Pragmatic Play · 2024 · tested 2026-09-16
Gates of Olympus Xmas 1000
A stored multiplier stayed unchanged through the closing free spins of Gates of Olympus Xmas 1000, where this demo review recorded USD 3.40 from unmultiplied symbol wins.
The bonus meter reached 13x before its final ten spins. Those spins paid USD 3.40, while eight orbs appeared on unpaid spins and left the stored multiplier unchanged.
measured over 10,000 spins · 50 buys
Is Gates of Olympus Xmas 1000 worth playing?
quick answerThe regular sample returned USD 21,196.20 from USD 20,000.00 wagered, or 105.981% measured RTP; the stated regular figure is 96.5%. Natural bonus entries numbered 26. For the separately tested USD 200.00 purchase, the median payment was USD 96.80 and the mean was 1.37789x ticket price.
Test card
10,000 spins · USD 2.00 bet · every request logged| Spins | 10,000 |
| Bet | USD 2.00 |
| RTP declared | 96.50% |
| RTP measured | 105.98% (approximate 95% CI 80.0–132.0) |
| Hit frequency | 28% · every 3.54 |
| Dead streak max / avg | 25 / 3.53 |
| Median hit | 0.80x |
| Max win (base game) | 845.0x · spin 7390 |
| Free spins, natural | 26 · every 384.6 spins · mean FS-only payout 65.4x stake |
| Balance start → end | 100,000 → 101,196 |
Play Gates of Olympus Xmas 1000 demo
same math as real play · demo balance
Bonus buy lab
50 buys × 100x · USD 200 eachmean 1.38x · median 0.484× price (USD 96.80) · 34 of 50 below price · best 29.42x · worst 0.06x
| Spins per bonus (avg / min–max) | 15.6 / 15–25 |
| Retriggered | 8% |
| Bonuses that paid nothing | 0% |
The extension count records actual five-spin scatter awards: 1 natural feature and 4 purchased features received them. Initial 15-spin allocations are excluded.
- Spent
- USD 10,00050 × USD 200
- Returned
- USD 13,778.90137.79% · approximate 95% CI 25–251%
- Net
- +USD 3,778.90+18.9 buys
- Break-even or better
- 16 / 5032%
- Paid 2× price or more
- 6 / 5012%
- Price in base spins
- 100natural trigger every ~385 spins
One ticket equals 100 ordinary stakes. Natural bonuses occurred once per 385 paid rounds in this sample. Stakes multiplied by this interval measure gross wagering, not the net cost of obtaining a bonus. Purchase returns above include the complete purchased round and are divided by the ticket price.
Risk profile
how much bankroll this run needed| 50 bets | bust at spin 207 |
| 100 bets | bust at spin 306 |
| 200 bets | bust at spin 1412 |
One run, 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
Snow-covered jewels and ornaments occupy a grid of 6 columns and 5 rows. A symbol needs at least 8 copies anywhere in view to pay; groups of 10 and 12 reach the higher payout bands. Winning symbols vanish and the refill can create another payment within that same stake. Crowns sit at the top of the ordinary symbol table.
The coloured multiplier orbs range from 2x to 1,000x. Their combined value acts on the paying tumble sequence when it settles. During free spins, an orb accompanying a symbol win contributes to the stored multiplier; a later paying sequence activates that stored amount when another orb participates. An orb on a wholly unpaid spin leaves that bonus total unchanged.
A set of at least 4 Zeus Scatters opens the 15-spin feature. Three Scatters inside the feature award 5 extra spins. The 100x purchase provides direct entry, with its triggering payment included in the complete purchased return. Bonus-only cash and entry cash are kept separately in this review.
The rules for this build specify 96.5% regular RTP and 96.49% purchase RTP, alongside high volatility and a 15,000x payout limit. Ordinary stake controls span USD 0.20–240.00. Ante changes USD 2 to USD 2.50 and has 96.5% theoretical RTP; the recorded ordinary series used Ante off.
Cascading reels
Multiplier
Scatter symbol
Free spins
Retrigger
Bonus buy
Extra bet
Bet range USD 0.20 – 240 per spin · payouts read from the game's paytable at bet USD 2.00
Gallery
13 frames from the test
Verdict
Eight orbs passed through without changing the totalNatural round 429 built its meter in stages. The first free spin combined USD 1.80 with 4x, the third combined USD 2.50 with 7x, and the fifth applied 13x to USD 7.40, returning USD 96.20. That fifth spin contained 4 winning screens before settlement.
The next 10 free spins returned only USD 3.40. Two paid at their symbol values, USD 1.30 and USD 2.10, with no new orb; the other 8 paid zero. Eight orb symbols worth a combined 20x landed on those unpaid spins and never entered the meter. It still read 13x when the feature ended.
All payments in this ordinary round totalled USD 130.80: USD 6.50 before the feature and USD 124.30 within it. Across the separate purchase sample, 34 tickets finished below the USD 200.00 cost, and the median return was 0.4840x that cost. Round 429 shows the condition behind the bonus meter: a paying sequence and a participating orb must meet before the saved multiplier affects the payment.
- Four paying screens joined the USD 7.40 subtotal that became USD 96.20 on free spin 5.
- Scatter retriggers extended 1 natural feature beyond its starting allocation.
- The biggest complete ordinary payment was USD 1,690.00 from a USD 2 stake.
- Eight visible orbs contributed nothing to the multiplier meter during the closing stretch of round 429.
- Purchase returns fell below their price in 34 of the 50 trials.
- An internal interval of 1,137 paid rounds separated two natural feature entries.
- After the fifth free spin of round 429, the displayed 13x survived unchanged through ten further spins.
- The two later symbol payments in that feature totalled USD 3.40; neither sequence contained an orb.
- Feature cash from the 26 natural entries amounted to USD 3,403.10.
- The largest purchase, number 41, paid USD 5,883.00, against the sample median of USD 96.80.
Method & data
open data · closed rig10000 ordinary paid rounds, including naturally triggered features, at a fixed USD 2.0 bet; 50 bonus buys at 200.0 each (100.0x) on the official Pragmatic Play demo server (jurisdiction 99, RTP profile 96.5%); every request and response logged; test run 2026-09-16.
The test rig recorded every round on the official demo server. Screenshots and video were captured in a separate browser session and are not part of the statistical samples. This release has completed automated data, content and page checks; human editorial review is pending. How we test →
| 2026-09-16 | 10,000 spins · RTP 106.0% |
FAQ
5 questions · answered from the logDoes 13x on the meter multiply every win?
A jewel payment of USD 1.30 arrived on free spin 6 of natural round 429. Its tumble sequence contained no orb, so the meter stayed at 13x and the payment remained USD 1.30. The next orb-assisted payment would require both a symbol win and an orb within that sequence.
Do orbs on a losing free spin increase the bonus total?
The closing ten spins of round 429 included 8 orb symbols on unpaid boards, totalling 20x in face values. None was collected into the meter. The stored factor stayed at 13x throughout those spins, including two symbol wins without orbs.
What return sat in the middle of the purchase sample?
Median return was USD 96.80, equal to 0.4840x the USD 200.00 purchase price. Mean return was 1.37789x price across 50 purchases; 34 paid less than the ticket cost. Those are complete purchased payments, including entry.
Which RTP setting was used for the Xmas test?
Regular spins used the 96.5% build with Ante off; observed RTP was 105.981% over 10,000 paid rounds. The purchase setting lists 96.49%. An observed sample return is distinct from the model's stated RTP.
Which payments make up round 429?
The feature itself paid USD 124.30 across 15 free spins. Its preceding ordinary sequence paid USD 6.50, made up of USD 0.50 in symbol wins and USD 6 from Scatters. Together these give the complete USD 130.80 round payment.
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