Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe Slot (Pragmatic Play)

The Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe slot, like most other Big Bass slot games, is played with 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 fixed paylines. Landing 3 or more identical symbols from left to right on any payline will constitute a winning combination. Winning symbols must start from reel 1 (the leftmost reel). For the speedboat symbol, 2 or more are required. As standard, only the highest win per payline will be valid.

Bets-wise, you can spin away from 10p a spin. With max bets reaching £250 per spin, you may find the max bet limited to £10 or £5 a spin. To change your bet on a laptop or PC, use the plus and minus buttons under the reels. Playing on a mobile or tablet? Press the ‘Coins’ icon. Non-UK players have Autoplay (up to 1,000 auto spins) and Quick/Turbo Spin.

The Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe RTP rate is 96.5% which is a lot higher than the 96% average found in UK slot games online. As usual, Pragmatic Play has produced alternative RTP settings: 95.5% and 94.5%.

5 out of 5 on the volatility front (i.e. very high), the hit frequency rate is 12.99% which means that a winning combination will land every 7.7 spins on average. Expect to trigger the Free Spins or Super Free Spins features every 113 spins (again, on average).

The Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe slot benefits from 5,000 times bet max wins. This is the same max payout found in many other Big Bass slots. The max win probability is 1 in 2,544,391 spins (2.54 million) with the chances of winning 1,000 times your total bet or more at 1 in 168,833 spins.

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The Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe slot game is the 18^th title in the Big Bass series and sees you head to Sin City. With a fishing/Las Vegas theme, everyone’s favourite fisherman swaps sea life for the strip.

You’ll see Las Vegas above the water with the reels under the water. With an upbeat soundtrack, it’s quite different visually from other Big Bass slots as it’s dominated by neon colours. You’ll also see a treasure chest full of gold coins and what looks like the gold lion statue found outside the MGM Grand Casino Hotel.

On the reels, you’ll come across neon A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. The higher-value symbols include fish money, tackle boxes, fishing roods, pelicans and pink speedboats. The pink speedboat is the best-paying symbol awarding 200 times your total bet for 5 across a payline.

Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe comes with a range of special symbols. There are 2 Elvis-inspired Fisherman Wild symbols (red and blue) but they only appear during the free spins. The most important symbol is the Hooked Bass Scatter which is used to trigger the free spins. Before I dive into the bonus features, there is a list of symbol payouts and functions:

• Q/J/10: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 1 or 5 x bet
• A/K: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 2.5 or 10 x bet
• Money Fish: 3, 4 or 5 = 1, 5 or 20 x bet
• Fishing Rod/Tackle Box: 3, 4 or 5 = 2, 10 or 50 x bet 
• Flamingo: 3, 4 or 5 = 3, 15 or 100 x bet
• Pink Speedboat: 2, 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 5, 20 or 200 x bet
• 2 Fisherman Wilds: Substitutes + collects Money symbols during free spins
• Money Fish: Worth up to 5,000 x bet + collected in base game randomly & during free spins
• Hooked Bass Scatter: 3+ triggers Free Spins feature

Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe Mobile

With all Pragmatic Play games created with HTML5 technology, you can play Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe on mobile, tablet and desktop devices. It’s compatible with iOS and Android smartphones with a unique Portrait Mode available for a better playing experience as it occupies more of your screen.

The Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe slot has 7 bonus features. With the main attraction the Free Spins feature, there are 2 Fisherman Wilds which both collect Fish Money symbol values. Both are collected in meters which award extra free spins and apply multipliers up to 10x. Essentially, you’re doubling your chances of winning during the free spins.

Random

If you see 2 Hooked Bass Scatter symbols on the reels, the Random feature can activate, randomly. The scatters on the screen will shift down 1 position without leaving the reels with a respin awarded with the reels with scatters respinning. Furthermore, a hook can pull up 1 of the reels to award another scatter. The Random feature is designed to give you access to the all-important Free Spins feature.

Free Spins 

The Free Spins feature is triggered by hitting 3, 4 or 5 Hooked Bass Scatters anywhere during a base game spin. With 10, 15 or 20 free spins awarded respectively, you’ll notice the Fish Money symbols contain bet multiplier values ranging from 2 to 5,000 times your total bet.

When a red or blue Fisherman Wild lands, it collects all Fish Money symbol values. They are also collected in the respective blue or red meters. Every 4^th Fisherman Wild of the same colour will see you win 10 more free spins and increase the multiplier that applies to collected Fish Money symbols.

With 3 retriggers for both the red and blue Fisherman Wilds, you can win up to 60 additional free spins which can lead to 80 free spins in total. The multiplier can reach 10x for both blue and red Fisherman Wilds.

• Blue: 4, 8 or 12 Blue Fisherman Wilds Collected will result in a total of 30 free spins plus a Fish Money multiplier collected by Blue Fisherman Wilds of 2x, 3x and 10x respectively.
• Red: 4, 8 or 12 Red Fisherman Wilds Collected will result in a total of 30 free spins plus a Fish Money multiplier collected by Red Fisherman Wilds of 2x, 3x and 10x respectively.

With both blue and red Fisherman Wilds, you have double the chance of collecting Fish Money symbols, winning more free spins and increasing the Fish Money multiplier.

Pragmatic Play has thrown in some randomly triggered features to help you achieve bigger payouts:

• Dynamite feature: Fish Money symbols are randomly added to the reels if there are Fisherman Wild symbols and no Fish Money symbols on the reels.
• Hook feature: Fisherman Wilds may randomly be added when they are Fish Money symbols and no Fisherman Wilds on the reels.
• Bazooka feature: All symbols except Fisherman Wilds will randomly change to something else if there are Fisherman Wilds and no Fish Money symbols on the reels.

Ante Bet 

If you want a better chance of landing Hooked Bass Scatters during base game spins, you can use the Ante Bet feature. At the cost of 50% more per spin, more scatters will land essentially. The RTP remains the same for all 3 settings with the max bet ranging from 15p to £375 per spin.  

Buy Free Spins

The Buy Free Spins feature is reserved for players located outside the UK. You can gain direct access to the free spins or the super free spins with the RTP rate remaining the same.

The Free Spins feature will set you back 100 times your total bet. For the Super Free Spins feature, the price is 300 times your total bet. Retriggers and a Fish Money multiplier increase will occur when collecting 3 Fisherman Wilds of either colour.

The Big Bass slot series from Pragmatic Play is very popular so it’s only natural they are trying to keep it going for as long as possible. You can head to the Amazon River with Big Bass Amazon Xtreme, enjoy a day on a racetrack with Big Bass Day at the Races and join King Arthur in Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake. With the Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe slot, you head to Sin City.

Graphically, it’s dripped in neon and does have a different feel visually. In terms of the gameplay, it all remains the same at first glance. The difference is that there are 2 Fisherman Wilds (red and blue). Collecting 4 blue or red Fisherman Wilds will see you win 10 extra free spins and increase the multiplier for Fish Money symbols collected by that Fisherman Wild.

You can land 12 blue and red Fisherman Wilds for 60 additional free spins and a 10x multiplier on Fish Money symbols collected by both Fisherman Wilds. With 3 random features to help you land more Fisherman Wilds and Fish Money symbols, you are essentially doubling your chances of winning. Pragmatic Play should have doubled the max win potential to 10,000 x bet really. 

With 5,000 times bet max wins and the 96.5% RTP rate, Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe stacks up versus other games in the series. However, Big Bass Splash offers the same max win potential but a high 96.71% RTP rate. It’s more of the same and will appeal to fans of the popular series. For many of us, there’s not enough differentiation to make it stand out from what Pragmatic Play has previously released.

If you want fishing-themed slots with a difference, Nolimit City’s Ugliest Catch comes with 50,000 times bet max wins and takes place in a slimy lake which has been plagued by years of toxic and illegal dumping.

My other recommendation would be 4ThePlayer’s 4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop which offers 15,000 times bet max wins and the chance of win progressive jackpots.

The Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who has written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades. It was then verified/checked by Jenny Mason, our prime Slot reviewer who has 17+ years working in online gambling, top UK brands. 

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