Pragmatic Play · 2019
Sweet Bonanza is a Pragmatic Play video slot with a 6x5 grid and no paylines. This page covers the figures, how rounds run and symbol payouts.
Know before you spin
Many players wonder what RTP and volatility mean for their own money.
| In plain terms | Shown as |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| RTP (return to player) | 96.49% / 96.60% |
| Volatility | Medium |
| Grid | 6x5 |
| Maximum win, times bet | x21,100 |
| Top bet maximum win | A$5,064,000 |
| Release date | 27/06/2019 |
Pick Sweet Bonanza if you enjoy a fruit and sweets theme on a 6x5 grid. The game has no paylines and no ways to win. A win forms when eight or more matching symbols appear anywhere on the grid at the end of a spin, so symbol positions do not decide the result. Fruit and candy symbols form the wins, while the scatter symbol opens the bonus round.
Choose this game if you like a spin that keeps paying after each win. Winning symbols pay, disappear, and let new ones fall in. This tumble repeats until no more wins occur. Four or more scatters start 10 free spins. Three or more scatters during that round add 5 more. Multiplier symbols appear only in free spins, and their summed values multiply the win.
Before the bonus starts
Before your first spin, you will have seen how each mode starts and what it gives you.
Aim for 4 or more SCATTER symbols anywhere on the 6x5 grid and the round starts with 10 free spins. Three or more scatters during the round award 5 additional free spins. The MULTIPLIER symbol, valued 2x-100x, appears only in this round.
Base game10 free spins
Prefer to skip the base game? Buy Feature starts the free spins straight away for 100 times your bet, which is A$500 at A$5. It always awards 10 free spins, whatever your bet. The button is greyed out while the Ante Bet is ON.
Base gameInstant free spins
Spin the 6x5 grid at your bet. Wins form from the total count of a matching symbol anywhere on the grid, with no paylines. Winning symbols pay and vanish, the rest fall and refill. Tumbles repeat with no cap, and all wins from one spin reach your balance together.
Chosen betTumble wins
Switch on the Ante Bet in the left-hand panel to raise each spin to 1.25 times your bet. At A$5, that makes A$6.25 per spin. The Buy Feature button is disabled while the Ante Bet is ON.
Before the spinDouble chance
Round walkthrough
Follow a round from stake to balance, so every step is clear before you spin.
Pick your bet between A$0.20 and A$240 before the first spin. This page uses A$2 and A$5 as examples, and every win is a multiple of the stake you choose.
Check the grid when a spin ends, since eight or more matching symbols anywhere on it form a win. Winning symbols are paid and removed, and new ones fall in.
Let the tumble run: paid symbols vanish, the grid refills, and tumbles repeat with no cap until no win forms. Multipliers appear only in free spins, never in the base game.
Land four or more Scatter symbols anywhere on the grid to start 10 free spins. Three or more Scatters during the round add 5 more spins.
Decide your limit before the first spin, since no one can know how a session ends. Call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 if play stops being fun.
Sweet Bonanza visuals
After this, you will have seen both modes of the grid before you play.
Before you buy, check the price: it is 100 times your bet, which is A$500 at the A$5 top example bet.
| Feature | Charge | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins at 100x bet | x100 · A$500 | – |
Before you bet, know what RTP means: the share of each staked amount the game pays back over a long run, counted per A$100 staked. The version Pelican Casino runs is in the game rules.
| RTP level | RTP | Provider default |
|---|---|---|
| Edition 1 | 96.60% | Available |
| Edition 2 | 96.49% | No |
Choose your bet knowing that nobody can predict when the free spins round will arrive. Its frequency is not known in advance, and the result of one session is random whatever RTP version runs. Each spin stands on its own, so a quiet session says nothing about the next one.
Read the game rules before you spin, because they are the only place that names the RTP version this lobby runs. The two versions differ by a small margin, so the difference is minor for any one session. Your own session can still land far from the long-run figure whichever version runs.
Weigh the maximum win as a ceiling, not a target. It is a multiple of the bet you place, and it is reached very rarely. Most sessions end well below it, so set your stake by how long you want to play rather than by that top figure.
Sweet Bonanza demo
Worried a demo spin will drain your balance? It will not, since no money moves.
Pick the demo to learn the grid. It uses no money and pays nothing. Pick the real game with a Pelican Casino account once you are 18 or older.
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You must be 18+ to play Sweet Bonanza. For help in Australia, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 or register with BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Decide how much you can afford to lose before you start Sweet Bonanza, and keep every session inside that amount.
Choose your stop point before the first spin, and keep to it even after a big win. A win is no reason to raise the stake.
Use the deposit and loss limits in your account to cap how much you pay in and lose. Set them before you play Sweet Bonanza.
Take a break as soon as Sweet Bonanza stops being fun, and self-exclude through BetStop if the urge to chase losses returns.
Five answers below
After reading, you will know how Sweet Bonanza plays and what it can pay before you spin.
Sweet Bonanza is a 6x5 video slot by Pragmatic Play in the Pelican Casino lobby. The lowest bet is A$0.20, so starting with a small stake lets you see how a round runs.
The top prize is 21,100 times the bet. At the highest bet of A$240, that is A$5,064,000. Smaller bets scale the prize down in the same proportion.
Four or more scatter symbols anywhere on the 6x5 grid award 10 free spins. Three or more scatters during the free spins award 5 more spins. Multiplier symbols carry random values from 2x to 100x and appear only during free spins.
Sweet Bonanza has medium volatility. That means wins come at a moderate pace, with neither long dry runs nor a steady flow of big hits. Large wins are possible, but how often they come cannot be known before you play.
The original Sweet Bonanza returns 96.60 percent over the long run and Sweet Bonanza Xmas returns 96.49 percent. RTP is an average across very many rounds, so it does not predict one session.
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