Entry at 300x Where the 2020 Original Sold Nothing
The rules booklet states its ceiling twice: 5,000x the bet, and any round that touches it ends on the spot, remaining spins forfeited. That cap does more work here than it would have in an earlier Big Bass. The Super Free Spins round — the Double Down of the title — retriggers on three fishermen of either colour counted across the two meters, pays the caught money at a multiplier that reaches 10x, and sells entry at 300x the stake, so the feature now runs harder toward the exact point where the game stops paying it. Against the series' 2020 original, which published a higher return and offered no purchase into the feature at all, this 2024 entry shows the trade plainly: 96.50% on the page, five bolts of high volatility, and a bonus round priced at 100x or 300x rather than waited for.
A neon surface that keeps its hard numbers in view
What the screen chooses to make legible
The Las Vegas casino strip sits above a Reel fishing aquarium, so the first impression is deliberately busy. In the captured Free Spins view, though, the working state is given a strict order: the two collection ribbons are fixed to the top and bottom edges, the reel field stays central, and the footer carries CREDIT, BET, WIN and FREE SPINS LEFT as text. That hierarchy matters because the round turns on a narrow set of facts, not on the neon. The same ornate fish can be Scatter or carry a Money value; the bearded Wild appears only in Free Spins and Super Free Spins; blue and red fishermen feed separate meters before the Multiplier steps up on a Retrigger.
The one printed number that is easy to misread
The number that deserves a second look is the printed maximum. The rules page states MAXIMUM BET $375.00, but the bet menu tops out at TOTAL BET $250.00 through BET MAX, at BET 10 and COIN VALUE $2.50, while the minimum is $0.10. At that same maximum, the left Ante Bet plaque reads BET $375.00. Read together, the hierarchy is consistent: $250.00 is the normal 10x ceiling, and $375.00 is the 15x Ante Bet ceiling. Read as a single headline, it is the one place where the booklet can make normal play sound larger than the controls will allow.
The paid routes change the door, not the room
The paid routes change the door, not the room. BUY FREE SPINS is 100x total bet and BUY SUPER FREE SPINS is 300x, so at the $2.00 default they cost $200.00 and $600.00, with the plaques recomputing as the stake changes. Ante Bet costs 1.5x, adds more Scatter symbols to raise the natural Free Spins chance and disables both buys, leaving them in place but desaturated. Super Free Spins then relaxes the Retrigger rule from four Wild of one colour on that colour's meter to three Wild of any colour across both meters. Through all of it the printed RTP stays 96.50%, and a round reaching 5,000x bet is ended with remaining spins forfeited. One purchased trigger in the record showed four Scatter symbols yet announced 15 Free Spins, the printed award for three; because that round was bought, it remains an unresolved observation rather than a new rule.
A neon Las Vegas casino glows beneath the surface in this Big Bass installment, where the Scatter fish double as Money symbols. The aim is to line up wins across 10 Lines and reach Free Spins, where the Wild Fisherman collects their values. Along the way you decide: spin as is, raise the odds with Ante Bet, or buy the feature outright.
Set your stake in the bet menu
Press the minus or plus beside SPIN to slide open the bet menu. BET and COIN VALUE combine into the TOTAL BET readout, and the green BET MAX button sets the maximum instantly.
Optional: Ante Bet or instant feature
Before the first spin you can flip the Ante Bet switch to add more Scatter symbols at a higher stake, which disables both buy buttons. Or press BUY FREE SPINS at 100x your total bet or BUY SUPER FREE SPINS at 300x and confirm with the green checkmark to start the feature straight away.
Spin for Scatter fish
Press SPIN to play. Wins pay from left to right on the 10 Lines. Landing 3, 4 or 5 Scatter fish anywhere awards 15, 20 or 25 Free Spins, and when only 2 appear a random hook pull or reel respin can still bring the third into view.
Fish the values during Free Spins
Each Wild Fisherman on screen collects the Money value of every Scatter fish present. Every 4th Wild Fisherman of one colour on its meter retriggers 10 extra spins and raises the collection Multiplier; Super Free Spins lower that to 3 of any colour. The total win is paid when the round ends.
The Super Free Spins round ends with a $405.00 win across 25 spins, fisherman stands beside the panelBuy Free Spins popup confirms a $200.00 price with red X cancel and green check confirm buttonsThe free spins round concludes with a $56.40 win over 25 spins, neon cowboy fisherman at the frame's edgeA modest base-game spin pays $1.00 on Line 7, with a $40.00 scatter fish and two speedboats on the reelsWith ante bet at $3.00, the reels reveal a $400.00 scatter fish alongside speedboats, flamingos and A symbolsA congratulations overlay confirms 15 Free Spins, cowboy fisherman holds his rod beside scatter fish catches
×The Super Free Spins round ends with a $405.00 win across 25 spins, fisherman stands beside the panel
Every entry below runs on the same fixed arithmetic: 5 reels, 3 rows, 10 Lines, High volatility, 96.50% RTP and a 5000x round cap. The four cards differ in two numbers only: what it costs to reach the free spins feature, and how many Wild Fisherman symbols a retrigger takes.
Base Game
Out here the fish are already carrying random MONEY values, anywhere from 2x up to 5000x the total bet, but no fisherman appears to collect them, so they pay nothing yet. Only the 10 fixed Lines pay, from the leftmost reel across adjacent reels, each win multiplied by bet per line.
Free Spins
Land 3, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols for 15, 20 or 25 spins, or pay 100x the total bet to guarantee at least 3 on the trigger spin. Wild Fisherman symbols now collect every MONEY value in view, and each 4th fisherman of the same colour adds 10 spins while lifting that colour's collection multiplier through x2, x3 and x10, up to the 5000x cap.
Super Free Spins (Double Down)
This round is the 300x purchase and can never trigger from a natural spin. Everything matches the standard feature except the retrigger arithmetic: only 3 Wild Fisherman symbols of any colour, pooled across both the blue and red meters, are needed where the ordinary round insists on 4 of one colour.
Ante Bet
Switching this on raises the bet multiplier from 10x to 15x, so the total bet costs 1.5 times as much, and the reels carry more Scatter symbols for a better natural trigger chance. The trade is strict: both Buy Free Spins and Buy Super Free Spins stay disabled for as long as it is on.
Once the paytable and round flow are understood, the supported decisions are the ones made before a result: set the cash stake, switch Ante Bet, or buy the standard Free Spins or Super Free Spins round. Each route changes what is paid up front, which controls remain available, and how retriggers behave. None changes the listed 96.50% RTP.
Set the stake before choosing a route
Before you spin or buy, BET, COIN VALUE or BET MAX sets the total bet. That readout drives cash win amounts and rescales the plaques to 100x or 300x, while the Ante plaque previews 1.5x. Raising it increases the cash cost of the same route without changing the listed RTP.
Ante Bet trades price for natural access
Ante Bet is available in the base game as a toggle. At 15x instead of 10x, the stake becomes 1.5 times the selected level and more Scatter symbols are on the reels for a higher natural Free Spins chance. The trade is fixed while the toggle is on: Buy Free Spins and Buy Super Free Spins are disabled. The rules do not quantify the added chance.
Buy Free Spins buys standard entry, not a result
With Ante Bet off, Buy Free Spins charges 100x the total bet and guarantees at least 3 Scatter symbols. It enters the standard Free Spins round, where retriggers need 4 Wild Fisherman symbols of the same colour on that colour's meter. Entry is assured; the spin award and collected values are not guaranteed. One purchased 4-Scatter trigger awarded 15 spins, so exact purchase award weighting remains unresolved.
Super Free Spins prices the relaxed retrigger
With Ante Bet off, Buy Super Free Spins costs 300x the total bet and opens the Super Free Spins round at once, its only documented route. The material change is retriggering: 3 Wild Fisherman symbols of any colour across the meters, instead of 4 of one colour. Collection and the 5,000x cap stay unchanged. The extra 200x buys a relaxed retrigger path, not a documented RTP edge or promised return.
What bonuses are on offer
Buy bonus option
Yes · Cost 100.00x
Ante wager boost
1.50x
Bonus buy options
Recommended defaultBuy Free SpinsCost 100.00x
Buy Super Free SpinsCost 300.00x
Wager sizes
Starting bet
0.10
Highest wager
250.00
Currency of bets
USD
Developer profile
Pragmatic Play
Pragmatic Play is a Gibraltar-headquartered supplier, led by CEO Julian Jarvis, that delivers slots, live casino, bingo and other verticals to operators through a single API. It holds licences from the Malta Gaming Authority and the UK Gambling Commission, and builds on a mobile-first HTML5 framework. The catalogue represented here leans heavily on video slots, from Wolf Gold and Sweet Bonanza to the long-running Big Bass series, alongside a handful of table, scratch and crash titles.
Themes
Las Vegas casino, Reel fishing
Device compatibility
Auto-spin feature
Yes
Also in this series
Big Bass
Number of games in series
33
Big Bass Bonanza, Big Bass Mission Fishin' and Big Bass Halloween 2 all open the free spins round with ten spins; Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe starts a rung higher, awarding 15, 20 or 25 for three, four or five scatters. Underneath, the build is conservative: the same five reels and ten lines, the same fisherman who only appears in the feature to sweep up tagged fish, and the same retrigger ladder that climbs through x2 and x3 to x10. The 2,100x ceiling of the 2020 original is gone; here, as in its two 2024 stablemates, the round stops at 5,000x.
Special symbols and features
Ante Bet
Free Spins
Money Collect
Multiplier
Retrigger
Scatter
Wild
What we think
Strengths
All four ways in return the same 96.50%, so picking base, ante or a buy only shapes variance, never cost.
In the Super round, any 3 fishermen across both meters retrigger, relaxing the normal same-colour collection rule.
A 1.5x ante adds scatter density for players who want more natural triggers without committing to a 100x buy.
Where it falls short
Turning the ante on greys out both purchase buttons, and the muted colour-only dimming is easy to miss.
Frequently asked questions
How many scatter fish do I need for Free Spins in Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe, and what is awarded?
Three, four or five scatter symbols anywhere award 15, 20 or 25 free spins respectively. The scatter is the mohawk-crested bass fish, and it also carries the random money values used during the feature.
What happens when a Wild Fisherman lands with money fish during free spins?
He collects the cash value attached to every money fish on screen at once. With two or more fishermen in view, each one gathers those visible values, and progress on the matching colour meter raises that colour's collection multiplier.
What does Double Down change in Super Free Spins?
The change is the retrigger count: Super Free Spins accepts any three Wild Fisherman symbols across the blue and red meters, while the standard feature still requires four fishermen of one colour on that colour's own meter.
What does Ante Bet do in Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe?
It moves play from the normal 10x bet multiplier to 15x, so a $2.00 total bet becomes $3.00. The trade-off is a higher natural chance at free spins with more scatters on the reels, and both buy buttons are disabled while it is on.
What is the maximum win in Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe?
A round is capped at 5,000x bet. If a free spins round reaches that total, the win is awarded and the remaining spins are forfeited; this ceiling is separate from the fact that one money fish can also carry a 5,000x total-bet value.
Available at
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