Christmas Big Bass Bonanza

Pragmatic Play's Christmas Big Bass Bonanza offers a seasonal twist on the popular Big Bass Bonanza slot. This video slot retains the core fishing theme but adds a festive atmosphere. Players will find baubles decorating the seaweed and some fish wearing Santa hats, accompanied by a jolly soundtrack.

The gameplay revolves around winning Free Spins and collecting cash prizes during these bonus rounds. Standard symbols include different types of fish, tackle boxes and classic card suits (10-A) decorated with snow. These symbols create winning combinations when they land on adjacent reels from left to right. The Santa Claus symbol is wild and substitutes for other symbols (except scatters) to complete winning combinations.

The key to big wins is the Free Spins feature, which is triggered by landing 3, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols (represented by a Christmas fishing float). The number of scatters determines the initial number of Free Spins awarded (10, 15 or 20). During the Free Spins, special fish symbols with pre-determined cash values appear. If a Santa Claus Wild symbol lands on the reels simultaneously with these fish symbols, the Wild collects their cash values and adds them to the player's total winnings.

Another important aspect of Free Spins is the retrigger mechanism. Every fourth Santa Claus Wild symbol that lands during Free Spins retriggers the feature. This not only awards an additional 10 Free Spins, but also increases a multiplier that is applied to the collected cash values from fish symbols. The multiplier starts at x2 for the first retrigger, increases to x3 for the second retrigger and reaches a maximum of x10 for the third retrigger. After reaching x10, no more retriggers are possible.

On rare occasions, if there is only one Santa Claus Wild symbol on the reels at the end of a Free Spin, additional Fish symbols with random cash values may appear on screen. This provides a final opportunity to increase your total winnings.