Big Bass Day at the Races, developed by Reel Kingdom and Pragmatic Play, is a new addition to the Big Bass series. This time, we head for a day at the races. Although not related to fishing, Pragmatic Play decided to roll with the theme due to the huge popularity of the Big Bass series.
The fish have been replaced with racing horses, and these are the money symbols worth as much as 1000x the bet. Designed in cartoon-style graphics, the theme leans towards Irish horse racing, where the reels sit in the centre of a grandstand. Although the graphics and symbols are fairly simple by design, it still packs a punch in the fun stakes. The reels are the turf of the racetrack and feature low-value royal card suits. High paying symbols include paraphernalia you would recognise at a race day meeting like binoculars, a glass of beer, a champagne bucket and picnic hamper. The most rewarding symbol is the Champagne symbol, paying 200x for 5 in a combination.
The bookie holding betting slips is the wild, and he substitutes all regular symbols. The jockey on a horse is the scatter, and several of these on a single spin trigger the free spins feature.
Features
Big Bass Day at the Races boasts plenty of lucrative bonus features; let’s take a closer look:
Money Symbols
Five horses and jockeys represent the money symbols, with values ranging from 0.2x up to 1000x the bet. During a base game spin, if the bell rings, all the money symbol values have been collected and paid out. That’s not all. Your win is boosted by a multiplier worth between 1x and 50x.
Free Spins
Generally, in most slot games, you’ll need 3 scatters on a spin to trigger the free spins, which applies here, awarding 10 free spins. However, if only 2 scatters land, you may be lucky, as a lasso can appear randomly and change a regular symbol into a scatter, triggering the free spins. Or, two scatters can nudge down, and a re-spin occurs. If another scatter lands, you’ll also trigger the free spins.
Before the free spins commence, you’ll view a separate screen where you pick racehorses that reveal a modifier. These modifiers remain active throughout the free spins and include more free spins, guaranteed money symbols on every spin, pre-collected wilds, boosting the chance to retrigger the feature, or removing low-value symbols.
The wilds are key to the free spins feature; they act as normal wilds by substituting other symbols, but they collect the money symbol values. Things start to get interesting now, as every fourth wild collected during the free spins will earn you more free spins with an increasing multiplier of 1x up to 50x for the money symbol collection.
In the free spins round, expect random events to happen. If there are Wilds on the screen but no money symbols, the money symbols could appear in random positions after the spin. The screen may also display a lasso that pulls up a reel to add more Wilds. Furthermore, a stampede may replace all symbols on the screen, except for the Wilds.
You can dive straight into the free spins for 100x the bet for 3 scatters on a spin.
Conclusion
Although the entire Big Bass series of slots features a fishing theme, Big Bass Day at the Races replaces them with horses. It kind of works, as the mechanics and symbols that made the games popular still feature in this new addition. The additional events during the free spins ramp up the win potential, making Big Bass Day at the Races a great choice for those looking for lucrative wins.