Big Bass – Hold & Spinner Editorial Review

RTP: 96.07%
Risk level: High
Top win potential: 10,000x
Reel configuration: 5x3
Ways to win: 10 Lines
Date released: 27/03/2023

24/10/2026 Published

The Ante Bet toggle redraws which buy is closed

The left rail is the tell. Flip Ante Bet on and the game advertises extra Scatter chance, but it also locks the Free Spins purchase while the Hold and Spin purchase stays open; since Free Spins needs 3, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols for 10, 15 or 20 spins and Hold and Spin starts from 3 or more MONEY symbols, the switch nudges one entry route and closes its shortcut, leaving Money Collect untouched. Against the early Big Bass entries that list no bonus buy, that is the telling change: High volatility still belongs to the fisherman’s collection round, yet access is sorted by trigger type rather than by one shared door.

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Ways to play

You play every state of Big Bass – Hold & Spinner on the same underwater 5x3 grid with 10 Lines; only the route in changes. MONEY symbols flip the reels into a hold-and-respin net, SCATTERs send you to free spins, and once a feature pays, the game settles back into left-to-right line play.

Base Game	This is the state you return to between features: five reels and three rows paying left-to-right along 10 fixed Lines. Landing 3 or more MONEY symbols moves the game into a money-collect respin round, while 3 or more SCATTERs move it into a free-spin round, so the default grid works as the switchboard for both transitions.
Free Spins	Three, four or five SCATTERs carry you into a free-spin state of 10, 15 or 20 spins on special reels. Every WILD that lands collects the visible FISH MONEY values and fills one slot on the 12-step meter; each fourth WILD retriggers another 10 spins and lifts the collection multiplier to x2, then x3, then x10. Entry can also be bought for 100x the total bet.
Hold & Spinner	Three or more MONEY symbols transform the grid into a fishing net where only MONEY symbols carry value and every other cell is filler. You begin with 4 respins, and each new MONEY that lands resets the counter back to 4 while adding its value to the running total. When the respins run out, the accumulated total is paid as the round win, or you can buy straight in for 100x the total bet.

Symbol payouts

Reel symbol	Function	x2	x3	x4	x5
Red-and-green bobber / fishing float	High	0.50	5.00	20.00	200.00
Fishing rod and reel	High		3.00	15.00	100.00
Dragonfly	High		2.00	10.00	50.00
Tackle box	High		2.00	10.00	50.00
Fish catch / cluster of fish	High		1.00	5.00	20.00
A	Low		0.20	2.50	10.00
K	Low		0.20	2.50	10.00
Q	Low		0.20	1.00	5.00
J	Low		0.20	1.00	5.00
10	Low		0.20	1.00	5.00
WILD (the Fisherman)	Wild
SCATTER (Bass fish)	Scatter		10.00	15.00	20.00
MONEY symbol	Other
FISH MONEY symbol	Other

How to place a bet

Sunlit water, rising bubbles and a fisherman at his winch greet you first in Big Bass – Hold & Spinner, a Pragmatic Play slot built around reel fishing and played on 10 fixed Lines. The objective is to land matching symbols from the leftmost reel. Each round asks one decision of you: settle a total bet, spin the 5x3 grid, then keep or change the stake before the next go.

Pick your total bet

A total bet is already in place when the base game loads, shown in the BET field. If you want a different stake, tap the - or + steppers beside the SPIN button; otherwise leave it as it is. Either way, the reels are then ready.
Spin and collect the result

Press SPIN, or use the SPACE or ENTER keys, to set the 5x3 reels turning. When they stop, the game works out the highest win on each of the 10 Lines, adds those wins together, and pays the total into your CREDIT. The round then closes, leaving the base game ready for your next spin.