Sweet Bonanza

Pragmatic Play is not alone in taking inspiration from one of the most well-liked mobile games in history, Candy Crush, but Sweet Bonanza is one of the most successful and popular interpretations made for the casino market.

This slot's popularity comes from combining three simple concepts;

1. Tumbling symbols
2. Scatter Pays and
3. Super sweet multipliers in the free spins round.

The cute graphics also contribute to the game's popularity, but it's mainly - at least in our opinion - the Scatter Pays mechanic that makes it so good.

For those less patient among us, the potential to buy the bonus feature (for 100x the base bet) will be welcome, and we can also double our chances to trigger the bonus round manually by flipping a switch that increases the cost of each spin by 25%. Even casual gamblers will find this useful, especially with a base game that completely lacks bonus functions.

Sweet Bonanza is played on a 6x5 grid, where a minimum of 8 symbols are required to pay out. This game uses the Scatter Pays feature, which means that the position of the symbols doesn't matter, they can be scattered anywhere on the screen but still pay out, as long as we get at least 8 symbols of the same type. It’s simple and straightforward, where what you see is what you get. There are no paylines to keep track of. It’s as simple as “more symbols of the same kind, more win”. Crystal clear, right?

The game uses falling symbols, or "tumbling reels" as it is also called in the world of slots. This means that when a winning combo is created, the relevant symbols disappear, and new ones drop from above to fill in their place. In Sweet Bonanza it is not associated with a win multiplier, something which is quite common in other games, but it is still possible to get nice wins.

FAQ

Shiny and sweet-looking, the symbols in Sweet Bonanza are fruits and candy drops (or possibly gems? Considering the theme though, we’re going to go with candy). As mentioned above, 8 or more symbols are a win, and the more symbols of the same kind you get, the higher the win is.

The different types of fruit always pay less than the candy, with the banana having the lowest returns and the heart-shaped candy the highest. In this case, more sugar means more winnings!

The Scatter Symbol

The Scatter symbol is at the heart of this colorful slot game. It’s a mouth-watering pink swirl lollipop that can be found on all reels. A minimum of 4 Scatter symbols in any position is a win - and not only is this the highest-paying symbol, but any winning combo of Scatter symbols also triggers the Free Spins round. Read on for more on that!

The Free Spins round is triggered when you get at least 4 swirl lollipops. You start this round with 10 free spins, and if you manage to get 3 or more lollipops during the free spins, you get 5 more free spins.

The gameplay during free spins is also very simple. It works like the base game except that a multiplier symbol is introduced on the reels: a colorful bomb with up to 100x win multiplier.

A multiplier symbol on its own does not give a win, it must have something to multiply to give something. After all tumbles (consecutive wins) are completed, all multipliers on the board will be collected, added together (not multiplied) and applied to the win.

It’s nothing fancy but it works extremely well.