Pick Gates of Hades if you want a cluster pays game with an Ancient Greece and fire theme. The grid has six columns and six rows, and wins form from clusters, not from paylines. A cluster needs at least five matching symbols that touch horizontally or vertically. Diagonal touches do not count. Winning symbols disappear, new symbols fall from above, and this tumble repeats until no cluster is left.
Weigh the Progressive Multiplier before anything else. Each Wild adds a random multiplier to its column's WILD METER, and cluster wins are multiplied by the meter total on their columns. The meter resets after each spin. Free Spins keep the meter for the whole round. Six or more Scatters open Super Free Spins, where each Wild multiplier has a 10x floor.
Key numbers
Bonsai Casino shows the game's numbers plainly, with nothing rounded up to sound better.
| What it means | Shown as |
|---|---|
| Game provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.47% / 96.50% / 96.52% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid size | 6x6 |
| Max win multiple | x10,000 |
| Max win at top bet | A$2,400,000 |
| Release date | 22/05/2025 |
Decide on a buy knowing its price is a fixed multiple of your bet, with the money at A$10 shown in the table.
| Option | Price | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Free Spins | x100 · A$1,000 | – |
| Buy Super Free Spins | x500 · A$5,000 | – |
Judge each version by its return: RTP is the share of staked money paid back over a long run, counted per A$100 staked. The version running on Bonsai Casino is listed in the game rules.
| RTP setting | RTP | Default? |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.52% | Yes |
| Variant 2 | 96.50% | No |
| Variant 3 | 96.47% | No |
Before the bonus
Unsure how many spins you get, or whether the multiplier resets between them?
Three, four, five or six-plus SCATTER symbols on the first tumble start Free Spins with 10, 12, 15 or 20 spins. WILD multipliers extend to 500x and the WILD METER holds for the whole round. Retriggers add 5, 7, 10 or 12 spins. Wins cap at 10000x bet.
Base gameUp to 20 spins
Six or more SCATTER symbols on the first tumble start Super Free Spins with 20 spins. Every WILD multiplier is raised to a 10x minimum, and the WILD METER compounds through the whole round. The round caps wins at 10000x the bet.
Base gameWilds from 10x
Clusters of five-plus matching symbols, linked horizontally or vertically, pay. Winners vanish, and the grid refills until no clusters remain. WILD symbols add a 1x to 100x multiplier to their column's WILD METER. Cluster wins are multiplied by the meter on their columns. The meter resets after each spin.
Placing your betMultiplied cluster wins
Halfway through a round
You will know what each of the three game screens shows before you play.
Know what pays
Five steps that settle what you bet, how wins form and when to stop.
Pick a stake from A$0.20 up to A$240 before the first drop. Every payout scales with it, so a A$0.50 bet and a A$10 bet pay in different amounts.
Connect five or more matching symbols side by side to form a cluster and pay. Winning symbols vanish, new ones drop from above, and the tumble repeats until no cluster remains.
Each WILD carries a multiplier from 1x to 100x into its column's WILD METER. Cluster wins in those columns get multiplied by the meter total, which resets after each spin.
Land three or more SCATTER symbols on the first tumble to open the Free Spins. The count sets how many spins you get, and further SCATTER landings during the round add spins.
Decide your limit before the first spin. The result of a session cannot be known in advance, so the limit is what ends it.
Nine symbols to know
The payouts below are in money at the A$0.50 example bet, and more symbols in a cluster pay more.
| Matching group | 13+ | 14+ | 15+ | 36+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 WILDWild | – | – | – | A$75 |
 Gold Crown Orb | A$18.75 | A$37.50 | A$75 | – |
 Skull Ring | A$15 | A$30 | A$60 | – |
 Heart Amulet | A$7.50 | A$15 | A$30 | – |
 Red Square Gem | A$5.25 | A$12 | A$22.50 | – |
 Purple Diamond | A$1.50 | A$3 | A$6 | – |
 Orange Diamond | A$1.25 | A$2.50 | A$5 | – |
 Green Pentagon | A$1 | A$1.88 | A$3.75 | – |
 Cyan Octagon | A$0.50 | A$1.25 | A$2.50 | – |
Gates of Hades demo
Read this before opening Gates of Hades for the first time with your own money.
Start in the demo to learn the game, which needs no money and pays nothing. Switch to the real game with a Bonsai Casino account, aged 18 or older.
Real money playDeciding how much to stake starts with what nobody can see in advance. How often the bonus round arrives is not known before the first spin. The RTP is an average over a very large number of rounds, so one session can land far above or far below it, whichever RTP version runs.
Checking the RTP version before you play starts in the game rules. Which of the three versions Bonsai Casino runs is shown only in those rules, so read them before the first spin. Each version carries its own RTP figure, and the versions are listed in the table on this page.
Aiming for the maximum win means aiming at a ceiling that few rounds reach. The top figure is x10,000 of the bet, which is A$100,000 at the A$10 example bet. Any single round can end far below that cap, and the cap is not a promise.
Common questions
Five short answers cover volatility, RTP, max win, bonus buy and free spin triggers before you play.
Gates of Hades has high volatility, so results are uneven. Big wins are possible, but how often they come cannot be known in advance. Plan your budget with that in mind.
The game runs in three RTP versions, each with its own return shown on this page. RTP is a long-run average over many spins, so one session can land above or below it.
The top prize is 10,000 times the bet, and the same cap applies in Free Spins and Super Free Spins. No round pays beyond that ceiling, whichever mode you are in.
Yes. Buy Free Spins costs 100 times the bet, and Buy Super Free Spins costs 500 times the bet. Both purchases come out of your balance before the round starts, and the cost scales with the bet you have set.
Three or more Scatter symbols on the first tumble start Free Spins, and more Scatters mean more spins. Six or more Scatters on the first tumble activate Super Free Spins, where every Wild multiplier is at least 10x.
Gates of Hades, compared
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Decide how much you can lose before the first spin, and keep that amount separate from your everyday money.
Choose the point where you stop before the reels turn, and keep to it even when a win lands first.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play so the amount you can lose is fixed in advance.
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