Pragmatic Play · tested on the official demo server

Pragmatic Play slots tested: measured vs declared RTP

77 Pragmatic Play slots have been run on the provider's official demo server: 1,500,000 logged rounds in 150 runs. Together they returned a mean measured 96.9% against a mean declared 96.41%; in the median game a natural bonus arrived once per 292 rounds, and the 64 games that sell their bonus returned 0.93x of the price per purchase on average. The table is sorted by the measured figure and re-sorts itself when a new test is published.

163 slots tested
2,820,000 logged rounds
official demo servers
human-checked

declared vs measured, every Pragmatic Play test77 runs

hover a bar38 of 77 runs above the printed figure, 39 below

bar = one test, from its printed RTP to the measured one · teal above, amber below · hover for the 95% band

Pragmatic Play in the lab at a glance

measured first, declared next to it

mean measured / declared RTP 96.9% / 96.41% declared inside the 95% band in 75 of 77 tests
natural bonus, median game once per 292 rounds a bonus round paid 81x the stake in the median game
bonus buy, mean return of price 0.93x 6,150 tickets in 64 games, 71% paid less than they cost
largest round logged 5,293x in Zeus vs Hades - Gods of War · stake-multiple of one round, bonus included

How Pragmatic Play compares with the rest of the lab

same rig, same run length, same stake rule

Every Pragmatic Play game here went through the same run as every other game in the lab: the official demo build, a long series of ordinary rounds at one stake, every server response logged, bonus purchases where the game sells them. That makes the provider comparable with the rest of the catalogue on the measures that matter to a player rather than on a brochure: the gap between measured and declared return, how often a round pays, how long the dry runs get, how often the bonus arrives and what it pays when it does.

Across the 77 Pragmatic Play tests the measured return sits 0.5 points above the declared figure on average, against 1.4 points below for the other providers. A gap of a point or two either way is sampling noise on runs of this length; what the table shows more reliably is the rhythm of the games, the hit rate, the bonus interval and the share of the return that arrives through the bonus round.

Pragmatic Play tests in numbers

77 tests, 1,500,000 logged rounds in 150 runs. Measured 96.9% against declared 96.41% on average; 39 of 77 tests came in below the declared figure. Hit rate from 11.2% to 42.9%, longest dry run 73 spins. Data as of 2026-10-16.

Pragmatic Play against the rest of the lablive data

measure	Pragmatic Play	other providers	whole lab
tests	77	86	163
logged rounds	1,500,000	1,320,000	2,820,000
mean measured RTP	96.9%	95.0%	95.9%
mean declared RTP	96.41%	96.35%	96.38%
measured minus declared, mean pts	+0.5	−1.4	−0.5
declared inside the 95% band	97%	91%	94%
tests below the declared figure	51%	59%	55%
hit rate, median	27.4%	25.3%	26.5%
longest dry run, median spins	27	30	28
natural bonus, median interval	1 / 292	1 / 212	1 / 233
bonus round pays, median game	81x	68x	75x
share of return from bonus rounds, median	31%	33%	32%
games selling a bonus	64 / 77	49 / 86	113 / 163
bonus buy, mean return of price	0.93x	0.95x	0.93x
median bought ticket, of price	0.48x	0.50x	0.49x
bought tickets below their price	71%	76%	73%

77 Pragmatic Play tests against 86 tests of 10 other providers · data as of 2026-10-16 · recalculated whenever a test is published

How often Pragmatic Play slots trigger the bonus, and what it pays

natural triggers only, the buy button left alone

In the median Pragmatic Play game a natural bonus arrived once per 292 rounds, 3.4 triggers per 1,000 rounds; the quickest trigger in the set belongs to Big Bass Bonanza Megaways (once per 105 rounds), the slowest to 5 Lions Megaways 2 (once per 625). A bonus round in the median game paid 81x the stake, trigger spin included, and bonus rounds supplied about 31% of everything these games returned. 1 run ended without a single natural trigger.

The interval is the number of ordinary rounds per trigger over the whole run; the longest wait is the widest gap between two triggers. Both are compared across every provider in the bonus frequency report, and the frequent free spins ranking sorts all tests by the same interval.

most frequent natural bonuseslive data

game	triggers	interval	longest gap	bonus mean
Big Bass Bonanza Megaways	190	1 / 105	611	82x
Christmas Big Bass Bonanza	176	1 / 114	666	68x
Big Bass Halloween 2	87	1 / 115	524	64x
Big Bass Splash	170	1 / 118	956	67x
Bigger Bass Splash	170	1 / 118	612	87x

77 Pragmatic Play tests in the sample · data as of 2026-10-16 · a new Pragmatic Play test joins the moment it is published

least frequent natural bonuseslive data

game	triggers	interval	longest gap	bonus mean
5 Lions Megaways 2	16	1 / 625	1,664	126x
5 Lions Megaways	19	1 / 526	1,485	99x
Sweet Bonanza	96	1 / 521	1,970	103x
Wild Beach Party	40	1 / 500	1,722	88x
Wisdom of Athena	21	1 / 476	1,567	63x

77 Pragmatic Play tests in the sample · data as of 2026-10-16 · a new Pragmatic Play test joins the moment it is published

Pragmatic Play bonus buys: what the purchases returned

every ticket logged at the listed price

64 of the 77 tested Pragmatic Play games sell their bonus. Across 6,150 logged purchases they returned 0.93x of the ticket price on average; the median ticket came back at 0.48x and 71% of all tickets paid less than they cost. 24 of the 64 games averaged at or above the price. The best average belongs to Gates of Olympus Super Scatter (1.51x per ticket), the worst to Big Bass Halloween 2 (0.42x).

A mean above 1.0x means the purchases returned more than they cost over the series; a median below it means most single tickets lost. How the providers compare on both is in the bonus buy report by provider, and the best bonus ranking sorts every game by the same mean return.

strongest purchases by mean returnlive data

game	price	mean	median	below price	best ticket
Gates of Olympus Super Scatter	100x	1.51x	0.71x	29 / 50	22.2x
Sword of Ares	100x	1.25x	0.67x	62 / 100	10.6x
Madame Destiny Megaways	100x	1.20x	0.56x	103 / 150	25.3x
Chilli Heat Megaways	100x	1.17x	0.66x	98 / 150	10.5x
Big Bass Floats My Boat	100x	1.17x	0.42x	77 / 100	43.2x

77 Pragmatic Play tests in the sample · data as of 2026-10-16 · a new Pragmatic Play test joins the moment it is published

weakest purchases by mean returnlive data

game	price	mean	median	below price	best ticket
Big Bass Halloween 2	100x	0.42x	0.27x	45 / 50	2.3x
Book of the Fallen	100x	0.50x	0.30x	78 / 100	3.2x
Fire Portals	100x	0.57x	0.31x	45 / 50	5.3x
Wisdom of Athena	100x	0.61x	0.45x	41 / 50	2.1x
Wild West Duels	100x	0.62x	0.19x	41 / 50	4.6x

77 Pragmatic Play tests in the sample · data as of 2026-10-16 · a new Pragmatic Play test joins the moment it is published

The biggest rounds in Pragmatic Play tests

one spin and everything it triggered, against the advertised cap

The largest single round in the Pragmatic Play runs is 5,293x the stake, logged in Zeus vs Hades - Gods of War. The table measures each game's best round against the maximum win its provider advertises; how far the whole lab gets from those ceilings is the subject of the max win report.

closest to the advertised maximum winlive data

game	largest round	advertised cap	share of cap
Wild Beach Party	3,013x	5,000x	60.3%
Gates of Olympus	2,218x	5,000x	44.4%
Big Bass Floats My Boat	1,991x	5,000x	39.8%
Zeus vs Hades - Gods of War	5,293x	15,000x	35.3%
Mochimon	1,637x	5,000x	32.7%

77 Pragmatic Play tests in the sample · data as of 2026-10-16 · a new Pragmatic Play test joins the moment it is published

About Pragmatic Play and how its games were tested

open data, closed rig

Pragmatic Play, founded in 2015, is the provider behind Gates of Olympus, Sweet Bonanza and the Big Bass series, some of the most played online slots of the past few years. Most of its games ship in several RTP versions a couple of points apart, and nearly all of them sell their bonus round at a fixed price, usually 100 times the stake.

Each Pragmatic Play review lists its runs under Test record with downloadable round logs and SHA-256 checksums, the rules screens of the tested build and a free demo of the game. The declared RTP shown next to every measurement is the profile the provider's demo server reported for that build; casinos may run a lower version of the same game, which the game's own help screen states. The method is described on How we test.

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Rankings across all providers: best RTP, best bonus, max win, frequent free spins; the full catalog lists every test.

Questions about Pragmatic Play slots

5 questions

Which Pragmatic Play slot has the highest measured RTP?

Lab answer

Wild West Gold, at 112.4% measured over 30,000 logged rounds against a declared 96.51%. The lowest measured return among the tested Pragmatic Play games is Book of the Fallen at 82.1%. Both figures are what the official demo server returned in the lab's runs as of 2026-10-16; the ranking at the top of this page re-sorts itself when a test is published.

What RTP do Pragmatic Play slots actually return?

Lab answer

Across 77 tests the mean measured return is 96.9% against a mean declared 96.41%. In 75 of 77 tests the declared figure sits inside the 95% band of the measurement, and 39 tests came in below it. Measured RTP describes one long sample per game, not a payout rate a casino is bound to repeat.

How often do Pragmatic Play slots trigger free spins or the bonus?

Lab answer

In the median tested game once per 292 ordinary rounds, counting natural triggers only. The quickest is Big Bass Bonanza Megaways at once per 105 rounds, the slowest 5 Lions Megaways 2 at once per 625. A bonus round in the median game paid 81x the stake, the trigger spin included.

Is buying the bonus on Pragmatic Play slots worth it?

Lab answer

Over 6,150 logged purchases in 64 games the average ticket returned 0.93x of its price and 71% of tickets paid less than they cost. 24 games averaged at or above the price, led by Gates of Olympus Super Scatter at 1.51x per ticket; Big Bass Halloween 2 averaged 0.42x. A positive mean comes from a few large tickets, so most single purchases still lose.

Are these the RTP versions casinos use for Pragmatic Play games?

Lab answer

The declared figure next to each measurement is the RTP profile the provider's demo server reported for the tested build. Many games ship in several versions a few points apart, and a casino may run a lower one; its value is printed in the game's help screen at that casino. If it is lower than the declared figure here, the measurements on this page describe a better version than the one in front of you.

Pragmatic Play slots ranked by measured RTP