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Winless and featureless - pragmatic Big bass

avfcalex23

avfcalex23

Big Bass’s luckiest player
Joined
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Birmingham, UK
After hitting the max fish on big bass 1000 three nights ago I have had nothing but a terrible run since. Tonight, I have played five different big bass slots over three different sites. In excess of 2000 spins, at stakes ranging from 30p-70p. Haven’t landed a single feature on any of these slots, Halloween, at the races, 1000, splash and double down vegas deluxe. Sites Videoslots, paddypower and all British casino.

I have never had a run like it, usually landing a feature within minutes , based on experience of slotting over the past 12 months since I started. Not a single feature landing for even a 10x win. Not hitting anything over a 5x win on a base game spin either.

Anyone else that plays pragmatic big bass games can you confirm if you’re having a similar issue with these slots the last two days? Would be very interested to know if this is just variance and I accept that I will have days like this, or has there been some sort of manipulating by Pragmatic?
 
lockinlove said:
Big Bass games on 94% rtp are atrocious. If you hit the max fish on that rtp you should never play it again. Thats a once and a life time.
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Been playing slots for 12 months.

Have hit max fish three times on big bass 1000, had a £2000 win on day at the races 5000x off 40p and a max fish on Haloween 2,100x last month.

But what I’ve seen today has been the worst it’s ever been
 
PMKFRUITPRO said:
Awful games.

Even worse at the 3 sites u mention as they are running mid level RTP on said games.

Avoid in future.

Ur run seems harsh but i wouldn’t put anything past modern slots these days:
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What site would you recommend for pragmatic slot games? Out of interest. British based player.
 
Yeah big bass games are pretty awful for big wins. You'll have 1 big one then 20 dud bonuses before another one which sounds like what you've experienced.

I would second slots temple. My experience there has so far been flawless and the games offering the best RTP is so refreshing compared to almost all the other UK sites.
 
I did play a long session yesterday of over 2000 spins on Bigger Bass Splash and it was acting weirdly. (the 96.5% RTP version). My average free spins frequency prior to then on it was ~86 spins per feature.. but yesterday where I had 16 features on it, the average free spins frequency was ~127 spins. Not only that the last 450 spins went without a feature (something it has never done before).. During the session there was a dead spins streak of 45 spins, something I've not had on any bass game. The slot is designed with a 1 in 114 frequency. as for the bonuses yesterday... it was 52xbet on average.

and not once in those over 2000 spins did it give me a five of a kind premium symbol win.

the best bonus yesterday (the very last one) was from a no upgrades bonus, it reached level 2 and paid 143x
the worst bonus yesterday (the very first) was from; more fishermen, extra spins, more fish and paid just 13x
 
You’ve never done 450 spins on a big bass game without a feature???

I find that astonishing. They can be absolutely appalling for giving features and with basically no base game they can shred balances so quickly.

5 of a kind premium wins???? Never seen one ever!!!! Let alone within 2,000 spins!!

U must of run like Dazza on bonanza ffs to think what you’ve described above is unusual!!
 
Apart from endless small batches of dead spins here and there over the year (casinos call them "free spins", or something) I've only had one actual session on the original. The 95.x % version iirc.
Was not far from playing 2000 spins during the session, maybe even did so too.

I counted once going just over 50 spins for a single win in the base and was also forced to endure about 75 teases before a bonus,which was well well over 450 spins taken for a dead base game and 1 dead feature. First real go at it, and ceartinly the last.
 
You've been experiencing an extended run of positive variances and now you're seeing the flipside, which is what everyone else has been 'enjoying' ever since these disgusting slots came out. They are absolutely dreadful and they keep being churned out for two reasons - people like you keep raving about them whenever they are lucky enough to hit something decent, and Reel Kingdom cannot design games from scratch; everything has to be a copy of a proper studio's game, with some small low-effort difference.

The sad thing about this industry is that parasitic chancers with no creativity can come along and be successful by ripping off other peoples' games, and bolt on a trail so they can call it sufficiently unique without being taken to court by Reel Time Gaming.

Reel Kingdom is one of the least creative slot studios out there but sadly because of the aforementioned they've found a way to exist. As an aside, it's widely known that the Design Director at Reel Kingdom is an absolute charlatan and not creative in the slightest, so these fish games are about as good as it gets for them.
 
Big bass bonanza games in my opinion are either dead as fuck, or on fire and cant stop bonusing.

For example:

0 returns every spin just total dead spins, scatters in South Africa, You will be lucky if you even get 2 for a tease. (Which at that point i would leave the game if it is playing like this after like say roughly 25-40 spins)

Once you get the picture basically...

Or the game plays the total opposite to that, sometimes bonusing on the 1st spin of opening the game, aswell as that you quiite often get b2b bonuses, you get re triggers in the bonuses and your balance keeps going up and you cant leave the game, because it keeps bonusing every few spins.

Its usually that black and white for me when it comes to any big bass game,

(Mainly on the extra bet ones from what ive experienced)

From what i have experienced.
 
PMKFRUITPRO said:
You’ve never done 450 spins on a big bass game without a feature???

I find that astonishing. They can be absolutely appalling for giving features and with basically no base game they can shred balances so quickly.

5 of a kind premium wins???? Never seen one ever!!!! Let alone within 2,000 spins!!

U must of run like Dazza on bonanza ffs to think what you’ve described above is unusual!!
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I am shocked you’ve never seen a base game premium 5 item win. Hit them fairly often, usually one or two in a session of the fishing rods or tackle buckets for 50x wins.

Think you’re being a little harsh on your analysis of big bass and it clearly shows how much you despise them lol. But again, you say ‘basically no base game’ - but then I look at slots like DOA that lots on this forum rave about and the base game is absolutely shocking on that slot

Where’s the happy medium? Mega ways I guess
 

I think this just about sums it up fairly and well written.
You are right, for me they are the most aesthetically pleasing slot type to play. I can’t seem to move away from the big bass series, or any fish games for that matter. Frenzy, big catch bass fishing etc.

I am desperate to find a better paid slot over the course of time, but have tried so many and not enjoyed them nearly anywhere near as much. DOA, gonzos quest et al that many on this forum seem to love - I rarely find any features and when I do they are terribly paid.
 
2000 spins on a bass game without a bonus seems unheard of. To be honest I never have done more than a few hundred base game spins on the bass games. Ive noticed long time a go that it makes more sense to just buy the bonuses on pragmatic slots than do normal spins since you end up losing more on base game.
I can agree with you that pragmatic slots feel a bit manipulated since atleast for me the new releases (like big bass reel repeat for example) usually feel like they have higher RTP for a couple of days but that will change after a few days. Not sure if anyone had similar observation
 
avfcalex23 said:
I am shocked you’ve never seen a base game premium 5 item win. Hit them fairly often, usually one or two in a session of the fishing rods or tackle buckets for 50x wins.

Think you’re being a little harsh on your analysis of big bass and it clearly shows how much you despise them lol. But again, you say ‘basically no base game’ - but then I look at slots like DOA that lots on this forum rave about and the base game is absolutely shocking on that slot

Where’s the happy medium? Mega ways I guess
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Dead or Alive (the original version) holds pretty well in the base game going by my experience and isn't too difficult to bonus. Granted, the bonuses are shite most of the time.

If you want game play and frequent bonuses, then I suggest playing Fire in the Hole 2 (20p bet with upgrade to 50p). I find the base game hold well, can regularly give 100x base game wins and it bonuses about every 80 or so spins (but can go on a dead streak too). Bonuses are always a minimum of 18x and max wins (65,000x) have been seen playing the base game too.
 
kuff13 said:
2000 spins on a bass game without a bonus seems unheard of. To be honest I never have done more than a few hundred base game spins on the bass games. Ive noticed long time a go that it makes more sense to just buy the bonuses on pragmatic slots than do normal spins since you end up losing more on base game.
I can agree with you that pragmatic slots feel a bit manipulated since atleast for me the new releases (like big bass reel repeat for example) usually feel like they have higher RTP for a couple of days but that will change after a few days. Not sure if anyone had similar observation
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He didn’t say that……. It was without a 5 of a kind premium win!! That I’ve never had at all!!!
 
Ok so I'm sick of seeing these big bass casino fake win posts on my social media's, So today I decided to actually search the casino the guy supposedly won on. Only to be proved correct that the fake win posts are scams as none of the casinos come up on my phone or p.c.

But I did find some strange findings on the Android playstore, were it seems the popularity of the game big bass bonanza is being used and abused by scammers to draw in punters.

On my Facebook it's mainly the obvs fake posts were a player puts 1 pound in and won 48 grand in 10 minutes look here's my fake online banking screenshot of the winnings.

But on the app store there's loads of casinos and games called big bass bonanza and big bass bonanza 1000.

But there just crap games or shit softwares that have been named big bass bonanza to get views.

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These were the pictures being used on the appstore,the above is real game art.

But the following seems to be the same picture re imagined by a.i that some ones used

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Just go on the appstore and search big bass bonanza. It's better then me trying to explain.

Some wierd shit though!
 
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It’s a miracle to me how any big bass or Fishin Frenzy game ever make RTP.

Whenever I stupidly load any of them up it’s the same old shit every time. Especially some of those newer bass games. Fucking dreadful and strip balances faster than even the most brutal hacksaws and prags.
 
I find the bass slots are really the only slots I play these days, along with the likes of Cashzuma, Viking Hoard, the Core Gaming ones basically and sometimes Piggy Riches megaways. I've had a few big hits, in the likes of 500-800/1 on the bass slots but nothing bigger and I've been playing them for years.

I miss the days of Spring Break, Thunderstruck, Loaded, Ladies Nite etc. Used to get some massive wins on those.

However reading all the above posts has completely put me off investing in these bass slots anymore. I'm certainly not going to be doing anything heavy from now on that's for sure, so ta for that.
 
cheekymonkey said:
I find the bass slots are really the only slots I play these days, along with the likes of Cashzuma, Viking Hoard, the Core Gaming ones basically and sometimes Piggy Riches megaways. I've had a few big hits, in the likes of 500-800/1 on the bass slots but nothing bigger and I've been playing them for years.

I miss the days of Spring Break, Thunderstruck, Loaded, Ladies Nite etc. Used to get some massive wins on those.

However reading all the above posts has completely put me off investing in these bass slots anymore. I'm certainly not going to be doing anything heavy from now on that's for sure, so ta for that.
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I must have had some insane luck then if you’ve never had a max win after playing them for ‘years’. I’ve hit the max fish / horse on four occasions in 6 months for 5,000x and 2,100x wins.
 
avfcalex23 said:
I must have had some insane luck then if you’ve never had a max win after playing them for ‘years’. I’ve hit the max fish / horse on four occasions in 6 months for 5,000x and 2,100x wins.
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That's absolutely insane. My friend also plays and also has been playing for years and has never hit a max fish. Anyway, well done and good for you.
 
I read big bass is getting smaller and smaller every year. Now wondering what bass tastes like :P I mean I have sea bass here but not the ones I see on the slots, that's river I guess?
 
PMKFRUITPRO said:
You’ve never done 450 spins on a big bass game without a feature???

I find that astonishing. They can be absolutely appalling for giving features and with basically no base game they can shred balances so quickly.

5 of a kind premium wins???? Never seen one ever!!!! Let alone within 2,000 spins!!

U must of run like Dazza on bonanza ffs to think what you’ve described above is unusual!!
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Just now, This paid 100x - 5 of a kind premium, only bettered by the 200x buoy rings which I’ve also had a couple times.
 

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Just now, This paid 100x - 5 of a kind premium, only bettered by the 200x buoy rings which I’ve also had a couple times.
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I play the bass games alot too but do you have any rules for them such as when to leave a bass slot or when to raise or lower bets, cause you know they can go dead all of a sudden and refuse to give a feature over many spins and the base game can be as low as 10% RTP or so.
 
PMKFRUITPRO said:
Pragmatics at VS??

Stop feeding the greedy RTP plungers!!!
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You see, I signed up to slots temple because they’re RTP gtd is 96% more than anywhere else. I’ve found the bonuses pay far less than other sites and I barely win on there. This RTP thing is a bloody myth I sear to swear to god, had far bigger wins on all British and casumo over the last 6 months than I have on slots temple in the last 4 weeks.
 
toslotornot said:
I play the bass games alot too but do you have any rules for them such as when to leave a bass slot or when to raise or lower bets, cause you know they can go dead all of a sudden and refuse to give a feature over many spins and the base game can be as low as 10% RTP or so.
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Honestly, I have a theory and see a pattern of behaviour on these bass slots. Usually if you have four spins with one or two scatters landing in a row it’s gearing you up for a feature so I up my stake and usually the three scatters will land soon after. Call it what you may and I know many will disagree with me on here but these slots aren’t ‘random’. Even the features you know exactly what’s going to happen with how they play out.
 
avfcalex23 said:
Honestly, I have a theory and see a pattern of behaviour on these bass slots. Usually if you have four spins with one or two scatters landing in a row it’s gearing you up for a feature so I up my stake and usually the three scatters will land soon after. Call it what you may and I know many will disagree with me on here but these slots aren’t ‘random’. Even the features you know exactly what’s going to happen with how they play out.
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100% agree with you. Your not wrong at all, i get the same patterns on big bass just like you've explained. There not as RANDOM as people believe what so ever!
 

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Any Big Bass Halloween is not a slot anyone really wants for Halloween. Unless the horror of seeing your 250x session bankroll disappear inside 30 minutes is your idea of a Halloween treat.
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Disagree, disagree, disagree.

Either I’m on a 12 month heater on big bass pragmatic games or what many on here say doesn’t quite ring true.

Yes the base games can be brutal with regular 40+ winless streaks but when the features land they usually make up for it. Below is my winnings in a half hour period tonight on the exact slot you claim is so awful.

Furthermore, this was with Duelz casino, notoriously the worst RTP out of all the casinos I use. But guess what? It pays the best. Slots temple - claims to have the highest RTP at 96%+ on their games, I find the site absolutely woeful - features land more regularly but they pay 15-20x on average. I actually actively stay away from slots temple now because of it.
 

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Horses for courses. Great run on big bass slot but the manner of the direction these are going which is bonus buy in all but name combined with the beyond irritating teases on many versions just go beyond annoying. As I said, if you like it fine and you are currently doing well, but I suspect quite a number do not feel the same way.
On a more positive note, despite the horrific lack of innovation on slots these days there are far more medium variance slots appearing which, for me at least, can only be a good thing. I could not care less about slots with 300,000x jackpots I am never going to see and super bonuses I can never trigger in the UK.
 
@avfcalex23 I was abroad so just saw the ticket from yesterday. I never really opened this topic as player either hate or love those games. I play them on occassion too. Same for the Halloween 3 one, but after 1500 euros I think my RTP was like 30% and still no feature. Never touched it again.

And I can give you contact details of people who know me and see me gambling every now and then that I often say upon hitting a feature on any BB game: "Oh - here comes another 50x win". It is predictable I have to admit, even the more you play them the more you see it.

Btw: On our end you're ahead of the tRTP for those games. Not much, but ahead.
 
you have pragmatic play slots in 94 or 96 RTP ?
 

Do you mean my specific activity on all British or pub casino? Would rather my RTP stats be kept private from the forum unless you’re just going off my screenshots and posts alone on casinomeister 🙏 but thank you it’s always good to know as only video slots as far as I can see shows your RTP stats unless there’s parts of casinos I haven’t yet ventured to yet on the accounts sections.
 
The earlier big bass and some of the newer ones are super scripted. Didn't get a fisherman land for the first 6 spins and on a low win x stake? Watch the fisherman ALWAYS land on spin 7. Try the original Big Bass Bonanza and see if I'm wrong.
Still waiting on a max fish anywhere, any game since playing the first ever incarnation, regularly.
 
kidgloves said:
The earlier big bass and some of the newer ones are super scripted. Didn't get a fisherman land for the first 6 spins and on a low win x stake? Watch the fisherman ALWAYS land on spin 7. Try the original Big Bass Bonanza and see if I'm wrong.
Still waiting on a max fish anywhere, any game since playing the first ever incarnation, regularly.
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Have had three max fish this year. Keep plugging along. One will come, eventually lol
 


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