Play Big Bass Return to the Races Big Bass Jackpot Bonanza

Pragmatic Play launched its Big Bass Jackpot Bonanza collection to UK players in November 2025, adding a ringfenced progressive jackpot to its legendary fishing series. The developer’s most popular single-feature slot games now offer even more win potential as the uncapped progressive jackpots grow with every wager on every linked game. 

Big Bass Return to the Races: Big Bass Jackpot Bonanza follows the fisherman to the race track for a flutter on the fillies on his day off. It features the same 5x3 base mechanic from the rest of the series, with ten fixed paylines from left to right, offers high volatility gameplay, and has an internal max prize potential of 5,000x.

To start playing, log in to your Betano account and hit the game tile at the top of this page to launch a gaming session. If you don’t have an account, hit ‘sign up’ to create one in just a few simple steps. 

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Launch the game to enter the track, where the colourful reel set takes centre stage, and the racetrack stretches out in the background. Click plus or minus to view the wagering pop-up and set your bet size. Then hit spin to play.

The fisherman has ditched his fishing clobber for this day out at the races, and that extends to the reel symbols. Low-payers stay as 10-Ace royals, while premium payers are symbols that match the horse racing theme, including binoculars and picnic baskets, pints of lager, and bottles of champagne.  

The game’s bonus symbols have also been styled to match the theme. The fisherman wild is suited and booted with a fistful of betting slips in his hand, and the scatter symbol shows him wearing the same clothes, and this time riding a racehorse. 

To score regular base game payouts, match identical pay symbols on consecutive reels from left to right along one of the game’s paylines. 

As a single-feature game, the bonus features are centred around the free spins game, which is where the fisherman wild appears, and his cash collection mechanism activates. 

Fisherman Wilds 

The fisherman, dressed as an everyday punter, is the game’s wild symbol, substituting for pay symbols to help create winning combos. He also collects the prize values from any racehorse money symbol, which can be between 2x and 5,000x the bet.   

Bonus Trigger 

Landing three or more scatter symbols on a single spin will award entry to the bonus as follows:  

• 3x scatter = 10 free spins 
• 4x scatter = 15 free spins 
• 20x scatter = 20 free spins 

Sometimes, if you hit two scatters in the base game, a random feature will award you the third scatter to enter the bonus. 

Pick Your Bonus 

Once the bonus is awarded, you will enter a pick screen with 12 face-down cards offering entry to either regular free spins or the Golden Cup bonus. Choose a card to determine your bonus. 

Free Spins Bonus 

In addition to the cash collection mechanism, the bonus also collects all wilds that appear in a trail above the reels. Every fourth wild collected awards ten free spins and a win multiplier, first 2x, then 3x, and finally 10x. The multiplier is applied to any wins with the corresponding spins. 

Golden Cup Free Spins 

This bonus is played on a special reel set containing only money symbols, fisherman wilds, and blanks, with an increased chance of hitting bigger wins. As with the regular bonus game, any fisherman wilds that land are collected in the progression trail with the same rewards along the way. 

Jackpot Bonus Game 

The Big Bass Jackpot Bonanza network consists of four tiered progressive jackpots:  

• Minor Jackpot 
• Major Jackpot 
• Mega Jackpot 
• Grand Jackpot 

The Jackpot Bonus Game can be activated on any spin on any linked game, transporting you to a bonus screen with a pick grid filled with hidden items. Your objective is to keep picking until you uncover three matching symbols and win the corresponding jackpot.

Find more slots from this iconic series at Betano Casino, including these player favourites:

• Big Bass Bonanza Megaways 
• Big Bass Reel Repeat 
• Big Bass Splash 1000 

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