion Register takes the decision away for a while. Session reminders and pause options are in your account already.