Boat Bonanza Slot Review

Boat Bonanza Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Boat Bonanza slot is played on 5 reels, 3 rows and 12 fixed paylines. Winning combinations are created when 3 to 5 matching symbols appear from left to right, beginning on reel 1, across any of the 12 paylines. For the best paying symbol, only 2 are required.

Stake options vary from 20p to £100 per spin. The minimum bet in most Play ‘n GO slots is normally 10p. Using an updated layout, there is a Bet box with plus and minus arrows either side. This can be used to adjust your bet. For non UK players, there’s an Autoplay button which allows up to 100 autospins with single win and balance limits. There is also a Lightning Bolt icon which enables Turbo Mode.

The Boat Bonanza RTP is 96.21% which is above the slots average rate of 96%. Play ‘n GO have created a 94.25% RTP version which may be the one used at various online casinos. Make sure you check before you start playing. The volatility is high and classed as 7/10.

When it comes to payouts, the max win is 5,000 x your total bet. This will be won once every 12,396,694 spins on average. Bigger wins will come from the catch symbols which are worth up to 1,000 x your total bet. Boat multipliers in the free spins is what can lead to the top payout being achieved.

Theme – fish yourself a fortune in these choppy waters

With a fishing theme, the Boat Bonanza slot sees you head into choppy waters where you drop your anchor and cast your net to find the perfect spot to fish yourself a fortune. With a city skyline and ice blue water in the backdrop, it feels like you’re in an English seaside town such as Brighton.

Simply designed, the soundtrack has an upbeat feel but would be more at home as part of an Irish luck themed slot. It’s a tad annoying truth be told. On the reels, you will see A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. The higher value symbols include lobster cages, friendly seagulls, fishing rod reels and buoys. The buoy is the best paying symbol with 2, 3, 4 or 5 awarding 0.5, 5, 20 or 200 x your total bet.

Unusually, the game comes with no wild symbol. There are, however, 4 different catch symbols which award various extras (more details below). 3, 4 or 5 catch symbols on a payline will also award 1, 5 or 40 x bet. Finally, there is a Boat Scatter symbol which triggers the free spins.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
10	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2.5 or 10 x bet
J	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2.5 or 10 x bet
Q	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2.5 or 10 x bet
K	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2.5 or 10 x bet
A	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2.5 or 10 x bet
Lobster Cage	3, 4 or 5 = 2, 10 or 50 x bet
Fishing Rod Reel	3, 4 or 5 = 2, 10 or 50 x bet
Seagull	3, 4 or 5 = 3, 15 or 100 x bet
Buoy	2, 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 5, 20 or 200 x bet
Boat Scatter	3+ triggers Free Spins feature
Blue Fish	Increases boat multiplier in Free Spins feature
Green Fish	Awards extra free spins during Free Spins feature
Golden Lobster	Multiples win by up to 1,000x in Free Spins feature

Boat Bonanza Mobile

With Play ‘n GO created all slots with HTML5 technology, you can take to the sea in Boat Bonanza via mobile, laptop, PC and/or tablet devices. It’s optimised for all operating systems too including iOS, Android, MAC and Windows. Whilst a desktop device is normally recommended for most slots (due to the larger screen), the setup here works just as well on a smartphone.

Boat Bonanza Bonus Features

The Boat Bonanza slot has 3 bonus features. Look out for active boats appearing with catch symbols below it. This will collect the cash prizes which are worth up to 1,000 x bet. In the free spins, 2 Multiplier Boats are active which lead to cash prizes and respins for the chance to win more. There’s also a Mega Catch feature where all cash prizes on the reels are won.

Catch Symbols feature

In the base game, various catch symbols appear. To trigger the Catch symbols feature, you’ll need to see an active boat above the reels the catch symbols appear on. You will also see greyed out boats which an inactive. Prizes from the catch symbols include prizes worth up to 1,000 x your total bet.

Free Spins feature

The Free Spins feature is activated when 3 or more Boat Scatter symbols appear anywhere on the reels, 3, 4 or 5 scatters will award 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively.

With 2 Multiplier Boats always active, the boats multiply cash catches. When a Multiplier Boat catches cash prizes, respins are awarded. Here, only 3 different cash symbols appear. The respins continue as long as new cash symbols appear. When you don’t land a new cash symbol, you’ll revert back to the regular free spins.

Other symbols that can appear during the Free Spins feature reward you with extra free spins and an increase of the boat multiplier. Finally, 2 active boats above 1 reel will trigger the Mega Catch feature. With multiplier values from the boats combined, all instant cash prizes on the reels are collected and won. If you’ve caught yourself a Golden Lobster, they can multiply the total bet by 1,000x.

Boat Bonanza Review Summary – a simple fishing slot with big catches available

Simply designed, the Boat Bonanza slot appears quite like other games with the same theme (which is extremely popular lately). The soundtrack can get annoying pretty quickly so I’d find the mute button personally (bottom left-hand corner if you’re struggling).

In terms of the gameplay, you need active boats appearing above the reels to cash in the catch symbols below. These can reach up to 1,000 x bet. I’ve managed over 80 x my bet twice now.

However, it’s all about the Free Spins feature where you can begin with up to 20 free spins. When Multiplier Boats catches cash prizes, you’ll be rewarded with respins with can lead to more wins. The key is to land 2 active boats above 1 reel as this brings in the Mega Catch feature. All cash prizes are collected as opposed to those on a particular reel in the base game or regular free spins. If you land a Golden Lobster, these are worth 1,000 x bet.

With 5,000 x bet max wins, it boasts the same top payouts as Blueprint Gaming’s iconic Fishin’ Frenzy slot. Pragmatic Play’s Big Blass Splash also offers 5,000 x stake wins but with a very high 96.71% RTP rate.

In summary, Boat Bonanza follows the same pattern as other fishing slots with cash prizes. I recommend 4 Fantastic Fish from 4ThePlayer which comes with 15,000 x bet top wins.