Checked in the demo on November 14, 2026 · how we test
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The core game is unchanged: a 6×5 grid, wins for 8 or more matching symbols anywhere, tumbles, and bombs in free spins. The headline addition is the Super Scatter and its prize, which lifts the max win to 50,000x.
Volatility is low, and it shows. Our 380 regular spins cost us just 20 bets.
How Super Scatter works
The lollipop is the regular scatter. The special one can land on any of the six reels and counts together with the regular ones: four scatters in any mix trigger free spins.
One special scatter pays 100x your bet, two pay 500x, three 5,000x and four 50,000x. At a $1 bet even the smallest prize is $100.
It only appears in the base game, never in free spins.
Here the rules are unclear: they describe the prize ladder for three or more scatters, yet the bonus needs four. The description doesn't say whether three scatters pay a prize without triggering free spins.
Free spins and bombs up to 100x
A bonus is 10 free spins, with 5 more if three scatters land during the round.
Free spins are all about the bombs, worth 2x to 100x. A bomb stays on the grid while the tumble sequence runs. When the tumbles stop, the bomb values are added up, the win is multiplied by the sum, and the bombs disappear.
Example: tumbles paid 3x your bet and the grid holds a 10x and a 25x bomb. That's 3 × 35 = 105x, or $105 at a $1 bet. The next free spin starts with a clean grid.
Nothing builds across the round. Our first Super Free Spins landed two 100x bombs; each fired in its own sequence and vanished, and the round ended almost exactly at the buy price.
Ante or a 100x or 500x buy
With the ante on, a spin costs $1.25 instead of $1. Free spins come twice as often, but you can't buy the bonus while it's on.
The regular buy costs 100x and gives 10 free spins straight away. Super Free Spins cost 500x: same round, but no bomb below 20x. Both buys have a 96.51% RTP, the same as a regular spin, and the ante has 96.53%.
Our first $200 buy returned 66x. That single round cost us $68, while all 380 regular spins cost $40. If you just want to see the bonus without paying 100x, try the ante: each spin costs a quarter more, and by the rules free spins come twice as often.
How it differs from the original and the 1000
Compared with the original, the new version adds the special scatter and a higher cap: the old Bonanza tops out at just over 21,100x, this one at 50,000x.
In Sweet Bonanza 1000 the bombs reach 1,000x, the cap is 25,000x, and the whole game revolves around free spins multipliers. Here the bombs match the original's, and the big prize sits in the base game instead.
Our version comparison lines up the main editions of this game: the original, the 1000, 2500 and this one.
Who it suits
Pick it if you like classic Bonanza and a steady base game.
If you want a bonus with a growing multiplier, look at Gates of Olympus: there the multiplier builds until the round ends. And don't count on 50,000x. The most direct route to the cap is four special scatters at once, and that is extremely rare.
Our demo test
About 380 spins at $2, then 50 ante spins at $2.50 and two buys: a regular bonus for $200 and Super Free Spins for $1,000.
Whole session: staked $2,079, got back $1,959 — 94%.
About 380 spins at $2
▼−$40
staked $754 → got back $714
95% of the stake
50 ante spins at $2.50
▼−$16
staked $125 → got back $109
87% of the stake
Regular bonus bought for 100x
▼−$68
staked $200 → got back $132
66% of the stake · 66x win
Super Free Spins bought for 500x
▲+$4
staked $1,000 → got back $1,004
100% of the stake · 502x win
Regular spins cost us $40 and the ante another $16. The buys swung much harder: even two 100x bombs lifted the expensive bonus only just above its price. Over the day we bought six regular bonuses and three Super Free Spins rounds. The regular ones returned 44% of their cost, the Super Free Spins 47%, and one of those Super Free Spins rounds paid just 3.4x. Budget for the base game and treat any Super Scatter prize as a windfall.
Screenshots from the demo.
How we tested
Demo, November 14, 2026. About 380 spins at $2 on autoplay, 50 ante spins at $2.50, then two buys by hand. More in our methodology. Amounts are rounded to whole dollars.
Paytable
From banana to red heart
| Symbol | 8–9 | 10–11 | 12+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red heart | 10x | 25x | 50x |
| Purple candy | 2.5x | 10x | 25x |
| Green candy | 2x | 5x | 15x |
| Blue candy | 1.5x | 2x | 12x |
| Apple | 1x | 1.5x | 10x |
| Plum | 0.8x | 1.2x | 8x |
| Watermelon | 0.5x | 1x | 5x |
| Grapes | 0.4x | 0.9x | 4x |
| Banana | 0.25x | 0.75x | 2x |
At a $1 bet, 12 red hearts pay $50. The lollipop scatter pays on its own scale: 3x for 4, 5x for 5, 100x for 6.
Ante and buys in numbers
What each mode costs and what you get
| Mode | Price | What you get | RTP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular spin | 1x bet ($1) | Base game | 96.51% |
| Ante | 1.25x bet ($1.25) | Free spins twice as likely, buy disabled | 96.53% |
| Free spins | 100x ($100) | 10 free spins | 96.51% |
| Super Free Spins | 500x ($500) | 10 free spins, every bomb 20x or more | 96.51% |
On average a regular buy at a $1 bet returns about $96.50 of its $100, and Super Free Spins lose about $17.50 per round.
Volatility
A smooth base game, big swings in the bonus
The rules call volatility low, and our base game matched: 380 spins cost us 20 bets, and 50 ante spins only eight more.
The bonuses were another story: our nine bought rounds returned anywhere from 3.4x to 502x.
RTP 96.51% or lower: how to check
Two figures: one for the ante, one for everything else
In the demo the base game and both buys run at 96.51%, the ante at 96.53%. If a casino's rules show a lower figure, you're looking at a lower-paying version. Our guide to checking RTP shows where to find that line.