Big Bamboo Review and Demo Guide

by Push Gaming

RTP: 96.13%
Risk level: High
Top win potential: 50,000x
Reel configuration: 5x6
Ways to win: 50 Lines
Date released: 03/03/2022

29/10/2026 Published

After the Scatter Lands, Big Bamboo Turns Risky

Big Bamboo wears the Bamboo Series' familiar Giant panda styling, but it carries the family's lowest recorded return: 96.13%, with Bamboo Ways, Happy Bamboo and Big Bamboo 2 all higher. That contrast matters because Gamble turns the headline figure into a decision: never using it returns 96.13%, always using it returns 96.52%. The Scatter therefore does more than open Free Spins; collections drive Symbol Transform, add spins and build Multiplier values, while the Golden Bamboo Respin sequence can place Scatter symbols back on the reels. Risk sits inside the route from trigger to payout.

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Ways to play

Big Bamboo runs on a 5x6 grid with 50 Lines, and most of what happens flows from one reveal mechanic: a Mystery Symbol can uncover Golden Bamboo, while Scatters on the middle reels open Free Spins. The cards below follow that chain of state changes, from the base round through the paid entry points.

Base Game	A round here plays on a fixed 5x6 grid with 50 Lines, only the highest win per line is paid, and the round is capped at 50,000x the Base Bet. Two events can break that state: Scatters on reels 2-4 can trigger the Free Games Feature, and a Mystery Symbol can reveal Golden Bamboo to start a Respin.
Free Games Feature	Landing enough Scatter and Gamble Scatter symbols on the middle reels awards a set of Free Spins, and each Scatter collected during the round feeds a meter for the four card-suit symbols. When one fully converts it becomes Mystery Bamboo for the rest of the feature, adds extra spins and a Multiplier rising from 2x to 10x, and further Scatters Retrigger more spins.
Golden Bamboo Feature	Once a Mystery Symbol reveals Golden Bamboo, each marked position respins through Instant Prize, Multiplier, Scatter, Gamble Scatter and Money Collect symbols until they resolve. Multipliers raise every prize and collector on the grid and then disappear, Collectors sum all visible values and stay, and the final total is multiplied by the Base Bet and any conversion multipliers.
Gamble Feature	Right after a Free Spins trigger, a vertical prize ladder appears with your awarded tier highlighted, and you either collect it or gamble for a higher rung, where one blank rung forfeits the free spins entirely. That choice moves the underlying math: never gambling holds RTP at 96.13%, while always gambling raises it to 96.52%.
Bonus Buy	Four purchasable entries sit behind one shared Base Bet stepper: 99x for Free Spins with no low symbols converted, 179x with two converted, and 608x with all four converted, which skips the gamble step. A Mystery Free Spins option at 300x randomly resolves into one of those three outcomes.

Symbol payouts

Reel symbol	Function	x2	x3	x4	x5
WILD	Wild	0.50	2.00	10.00	150.00
Panda	High	0.50	2.00	10.00	150.00
Wild Boar	High		0.50	2.00	20.00
Monkey	High		0.40	1.60	16.00
Bird	High		0.30	1.20	12.00
Club	Low		0.10	0.20	0.40
Heart	Low		0.10	0.20	0.40
Spade	Low		0.10	0.20	0.40
Diamond	Low		0.10	0.20	0.40
Mystery Bamboo Symbol	Other
Golden Bamboo Symbol	Other
Instant Prize Symbol	Other
Multiplier Symbol	Other
Collector Symbol	Other
Scatter Symbol	Scatter
Gamble Scatter Symbol	Scatter

How to place a bet

The first screen is the BIG BAMBOO preview over a dark bamboo forest, and after one click the 5x6 temple-framed grid appears. Your objective is to land matching symbols across 50 Lines; each settled spin either pays into WIN and Balance or passes into the Free Games Feature or the Golden Bamboo Feature before the same spin-change-stake loop resumes.

Continue past the preview

Select anywhere on the preview screen, where CLICK ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE is shown, to load the base game with Balance, Total Bet and SPIN active.
Set Total Bet

Open the stacked-coins control only if the shown stake needs changing; the Bet Select list runs from 0.10 fun to 100.00 fun, and the chosen value appears as Total Bet.
Spin and settle

Press SPIN once. The 5x6 reels settle and line wins are added to WIN and Balance; if Mystery Bamboo reveals Golden Bamboo or Scatters open the Free Games Feature, complete that feature and any COLLECT or GAMBLE prompt before the next spin.