Bigger Bass Blizzard – Christmas Catch: demo, features & RTP
Bigger Bass Blizzard – Christmas Catch is Pragmatic Play's 2022 Christmas slot, released on 28 November 2022. It is the only game in the series with a 5×4 grid, returns 96.08% by default and pays up to 4,000× the stake.
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Bigger Bass Blizzard – Christmas Catch demo
The official demo runs in pounds with virtual credit. The taller grid is obvious from the first spin — there is simply more room for fish.
Free demo · 18+ only
Official Pragmatic Play demo · virtual credit in GBP · no real money
An extra row and two extra lines
Every other Christmas Big Bass uses five reels of three rows. Christmas Catch adds a fourth row, making a 5×4 grid with 12 fixed paylines. More positions mean more space for money fish to land in free spins, and two extra lines for regular wins.
RTP is 96.08% in regular play and with the Ante Bet, and 96.07% when free spins are bought. Casinos may also run versions at 95.07% or 94.07%, so check the figure in the game's info screen. Volatility is high, rated 5 out of 5.
A winning spin comes about once in 8.23 spins and free spins about once in 121.
- Provider
- Pragmatic Play
- Release
- 28 November 2022
- Grid
- 5×4 · 12 lines
- RTP
- 96.08%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 4,000×
- Free spins
- 1 in 121 spins
- Fish values
- 2×–4,000×
Symbols: wild collector, money fish and scatter
Money fish are worth from 2× to 4,000× the bet. They also work as line symbols: five money symbols on a payline pay their total value, so a full line of fish can pay even when no collector is around.
The wild collector appears in free spins and gathers the values of all fish in view.
Free spins and the hooks
Three, four or five scatters give 10, 15 or 20 free spins. With only two scatters, a hook may bring in the third.
Hooks matter in the round too. With one or two wilds on the reels, fish may be added at the end of a spin, and one or two hooks may pull reels up to reveal wilds or fish.
Wilds are collected in sets of four:
- ×21st set of 4 wilds · +10 spins
- ×32nd set of 4 wilds · +10 spins
- ×103rd set of 4 wilds · +10 spins, no further retriggers
The multiplier boosts money collects only — regular line wins are paid at their normal value.
Bonus Buy and Ante Bet
Bonus Buy is not available in Great Britain. UK players trigger free spins through scatters only.
Outside Great Britain and in the demo, Free Spins can be bought for 100× the bet, where the jurisdiction allows it. The Ante Bet adds 50% to the stake and brings more scatters; the RTP stays at 96.08%, but each spin costs half as much again.
Like the bigger grid? Play Bigger Bass Blizzard – Christmas Catch at a UKGC-licensed casino and keep a deposit limit in place.
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