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Big Bass Return to the Races Slot Review
Get ready to back your favourite horse in Reel Kingdom’s latest ‘Big Bass’ release, Big Bass Return to the Races!
Here we are again, at the heart of Reel Kingdom’s Big Bass series, with an instalment that represents our love of horse racing rather than fishing. Big Bass Day at the Races was the first release of the series to step away from fishing while keeping in tune with beloved features and mechanics.
The Big Bass series has seen its fair share of themes that incorporate fishing, including Big Bass Halloween, Big Bass Mission Fishin’, and Big Bass Xmas Xtreme. With so many slots in the series, it’s difficult to establish which is the better offering, but can any of them really compare to the original?
Continue reading our full Big Bass Return to the Races slot review for insights into gameplay, features, statistics, and our overall opinion and rating!
Base Game & Features
Big Bass Return to the Races is a highly volatile 5-reel, 3-row Video Slot with 10 fixed pay lines and varying bet sizes between £.€0.10 and £.€250 per spin. Other attributes include an overall RTP of 96.07% and a max win cap of 5,000x your bet.
Paytable symbols consist of 5 High-paying and 5 Low-paying symbols. Each high-paying symbol is valued between 1x and 200x your bet, while Low-paying (A-10) symbols award payouts between 0.2x and 10x your bet. A winning combination occurs when 3 or more matching symbols land from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.
Money Symbols
Special Horse & Jockey symbols persist on all reels, revealing a random cash value between 2x and 5,000x your bet. These symbols have no real value in the base game and can only be collected in the Free Spins round.
Scatter Modifiers
In the base game, whenever 2 Scatters hit, there is a chance for a third to be awarded through one of the following modifiers:
- Scatters can move down 1 position without leaving the reel area, triggering a Respin.
- One or more Scatters can appear on the reels in random positions, after the initial spin.
Ante Bet & Bonus Buy
- Ante Bet: Increases your chances of triggering the Free Spins round (1.5x your bet)
- Free Spins: 100x your bet
- Golden Cup Free Spins: 270x your bet
Free Spins
Landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatters in the base game triggers the Free Spins round, awarding 10, 15, and 20 Free Spins respectively.
Before the round starts, players can choose a card from 12 to reveal the type of Free Spins round won. This allows players to trigger the Golden Cup Free Spins round.
During regular Free Spins, each Wild symbol that hits is collected and stored within a special Free Spins Trail above the main reel set. Every 4th Wild symbol retriggers the round, awarding the following outcome:
- 4 Wilds: Awards +10 Free Spins and a Money Multiplier of x2
- 8 Wilds: Awards +10 Free Spins and a Money Multiplier of x3
- 12 Wilds: Awards +10 Free Spins and a Money multiplier of x10
Golden Cup Free Spins
In Golden Cup Free Spins, regular symbols fade away, leaving only an empty grid. Regular reels are replaced with special reels containing Blanks, Money, and Wild symbols.
The round begins with 10 Free Spins. During each spin, all winning combinations including Money symbols are paid, while every Wild symbol collects their values. Wild symbols are then collected into a special Trail until the end of the round.
Every 4th Wild symbol collected retriggers the round, awarding the same outcome as the regular Free Spins round. During either Free Spins mode, the following random Features can occur:
- When Wilds appear without Money symbols, they can be randomly added to reel positions.
- When Money symbols hit without Wilds, a special Lasso animation can pull a random reel upwards to reveal Wild symbols.
- When Wilds appear without Money symbols, a special Curtain animation can transform all symbols in view, except Wilds, into something else.
Our Verdict
When you compare Big Bass Return to the Races to its predecessor, you may actually find the original is the better offering. In this game, you don’t have the luxury of picking the winning horse, nor do you have an advanced Pick Bonus.
However you look at it, Big Bass Return to the Races will charm the likes of experienced players, particularly those with a love for the Big Bass series, even without the fish. In addition, this game will undoubtedly do well in the UK market due to our affiliation with Horse Racing.
In the base game, Reel Kingdom has thrown in their signature Scatter Modifiers, allowing players a second chance to trigger the Free Spins round. Other signature features include the Free Spins Trail and the collection of Money values through Wilds. This has become the standard for a Big Bass title, while the overall appeal remains the same.
*Big Bass Return to the Races is available to play across UK Slot Sites from the 24th February 2025