Pragmatic Play · Reel Kingdom · 6 July 2026
Reel Kingdom has run a live wire through its fishing series. The Fisherman Wilds and Money symbols sit exactly where you left them, but the base game now interrupts itself — a hook, a stick of dynamite and a bazooka each take turns rearranging the grid. Below are the numbers behind the fireworks rather than the marketing.
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The numbers
Two of these values are not fixed. RTP and the maximum stake are chosen by each casino, so both are worth checking in the game’s info panel before your first spin.
| Provider | Pragmatic Play (Reel Kingdom) |
|---|---|
| Release date | 6 July 2026 |
| Layout | 5 reels × 3 rows |
| Paylines | 10 fixed, left to right |
| RTP | 96.50%Three versions exist — 96.50% / 95.50% / 94.50%. Your casino picks one. |
| Volatility | High — 5/5 on the provider’s own scale |
| Maximum win | 5,000× stake£1,200,000 at the £240 maximum stake |
| Stake range | From £0.10 per spinThe ceiling is set by the operator — up to £240 where it is allowed. |
| Hit frequency | ≈10.6% — about one win every 9.4 spins |
| Bonus frequency | 1 in 59.10 spins (1.69%) |
| Free spins | 5 / 7 / 9 spins for 3 / 4 / 5 Scatters |
| Money symbol values | 0.5× up to 500× stake |
| Multiplier ladder | 2× → 3× → 10× |
| Bonus Buy | 100× total bet |
| Bonus Bet | +50% stake (×1.5) for a higher trigger chance |
| Mobile | HTML5 — portrait and landscape, no download |
The short version
Big Bass Blast is the electrified entry in Reel Kingdom’s bass series, published by Pragmatic Play on 6 July 2026. The frame is untouched: five reels, three rows and ten fixed paylines running left to right, set on a lake with a boat, a bearded fisherman and a row of steel canisters where the stake controls live.
What is new is how busy the base game feels. Money symbols still carry cash values from half your stake up to 500×, and a Fisherman Wild still sweeps up every one of them when it lands. The difference is that the game no longer waits politely for that combination — three helper features step in when a spin lands one piece short of paying.
The trade-off is honest volatility. The provider rates it 5/5, the bonus arrives roughly once in 59 spins, and the ceiling is 5,000× your stake. Sessions run cold and then pay in bursts; there is no middle gear, and no amount of stake management changes that shape.
Mechanics
One collector and three interventions. Each helper exists for the same reason: to rescue a spin that landed one element short of paying.
Fisherman Wild
The collector. He lands on reels 1 and 5 and takes the value of every Money symbol on screen. In the base game he can arrive carrying a random 2×, 3× or 10× multiplier, and it applies to the whole collection rather than to a single fish.
Hook
Two Scatters and nothing else is the most irritating result in any Big Bass game. The Hook can reel a third one in, turning a near miss into a bonus round you were not going to get.
Dynamite
Money symbols with no Fisherman to collect them is cash left in the water. Dynamite can blast a Fisherman Wild onto the reels so the values on screen actually get paid out.
Bazooka
The opposite problem — a Fisherman with nothing to collect. The Bazooka can convert symbols already on the grid into fish, handing him something worth reeling in.
Helper behaviour is described as it presents in play. The provider does not publish the exact trigger conditions for each one, so treat the descriptions above as observed rather than official.
Free spins
The bonus round is short by design. It grows only if the Fisherman keeps turning up — and he is guaranteed to turn up at least once on every single spin.
wilds 1–6
The round opens here. Every collection is doubled from the very first spin.
7th wild
The counter fills, five spins are added and the multiplier steps up a rung.
14th wild
Top rung. Five more spins, and everything the Fisherman sweeps up is worth ten times its face value.
Every seventh Fisherman Wild you collect adds five more free spins and moves the multiplier up. Because at least one wild is guaranteed per spin, a round that opened on five spins can keep extending itself — and that chain is the only realistic route to the 5,000× ceiling. Money symbols run from half your stake up to 500×, and the multiplier applies to the total he sweeps up rather than to each fish separately.
Skipping the wait
Where the operator allows it, Bonus Buy opens the round immediately for 100× your total bet, and Bonus Bet adds 50% to every spin in exchange for a higher natural trigger chance. A number of UK casinos switch both off, so do not build a plan around either being there.
Verdict
A competent, well-built entry with one genuinely good idea. It rewards patience and punishes short sessions, which is exactly what a 5/5 volatility rating is telling you.
What works
What does not
Where to play
All three stock the Pragmatic Play catalogue and hand new accounts free spins. What separates them is the wagering attached, how fast withdrawals clear, and whether there is an app worth using.
98/100
92/100
88/100New customers only. 18+. Terms, wagering requirements and game restrictions apply to every offer listed — read them before you deposit.
Reader verdicts
4.6
from 128 reader ratings
Ratings are submitted through this site and are not verified win records. Treat them as opinions, not as evidence of outcomes.
Danny R.
Leeds
Took about forty minutes of 20p spins before the bonus turned up, then the seventh wild landed on spin three. Once the multiplier stepped up the collections stopped being pocket change. First fishing slot in a while where I was not bored waiting for something to happen.
Priya S.
Bristol
The Bazooka is the reason I keep loading it. Watching a lone fisherman sit there with nothing to collect used to be the most annoying part of these games, and now something actually happens instead. Best round I have had came from a £1 stake where it fired twice.
Callum M.
Glasgow
It is honest about what it is - quiet, quiet, quiet, then a proper round. I set aside 200 spins at 10p and treat the free spins as the entire point of playing. Would prefer a bigger max win, but the bonus itself feels worth chasing.
FAQ
The headline figure is 96.50%. Pragmatic Play also ships 95.50% and 94.50% builds, and the casino decides which one it licenses. The active value is shown in the game information panel, so check it there rather than trusting a review.
5,000x your stake. At the highest permitted spin of £240 that works out at £1,200,000, although most UK casinos cap stakes a long way below the theoretical maximum.
Land three, four or five Scatters for 5, 7 or 9 free spins respectively. Naturally that happens about once every 59 spins, and the Hook feature can occasionally drag in a third Scatter when you are one short.
By collecting Fisherman Wilds during the bonus. Every seventh one adds five more free spins and pushes the multiplier along the 2x, 3x, 10x ladder. Fourteen collected wilds puts you on the top rung for the rest of the round.
All three rescue a spin that came up one element short. The Hook can pull in a missing Scatter, Dynamite can drop in a Fisherman Wild when Money symbols have nobody to collect them, and the Bazooka can turn symbols into fish when the Fisherman has arrived to an empty grid.
Yes, at 100x the total bet, where the operator permits it. There is also a Bonus Bet that adds 50% to each spin for a better natural trigger chance. Both are commonly disabled at UK casinos, so availability varies by site.
The demo runs in a browser with a play balance and the same mechanics, which makes it the sensible way to learn how the collect step works. Nothing you win in the demo is withdrawable.
It starts at £0.10 a spin, so yes in the sense that it is affordable. But with a bonus arriving once in 59 spins on average, a low stake and a short session is the combination most likely to end without ever seeing the free spins round.
Ready to cast?
If you have never played a Big Bass title, load the demo first. The collect step makes far more sense with the reels in front of you than it does in a paragraph, and it costs nothing to find out whether the rhythm suits you.
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18+ only
Volatility 5/5
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