Sweet Bonanza from Pragmatic Play: Slot Review - load up on sugar!

Have a bit of a sweet tooth? Then this new online slot from Pragmatic Play should be right up your alley as it invites players to a surreal Willy Wonka style world full of sweets, cakes, and fruit laced with sugar. A word of caution, if you are trying to watch your diet or booking a dentist anytime soon then you might want to be very careful with this sugar boosted slot. Don’t say we have not warned you! Read on to find out how we fare in this bright and colourful candy land.

Sweet Bonanza is a 6 reel cluster pays slot that features Tumbling Reels, Multipliers, a Bonus Bet option, and a Free Spins bonus game.

Special Features

This game utilises a cluster pays style system as seen in popular slots such as Aloha! Cluster Pays and The Legend of Shangri-La: Cluster Pays where the objective is to land 8 or more matching symbols anywhere on the reels to win a cash prize. It does not feature any paylines and is a fascinating way to play online slots.

Whenever you form a win on the reels then the Tumble feature will kick in and a tumble will trigger on the reels. When this happens then winning symbols are removed from the reels to be replaced by new symbols from above. Tumbles keep on going as long as you keep on forming new winning combinations. It is a highly lucrative feature as it gives you the opportunity to win again and again on the reels.

Sweet Bonanza features a range of colourful symbols including various sweets and fruit. Keep an eye out for the Red Heart symbol as if you manage to land 12 or more of these anywhere on the reels then you will bag yourself a sweet payout worth 50X your wager!

The Scatter symbol in Sweet Bonanza is represented by a striped lollipop and is the most rewarding symbol in the game as it pays out a massive 100X your bet for landing 6 or more anywhere on the reels. This symbol is also key to triggering the Free Spins bonus feature as you will need to land at least 4 Scatters on the same spin to do so. Once in Free Spins, you will be awarded a nice cash prize depending on how many Scatters you have as well as 10 Free Spins. During Free Spins, look out for the special candy bomb symbols as these come with attached multipliers that can boost your payout by between 2X and 100X! A pleasing feature of Free Spins is that you can get another 5 Free Spins by landing 3 Scatters on the same Free Spin.

If you are tired of waiting around for the Free Spins feature to trigger then you can just activate it manually by clicking on the orange ‘Buy Feature’ button. Be warned though that it is not cheap as it will set you back 100X your wager.

The final feature to discuss is the Ante Bet button. This is a green button to the left of the reels and when activated adds a bigger count of Scatters to the game to give you a better chance of triggering the Free Spins bonus feature. It costs 25 coins to use and increases the betting range from 0.20 to 100.00 to 0.25 to 125.00. We should also mention that when the Ante Bet button is turned on then you won’t be able to use the Buy feature.

Theme, Graphics and Sound

The graphics are an explosion of bright colours as the action takes place in a strange world filled with sweets, lollipops, ice creams, and candy floss. It’s a psychedelic hit on the eyes that’s for sure! Symbols in the game consist of an assortment of fruits and sweets that look almost good enough to eat. The animations are stylish as symbols zip down the reels rapidly and explode in dramatic fashion when part of a winning combination on the reels. It is especially exciting whenever you trigger the Free Spins feature as the background changes to a cool night-time setting that it almost feels like you are playing an entirely different game. It’s also really fun whenever you land a big win on the reels as the screen is littered with gold coins falling absolutely everywhere.

The music is upbeat with a pleasant soundtrack playing softly in the background. It ties in seamlessly with the Sweets theme of the game.

Win lines, Payouts and Jackpots

The game is played on a 6x5 grid, has an RTP ranging between 96.48% to 96.51%, and a massive maximum payout worth 21,175X your bet.

Below is a summary taken from the PayOut Table from the game. The amount won for each combination depends on the value of the bet when you spin the reels.

Bet Range: 0.20, 0.25, 0.40, 0.60, 0.80, 1.00, 1.20, 1.40, 1.60, 1.80, 2.00, 2.40, 3.00, 3.60, 4.00, 4.20, 4.80, 5.40, 6.00, 10.00, 20.00, 40.00, 100.00, 125.00

Based on a bet of 0.20:

• Lollipop Scatter Symbol: 0.60 for 4X, 1.00 for 5X, 20.00 for 6X
• Red Heart Symbol: 2.00 for 8X/9X, 5.00 for 10X/11X, 10.00 for 12X or more
• Purple Candy Symbol: 0.50 for 8X/9X, 2.00 for 10X/11X, 5.00 for 12X or more
• Green Candy Symbol: 0.40 for 8X/9X, 1.00 for 10X/11X, 3.00 for 12X or more
• Blue Candy Symbol: 0.30 for 8X/9X, 0.40 for 10X/11X, 2.40 for 12X or more
• Apple Symbol: 0.20 for 8X/9X, 0.30 for 10X/11X, 2.00 for 12X or more
• Plum Symbol: 0.16 for 8X/9X, 0.24 for 10X/11X, 1.60 for 12X or more
• Melon Symbol: 0.10 for 8X/9X, 0.20 for 10X/11X, 1.00 for 12X or more
• Grapes Symbol: 0.08 for 8X/9X, 0.18 for 10X/11X, 0.80 for 12X or more
• Banana Symbol: 0.05 for 8X/9X, 0.15 for 10X/11X, 0.40 for 12X or more

Our Verdict on Sweet Bonanza

Leading software provider Pragmatic Play produced this online slot and it’s one sugar-coated world we thoroughly enjoyed visiting! This superb cluster pays slot features awesome visuals, a matching soundtrack, and most importantly of all is a sheer joy to play. The tumble feature can be quite profitable especially when you string together a few consecutive wins on the reels. The main attraction of the game though is definitely the Free Spins feature as it is here where you can boost your wins with a multiplier that can go as high as an incredible 100X! The top prize for this game is a staggering 21,175X your wager which can be won when the 100X multiplier is in play. Variance-wise, this game is Highly volatile so don’t expect to land a big cash windfall right away here. For slots with a similar Sweets theme, check out Sweet 27 and Fruit vs Candy.

Land lots of candy-filled cash prizes again and again when you play Sweet Bonanza!