Sweet Bonanza Xmas

Pragmatic Play's holiday reskin of Sweet Bonanza swaps the original's candy-land backdrop for snow, snowmen and festive trim while leaving the underlying game untouched — same grid, same symbols, same features, just a seasonal soundtrack and redressed art layered on top.

Rather than spinning reels, the full 6-column, 5-row grid drops into place on every spin, and there's no payline structure to speak of — a win depends purely on how many matching symbols appear anywhere on the board, with a minimum of 8 required. Apples, plums, watermelons, grapes and bananas fill the paytable's low end, while four candies in blue, green, purple and red sit above them as premiums; landing 12 or more of the red heart-shaped candy pays 50x the stake on its own.

Every winning combination triggers the Tumble feature: the symbols involved clear from the grid, new ones fall in to replace them, and the process keeps repeating for as long as fresh wins keep forming from that same spin.

The Free Spins round needs four or more swirly-lollipop scatters to unlock and opens with 10 free spins; landing three or more scatters again during the round adds another five. A multiplier symbol exclusive to the feature stays on screen through each tumble sequence, carrying values anywhere from x2 to x100, and every multiplier still showing once the sequence ends gets totalled and applied to that round's win. The scatter itself also pays directly — 3x, 5x or 100x the stake for landing 3, 4 or 5 in view.

A direct buy into the bonus costs 100x the total stake and guarantees at least four scatters on the next spin. An Ante Bet is available too, adding 25% to the cost of every spin for double the natural chance of scatters landing, though it can't run alongside the direct buy while active.

Sweet Bonanza Xmas plays at medium volatility (3.5 out of 5) and returns between 95.45% and 96.60% depending on configuration and whether the Ante Bet is running. Bets span 0.25 to 125 per spin, and the maximum win reaches 21,100 times the stake — carried over unchanged from the original release, same as everything else the Xmas edition inherited.