Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways

It has to be said that this Big Bass Hold and Spinner Megaways machine represents the second installment of the Big Bass Hold and Spinner slot also made by Reel Kingdom in collaboration with Pragmatic Play, which we played with only a short while ago and which for the occasion has been equipped with the Megaways courtesy of BTG.

Before starting the game it is necessary, as always, to place a bet. The amounts to be played in this machine range from a minimum of $0.10 and up to a maximum of $250.

At this point we just have to delve into the actual game, talking about its main symbols and how to win playing Big Bass Hold and Spinner Megaways slot made by Reel Kingdom in collaboration with Pragmatic Play. The game comes to life on a grid consisting of a 6-reel game board at the bottom of the screen, whose number of symbols varies with each spin, and a 4-reel, 3-row top one. The top row can accommodate only the wild, while the other 2 rows can contain any symbol. The top three rows spin from right to left and can also be locked, and this mechanism creates up to a maximum of 147,456 ways to win.

Every time players manage to land at least 3 identical symbols on consecutive reels, they will be awarded a prize in virtual coins that will be calculated taking into account the amount wagered and the values of the symbols with which he composed his winning combo.

The game symbols depict the float, reel, dragonfly, fishing toolbox and fish. There are also symbols A through 10 of lower amounts. The float is the most profitable icon and is also the only one that can give a win with only 2 matching ones. Combinations will be paid only if formed from left to right. In this Big Bass Hold and Spinner Megaways slot machine from Pragmatic Play you will also play with the wild and the scatter. The former depicts the fishing net and will work as a wild card thus going to replicate any regular symbol. It will only come on the first row of symbols at the top. The scatter, on the other hand, is the fish and will come in handy to access the free spins.

One of the bonuses is a Hold & Win one!

Features and game mechanics

The lantern is a symbol that appears in both the base game and the free game. When it lands in quantity it transforms into the same type of paying symbol. In the free spins these mystery symbols can appear after a spin with no fisherman or fish symbols and will turn into a random symbol of the same type. Fish icons offer cash prizes ranging from x2 to x500, but they will only be caught during the free game.

To activate the free spins, simply get 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatter symbols, which will award 10, 15, 20 or 25 free spins, respectively. During these spins, the fisherman symbol appears exclusively on the top row of the reels. Once it appears, the fisherman collects fish prizes on the grid, which are then counted in the counter to the right. Each time 4 fisherman symbols are collected, the player gets an additional 10 free spins and increases the win multipliers up to x10. From the fourth retrigger onwards the multiplier will increase by +10 and without limit. These multipliers are applied to the values of the fish caught. In addition, if the fisherman appears but fails to catch fish because they are not in sight, a feature that adds fish to the reels may randomly activate.

Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways vs. previous versions of the Big Bass slot

Instead, when tokens appear on the reels, the Hold and Spinner feature is activated. These tokens present prizes from x1 to x30. To access the feature you will only need to get at least 3 of them in one go. These will become sticky and remain fixed on their respective positions for the duration of the bonus game. Initially, the player receives 3 respins, during which the fisherman collects activation Coin prizes, which will then be collected each time new tokens land on the reels. When a new Coin Money symbol is displayed, the respin count returns to 3 and the value of each Coin Money symbol in view is added to the total winnings. Diamond Money symbols can appear with rewards from 50x to 2,000x the bet. At the end of the available respins, the player cashes in all prizes drawn by the fisherman. In case the round ends and the total win is less than 20x, an additional 3 spins are awarded.

Final verdict

Big Bass Hold and Spin Megaways by Pragmatic Play is a slot that provides a quite pleasant gaming experience. We are moreover talking about a slot whose theoretical percentage of return to the player is 96.70%, while the volatility is high, rated as 5/5. Its winning potential is 20,000 times the bet.