9 Bass Slot Review
Half of 9 Bass is underwater, and so is most of its paytable. The reel window sits dropped into a bass lake – hills and a magenta sky above the waterline, boulders and drifting fish below it – but the game beneath the artwork is about as plain as a slot gets: numerals three through nine, one scatter, one wheel. That plainness is deliberate, and it’s what makes the 2,000x top prize feel like a decision rather than an accident.
Oros Gaming have built the whole thing on numerals, with a 5×3 grid, 20 fixed paylines, medium volatility and a 96.24% RTP on a hit rate of 39.75%. Stakes run from 0.20 to 120.00 per spin, and the ceiling is the numeral 9 itself at 2,000x the total bet. Studio stablemates Big Mouth Fishin’ and Cash Spree Fishin’ work the same water, though neither bets everything on a single digit.
Base Game & Features
Wins land on paylines, running left to right from the first reel. A payline is a pattern of adjacent symbol positions running in a line across the reels, and a win needs matching symbols sitting next to each other on one of those patterns. Where several combinations land on a single line, only the highest counts, and only the highest winning combination counts per symbol combination.
The total payout for a spin is the sum of all payline wins plus any Bass symbol wins from that spin. Payline wins are based on the initial bet placed, so the per-line stake is doing the arithmetic on the line pays while the Bass scatter works off the total.
Bets work on a per-line basis. The total bet is the initial bet multiplied by the 20 paylines played, so the initial bet – the bet per payline – is the total divided by 20. Every spin costs the total bet amount, and the paytable scales its payouts against whichever total is currently set.
The paytable itself is where 9 Bass stops looking like other slots. Every paying symbol is a numeral, and each pays as a multiple of the total bet:
- 9 – 2,000x the total bet
- 8 – 500x the total bet
- 7 – 100x the total bet
- 6 – 40x the total bet
- 5 – 15x the total bet
- 4 – 5x the total bet
- 3 – 1x the total bet
The shape of that ladder is steep. The 9 pays four times its nearest neighbour, and everything from 6 downwards returns pocket change. That 2,000x top prize is the game’s ceiling, and it’s a long climb from the rest of the ladder. Beyond the ladder there’s no stated win cap of any kind, so the 2,000x numeral is the only figure the game commits to.
Bass Symbol
The Bass symbol is a scatter-style pay. Land three or more anywhere on screen – paylines don’t come into it – and a cash prize comes back, scaled to the total bet and added on top of any line wins and Free Spin symbol wins. Only the highest award counts per winning combination, so a screen full of Bass doesn’t stack multiple payouts.
Because the pay is tied to the total bet rather than the per-line stake, the Bass is the one symbol whose value doesn’t depend on where it sits. Three in a corner pays the same as three across the middle. It’s also the one place the wild is no help at all, which keeps the scatter maths clean.
Wild Symbol
The wild substitutes for all symbols except the Bass and Free Spin symbols. Standard stuff for a 20-liner, and it completes the symbol set: numerals for the pays, one scatter, one trigger, one wild.
Everything above can be summarised in three lines, because that’s genuinely all there is to trigger:
- 3 or more Bass symbols anywhere on screen – scatter cash prize, multiplied by the total bet
- 3 Free Spin symbols scattered on the reels – Free Spins Wheel
- 3 Free Spin symbols during the free spins – retrigger, awarding the same number of spins as the initial trigger
Controls & Options
The spin mechanics come with the usual conveniences. A stop button ends a reel spin early without influencing the result, Quickspin and a hold-to-spin Turbo mode resolve spins faster the same way, and Autoplay runs a chosen number of spins with an optional loss limit that ends the session if the balance drops by that amount. Autoplay is base-game only, and none of the speed settings change what a spin pays.
Settings cover music, sounds, a startup screen and a left-handed mode – a layout flip that’s a rarer courtesy than it should be. None of it touches the maths.
9 Bass Free Spins Wheel
The round starts when three Free Spin symbols land scattered across the reels. Those symbols only appear on reels 2, 3 and 4, which makes the trigger a middle-reels job rather than a five-reel hunt – three reels to cover, and no more.
Once it’s live, the wheel takes over. Each wedge carries a number of free spins and a multiplier, and the spin is yours to start: select the wheel, it turns, and whichever wedge the pointer lands on is the award. The top of the range is 30 free spins at a 3x multiplier.
That multiplier applies to everything won during the round except Bass symbol wins, which pay at their flat scatter rate regardless. So a Bass-heavy free spins session and a multiplier-heavy one are two different things, and the wheel decides which you’re chasing before a single spin resolves.
The round then plays out on the standard grid. Bets and lines during the feature match the triggering spin exactly – no bet selection mid-round – and all wins go into the same pot as base game wins.
Three more Free Spin symbols during the round retrigger it, and the retrigger awards the same number of spins as the initial trigger – so a generous first wedge keeps paying dividends the whole way through. A stingy one, equally, repeats itself. The wheel decides once and that decision stands for every retrigger that follows.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
This is a waiting game, and it doesn’t hide it. You sit on a very pretty lake, counting numerals, waiting for one wheel to turn. The reason to choose it over a busier Oros title is exactly that: seven symbols, two triggers, and nothing to learn before you’re fishing.
The wheel earns its place. You spin it yourself, and because a retrigger repeats the initial award, a good first wedge keeps paying the whole session through. The weakness is the ladder underneath: three of the seven numerals pay 15x or less, so the base game mostly hands back fractions of your stake while the 9 stays a distant dream.
It suits players who like an old-fashioned 20-liner with one enormous number to chase and don’t need a feature every five spins. Anyone after layered bonuses or frequent decent hits will find this lake quiet. For patient anglers, there’s still plenty of water here.
9 Bass FAQs
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What is the RTP of 9 Bass?
96.24% is the total theoretical return, comfortably above the usual benchmark for a medium-volatility 20-line game. -
How do you trigger the Free Spins Wheel in 9 Bass?
The round starts when three Free Spin symbols land scattered across the reels, and those symbols only appear on reels 2, 3 and 4. -
What does the Free Spins Wheel award in 9 Bass?
Every wedge carries a number of free spins and a multiplier, with up to 30 free spins at a 3x multiplier at the top end. The multiplier applies to all wins in the round except Bass symbol wins. -
Can the free spins retrigger in 9 Bass?
Yes. Three Free Spin symbols landing during the round retrigger it, awarding the same number of spins as the initial trigger. -
What does the Bass symbol do in 9 Bass?
The Bass is a scatter-style pay: three or more anywhere on screen award a prize scaled to the total bet, added on top of line wins, and the wild can’t stand in for it. -
Does the Free Spins Wheel multiplier apply to Bass symbol wins?
No. Bass symbol wins pay their flat scatter rate during the free spins, and only the other wins in the round pick up the wheel’s multiplier. -
Is 9 Bass high volatility?
No, it’s a medium-volatility game, with a hit frequency of 39.75%. -
What are the bet limits on 9 Bass?
Stakes run from 0.20 to 120.00 per spin, covering 20 fixed paylines. The total bet is the per-line bet multiplied by 20. -
Who makes 9 Bass?
Oros Gaming, whose other fishing titles include Big Mouth Fishin and Cash Spree Fishin.
