- RTP
- 96.60%
- Variance
- Medium
- Max cash prize
- 21,100x
- Reel grid
- 6x5
- Winning ways
- Scatter pays
- Date released
- 27/06/2019
Base-game tumbles pay by count, not by the shown 100X
The splash screen deals a small bluff: a rainbow Multiplier bomb marked 100X sits in the sample grid, yet that symbol, by the game's own rules, lands only during Free Spins and is absent from every captured base-game frame. Everything outside the feature is therefore settled flat, Tumble chains of fruit and jelly paid on raw count alone through Scatter pays, with nothing ever multiplying them. The advertised 21,100x ceiling lives behind four lollipop Scatters, where bombs of up to 100x stack across a whole tumble sequence before striking the total. This 2019 original is really two games sharing one grid: a steady Medium counter out in the open, and one locked room holding all the weight.
How to play
Sweet Bonanza is Pragmatic Play's 2019 candy original, built on Scatter pays rather than lines: every copy of a symbol visible when a spin ends counts toward the win, wherever it sits. Each round follows the same loop. Set a stake, spin, then let the Tumble chains finish, while four or more lollipop Scatters together open the Free Spins.
- Enter and set your stake Close the intro screen with the round arrow icon. Set the total with the - or + button; pressing either also opens the bet menu. Optionally, switch the Double Chance to Win Feature on: the stake rises by a quarter, the Scatter odds double, and BUY FEATURE greys out.
- Spin and ride the Tumble Press SPIN; the SPACE key does the same, and holding it switches to Turbo. Once the symbols settle, each kind is counted across the whole screen, and eight or more of a kind pays. Winners pop, the rest drop down, fresh ones fall in, and this Tumble repeats until a drop adds nothing.
- Bank the win, or reach Free Spins When no further Tumble comes, the sequence's full win lands in CREDIT at once and you can spin again. If four or more Scatters showed anywhere, 10 Free Spins begin instead, where Multiplier bombs pool into one figure multiplying the round's total. Or press BUY FEATURE to enter for 100x the stake.
In-game screenshots
How the symbols pay out
x8 / x10 / x12 / x4 / x5 / x6
- Banana Low 0.25 / 0.75 / 2.00 / — / — / —
- Grapes Low 0.40 / 0.90 / 4.00 / — / — / —
- Watermelon Low 0.50 / 1.00 / 5.00 / — / — / —
- Plum Low 0.80 / 1.20 / 8.00 / — / — / —
- Apple Low 1.00 / 1.50 / 10.00 / — / — / —
- Blue oval jelly candy High 1.50 / 2.00 / 12.00 / — / — / —
- Green pentagon jelly candy High 2.00 / 5.00 / 15.00 / — / — / —
- Purple square jelly candy High 2.50 / 10.00 / 25.00 / — / — / —
- Heart candy High 10.00 / 25.00 / 50.00 / — / — / —
- SCATTER Scatter — / — / — / 3.00 / 5.00 / 100.00
- MULTIPLIER symbol Other — / — / — / — / — / —
Managing your bankroll and volatility
In Sweet Bonanza the decisions that matter are the ones carrying a price: a toggle that surcharges every spin for better stated bonus odds, a button that buys the Free Spins outright, and the stake that scales both along with every payout. Each decides how, and at what exposure, you reach the bonus; none is documented to change what the round contains.
Ante Bet: exact surcharge, approximate odds
Switching the Double Chance to Win Feature on is reversible and sits on the base-game panel; while it stays on, every spin costs x1.25 the total bet and the Buy Feature is unavailable. The rules promise a doubled natural chance of Free Spins but print no base rate, and their 20x/25x wording does not match the observed 1.25x rise, so the surcharge is exact and the benefit approximate.
Buy Feature: a fixed price for an unfixed result
Available only while the Ante Bet is off, this button charges 100x the current total bet and starts the same 10 Free Spins a natural trigger awards; a dialog restates the exact figure before charging anything. The evidence never says whether a purchased round expects anything different, so the certain part of the decision is the price, not the outcome.
Stake: scaling exposure, not odds
Total bet runs from $0.20 to $240 with the Ante Bet off and to a printed $300 with it on, and it scales everything linearly: Scatter pays wins, the 100x purchase price and the 21,100x printed maximum. RTP is given as 96.49 to 96.6 percent across configurations, with nothing saying what selects one, so no documented in-game choice moves the return within that band.
Base game, free spins and more
Sweet Bonanza keeps its structure compact: one grid where play always happens, one bonus round it can lead to, and two optional controls that decide how you get there. The notes below follow that chain, including the point where the two controls rule each other out.
| Base Game | Everything starts and settles here. With no paylines to follow, the scatter-pays rule counts matching symbols anywhere on the 6x5 grid once a spin stops, from eight of a kind upward. Winning symbols are paid and cleared, the survivors fall to the bottom, and fresh symbols drop in from the top; this repeats without a set limit until a tumble produces no new win. Only then is everything the sequence earned added to the balance. |
|---|---|
| Ante Bet / Double Chance to Win Feature | This left-panel toggle trades a higher stake for a better route to the bonus: the total bet rises by exactly x1.25, and the rules describe more scatter symbols on the reels plus a doubled natural chance of triggering free spins. It also decides what else is available, since switching it on disables the Buy Feature, so the boosted odds and the paid shortcut never cover the same spin. |
| Free Spins | Four or more lollipop scatters anywhere on the grid open the round with ten spins, and three or more landing during it add five more. Special reel strips take over, and only here can the multiplier symbol appear, carrying a random value from 2x to 100x and holding its place until its tumble sequence ends. At that point every multiplier on screen is summed and the total is applied to that sequence's win. |
| Buy Feature | Paying 100x the current total bet skips the scatter hunt entirely and starts the free spins round at once, always with the same ten spins a natural trigger would award. A dialog restates the exact cost and asks for confirmation before anything is charged. The option exists only outside the Ante Bet: while that toggle is on, this button stays greyed out. |
Works on your device
- Autoplay
- Yes
What bonuses are on offer
- Bonus purchase
- Yes
- Higher ante stake
- 1.25x
Bonus buy price list
| Free Spins | Cost 100.00x |
|---|
What this slot offers
- Ante Bet
- Free Spins
- Multiplier
- Retrigger
- Scatter
- Tumble
Themes
- Fruit machine classics
- Candy and sweets
Bets and stakes
- Minimum bet
- 0.20
- Max bet allowed
- 240.00
- Bet currency
- USD
What we think
What players like
- A built-in Battery Saver toggle slows animations to stretch battery life on long handheld sessions.
- Large circular spin control and one-tap Ante Bet and Buy Feature buttons keep a 6x5 grid comfortable in hand.
Drawbacks
- The reels carry no wild at all, so a spin that falls short on symbol counts simply pays nothing.
- Ante Bet and Buy Feature are mutually exclusive, so doubling scatter odds means giving up instant entry.
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