Sweet Bonanza Slot (Pragmatic Play)

The Sweet Bonanza slot is played on a 6x5 grid and with Scatter Pays. With no paylines as such, winning combinations are unlike Cluster Pays slots. Simply put, you need to land 8 or more identical symbols anywhere in view. The more matching symbols on the grid, the bigger the payout. Furthermore, you can get wins with multiple matching symbols as there are 30 symbol positions on the grid.

In terms of bet options, you can play Sweet Bonanza from 20p to £100 a spin. As with all Pragmatic Play slots, use the plus and/or minus buttons to change your stake. Non-UK players can benefit from Autoplay (up to 1,000 auto spins) and both Turbo and Quick Spin modes.

Now, the Sweet Bonanza RTP rate is 96.49%. Much higher than the 96% average for an online slot game, Pragmatic has created 2 more RTP versions. There is a 96.48% RTP version (yes, 0.01% lower than the top number) and a 95.45% version. Head to the Paytable at the casino site you play at to see which RTP rate you’ll play with. All free slot demos at OLBG use the highest RTP setting possible. 

The volatility is in the medium to high bracket (3.5/5). Expect a winning combination to land on half of your spins as the hit frequency rate is 50%. When it comes to triggering the game’s main feature (the free spins), it will occur every 451 spins on average.

Finally, the Sweet Bonanza slot game offers 21,175 times bet max wins. With bigger wins coming from the multipliers, winning 1,000 times your total bet or higher will occur every 261,097 spins (on average).

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Released on the 25^th of June 2019, the Sweet Bonanza slot sees you load up on sugar in this sweets/food themed phenomenon. With pastel colours dominating the visuals, you enter a world full of sweets/candy and cakes.

If you’ve seen Katy Perry’s California Gurls music video featuring Snoop Dogg, you’ll know what to expect. With soft tones, the soundtrack is upbeat and catchy. It does remind me of Candy Crush too.

Symbols on the 6x5 grid include a range of candy and fruit symbols. You’ll see bananas, blueberries, watermelons, plums and red apples. There are also blue rectangle, green polygon, purple square and red heart sweets. The best-paying symbol is the red heart sweet which awards 50 times your total bet for 12 or more on the grid.

Special symbols include a Lollipop Scatter (which triggers the free spins) and a Rainbow Bomb Multiplier. With no wild symbol, below is a list of all symbol payouts and functions:

• Banana: 8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 0.25, 0.75 or 2 x bet
• Grapes: 8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 0.4, 0.9 or 4 x bet
• Watermelon: 8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 0.5, 1 or 5 x bet
• Plum: 8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 0.8, 1.2 or 8 x bet
• Apple: 8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 1, 1.5 or 10 x bet
• Blue Sweet: 8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 1.5, 2 or 12 x bet
• Green Sweet: 8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 2, 5 or 15 x bet
• Purple Sweet: 8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 2.5, 10 or 25 x bet
• Red Sweet: 8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 10, 25 or 50 x bet
• Lollipop Scatter: 4+ triggers Free Spins feature
• Rainbow Bomb Multiplier: multipliers up to 100x during free spins

Sweet Bonanza Mobile

Sweet Bonanza has been created using HTML5 technology. Compatible with desktop, mobile and tablet devices. The 6x5 grid is perfect for playing at UK mobile casinos. It’s also available with iOS and Android operating systems.

With 4 bonus features, Sweet Bonanza focuses on tumbles for successive wins and free spins which benefit from the added extra of multipliers up to 100x.

Tumble

When 8 or more matching symbols appear simultaneously on the grid, the Tumble feature will be activated. Winning symbols explode and disappear from the grid. With the remaining symbols falling to occupy the empty positions, new symbols ‘tumble’ in from above to fill the newly vacated spaces.

If another win is formed, the Tumble feature is repeated until no more wins are formed. This is also known as the Avalanche feature or Cascading Wins feature with the latter found in most Megaways slot games.

Free Spins

The Free Spins feature is triggered by landing 4 or more Lollipop Scatter symbols during a base game spin. 4, 5 or 6 scatters will reward you with a 3, 5 or 100 times bet payout plus 10 free spins.

Once in, you will notice a Rainbow Bomb Multiplier symbol appearing on the grid. These contain multipliers ranging from 2x up to 100x. If you’re lucky enough to get a winning combination with two 20x Rainbow Bomb Multipliers, the multiplier values are combined for a 40x multiplier overall.

Lastly, landing 3 or more Lollipop Scatters on the same free spin will reward you with 5 more free spins. The good news is that you can retrigger the feature infinitely for unlimited free spins in theory.

Buy feature

Non-UK players can opt for the Buy feature. Costing 100 times your total bet, you get to buy your way directly into the free spins. The RTP also increases slightly to 96.51% if you use this extra.

Sicky sweet and perfect for those with a sweet tooth, the Sweet Bonanza slot has become one of the most popular slot games in the UK and other countries. Aesthetically soft and warm, don’t let its appearance fool you. It can pack quite the punch.

The gameplay is pretty ordinary in the base game but it’s the Free Spins feature where things can get sticky. This is because the Rainbow Bomb Multiplier symbol can apply multipliers up to 100x. Multiple Rainbow Bomb Multiplier symbols will see their values added together.

The Sweet Bonanza slot is a well-designed game that was created with mobile players in mind. With Pragmatic Play using Portrait Mode for an enhanced experience, the graphics and visuals are bold and colourful whilst the 70s/disco soundtrack is upbeat and fun.

Medium to high volatility, the Sweet Bonanza slot has a high RTP rate of 96.49%. The jackpot or max win of 21,175 times your total bet is also very high.

As a result, Sweet Bonanza has become a cult favourite amongst UK players in particular. Pragmatic Play has capitalised on its popularity by creating a festive version: Sweet Bonanza Xmas. They also offer you Gates of Olympus which has an ancient Greek mythology theme but has multipliers up to 500x and max wins of 5,000 times your total bet.

If you have a sweet tooth or severe sugar cravings, Pragmatic Play also offers you Sugar Rush 1000 which comes with a 96.53% RTP rate and 25,000 times bet max wins. Another good option is Bouncy Bombs from Hacksaw Gaming which is also a Scatter Pays slot with 10,000 times bet payouts.

Certain casinos also have their own Sweet Bonanza clone. Pokerstars Casino, Casumo and NetBet also have their own versions:

The Sweet Bonanza slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who who 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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