Gates of Olympus 1000 Slot Review
Mount Olympus at dawn, all pink sky and gold leaf, and Zeus floating beside the reels in a toga and gilt armour with one fist permanently clenched. He’s the only thing here that hasn’t been wound tighter. Gates of Olympus 1000 changes almost nothing about how Pragmatic Play‘s Olympus plays, yet it plays like a different game anyway, because stretching the multiplier ladder to 1000x and the cap to 15,000x turns a format built on patient accumulation into one that can end a round in a single tumble.
The maths follows suit: high volatility, 96.50% RTP, stakes from 0.20 to 240 and a 15,000x win cap. Anyone who has spun Gates of Olympus or the Super Scatter edition knows the shape; the 1000 build sharpens the numbers at both ends. “Win up to 15000x bet” is arched across the sky in gold capitals, as if the game wanted no confusion about its ambitions.
Symbols Pay Anywhere
There are no paylines and no ways count to track. Any eight or more of the same symbol anywhere on the 6×5 grid at the end of a spin is a win, with payouts stepping up at ten and twelve symbols. The more of a symbol on screen, the more it pays.
The paytable splits into premium crowns and rings above a run of coloured gems, and the drop from top to bottom is steep:
- Red Crown – 50x for 12-30 symbols, 25x for 10-11, 10x for 8-9
- Green Ring/Chalice – 25x / 10x / 2.5x
- Pink Ring – 15x / 5x / 2x
- Purple Ring – 12x / 2x / 1.5x
- Red Gem – 10x / 1.5x / 1x
- Purple Triangle – 8x / 1.2x / 0.8x
- Yellow Hexagon – 5x / 1x / 0.5x
- Green Triangle – 4x / 0.9x / 0.4x
- Blue Gem – 2x / 0.75x / 0.25x
- Zeus Scatter – 100x for six, 5x for five, 3x for four
Every value is a multiple of the total bet, not a line stake, and wins from multiple symbols in one spin are added together. The Zeus scatter is the only symbol that pays at four and five, and it’s present on all reels in any position. Four of him also do something no gem can, which the next sections cover.
Tumble Feature
Every winning spin sets off a tumble. Winning symbols are paid and removed, everything left falls to the bottom of the screen, and fresh symbols drop in from above.
If the new arrangement makes another win, it tumbles again, and there’s no cap on how many times this can repeat. Tumbles run until a board produces no new winning combination. Only once the chain has fully stopped is the total paid to the balance; nothing is banked mid-sequence, which is why a long tumble can turn on a single late symbol landing in the right place.
Multiplier Symbols
Coloured multiplier orbs sit on all reels and can land at random during spins and tumbles, in the base game and the bonus alike. Each takes its value from a fixed ladder, running from small change to four figures:
- 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 20x
- 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x, 500x, 1000x
They only settle the bill at the end. When a tumble sequence finishes, every multiplier on screen is added together and the total win of the sequence is multiplied by that sum. A dead spin with two orbs on board pays nothing. That single rule is where the game’s drama lives.
Free Spins
Four or more Zeus scatters anywhere on the screen award the round, which opens with 15 free spins on special reels. The trigger isn’t cheap to land; four scatters is the threshold and the base game doesn’t hand them out gently.
What changes inside the round is how the multipliers behave. In the base game they’re added together at the end of one sequence and then gone. In free spins, every multiplier orb that lands alongside a win has its value added to a running total that lasts the whole round, and every subsequent winning spin is multiplied by that growing figure. The meter only climbs.
Three or more scatters during the round add five further spins, and there’s no stated limit on retriggers. A long round with an early head of multipliers is the entire engine of the game’s biggest results, because a running total applied to a late tumble chain is how a 15,000x ceiling gets approached at all.
Ante Bet and Bonus Buy
Ante Bet
Two bet multipliers change how the game behaves, and they don’t stack. At 25x, the natural chance of triggering free spins is doubled, with more scatters on the reels, but the bonus buy is switched off. At 20x, the buy stays available and nothing else changes.
The RTP holds at 96.50% on the ante either way, so neither option costs return. The choice is between boosting the natural trigger or keeping the shortcut to the round open, and it’s worth deciding which of those you want before the session starts rather than toggling mid-stream.
Buy Free Spins
The round can also be bought outright from the base game for 100x the current base bet, with four scatters guaranteed on the triggering spin. It runs at 96.49% RTP, a hair under the natural game.
The buy is disabled while the 25x ante is on, so the choice between boosting the trigger and skipping the queue is either-or by design. Note that the guaranteed four scatters only apply to the triggering spin; everything the round does after that plays out on its own maths.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 8/10
Time on this mountain is spent waiting, and the game is honest about that. You sit through long stretches of modest tumbles for the one reason anybody picks the 1000 build over the gentler Olympus games: the ceiling, and the 1000x orb that can get you there in a single late sequence. Zeus watches every spin with that clenched fist, and most of the time he keeps it closed.
At its best, the free spins round is superbly built tension: the running meter only climbs, so a round is never dead while spins remain, and a hot retrigger stretch near the end can dwarf everything before it. But the round is guarded too jealously. The natural four-scatter trigger is scarce to the point that the 100x buy starts looking like the sensible route in, and a game whose best part is reached by paying a hundred stakes for it leans on your wallet rather than your patience.
It’s for the high-volatility player who already loves this format and wants its sharpest version, bankroll to match. Shorter sessions and gentler swings are better served elsewhere in the family. Olympus is still open at dawn, still gold, still waiting – it just charges for the view.
Gates of Olympus 1000 FAQs
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What is the RTP of Gates of Olympus 1000?
The RTP is 96.50%, and it stays at 96.50% when using the ante bet. Buying the free spins round runs fractionally lower at 96.49%. -
Is Gates of Olympus 1000 high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility game. Wins come less often on average, but the chance of a big result in a short session is higher. -
How do wins work on Gates of Olympus 1000?
It uses scatter pays rather than paylines. Any eight or more of the same symbol anywhere on the 6×5 grid pays, with bigger awards at ten and twelve symbols. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Gates of Olympus 1000?
Stakes run from 0.20 to 240 per spin. The 25x ante multiplier raises the cost of a spin in exchange for a doubled chance of triggering free spins. -
Can you buy the bonus on Gates of Olympus 1000?
Yes. The free spins round can be bought for 100x the base bet, with four scatters guaranteed on the triggering spin. The buy runs at 96.49% RTP and is disabled while the 25x ante is active. -
What do the multiplier symbols do in free spins?
In the base game, multipliers are added together at the end of a tumble sequence and applied to that sequence’s win. In free spins, each multiplier that lands with a win is instead added to a running total that lasts the whole round and multiplies every subsequent win. -
Can free spins retrigger in Gates of Olympus 1000?
Yes. Three or more scatter symbols landing during the round award five additional free spins, with no stated limit on how many times this can happen. -
What is the maximum win on Gates of Olympus 1000?
The maximum win is 15,000x the bet. When a round’s total win reaches that cap, the round ends immediately and any remaining features are forfeited.
