Pokie reviews
RTP, volatility and the win ceiling for 139 pokies from 44 studios. Every figure comes from the provider’s own rules and press material, and every one of them can be checked in the game in two clicks.
Written by Nathan Kerrigan
12 min read
Mahjong Wins Triple Pot
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.5%
- Volatility
- Medium
- Max win
- 100,000x
Buffalo Trail
BF Games
- RTP
- 96.16%
- Volatility
- Very high
- Max win
- 61,300x
Sugar Rush Super Scatter
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.58%
- Volatility
- Very high
- Max win
- 50,000x
Gates of Olympus Super Scatter
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.5%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 50,000x
Shark Feast
Play'n GO
- RTP
- 96.2%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 40,000x
Sugar Rush 1000
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.53%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 25,000x
Sweet Bonanza 2500
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.52%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 25,000x
Sweet Bonanza 1000
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.53%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 25,000x
Mummyland Treasures
Belatra Games
- RTP
- 96.36%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 25,000x
Sweet Bonanza
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.51%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 21,175x
Royal Joker: Hold and Win
Playson
- RTP
- 95.62%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 21,150x
Pink Joker: Hold and Win
Playson
- RTP
- 95.87%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 15,056x
Sky of Olympus
Formula Spin
- RTP
- 96.3%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 15,000x
Gates of Olympus 1000
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.5%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 15,000x
Book of Truth
TrueLab Games
- RTP
- 96.33%
- Volatility
- Medium
- Max win
- 15,000x
4 Pots Riches: Hold and Win
Playson
- RTP
- 95.7%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 15,000x
Coin Strike 2: Hold and Win
Playson
- RTP
- 95.65%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 15,000x
Bonanza Billion
BGaming
- RTP
- 95.97%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 15,000x
Le Fisherman
Hacksaw Gaming
- RTP
- 96.33%
- Volatility
- Medium
- Max win
- 15,000x
Supercharged Clovers: Hold and Win
Playson
- RTP
- 95.78%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 14,000x
Wanted Dead or a Wild
Hacksaw Gaming
- RTP
- 96.38%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 12,500x
Gold Nugget Rush - Hold & Win
Betsoft
- RTP
- 96.07%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 12,395x
Big Catch Bonanza: Bonus Buy
NetGame
- RTP
- 96.05%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 12,000x
Big Catch Bonanza: Perfect Haul
NetGame
- RTP
- 96.05%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 12,000x
Lucky Pack: 2026 Cup
BGaming
- RTP
- 96.1%
- Volatility
- Very high
- Max win
- 10,490x
Book Of Ra Magic
Greentube
- RTP
- 95.03%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 10,056x
Merge Up 2
BGaming
- RTP
- 98%
- Volatility
- Very high
- Max win
- 10,000x
Gemhalla Xtreme
BGaming
- RTP
- 97.17%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 10,000x
3 Million B.C.
Betsoft
- RTP
- 96.43%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 10,000x
Snoop Dogg Dollars
BGaming
- RTP
- 96%
- Volatility
- Very high
- Max win
- 10,000x
Fury of Anubis
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.52%
- Volatility
- Medium
- Max win
- 10,000x
Sun of Egypt 3
Booongo
- RTP
- 95.61%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 10,000x
Fortune of Olympus
Pragmatic Play
- RTP
- 96.55%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 10,000x
Fish Tales Monster Bass 10,000
Booming Games
- RTP
- 95.9%
- Volatility
- Medium-high
- Max win
- 10,000x
Sugar Merge Up
BGaming
- RTP
- 97%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 10,000x
Legion Gold and the Throne of Dead
Play'n GO
- RTP
- 96.2%
- Volatility
- Medium
- Max win
- 10,000x
Midnight Marauder - ClusterBreaker
Relax Gaming
- RTP
- 96.1%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 10,000x
Clash of Gods: Anubis vs Hades
BGaming
- RTP
- 96.5%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 10,000x
Temple of Three
Play'n GO
- RTP
- 96.2%
- Volatility
- Medium-high
- Max win
- 10,000x
Wild Cash x9990
BGaming
- RTP
- 96.01%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 9,990x
Mega Fishing Mania
Slotopia
- RTP
- 96.03%
- Volatility
- Medium-high
- Max win
- 7,500x
Lady Wolf Moon Megaways
BGaming
- RTP
- 96.75%
- Volatility
- Very high
- Max win
- 6,000x
Gold Rush with Johnny Cash
BGaming
- RTP
- 96.14%
- Volatility
- Very high
- Max win
- 5,624x
Thunder Coins XXL: Multicoin
Playson
- RTP
- 95.65%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 5,405x
Thunder Coins XXL: Hold and Win
Playson
- RTP
- 96%
- Volatility
- Medium-high
- Max win
- 5,405x
Coin Win: Hold The Spin
Gamzix
- RTP
- 96%
- Volatility
- Medium
- Max win
- 5,400x
Coin Strike: Hold and Win
Playson
- RTP
- 95.66%
- Volatility
- Medium-high
- Max win
- 5,150x
Thunder Coins: Hold and Win
Playson
- RTP
- 95.66%
- Volatility
- Medium-high
- Max win
- 5,150x
Contents
How to read RTP without fooling yourself
RTP is the share of all stakes a pokie returns over its full mathematical cycle — usually tens of millions of spins. A game running 96.5% returns $96.50 for every $100 staked across that cycle, and says nothing whatsoever about your next hundred spins. Two players on the same machine on the same evening will see wildly different results, and both are consistent with the published figure.
What RTP is genuinely useful for is comparison. Across a long series of sessions, a 96.5% game costs about half as much per pound staked as a 93% game. That difference is invisible in one night and unmissable over a year, which is why it belongs on every page here and why we print it as the provider states it.
The same pokie can ship with different RTP
This is the part that catches most players out. Plenty of studios supply operators with several configurations of one title — the same reels, the same bonus, the same artwork, but 96.5% at one casino and 94.2% at another. The choice belongs to the operator, not to the player, and it is rarely advertised.
The figure we publish is the headline version from the provider. Before you play, open the game rules from inside the lobby and check the RTP line there: it reflects the build that particular casino has licensed. It takes two clicks, and it is the only number that applies to the money you are about to stake.
Volatility is about pacing, not generosity
Volatility describes how a pokie distributes what it returns. Low volatility pays small amounts often, so a balance drifts down slowly and sessions last. Very high volatility withholds for long stretches and concentrates returns into rare events, so the same balance can vanish in twenty minutes or triple in one bonus round.
Neither setting is more generous — RTP governs that. What volatility governs is whether the stake you have chosen can survive the dry spell long enough to reach the paying part. On a very high volatility pokie with a 5,000x ceiling, that usually means smaller stakes and more of them, not the other way round.
What a max win figure actually promises
A 5,000x ceiling means the game will pay at most five thousand times the triggering stake, and that the maths is capped there even if the multipliers on screen would have gone further. It is a limit, not a target, and on most high-ceiling pokies it is reached by a vanishingly small fraction of players.
The useful way to read it is alongside volatility. A 5,000x cap on a low volatility game means the top end is theoretical; the same cap on a very high volatility game means the distribution is genuinely stretched towards it. Both facts sit on every game page here, side by side, for exactly that reason.
Demo play, bonus buy and ante bet
Most titles run in demo mode with play money, which is the cheapest way to learn a bonus round before committing to it. What demo cannot show you is how the game feels when the balance is real, and that difference is worth respecting.
A bonus buy skips the wait by charging a fixed multiple of the stake — typically 80x to 120x — for immediate entry to the feature. An ante bet raises every spin by around 25% in exchange for better trigger odds. Both change the cost per hour substantially, and neither changes the RTP in your favour: on most games the bought version runs at the same rate or slightly lower.
Where these figures come from
Every RTP, volatility rating, grid size and win ceiling on this site is taken from the provider’s own game rules or press material, with the source recorded on the page. We do not estimate, round or infer them, and where a figure has not been established the field stays empty rather than being filled with a plausible number.
Availability is separate. A casino appears in the where-to-play block on a game page only when the title, or at minimum its studio, was seen in that lobby — and the wording tells you which of the two it was. Catalogues are cut by jurisdiction, so a studio being present is not a promise that a particular game is.
Frequently asked questions
Does a higher RTP mean I will win more?
Not in any given session. RTP is measured over the game’s full mathematical cycle, which runs to tens of millions of spins. It reliably predicts long-run cost per pound staked and predicts nothing at all about tonight.
Why does the same pokie show a different RTP at another casino?
Because many studios supply several configurations of one title and the operator picks which to licence. Open the game rules inside the lobby before playing — the RTP line there is the one that applies to your stake.
Are some pokies due to pay out?
No. Every spin is generated independently by a certified random number generator, and the game has no memory of what came before. A pokie that has paid nothing for two hours is exactly as likely to pay on the next spin as one that just did.
Is a bonus buy better value than waiting?
It is faster, not cheaper. The buy price is set so the feature returns roughly what it would have cost to trigger naturally, and on many titles the bought version runs at a slightly lower RTP. It also compresses a lot of variance into a short time.
What does volatility mean for the stake I should choose?
The higher the volatility, the longer the dry spells and the more spins you need for the distribution to do its work. Practically, that means a smaller stake on a very high volatility game than you would use on a low one, for the same budget.
Can I play these pokies for free?
Most run in demo mode with play money, which is the cheapest way to learn a bonus round. Demo cannot reproduce how the game feels with real money on the line, so treat it as a rules tutorial rather than a rehearsal.