Super Scatter Bonus Buys: What 47 rounds cost and paid back
Published November 15, 2026.
We bought 47 bonuses in the demos. Regular buys paid for themselves in three of the five games; Super Free Spins paid off in none. Every game lets you buy free spins. A regular buy costs 100x your bet and Super Free Spins cost 500x, while Mahjong Wins offers only the regular buy.
What the bonus buy costs in each game
| Game | Regular | Super Free Spins | What Super Free Spins add | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates of Olympus | 100x | 500x | multiplier orbs start at 10x instead of 2x | No buying while the ante bet is on |
| Sugar Rush | 100x | 500x | all 49 spots start with a 2x multiplier | Super Spin special bets on top |
| Sweet Bonanza | 100x | 500x | multiplier bombs start at 20x instead of 2x | No buying while the ante bet is on |
| Starlight Princess | 100x | 500x | heart multipliers start at 10x instead of 2x | No buying while the ante bet is on |
| Mahjong Wins | 100x | no | — | No Super Free Spins |
The price is based on your current bet: at a $1 bet the regular buy costs $100 and Super Free Spins $500. If a special scatter is among the scatters that start a bought bonus, its prize is paid too: that happened once in our tests. The calculator below starts at a $1 bet and a $500 bankroll, which covers five regular buys. How the Super Scatter prize works is explained separately.
Calculator: what the bonus costs at your bet
Our test: 47 bought bonuses
All 47 buys were made at a $2 bet: 6 to 11 regular buys per game, plus three Super Free Spins rounds in each game that offers them. For every round we logged the cost and the payout, including any special scatter prize.
| Game | Regular free spins | Super Free Spins |
|---|---|---|
| Gates of Olympus | 11 bought: $1,835 back on $2,200 — 83% | 3 bought: $1,868 back on $3,000 — 62% |
| Sugar Rush | 6 bought: $2,270 back on $1,200 — 189% | 3 bought: $1,827 back on $3,000 — 61% |
| Sweet Bonanza | 6 bought: $522 back on $1,200 — 44% | 3 bought: $1,423 back on $3,000 — 47% |
| Starlight Princess | 6 bought: $1,730 back on $1,200 — 144% | 3 bought: $2,627 back on $3,000 — 88% |
| Mahjong Wins | 6 bought: $1,436 back on $1,200 — 120% | — |
Measured against price, the two best rounds were both regular bonuses: 920x in Sugar Rush and 382x in Gates of Olympus. The Gates round triggered with a Super Scatter among the scatters, and 100x of its total was the symbol's prize. The worst was a Super Free Spins round in Sweet Bonanza that paid 3.4x on a 500x price.
The spread is huge: regular bonuses returned 44% of their cost in Sweet Bonanza and 189% in Sugar Rush. That doesn't make Sugar Rush more generous. Judging payback takes millions of rounds, and that is what the real-money data below covers.
What real-money bets show
Payback only becomes meaningful over a huge sample, such as the public stats one large online casino publishes for every slot. They count every real-money bet its players place, from 55 million to 1.1 billion bets per game. All-time, the five games returned between 94% of bets (Sugar Rush) and 99% (Sweet Bonanza).
Players at that casino have hit the 50,000x cap in Gates of Olympus and Sugar Rush, and one Starlight Princess win went past 20,000x. Our RTP guide explains why we don't name the casino and how payback moved over 24 hours and 28 days. The data was captured on November 14, 2026.
Are Super Free Spins worth 500x the bet?
Bought bonuses carry the same RTP as normal play, about 96.5%. Super Free Spins cost five times as much as a regular buy, so a bad round hurts five times as much. In return, multipliers start at 10x or 20x, and in Sugar Rush every spot opens at 2x. On average the round pays more in dollars, but it returns the same share of its price.
In our test, Super Free Spins failed to pay for themselves in all four games that have them: three buys per game returned between 47% of the price (Sweet Bonanza) and 88% (Starlight Princess). Regular bonuses paid off in three games out of five, though 6 to 11 rounds prove nothing. One Super Free Spins round costs as much as five regular buys. If your bankroll stretches to only one or two of those, take the regular option: the same money buys five to ten regular bonuses.
Mahjong Wins has no Super Free Spins. Its regular buy has the same RTP as the base game, 96.50%, and our six buys returned 120% of their cost. Buying here pays back no worse than normal spins; it just burns through your bankroll faster.
Ante bet, Super Spin or bonus buy: which to choose
The ante bet raises both the cost of every spin and the chance of the bonus, but it guarantees nothing, and you can't buy the bonus while it's on. RTP with the ante is almost the same as in normal play, so the real choice is about pace. With the ante, you pay a little extra on every spin while you wait. A buy takes you straight to the bonus, at 100x or 500x your bet.
| Game | Mode | Spin cost at a $1 bet | RTP | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates of Olympus | Ante bet | 1.5 bets — $1.50 | 96.55% | more scatters on the reels, special ones included |
| Sugar Rush | Ante bet | 5 bets — $5 | 96.56% | 10 times the free spins chance |
| Sugar Rush | Super Spin 1 | 10 bets — $10 | 96.50% | spots start with 2x–128x multipliers |
| Sugar Rush | Super Spin 2 | 250 bets — $250 | 96.52% | every spot starts at 32x |
| Sweet Bonanza | Ante bet | 1.25 bets — $1.25 | 96.53% | double the free spins chance |
| Starlight Princess | Ante bet | 1.5 bets — $1.50 | 96.55% | double the bonus chance |
Sugar Rush adds two Super Spin modes. Super Spin 2 costs 250x, exactly half the price of Super Free Spins, but that buys a single spin, and it can return almost nothing. Mahjong Wins has no ante and no special modes.
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FAQ
Which is better value: buying the bonus or the ante bet?
On RTP there is almost no difference: in Gates of Olympus the ante gives 96.55% and the buy 96.50%. The ante costs 1.25x to 1.5x your bet per spin (5x in Sugar Rush) and doesn't guarantee the bonus. A buy gets you free spins at once, but for 100x or 500x.
Which Super Scatter slot is best for buying Super Free Spins?
None you can pick in advance. Super Free Spins run at about 96.5% RTP in every game, and a single round costs 500x your bet yet can return next to nothing. Across our three rounds per game, none earned back its price: returns ranged from 47% in Sweet Bonanza to 88% in Starlight Princess.
How much does a Super Scatter bonus buy cost?
Regular free spins cost 100x your bet in all five games. Super Free Spins cost 500x in Gates of Olympus, Sugar Rush, Sweet Bonanza and Starlight Princess, and Mahjong Wins doesn't have them. At a $1 bet, a regular buy costs $100 and Super Free Spins cost $500.
Can a Super Scatter land in a bought bonus?
The rules don't promise it, but it happens: one of the scatters that triggers a bought bonus can be the special one. It happened to us once, in Gates of Olympus: the 382x round described above.
Is it better to buy the bonus or spin normally?
Payback is nearly the same, since bought bonuses also run at about 96.5% RTP. Buying saves time, but each buy takes 100x or 500x in one go, so your bankroll drains faster. In low-volatility games such as Mahjong Wins and Sweet Bonanza, normal spins stretch it further.
Can I buy the bonus in the demo?
Yes. The bonus buy works in all five demos on a virtual balance, so you can watch Super Free Spins play out without spending money. Each game's review has the demo, free to play.