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Pragmatic Play · 2021 · measured RTP 93.7% · tested 2026-09-30

Fishin' Reels

The 250x fish in the Fishin' Reels rules never landed in a Reel It In feature, yet the fisherman collected 92.1% of the bonus money in run one; RTP for both demo runs, 20,000 rounds, sits at 93.7%.

In numbers: the lab's RTP test on the official demo server measured 93.7% against 96.5% declared over 20,000 logged rounds in 2 runs; 27.3% of rounds paid; a natural bonus landed once per 161 rounds (124 in total) and a bonus round paid a median 45.3x the stake, mean 54.7x, trigger spin included; the biggest round paid 311.5x; the longest dry run was 23 spins.

Fishin' Reels demo

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Test card

20,000 spins · USD 2.00 bet · every request logged
Spins20,000 · 2 runs
BetUSD 2.00
RTP declared96.50%
RTP measured93.71% (approximate 95% CI 85.2–102.2)
Hit frequency27% · every 3.66
Dead streak max / avg23 / 3.69
Median hit1.00x
Max win (no bonus round)100.5x · run 1, round 7986
Free spins, natural124 · 6.2 bHz · every 161.3 spins · mean bonus round payout 54.7x stake
Balance start → end100,000 → 97,485
Balance in bets, all runs in sequence
Win distribution, x bet, all runs
test logs · 2 runs · every request loggedtest record ↓
  1. 012026-09-2610,000 rounds · 0 buysfiles & checksums ↓97.30%RTP4 files · SHA-256 ↓
  2. 022026-09-3010,000 rounds · 0 buysfiles & checksums ↓90.12%RTP4 files · SHA-256 ↓

each run keeps its own spin log, CSV and raw server journal with checksums; the figures on this card combine all runs

Free spins on video

natural trigger · 124 in 20,000 spins
REC · NATURAL TRIGGER

Ten Reel It In spins after a natural trigger, with the fisherman landing twice, collecting once, and the feature paying USD 8. Recorded in a separate browser session, outside the statistical samples.

Across all 2 runs the 124 natural bonuses split into 21 under 20x, 53 between 20x and 50x, 37 between 50x and 100x and 13 at 100x or more, and together they made up 36% of everything the game returned. The wait between two triggers ran from 4 to 721 spins. Payout figures here cover the whole bonus round in ordinary stakes, the trigger spin included: its scatter pays and line wins count towards the bonus.

In Reel It In a feature grows by two spins for every tagged fish the fisherman collects; the opening award of 10, 12 or 15 spins does not count. Here 32 of 56 features were extended, by 120 spins in total.

  • triggers 124 1 per 161 spins
  • every 161 spins gaps 4 to 721
  • mean 54.7x bonus round median 45.3x stake
  • best 311.5x run 1 · round 39
  • spins per bonus 12.2 10 to 22 observed
Trigger mapevery natural bonus of all runs in sequence · height = result, log scale · green = top 4
Best bonuses
  1. 01run 1 · round 3916 spins311.5x
  2. 02run 1 · round 804212 spins177.5x
  3. 03run 1 · round 872212 spins166.5x
  4. 04run 2 · round 577518 spins165.5x

Risk profile

how much bankroll the 2 runs in sequence needed
1,909xmax drawdown, in bets (run 2, by spin 7581)
-1,407xlowest point vs start
23longest dead streak, spins
Bankroll survival across the runs in sequence
50 betsbust at spin 4279
100 betsbust at spin 4524
200 betsbust at spin 4827

The runs are played back to back as one series, one bet size. A different session can bust earlier or never; treat this as a measured example, not a rule.

How it plays

7 rules screens from the game
RULES · FROM THE GAME
Fishin' Reels rules, page 1
Fishin' Reels rules, page 2
Fishin' Reels rules, page 3
Fishin' Reels rules, page 4
Fishin' Reels rules, page 5
Fishin' Reels rules, page 6
Fishin' Reels rules, page 7
screen 01 / 07 Fishin' Reels rules, page 1

The reels are 5x3 with ten lines, and every line pays on adjacent reels from the leftmost one. The orange fish tops the paytable, USD 200 for five of a kind at USD 2 and USD 1 for just two; frog, lobster and starfish follow at USD 100, 80 and 60, the mask and flipper at USD 40, spade and heart at USD 30, club and diamond at USD 20. Wilds appear on the middle three reels only and stand in for everything except the Bonus, Fisherman and fish money symbols.

Free spins need three Bonus symbols for ten spins, four for twelve or five for fifteen, and before the round begins one of two modes is picked. Reel It In fills the reels with fish money symbols worth 0.5x to 250x the bet or an extra-spins tag, and the Fisherman lands on reel five only; each time he appears he pays the sum of every fish value on screen, and every extra-spins fish he collects adds two spins. The Big Catch swaps the fish for overlay symbols and a fishing mini-game with eight fish worth 0.2x to 1,000x; three overlays also add two spins.

The lab plays Reel It In on every trigger, so nothing on this page measures The Big Catch. There is no purchase button, RTP is declared at 96.5%, volatility is marked medium on the info page, wins stop at 1,200x the bet, and bets start at USD 0.10 and cap at USD 250 per spin.

Mechanics4 from the rules screens
  • Free spins
  • Wild symbol
  • Scatter symbol
  • Retrigger
Paytable
x total bet · bar = top payout on a log scale
symbol 2345+
Orange fish 0.5x 5x 20x 100x
Frog — 2.5x 15x 50x
Lobster — 2x 12.5x 40x
Starfish — 1.5x 10x 30x
Diving mask — 1x 5x 20x
Flipper — 1x 5x 20x
Spade — 0.5x 2x 15x
Heart — 0.5x 2x 15x
Club — 0.5x 2x 10x
Diamond — 0.5x 2x 10x

Bet range USD 0.10 – 250 per spin · payouts read from the game's paytable at bet USD 2.00

Verdict

Same fisherman, thinner catch

Fishin' Reels has now returned 97.31% and 90.12% over two demo runs of 10,000 spins, 93.71% pooled and 1,257.5 stakes below the start; the approximate 95% CI runs from 85.23% to 102.19% and keeps the printed 96.5% inside, and both runs paid on a hair over 27% of spins with a 1.0x median hit and no blank stretch past 23 spins. Reel It In was chosen on every trigger, 124 in all, one per 161 spins or 6.2 bHz, that is natural features per thousand base spins, and the fisherman's collections made up 92.1% and 92.7% of the free-spin money those features paid, USD 12,500 of USD 13,527 across the two runs.

More features and less money in them: run two had 68 against 56, 46.22x on average against 64.91x, 41.75x at the median against 48.25x, five over 100x against eight, and two whose free spins paid nothing when the fisherman never landed, rounds 4771 and 9664, where run one's weakest paid 2x. Sixty-eight of the 124 features were extended by tagged fish, the record stayed with round 39 of run one at 311.5x, and the longest waits were 720 spins in run one and 674 in run two; the 250x fish printed in the rules has not appeared in either log.

Small change fills the base game in both runs: 72.7% of rounds paid nothing, the biggest scatter-free wins were single spins of 100.5x and 100x, six of them at or above 100x in 20,000 spins, and the features supplied 37.4% and then 34.9% of the return. This build sells no purchase and no ante, so the reels alone set the tempo, a Reel It In feature every 161 spins on average, and the pooled balance spent its deepest moment 1,407 stakes under the start on spin 7581 of run two.

Measured upsides
  • Reel It In opened 124 times across the two runs, once per 161 spins, with 68 features extended by tagged fish
  • The fisherman collected 92.1% and 92.7% of the free-spin money, USD 12,500 in all
  • Every 3.66 rounds a spin paid in both runs, and no blank stretch passed 23
  • Thirteen features passed 100x, topped by 311.5x on round 39 of run one
Measured downsides
  • Two of run two's 68 features paid nothing in free spins: the fisherman never landed on rounds 4771 and 9664
  • Run two returned 90.12% and bottomed 1,137.5 stakes down on spin 7581
  • The 250x fish has not shown in 124 features; the largest single haul was USD 430 in run one and USD 170 in run two
  • Neither buy button nor ante: 124 features cost USD 323 of turnover each on average
Verdict by run · 2 runs · tap a run to read it
Run 01·2026-09-26·97.30% Free spins money in Fishin' Reels comes through the fisherman: 92.1% of the USD 7,253 paid inside the 56 features arrived through his collections and 7.9% through lines.

Free spins money in Fishin' Reels comes through the fisherman: 92.1% of the USD 7,253 paid inside the 56 features arrived through his collections and 7.9% through lines. He landed 228 times, 4.1 per feature, and collected on 218 of those; the one feature he skipped paid 3.0x, and his largest single haul, USD 430 on spin five of round 39, was a 200x fish with USD 30 of smaller fish beside it. The 250x fish in the rules never appeared on the reels in the whole series, while the 200x value showed seven times.

Extra spins came from fish carrying a tag, and 32 of 56 features were extended, 120 spins in total. The seven features that ended at sixteen spins averaged 128.8x against 41.0x for the 22 that stayed at ten.

Small, frequent wins filled the base game: 27.34% of spins paid something, half of those paying 1.0x or less, and the largest base win was 100.5x at round 7986. The 56 features supplied 37.4% of all money at a mean of 64.9x, and the series closed at 97.31% of turnover.

Run 02·2026-09-30·90.12% The fisherman took USD 5,817 of the USD 6,274 the 68 Reel It In features paid in free spins, 92.7%, over 229 collections, 3.4 per feature, and twice he never came: rounds 4771 and 9664 ran their ten spins for nothing, the first empty features on this page.

The fisherman took USD 5,817 of the USD 6,274 the 68 Reel It In features paid in free spins, 92.7%, over 229 collections, 3.4 per feature, and twice he never came: rounds 4771 and 9664 ran their ten spins for nothing, the first empty features on this page. Features came one per 147 spins, 6.8 bHz, against one per 179 in the first run, but paid less, 46.22x on average and 41.75x at the median with 34.9% of the return: five cleared 100x, 165.5x on round 5775 over eighteen spins, 134x on round 183 from the basic ten, 117.5x on round 1041 over twenty-two, then rounds 7988 (107.5x) and 4529 (105.5x), while fourteen stayed under 20x. Thirty-four of the 68 were extended, three opened on twelve spins from four Bonus symbols, the largest single haul was USD 170 on spin fifteen of round 5775, and the longest wait ran 674 spins after round 5867.

Base play paid on 27.24% of spins, the median hit 1.0x, 7,276 rounds returned nothing, and five blank stretches ran past 20 spins, the longest 23 from round 7606; only two scatter-free rounds reached 100x, single spins on rounds 8776 and 9551. The balance was above its start for the last time on spin 1928, bottomed 1,137.5 stakes down on spin 7581 and closed at USD 98,024, 988 stakes short, 90.12% of USD 20,000, the five 2,000-round blocks returning 98.0%, 76.9%, 94.8%, 86.1% and 94.8%; a 50-stake bankroll went by spin 138, a 100-stake by 2,099 and a 200-stake by 2,406.

Test record

2 runs · 20,000 rounds · 0 buys · open data · closed rig

This game has been through 2 separate test runs on the official demo server, each a fresh session of 10,000 rounds at a fixed bet. Every figure on this page combines the runs into one sample, as if they were one long session; the record below keeps each run apart, with its own numbers and its own downloadable log.

combined result · all runs2026-09-26 → 2026-09-30
Measured return 93.71% 95% band 85.2–102.2% · declared 96.50%
  • 20,000rounds, all runs
  • 27%rounds that paid
  • 312xbiggest round
  • 1 / 161natural bonus rate
  • 23longest dry streak
return by run, and combineddeclared 96.50%
Run 1 · 2026-09-2610,000 rounds
97.30%95% band 83.8–110.8%
Run 2 · 2026-09-3010,000 rounds
90.12%95% band 79.8–100.4%
All runs20,000 rounds combined
93.71%95% band 85.2–102.2%
75%85%95%105%115%declared 96.50%
dot = return of the run · whisker = approximate 95% band for that sample's mean · more rounds usually narrow a band, one very large round can widen it
how the return settled, round by round20,000 rounds
93.71% after 20,000 roundsdeclared 96.50%run 2 starts at round 10,001
line = return measured up to that round, all runs in sequence · dashed vertical = a new run starts · the line swings early and calms as rounds pile up
Each run on its own · tap a run to open it
01run Run 012026-09-26 10,000 rounds at USD 2.00 · 0 buys · rig 0.6.0 · RTP profile 96.50% measured return97.30%+0.8 pts vs declared 95% band83.8–110.8% natural bonuses56 · 1 / 179 biggest round312x
95% band
83.8–110.8%
rounds that paid
27%
biggest round
312x · round 39
longest dry streak
21
natural bonuses
56 · one per 179 rounds
balance start → end
100,000 → 99,461
deepest drawdown
954x
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02run Run 022026-09-30 lab note 10,000 rounds at USD 2.00 · 0 buys · rig 0.8.7 · RTP profile 96.50% measured return90.12%-6.4 pts vs declared 95% band79.8–100.4% natural bonuses68 · 1 / 147 biggest round166x
95% band
79.8–100.4%
rounds that paid
27%
biggest round
166x · round 5,775
longest dry streak
23
natural bonuses
68 · one per 147 rounds
balance start → end
100,000 → 98,024
deepest drawdown
1,339x
lab note · 2026-09-30

Run number two, on 30 September, brought 90.12% after 97.31% on 26 September, 93.71% pooled across the two runs' 20,000 spins, under the printed 96.5%. Reel It In came 68 times against 56 but averaged 46.22x against 64.91x, with two empty features and nothing above 165.5x; the fisherman still collected 92.7% of the free-spin money, and the build offers no purchase.

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2 test runs combined into one sample (2026-09-26, 2026-09-30): 20000 ordinary paid rounds, including naturally triggered features, at a fixed USD 2.0 bet on the official Pragmatic Play demo server (jurisdiction 99, RTP profile 96.5%); every request and response logged.

The test rig plays the official demo build over the network and records every server round: bet, win, intermediate steps (cascades, respins), free spins, collect. Screenshots and video were captured in a separate browser session and are not part of the statistical samples. The text was read against the log by an editor before publication. How we test → One test, step by step →

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FAQ

7 questions · answered from the log
Does the Fishin' Reels demo pay close to 96.5%?
Lab answer

No, not pooled: 93.71% over 20,000 spins at USD 2, 97.31% in the first run and 90.12% in the second, so the two-run figure sits 2.8 points under the printed 96.5%. The largest single entry in either log remains the first run's opening feature, USD 623 at round 39.

In which mode were the Fishin' Reels free spins played?
Lab answer

Reel It In on all 124 triggers, chosen on the option screen before each feature, so The Big Catch is still untested. Reel It In paid a median of 48.25x the stake in the first run and 41.75x in the second, against means of 64.91x and 46.22x, the gap opened by the handful of features above 100x.

What gap separated the Fishin' Reels features?
Lab answer

On average 161 spins across the two runs, 6.2 per thousand spins on the lab's bHz scale, 179 in the first and 147 in the second; run one's longest wait ran 720 spins, rounds 57 to 778, and run two's 674, rounds 5867 to 6542.

What adds extra spins in Reel It In?
Lab answer

Fish carrying an extra-spins tag: each one the fisherman collects adds two spins. Across two runs 68 of 124 features were extended; run two's longest ran to 22 spins on round 1041 for 117.5x, and three of its features opened on twelve spins from four Bonus symbols.

Did any 250x fish land in the test?
Lab answer

No, in 124 features. The rules print 250x as the top fish value; the 200x value showed seven times in the first run, where the largest single haul was USD 430 on spin five of round 39, and the second run's largest collection was USD 170 on spin fifteen of round 5775.

Does Fishin' Reels offer a bonus buy?
Lab answer

No. The only way into Reel It In is the natural trigger, and across two runs that meant USD 323 of turnover per feature on average at USD 2; 117 of the 124 features opened with ten spins from three Bonus symbols and seven with twelve from four.

How volatile is Fishin' Reels?
Lab answer

The info page calls it medium. Across 20,000 spins a paying spin came every 3.66 rounds with a median win of 1.0x the stake, the deepest dip under a running peak was 954 stakes in run one and 1,339 in run two, and 19 rounds passed 100x, six of them without a feature.

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  • spins20,000
  • bet2.00
  • result-1,258x
  • RTP measured93.7%
  • bonuses124
  • max win, no bonus100.5x

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