Sweet Bonanza 1000 slot review

Sweet Bonanza 1000 slot: is it worth choosing over the original?

The honest answer depends on what you want from a session. Sweet Bonanza is one of the best-known slots in the UK: a candy-coloured 6×5 grid where symbols pay anywhere and bombs multiply wins in free spins. The 1000 edition keeps that formula and changes the bombs, which can now reach 1,000x, and the cap, which moves to 25,000× stake.

If you enjoy the original and want a wider range of bonus outcomes, the 1000 version delivers that, at the cost of a bonus that is more often underwhelming and occasionally enormous. If you want the gentler experience, the original remains the better pick. Either way, check which RTP version the casino is running, because Sweet Bonanza 1000 is openly supplied in three.

How a Sweet Bonanza 1000 base spin works

Thirty symbols land on six reels of five. The game counts each type across the whole screen, and any symbol showing eight or more times pays, regardless of position. This pay anywhere system replaces paylines entirely. Bananas, grapes, watermelons, plums and apples are the lower-paying fruits; coloured sweets pay more, with the heart-shaped sweet at the top of the paytable.

Winning symbols then vanish in a tumble, and the gaps fill from above. New wins pay and tumble again, all for the original stake. Here is a quick example at 50p: ten bananas pay, then the tumble brings in eight blue sweets, which also pay. The spin returns the sum of both, without any multiplier, because in Sweet Bonanza 1000 the bombs belong to the bonus round.

A base game with no multipliers is plainer than Starlight Princess or Gates of Olympus, where orbs can land on any spin. It is one reason so much of this game’s value sits inside free spins.

Sweet Bonanza 1000 free spins, from trigger to payout

Lollipops are the trigger. Pragmatic Play’s game page sets out the round as follows.

1. Land four or more lollipops anywhere on the grid during a base game spin.
2. The bonus begins with 10 free spins at the same stake.
3. Candy bombs can now drop in, each with a random multiplier of up to 1,000x.
4. Bombs stay on screen through the tumbles of that spin.
5. When the tumbling stops, the bomb values are added together and applied to the spin’s total win.
6. Three or more lollipops during the round award 5 more free spins.

Bombs that land on a spin without a win have nothing to multiply. Unlike the running total in Gates of Olympus or Starlight Princess, each free spin’s bombs apply only to that spin, so there is no build-up from one spin to the next. Every free spin is its own small lottery of whether a decent win and a decent bomb arrive together.

Bomb multipliers in pounds: a worked example

Take a 40p stake. On one free spin, the first drop pays £0.80 in grapes and a tumble adds £1.20 in purple sweets, for £2.00 in total. Two bombs land during the sequence: 10x and 50x. They are added to make 60x, so the spin pays £2.00 × 60 = £120, which is 300 times the stake.

Swap the 50x for a 1,000x bomb and the same spin would pay £2.00 × 1,010 = £2,020. That is the new territory the 1000 edition opens up. But the arithmetic also works the other way: a round where bombs keep landing on dead spins, or wins arrive with no bombs, can return less than the cost of 100 base spins. The average bonus is much smaller than the examples people share online, which tend to show the rare best outcomes. Our guide to how multipliers work in slots compares additive and multiplicative systems.

Sweet Bonanza 1000 RTP: three versions compared

Pragmatic Play supplies Sweet Bonanza 1000 at 96.53%, 95.52% and 94.51% RTP. Casinos choose which to run, and the game plays identically on screen whichever is in use. The difference only shows over time, in the average amount retained.

At the lowest version the house edge is nearly 60% higher than at the top one. That won’t be visible in a single session, where volatility dominates, but it adds up for anyone who plays the game regularly. To check, open the game’s information screen and read the theoretical return near the end of the rules. Our page on why RTP differs between casinos explains the commercial reasons behind the versions.

Sweet Bonanza 1000 max win and volatility

The maximum win is 25,000× stake per spin or bonus round, which is £2,500 at 10p, £5,000 at 20p and £50,000 at the £2 maximum for 18 to 24-year-olds. Pragmatic rates the game 5 out of 5 on its in-game volatility meter. Put together, those figures describe a slot where the typical session is a gradual drain with small tumble wins, broken occasionally by a bonus, and very rarely by a large one. Our high volatility slots page lists similar games.

Sweet Bonanza 1000 and UK slot rules

• The bonus buy options seen in some markets, including enhanced free spins rounds, are not offered in Great Britain; free spins come only from lollipops.
• Stakes are capped at £5 per spin from age 25 and £2 per spin for ages 18 to 24.
• Each spin lasts at least 2.5 seconds, and there is no autoplay or quick-spin.
• Your net position is shown throughout, and returns below the stake aren’t celebrated as wins.
• Demo play needs an age-verified account.

Our UK slot rules 2026 page lists every current rule with dates.

Sweet Bonanza vs Sweet Bonanza 1000 and other pays-anywhere slots

The original Sweet Bonanza already had a high ceiling, so the step up to 25,000× is smaller than in other 1000 remakes. Gates of Olympus 1000 and Starlight Princess 1000 have lower caps but allow multipliers in the base game. Our 1000 edition slots page covers the rest of the series.

Sweet Bonanza 1000 pros and cons

Who Sweet Bonanza 1000 suits

It suits adults who already enjoy the original, understand that the bonus carries most of the value, and play with a fixed budget at a modest stake. It suits less well anyone who wants regular returns, because the base game pays small tumble wins and the bonus can be thin. Players new to the series might start with the original or browse our candy slots page first.

Where to play Sweet Bonanza 1000

Search for the game at a UKGC-licensed site and check which of the three RTP versions it runs. PlayOJO gives new UK customers (not Northern Ireland) 80 free spins on Big Bass Bonanza with a £10+ first deposit, 10p each, winnings paid as cash; Ladbrokes gives 50 free 10p spins a day for 10 days after £10 on slots, with no wagering; Coral gives 100 free 10p spins on selected games after a £10 slots bet, also wager-free. 18+, T&Cs apply.

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