Pragmatic Play’s Big Bass Line Gets Its Fourth Halloween Dip

Pragmatic Play’s fanged fisherman is back out on the water for Halloween, and this time he’s brought a bucket of pumpkins with him. Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000 takes the studio’s high-stakes Splash 1000 engine and wraps it in a horror theme, trading a little ceiling for a smoother ride and a set of pre-bonus modifiers that let you steer how the free spins round opens.

What’s been released

Pragmatic Play released Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000 on 12 October 2026, extending the Splash 1000 engine with a Halloween theme, pumpkin-select modifiers, and a 20,000x maximum win.
It’s the latest entry in a franchise that has proven endlessly reskinnable, with
the Big Bass series alone now counting four Halloween variants in its catalogue
, and
Pragmatic Play and Reel Kingdom’s release marking the 37th Big Bass game by OLBG’s count
.

The slot runs on
a 5×3 grid with 96.50% RTP, medium volatility, and a 20,000x max win
, with
operator-configurable lower variants of 95.50% and 94.50% also available
, so it’s worth checking the paytable at your casino of choice to see which version is live. For UK players,
listings show a narrower bet range of 10p to £5
rather than the global 0.10 to 250 scale quoted elsewhere.

How it plays

The base game keeps things familiar:
landing three, four, or five scatter symbols in the base game awards 10, 15, or 20 free spins respectively
, and
two scatters offer a random chance for additional scatters to appear and activate the feature
.

The Halloween twist sits in the set-up.
Before the bonus round begins, players select from six pumpkins to reveal up to five modifiers
, and
these can unlock additional wilds, money symbols, or free spins, start the round from the second multiplier level, or increase the probability of random features triggering during play
. Once inside the feature,
fisherman wilds collect the value of fish money symbols landing on the same spin, with those symbols carrying values up to 1,000x
.

There’s also a retrigger ladder for players who stay in the round:
every 4th wild symbol collected retriggers the feature, awarding 10 more free spins and an increased multiplier for Money symbol collection to x2 for the second level, x3 for the third level, and x10 for the fourth level
, after which
the feature cannot be retriggered anymore
. Three further random features can spice up individual spins:
Trick or Treat can add Money symbols when Fishermen appear without fish, while Spider can bring Fishermen onto the reels when fish land without a collector, and Bazooka can replace other symbols when Fishermen appear without Money symbols
.

Where it fits

Pragmatic Play’s public relations director Sharon McHugh framed the pumpkin system as giving players
“greater influence over how the bonus game unfolds”
, though as one review points out,
the pumpkin pick is still a random reveal, changing how the round starts without touching the maths behind the RTP or win ceiling
.

Set against the series’ back catalogue, the maths has actually shifted in an interesting direction.
The Halloween edition trades some of the original’s ceiling for a gentler ride: the maximum win drops from 25,000x to 20,000x the bet, and volatility eases from high to medium
compared with the main Big Bass Splash 1000 release. Against the older Big Bass Halloween specifically,
that title carried an RTP of 96.04% with fish values reaching 2,000x, so the new game has a higher listed RTP but a lower cap on any single fish
. The release lands as part of a broader autumn push from Pragmatic Play, which this week also covered Latin American live casino expansion with Mega Wheel Latino, keeping its release pace brisk heading into the seasonal slate.

Sources

• European Gaming – Pragmatic Play adds Halloween twist to Big Bass Splash 1000 formula
• World Casino Directory – Pragmatic Play Launches Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000
• RG.org – Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000 Lands At Granawin With 20,000x Max Win
• Shane the Gamer – Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000 Is Out: Pragmatic Play’s 20,000x Count Dracula Slot
• Gaming Intelligence – GI Games Round-up featuring Play’n GO, Yggdrasil and more