Sweet Bonanza: sweets that fall, bombs that multiply

Few screens are as recognisable as this one: a sugar-pink sky, candy canes poking out of the clouds and six reels crowded with fruit and sweets. The Sweet Bonanza demo opens with 1,000 virtual credits, no account and no download, so you can see for yourself why so many players started here.

No paylines, just eight of a kind

There are no lines to follow. The grid is six reels by five rows, and any eight or more matching symbols anywhere on screen form a win. The fruit pays least, the coloured sweets pay more, and the red heart sweet sits at the top. Once a win is counted, those symbols burst and new ones drop from above. That is the tumble: one spin can keep paying for as long as fresh matches keep landing, and it only stops when the grid settles with nothing left to clear.

The lollipop and the free spins

The lollipop is the scatter. Four or more anywhere on the grid start the free spins, and landing more scatters during the round adds extra spins. The free spins are where the slot changes character: rainbow multiplier bombs can drop in, and when a tumble sequence ends with a win, every bomb on screen adds its value and multiplies the total. A sequence with no win simply lets the bombs go to waste, which is why the round can feel quiet for a few spins and then suddenly come alive.

In the base game you will also see a toggle for the ante bet. It raises the stake and makes scatters more likely to appear. Try a stretch with it on and a stretch with it off in the Sweet Bonanza free play to feel the difference in rhythm.

How to test the demo properly

• Play at least 150 spins before judging anything: the free spins do not come round often.
• Watch how long tumble chains last. Three or four drops in a row is common; longer chains are where the base game earns its money.
• In the bonus, count how many spins end with bombs on screen but no win. That tells you a lot about the slot's swings.

The Sweet Bonanza slot runs smoothly on a phone in portrait mode, and the demo is identical to the real version in layout and features. When you have seen enough, the same game is available for real money at the casinos below.