Pragmatic Play · 2023
A 5x3 grid with 10 fixed paylines and high volatility, Big Bass – Hold & Spinner from Pragmatic Play is a video slot with two bonus modes.
Two matching symbols on a payline from the leftmost reel start a win on this five-by-three fishing slot, and ten paylines run across the screen. Reel Kingdom, the studio behind the Big Bass line, sets the action on a lake: a red-and-green bobber, rod and reel, dragonfly, tackle box and a cluster of fish sit above A, K, Q and J. Scatters carry the bass.
Wilds double as a fisherman who reels in cash from the screen, and that is what separates this release from the studio's earlier Big Bass games. Two separate bonus rounds sit alongside it: a respin round that freezes money values, and a spin series with a twelve-slot collection meter that climbs in multiplier steps.
Seven numbers that matter
Ten seconds before your first spin, when you want the hard numbers in one place.
| What it is | Stated as |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.07% / 96.09% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid and wins | 5x3 |
| Top win cap | x10,000 |
| Cap in cash | A$3,750,000 |
| Released | 27/03/2023 |
100x the total bet buys either bonus, which costs A$1,000 at the example top bet of A$10.
| Add-on | Price (A$) | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins buy | x100 · A$1,000 | – |
| Hold & Spinner buy | x100 · A$1,000 | – |
A$96.07 returned per A$100 staked is the long-run average, not a result for any single session. The version Picklebet Casino runs is shown in the game rules.
| Payout setting | RTP | Default or not |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.09% | None |
| Variant 2 | 96.07% | Yes |
What You Are Looking At
Screens here are framed the way we frame every slot: the board first, the claims second.
Round Anatomy
Removes the guesswork about where a win starts and how a round closes out.
A$0.10 opens the game and A$375 is the ceiling. Most tables here quote A$0.20, A$5 or A$10, and each bet buys the same 10 fixed paylines across 5 reels.
Ten paylines, paid left to right from reel one. Landing three or more identical symbols on one of those lines counts as a win; the paytable set at A$0.20 shows what each group returns.
Wilds act as any regular symbol, and a cluster of three MONEY symbols or three SCATTERS takes over the round. Scatters and money tiles never fill in for ordinary symbols.
Three, four or five bass scatters hand over 10, 15 or 20 free spins. Inside them the Fisherman wild sweeps up fish money values, and every fourth one adds 10 more spins.
Decide your stopping point while the reels are calm, not after a dry run. The free spins and the Hold & Spinner round arrive when they arrive, and nothing you do changes that timing.
Round rules
The usual worry is what stops a bonus round, and the rules below answer it.
3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols award 10, 15 or 20 free spins. WILD (Fisherman) appears on all reels and collects FISH MONEY values on a 12-slot meter. Every 4th WILD collected retriggers +10 spins, with the collection multiplier at x2 (4th), x3 (8th) and x10 (12th).
Base GameFree spins
Three or more MONEY symbols trigger the round. The grid becomes a fishing net, and non-MONEY cells become decorative filler tiles. It starts with 4 respins. Each new MONEY hit resets the respin counter to 4 and adds its value to the total, awarded when respins run out.
Three MONEY symbolsCollected money total
The game runs on 5 reels x 3 rows with 10 fixed paylines, paying left-to-right from the leftmost reel. MONEY symbols, 3 or more, trigger Hold & Spinner. SCATTER symbols, 3 or more, trigger Free Spins.
Any spinWins on paylines
Ten fixed paylines pay across the 5x3 grid, but how often the bonus round comes is not known in advance. Free Spins and Hold & Spinner can start on any spin, and no table or page can forecast the next one. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP, so a higher RTP version does not promise a shorter wait for a win.
Two RTP versions exist for this slot, and which one Picklebet Casino runs is shown only in the game rules. The figures table lists both versions, but not which one runs here. Read the game rules before you place a bet, because the version decides the return over a long run of spins.
x10,000 the bet is the ceiling of this slot, and it is reached very rarely. Reaching it depends on chance within a single session, and no player can know in advance whether a session will touch it. Read the top figure as a limit, not a goal.
One Roll Before the Real Thing
Picklebet Casino keeps both routes open, and the page spells out what each one costs you in practice.
Gold coins in the demo carry no value and the session pays out nothing at the end. Three figures unlock the real reel set: account, deposit, and the 18+ age line.
Play for moneyFive Things Settled
A short stop for players who want the key figures settled before the reels start turning.
Ten thousand times the stake is the ceiling on Big Bass – Hold & Spinner, so the value depends entirely on what you stake. At the A$10 example bet that gives A$100,000; at the A$375 game maximum it reaches A$3,750,000. Reaching the ceiling requires the big symbols to land together in the paid rounds.
Two return versions are published for Big Bass – Hold & Spinner: 96.07 per cent and 96.09 per cent. The gap between them is tiny, but each version keeps that rate over long play rather than inside one session. Which one you are on is not shown on the reels.
Big Bass – Hold & Spinner starts at A$0.10 and goes up to A$375 per spin. The A$0.20, A$5 and A$10 figures used on this page are examples for comparison, not the limits. Stake what the reel budget allows rather than the biggest number offered.
Free Spins on Big Bass – Hold & Spinner begin with three, four or five SCATTER symbols, awarding ten, fifteen or twenty spins. The Fisherman WILD then sweeps money values off the reels onto a meter with twelve slots. Every fourth Fisherman collected adds ten more spins and raises the collection multiplier.
Big Bass – Hold & Spinner pushes the win ceiling to x10,000, matching the highest of the wider series and well above the x5,000 of most recent releases. Its twin return figures sit near 96 per cent, in line with the others. The Hold & Spinner respin round is its own feature, not one shared across the family.
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Players must be 18 or over. Advice and support in Australia are available through the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 and through BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
At A$5 a spin, sixty spins an hour is A$300 gone, whatever the reels do. Fix a session total in the account before the first spin and treat it as spent.
A x10,000 ceiling makes a big hit feel close, and that feeling is exactly when stakes creep. Name a win figure and a clock time at which you walk away, and keep them both.
Big Bass – Hold & Spinner runs at high volatility, so long dry spells are normal rather than a signal to stake more. Deposit and loss limits on the account cap the downside regardless of how the reels behave.
Sessions on Big Bass – Hold & Spinner are built to stretch, and the respin round always feels one symbol away. If play stops being entertainment, a pause or BetStop registration restores the choice.
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