Checked in the demo on November 14, 2026 · how we test
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We bought 14 bonuses here, and one opened with a Super Scatter on the grid: 100x the bet, paid before the first free spin. The rest is the Gates of Olympus you know: Zeus, a 6×5 grid that pays for 8 or more matching symbols anywhere, and multiplier orbs up to 500x.
Two other things changed. You can now buy Super Free Spins for 500x, and the max win has gone up from 5,000x to 50,000x.
How Super Scatter works and what it pays
Four or more scatters trigger free spins, and regular Zeus scatters and Super Scatters count together. If any of the triggering scatters is special, a prize is paid on the spot: 100x your bet for one, 500x for two, 5,000x for three and 50,000x for four.
At a $1 bet, a single one pays $100, the same as the bonus buy.
It never lands during free spins. It also needs company: with fewer than four scatters on the grid there's no prize, so one Super Scatter next to two Zeus symbols pays nothing.
The rules don't mention it landing in a bought bonus. It did once in our 11 regular buys. The game paid 100x ($200) up front, and the round finished at 382x, our best Olympus result against the buy price. We couldn't tell from the screen whether the regular scatter payout was added on top.
Free spins and multiplier orbs: how the total builds
Winning symbols disappear and new ones tumble in. Orbs from 2x to 500x can land on any reel. In the base game they're added up when the tumbles stop: if the tumbles paid 1.5x your bet and the grid holds a 2x and a 10x orb, you get 18x, or $18 at a $1 bet.
The bonus gives 15 free spins, and three scatters during the round add 5 more. Here the orbs stack: every orb on a winning spin goes into a total multiplier that stays until the round ends. That total only applies to a spin that wins and lands a new orb.
So a round can turn on its last few spins. In our first Super Free Spins the total sat at just 10x with three spins left. Then the orbs came, a 50x and a 12x in the same tumble among them, and the round closed on 84x. Our regular buy stopped at 18x.
Winnings are credited in one lump when the round ends.
100x, 500x or the ante bet
Regular free spins cost 100x your bet ($100 at a $1 bet), and a bought bonus starts with 4, 5 or 6 scatters. Super Free Spins cost 500x, and every orb in them is worth at least 10x.
The ante makes each spin 50% more expensive: $1.50 instead of $1. More scatters land, and the bonus buy is locked while it's on. For us it was a bust: 50 ante spins returned $17 of $150.
RTP stays within 96.49–96.55% in every mode. What changes is the spread of results, as our test below shows.
In 230 spins the bonus triggered on its own once. Buying saves time, not money.
How it differs from the original and the 1000
The original has the same grid, tumbles, orbs up to 500x and a 96.50% RTP. Its cap is 5,000x, and it has no special scatter or Super Free Spins. In Gates of Olympus 1000 the orbs go up to 1,000x, the cap is 15,000x, and the buy costs the same 100x.
So the orbs are the original's, and the higher cap arrives with the Super Scatter prize. In rules and pricing this game is a near twin of Starlight Princess Super Scatter: same paytable, buy prices and RTP. Only the theme and the wording of the ante rules differ.
Our version comparison lines up the main editions of this game: the original, the 1000, 2500 and this one.
Who it suits
If you liked the original Olympus, play this one: the same bonus, plus a base game that can now pay a big prize.
Want 1,000x orbs? The 1000 is your game. On a small bankroll, bonus buys here add up fast: even the regular one costs $100 at a $1 bet.
Our demo test
Our first demo session: about 230 regular spins at $2, then 50 ante spins at $3, and both bonus buys at the end.
Whole session: staked $1,808, got back $1,512 — 84%.
About 230 spins at $2
▼−$212
staked $458 → got back $246
54% of the stake
50 ante spins at $3
▼−$133
staked $150 → got back $17
11% of the stake
Regular bonus bought for 100x
▼−$72
staked $200 → got back $128
64% of the stake · 64x win
Super Free Spins bought for 500x
▲+$121
staked $1,000 → got back $1,121
112% of the stake · 560x win
Base-game and ante spins both lost money, and one small natural bonus didn't cover it. The regular buy returned less than two-thirds of its price. Super Free Spins ended slightly up, and only because big orbs landed on the last spins. Across the whole day, 11 regular buys returned $1,835 of $2,200 (83%) and three Super Free Spins rounds returned $1,868 of $3,000 (62%). All 47 rounds from the five games are in our bonus buy test.
Screenshots from the demo.
How we tested
Demo, November 14, 2026, with a $100,000 balance. Regular $2 spins and $3 ante spins ran on autoplay and were stopped by hand, so spin counts are approximate. We bought the bonuses ourselves. More in our methodology. Amounts are rounded to whole dollars.
Paytable
What crowns, hourglasses and gems pay
| Symbol | 8–9 | 10–11 | 12+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown | 10x | 25x | 50x |
| Hourglass | 2.5x | 10x | 25x |
| Ring | 2x | 5x | 15x |
| Chalice | 1.5x | 2x | 12x |
| Red gem | 1x | 1.5x | 10x |
| Purple gem | 0.8x | 1.2x | 8x |
| Yellow gem | 0.5x | 1x | 5x |
| Green gem | 0.4x | 0.9x | 4x |
| Blue gem | 0.25x | 0.75x | 2x |
Figures are multiples of your bet, so twelve crowns at $1 pay $50. Zeus scatters pay anywhere on the grid: 3x for four, 5x for five and 100x for six.
Ante and buys in numbers
Prices, RTP and average cost
| Mode | Price | What you get | RTP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular spin | 1x bet ($1) | Base game | 96.50% |
| Ante | 1.5x bet ($1.50) | More scatters and Super Scatters, buy disabled | 96.55% |
| Free spins buy | 100x ($100) | Instant bonus with 4, 5 or 6 scatters | 96.50% |
| Super Free Spins | 500x ($500) | Instant bonus, every orb 10x or more | 96.49% |
On average a regular buy returns 96.5x of its 100x price, so at a $1 bet it loses about $3.50. Super Free Spins return about 482x of 500x, or roughly $17.50 lost per round.
The ante has a slightly higher RTP, but each spin costs more. A $1 regular spin costs you 3.5 cents on average, a $1.50 ante spin about 5 cents.
Volatility
Medium on paper, but our payouts came in bursts
Over about 230 regular spins at $2 we lost $212, roughly a hundred bets. Our one natural bonus paid almost nothing: with 9 spins left, the total multiplier was still only 2x. Another $133 went on 50 ante spins.
The game rates its own volatility as medium. To us the payouts felt lumpier than that, though 230 spins is too small a sample to be sure.
SlotCatalog puts the free spins rate here at once every 438 spins on average. Our bonus odds table shows what that means for a 300-spin session.
RTP 96.50% or lower: how to check
Which figures to look for in the rules
The demo rules list 96.50% for the base game, 96.55% with the ante, and 96.50% and 96.49% for the two buys. If a casino shows 95.5% or 94.5% there, it runs a lower-RTP version. Our RTP guide shows how to open the rules inside a casino.