Quick verdict: Big Money Bass is RAW iGaming's flagship fishing slot and the title that launched one of the studio's longest-running franchises. It pairs a 5-reel, 4-row, 1,024-ways grid with a Hold and Re-Spin bonus built around sticky fish symbols, sitting at 95.52% RTP, high volatility and a 5,000x max win.
The Story
RAW iGaming doesn't publish a narrative backstory for Big Money Bass — it's a straightforward "gone fishing" premise rather than an unfolding story. Released in April 2023, it became successful enough to spawn a run of sequels and spin-offs, including Bigger Money Bass, Bigger Money Bass Smash Pots and Big Money Bass 6, making it one of RAW's most enduring franchises alongside its SuperSlice line.
Theme, Gameplay & Symbols
Big Money Bass runs on a 5-reel, 4-row grid with 1,024 ways to win. The setting is an underwater fishing scene — ocean-blue backdrops, a distant boat on the surface, and fishing tackle (reels, floats, hooks) worked into the symbol set. Premium symbols are a run of brightly coloured bass in orange, green, blue and purple, capped by a gold Wild fish that substitutes for all paying symbols. Card royals (10 through Ace) fill out the low end of the paytable, a familiar structure for anyone who's played Blueprint's Fishin' Frenzy or similar cash-collect fishing slots.
Presentation & Sound
The art style is bright and cartoon-rendered rather than photorealistic — large-eyed fish, bold outlines, a warm underwater palette — in keeping with the wider "pub fruit machine gone fishing" genre this game sits in, rather than anything aimed at younger players. It reads as a relaxed, adult recreational-angling theme, the same territory as other well-established fishing slots already on the market, not a children's cartoon. Sound design leans into a calm ocean ambience during the base game, with a livelier reel and splash cue set kicking in once a winning combination lands or the Hold and Re-Spin round triggers.
How to Play Big Money Bass
- Set your stake using the in-game bet selector. RAW iGaming's own range for this title is 0.2–20 per spin, though UK-licensed operators cap real-money stakes at £5 per spin for players 25 and over, and £2 per spin for 18–24-year-olds, regardless of the game's own maximum.
- Spin the 5x4 grid and watch for three or more matching fish symbols landing across the ways-to-win structure.
- Landing a winning combination of three same-kind fish, including a Wild, triggers a "second chance" respin: those three symbols lock in place (become sticky) while the remaining grid positions respin.
- Any further fish symbol landing during that respin starts the Hold and Re-Spin feature proper, awarding extra respins — typically two or three more for a four- or five-of-a-kind combination — with a multiplier that can build up to 4x on qualifying wins.
- The round continues until no new fish symbols land during a respin, or the grid fills completely.
Features & Mechanics
The Hold and Re-Spin bonus is Big Money Bass's headline mechanic. It's triggered from the base game rather than a separate bonus buy round, and works by locking winning fish symbols in place while giving the remaining grid positions a limited run of respins to add more matching fish — each additional matching symbol both extends the respin count and adds to a running win multiplier of up to 4x. Because the round starts from a genuine in-game trigger rather than a guaranteed cycle, how far a session goes depends entirely on which symbols land during those respins.
Some listings for this title show a feature-buy option in RAW's build, priced as a multiple of the total stake. UK-licensed operators do not offer feature-buy/bonus-buy options to UK players, following the UK Gambling Commission's 2020 guidance on the format, so this isn't something you'll find live at any brand we list — the Hold and Re-Spin round is only reached by playing it out naturally.
Volatility & Win Potential
RAW iGaming publishes Big Money Bass at three RTP configurations — 95.52%, 94.52% and 90.03% — with 95.52% the top published figure, and operators can select which is live. The game is rated high volatility, with a maximum win of 5,000x the total stake, reachable through extended runs of the Hold and Re-Spin feature. Bet range on RAW's data sheet runs 0.2–20 per spin, though UK players are capped at £5 per spin (25+) or £2 per spin (18–24) by their operator regardless of that published maximum.
Pros & Cons
- Pro: A well-established, franchise-spawning fishing format with a genuinely tense Hold and Re-Spin round.
- Pro: 1,024 ways to win keeps base-game hit rate reasonably active between bonus rounds.
- Pro: Up to 4x multiplier scaling within the bonus round adds extra upside without needing a separate feature.
- Con: The fishing cash-collect format is now common across the industry, so the core loop will feel familiar to regular players.
- Con: At 5,000x, the max win ceiling is more modest than some of RAW's newer, higher-volatility SuperSlice titles.
Final Verdict
Big Money Bass is a solid, well-built entry in the fishing cash-collect genre and the game that established one of RAW iGaming's longest-running franchises. The Hold and Re-Spin bonus gives it a genuine sense of momentum once it triggers, and the 1,024-ways structure keeps the base game ticking over between rounds. It's a good pick for players who enjoy the Fishin' Frenzy-style format and want to try RAW's take on it.
