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Sweet Bonanza

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by Pragmatic Play

RTP
96.60%
Volatility level
Medium
Max cash prize
21,100x
Layout
6x5
Paylines and ways
Scatter pays
Released
27/06/2019
RTP
96.60%
Max cash prize
21,100x
Paylines and ways
Scatter pays

The tally climbs, but payment waits for the last tumble

By the rules of Sweet Bonanza, a spin is not settled when its symbols land. Scatter pays counts each total only at the end of a drop, and the wins of a spin reach the balance only once its Tumble sequence, with no set limit on its length, runs dry. The running total climbing above the grid mid-cascade is a tally, not a payment. Free Spins stretch the same pause further: each Multiplier bomb holds its place until the tumbling ends, then the values on screen are summed and the sequence total multiplied in one pass. That timing is where the figures meet. The paytable's tiers and the Medium badge describe single counts; the 21,100x ceiling lives entirely in those held-back seconds before a spin agrees to finish.

Sweet Bonanza: The Settings Change, the Ceiling Does Not

Where the 21,100x Actually Lives

The central constraint of this build is stated in one rule line: the Multiplier symbol is present on the reels only during the Free Spins round. Everything the 21,100x banner implies is fenced inside the feature, and the presentation admits as much, since the splash screen's sample grid shows a rainbow bomb marked 100X, a symbol the base game will never deal. Left to itself, the 6x5 Scatter pays grid is a counting exercise with a low lid. Twelve or more heart candies pay 50x total bet, the banana pays 2x, and even six lollipop Scatters stop at 100x. The Tumble feature chains these modest counts into longer sequences, which is what the printed Medium volatility text means when it says the game pays out steadily. The far end of that same sentence, the range running to very high, sits behind four Scatters and a bomb draw that can land anywhere from 2x to 100x, every bomb in a sequence adding into one shared multiplier. Position decides nothing on this grid; access decides nearly everything.

Intro screen with grid preview, a 100X multiplier bomb, refresh icon and volatility meter

Two Prices for the Same Door

Both left-panel controls sell entry into that same round, and the build forces a choice between them: switching Ante Bet on greys out the Buy Feature button. The purchase is fixed at 100x total bet, confirmed on screen at $2.00, $5.00 and $240.00 stakes, and it always delivers the same ten Free Spins. The ante is subtler, and this is where printed vocabulary parts company with the display. The rules speak of internal 20x and 25x bet multipliers, but the only change the bet field shows, measured at three stake levels, is a rise of exactly 25 percent: $5.00 becomes $6.25, and $240.00 becomes the printed $300.00 ceiling. For that surcharge the natural trigger chance doubles and the purchase option vanishes. Neither switch touches the round's content, which stays ten spins on special reels, bombs summing across each tumble sequence, three Scatters adding five more spins. The capture set records one bought round closing at $147.50 against a $500.00 cost; a single session proves nothing about the next, yet it fixes the distinction that matters. Configuration buys a route and a rhythm, never a result.

Free spins tumble win of $9.75 x10 with a 5x multiplier, cumulative WIN $24.75, 2 spins left

The Variation That Never Reaches a Button

A third layer of variation never reaches a button. The rules print two consecutive lines, maximum RTP 96.6 percent and minimum 96.49 percent, which means this game ships in more than one configuration, and nothing during play announces which one is running. The band is narrow, but it belongs to the operator. The pattern repeats across the family: all four successors, Xmas, 1000, Super Scatter and 2500, publish a lower return than this 2019 original, leaving the first game the published-RTP benchmark of its own line while later entries trade return for newer math. Even the headline figure rewards a careful reading, since third-party sources have quoted 21,175x where the build itself prints 21,100x, and the in-game number is the one that stands. Read together, the figures sort cleanly. The Candy and sweets dressing, the Fruit symbols and both switches are negotiable; the constants are a count-based grid, an uncapped Tumble, and one bonus round where every meaningful number converges.

Getting started: step by step

Pragmatic Play's original 2019 Sweet Bonanza spills fruit and jelly candies across a 6x5 board where Scatter pays counts every matching symbol on screen, however scattered. Each round you fix a total bet, spin, and let the Tumble feature settle the board, watching for the lollipop Scatters that open Free Spins.

  1. Dismiss the splash screen

    The game boots into a splash screen built around a frozen sample of the grid. Press the big round two-arrow icon once and the candy-striped board goes live with its full control bar; tick DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME first if you want to skip this screen later.

  2. Set the bet, choose a route

    Tap the - or + button to set a stake; either press also opens the bet menu, and the BET label follows each change. The path can fork here: switching the Ante Bet panel to ON activates the Double Chance to Win Feature, raises the total by 25% and greys out BUY FEATURE.

  3. Spin and let it tumble

    Press SPIN once; SPACE or ENTER on the keyboard does the same job. The game counts each symbol across the whole grid, and from eight of a kind up that count pays. Winners pop, the rest drop down, fresh symbols fall in, and the Tumble repeats until nothing new pays and the WIN readout settles.

  4. Free Spins with Multiplier bombs

    Four or more lollipop Scatters anywhere, or a confirmed BUY FEATURE purchase, open ten Free Spins on special reels. Multiplier bombs from 2x to 100x stay on screen until a tumble sequence ends, then multiply its total win; three or more Scatters during the round retrigger five extra spins.

How volatility shapes your session

Tumbles, scatters and multiplier bombs settle themselves here — Scatter pays never asks you to pick lines. What you control clusters around money and pace: a reversible per-spin surcharge traded for a stated doubled chance at Free Spins, an outright Buy Feature purchase of that round, and an Autoplay mode with no documented stop conditions of its own.

Ante Bet: reversible 25% surcharge, stated doubled chance

The Double Chance to Win Feature flips on and off between spins and never commits you. On, every spin costs a measured 1.25x the total bet, traded for a stated doubling of the natural Free Spins chance — a printed claim no session can verify. This state also greys out the Buy Feature, and the printed rules talk in 20x/25x steps the UI never shows; only the 25% surcharge is solid.

Buy Feature: fixed 100x price, variable round outcome

Available only while the Ante Bet is off, the Buy Feature charges 100x the current total bet for ten immediate Free Spins — $200 at a $2 stake, $500 at $5 — and the purple confirmation dialog is the last exit before money moves. The price is fixed; the return is not. One captured purchase in this record cost $500 and the round ended at $147.50, a single observed sample that landed well under its own cost.

Autoplay: 100-spin runs with no documented stop-loss

The AUTOPLAY panel lets a slider arm as many as 100 spins in one run. Nothing in the captured panel offers loss- or win-based stop conditions; the documented way to halt is pressing AUTOPLAY again. Its Turbo Spin and Quick Spin options change pacing alone — nothing in the record ties them to outcomes, and each spin's resolution stays as untouched by you as in manual play.

How the symbols pay out

Paytable page 1/7 lists 12+, 10-11 and 8-9 payouts for heart, jelly, fruit and scatter lollipop symbols
Game symbol Function x8x10x12x4x5x6
BananaLow0.250.752.00
GrapesLow0.400.904.00
WatermelonLow0.501.005.00
PlumLow0.801.208.00
AppleLow1.001.5010.00
Blue oval jelly candyHigh1.502.0012.00
Green pentagon jelly candyHigh2.005.0015.00
Purple square jelly candyHigh2.5010.0025.00
Heart candyHigh10.0025.0050.00
SCATTERScatter3.005.00100.00
MULTIPLIER symbolOther

Base game, free spins and more

Free spins reel mid-tumble shows a 3x rainbow multiplier bomb, WIN $15.00, 7 spins left

Sweet Bonanza runs on a single 6x5 scatter-pays grid, yet a session rarely stays in one mode for long. The cards below cover the states it can occupy: ordinary spinning, a costlier stake configuration, the free spins round, and the purchase that skips straight to it. Each entry notes what changes the moment that state takes over.

  • Base Game

    The default state of every session. A paid spin stops on the 6x5 grid, and any symbol appearing eight or more times anywhere on it pays, counted in tiers of 8-9, 10-11, or 12-plus. Winning symbols are removed, the rest drop, and the gaps refill from above; the cycle repeats until a fall brings no new win, and only then is the spin's combined total credited.

  • Ante Bet / Double Chance to Win Feature

    An optional switch that trades price for odds. Once it is on, every base spin costs 25% more, with the total bet multiplied by 1.25, and in exchange the natural chance of triggering the round doubles, since extra scatter lollipops sit on the reels. This state also locks the Buy Feature, which greys out for as long as the toggle stays on.

  • Free Spins

    Four or more scatters anywhere on the grid move the game into this round, which always begins with ten spins on special reels. It is the only state where the multiplier bomb can land: it holds a random value from 2x to 100x until a tumble sequence ends, when every visible value is summed and applied to that sequence's win. Three or more scatters during the round add five spins.

  • Buy Feature

    A direct purchase of the bonus state: for 100x the current total bet, with a confirmation step before anything is charged, ten free spins begin immediately at any stake level. It is available only in the ordinary stake configuration, because while the Ante Bet is on the button greys out, so the two routes into the round never overlap.

See the game in action

End-of-round plaque shows a $147.50 win from 10 free spins with up to 100x multiplier applied
Purchase prompt asks to confirm buying 10 free spins for $500, with YES and NO buttons shown
Congratulations popup confirms 10 free spins awarded, with WIN $15.00 already on the counter
Base game grid at bet $2.00 with Buy Feature $200 and Ante Bet toggle switched off
Base grid with Ante Bet on, bet raised to $6.25, banner reads 4X lollipop wins free spins
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End-of-round plaque shows a $147.50 win from 10 free spins with up to 100x multiplier applied
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Purchase prompt asks to confirm buying 10 free spins for $500, with YES and NO buttons shown
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Congratulations popup confirms 10 free spins awarded, with WIN $15.00 already on the counter
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Base game grid at bet $2.00 with Buy Feature $200 and Ante Bet toggle switched off
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Base grid with Ante Bet on, bet raised to $6.25, banner reads 4X lollipop wins free spins
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Theme and setting

  1. Fruit
  2. Candy and sweets

Available bonuses

Buy-a-bonus
Yes
Increased ante
1.25x

Bonus buy options

Free SpinsCost 100.00x

Meet the developer

Pragmatic Play

Pragmatic Play is a Gibraltar-headquartered supplier, led by CEO Julian Jarvis, that delivers its games to operators through a single API and holds licences from the Malta Gaming Authority and the UK Gambling Commission among more than thirty jurisdictions. In the catalogue mirrored here, its output runs from 2014 onward and leans heavily on video slots, many built as sequels and spin-offs. Series such as Big Bass, Gates of Olympus and The Dog House show a studio that returns to proven mechanics — hold-and-spin rounds, tumbling reels, money collects — rather than reinventing itself with each release.

Wager sizes

Lowest bet allowed0.20
Bet ceiling240.00
Currency of betsUSD

Bonus features

  • Ante Bet
  • Free Spins
  • Multiplier
  • Retrigger
  • Scatter
  • Tumble

Compatibility

Has autoplay
Yes

Series

Number of games in series
5

Sweet Bonanza

What links the Sweet Bonanza releases is a compact formula rather than one repeated game: fruit and sweets fall across a 6x5 grid, symbols pay by total count anywhere, tumbles continue, and four scatter symbols open ten free spins where multiplier bombs are summed. From there Pragmatic Play branches the design. Xmas changes setting and volatility rather than basic win logic, while 1000 raises bombs to 1,000x. Super Scatter alone adds a base-game symbol that can pay an immediate bonus, and 2500 broadens the framework with special bets and a progressive multiplier mode. Maximum wins range from 21,100x to 50,000x.

Final verdict

Key advantagesPosition never matters: eight of a kind anywhere pays, and tumbles extend a win until no count remains.
Key advantagesBombs of 2x to 100x stick through a free-spins tumble and sum before multiplying it, the only road to 21,100x.
Key advantagesTwo priced routes into free spins: a 25% ante that doubles scatter odds, or a fixed 100x buy.
DrawbacksThe advertised 96.6% return is a ceiling, not a constant: some builds run at 96.49% instead.

The deal is a patient one: count-based wins and medium volatility keep the base game steady but capped, while everything above that lives in a free-spins round you either chase with the ante or buy outright at 100x. It suits a player who budgets for the feature and checks the return setting before staking.

Common questions about the game

What decides a win in Sweet Bonanza if it has no paylines?
The total count of one matching symbol anywhere on the 6x5 grid decides it after the reels settle, not lines, adjacency, or ways-to-win. Regular pays step up at 8-9, 10-11, and 12 or more; the lollipop scatter pays from 4 and also starts Free Spins.
What do the RTP, Medium volatility, and 21,100x top win mean together?
They describe a steady-but-capable profile: 96.60% return over time, Medium volatility with payouts ranging from low to very high, and a printed top of 21,100x bet. The big number is an extreme free-spins outcome, not the normal rhythm, so judge it by whether repeated base-game tumbles feel worth the wait.
What is the stake range, and how does Ante Bet change the ceiling?
The ordinary bet range runs from $0.20 to $240.00. Switching Ante Bet on raises the total bet by 25%, so the visible ceiling becomes $300.00; it doubles the natural chance of scatters, but it also disables Buy Feature while active.
How do multiplier bombs change the Free Spins payout?
Rainbow multiplier bombs appear only in Free Spins, land with values from 2x to 100x, and stay until the tumble sequence ends. Their values are added together, then the whole sequence win is multiplied by that total, which is why 4 or more scatters for 10 spins can escalate quickly, with 3 or more scatters adding 5 more.
How far can the base paytable carry a spin before multipliers matter?
On its own, the base grid is modest: the heart pays 50x bet for 12 or more, the purple square pays 25x, and the lollipop scatter pays 100x for six. The advertised 21,100x ceiling depends on free-spins tumbles stacking multiplier bombs, so base-game counts set the floor while multipliers create the headline.

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