Smugglers Cove

By Matthew Kennedy | Updated 10 June 2026

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Join a bunch of swashbuckling pirates in Smugglers Cove, the latest release from Pragmatic Play. Features include unlimited free spins, and a Treasure Bonus feature leading to big prizes.

Slot details

Smugglers Cove is a played across 5 reels with 20 winning ways. Its available across all devices with bets starting from 20p up to £100 per spin. The highly volatile slot has a slightly above average RTP slightly of 96.50% and a top prize of 10,000x the total bet.The design extremely colourful, with gold framed reels are set against a backdrop of a pirate cove overlooking the clear blue sea with a pirate ship on the horizon.Symbols are ornately designed low value card suits, gold, red, blue and green pirates. The latter is worth 100x for 5 on a payline. The Gold Doubloon is the wild and the skull and bones the scatter.

Gameplay

Let’s see what Smugglers Cove offers:The Treasure Bonus feature is activated by landing at least 5 coin symbols awarding a cash prize of 1x up to 1,000x the bet. Super Wilds and Super wild coins appear on the last reel with multipliers of 2x up to 10x, helping to create bigger wins. The more coins, the higher the payout, there’s a potential of up to 10,000x the total bet during the feature.3 or more skull and bone scatters on the 2^nd-4^th reels activates the free spins. You’ll then spin a wheel for 8, 10, 12, 15 or 20 free spins. The free spins can be retriggered, after another 3 or more scatters land for 8 extra free spins.

Verdict

Smuggler’s Cove offers nothing new in terms of features or gameplay. The bonus round is where the bigger prizes can be found where a top prize of 10,000x is up for grabs

Matthew Kennedy

Co-founder & Technical Director at Play Cash Games

Matthew Kennedy co-founded Take Marketing Limited in 2008 alongside Becky Mosley and has worked in the UK online gambling industry ever since. He runs the technical side of the operation, building and maintaining the platforms that power Play Cash Games and the wider Take Marketing portfolio.

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