Sweet Bonanza Demo
Sweet Bonanza Slot Review
Pragmatic Play is treating us to a blend of tasty confectionery and healthy fruit in their latest release, Sweet Bonanza!
Get ready to have your dentist on speed dial as you bite into a variety of delicious, sugar-filled treats available in this release. Sweet Bonanza reveals a dream cloud of ice cream hills, gooey sweets, and waterfalls of chocolate in the backdrop.
The graphics are clear, the colours are popping, and the soundtrack is thumping. Each spin drops in a selection of tasty fruits and shapes, guaranteed to make your mouth water. The 6-reel format includes a Scatter Pays mechanic and a bunch of tantalising Multipliers.
Our taste buds have been tested in many Food-themed slots before this, including Sweet Alchemy, Baker’s Treat, and Opal Fruits. While we’re partial to a sneaky treat or two, we’re not sure how Sweet Bonanza will wash down, but we’re planning on giving it a big gulp.
Thanks to the Scatter Pays mechanic, winning symbols do not need to connect on the reels. Instead, you’re hoping to land enough instances of the same symbol to achieve a fast online payout.
Fitted with a fixed RTP of 96.51% and a high volatility score, Sweet Bonanza can produce succulent wins of up to 21,100x your bet, but will our taste buds reap the rewards? Let’s find out…
Base Game & Features
Sweet Bonanza is the first instalment of an ongoing series from Pragmatic Play, consisting of 6 reels, 5 rows, and a Scatter Pays mechanic. Winning combinations occur when 8 or more matching symbols land anywhere on the grid, regardless of their position.
In a strange reality, the highest-paying symbols in this game fall to the coloured Shapes, followed by a variety of fruit. Each scattered win awards a fixed payout between 0.25x and 50x your bet.
This game does not include Wild symbols; however, triggering the Free Spins mode will result in a payout of 3x, 5x, & 100x your bet for 3, 4, or 5 Scatters, respectively. Lastly, the Avalanche Feature destroys winning symbols per spin, allowing new symbols to fall from above and filling empty spaces.
Sweet Bonanza Free Spins
Triggering the Free Spins mode requires 4, 5, or 6 Lollipop Scatters to land in the base game, awarding 10 Free Spins and a payout of 3x, 5x, and 100x your bet, respectively.
In this mode, a series of special Multiplier Bombs, revealing Multipliers between x2 and x100, are available on the grid. After each Avalanche event, the visible Multiplier Bombs will apply to the Total Win of the current spin.
Lastly, landing 3 or more Lollipop Scatters awards an additional +5 Free Spins.
Ante Bet & Bonus Buy
Players may purchase one of the following Ante Bet & Bonus Buy options:
- Ante Bet: Doubles your chance of triggering the Free Spins mode for 1.5x your bet per spin (96.6%-96.49%)
- Free Spins: Instantly triggers the Free Spins mode with 4, 5, or 6 Scatters for 100x your bet (96.6%-96.49%)
The maximum win potential of this game is fixed at 21,100x your bet. If a single session exceeds this, the current mode ends, and the player returns to the base game with the qualifying amount.
Our Honest Verdict
Sweet Bonanza is a simple yet well-structured game, offering crisp graphics, catchy sound effects, and a delicious theme. The Scatter Pays mechanic ramps up the excitement in each spin, especially when half the grid results in a winning combination.
Although this pay-scheme mechanic is becoming all the more popular, you’ll find that the value of all payouts isn’t quite as sizable as traditional pay-line slots. Furthermore, there seems to be some confusion with the paytable symbols, where Fruit symbols are actually lower in value than the Shaped ones.
The base game tends to go stale more often than you’d like, but with the help of the Ante Bet function, the Free Spins mode is never too far away from triggering. It’s during this time that special Multiplier Bombs become part of the reels.
Multiplier Bombs boost the overall appeal of Sweet Bonanza by distributing Multipliers between x2 and x100 to existing wins. During testing, we found the Multiplier Bombs appeared frequently, with more than one landing in a single spin. Unfortunately, we didn’t get anywhere near the 21,100x max win potential, but we’re confident it could produce such a figure.
Since the release of Sweet Bonanza, Pragmatic Play has gone on to release Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter, which introduces Super Scatters and a higher max win potential of 50,000x your bet.
All in all, Sweet Bonanza is a sweet instalment from Pragmatic Play, tempting players with more than just a sweet tooth.
*The images found in this slot review are currently from Demo Play. On average, our reviews are written prior to the initial release date and before real play is available.
