Sweet Bonanza vs Gates

The Pragmatic Play studios have been generous to players with slot titles designed to captivate and tap themes from sugary delights to mythological adventures. Sweet Bonanza and Gates of Olympus are both games with some strong commonalities and big differences. Both are 6×5 scatter-pay games that award wins when eight or more matching symbols appear anywhere on the grid and trigger tumble sequences as each winning combination explodes in turn. But Sweet Bonanza’s theming and pay logic are anchored in the familiar fruit and candies. Sweet Bonanza's multiplier bombs come into play in free spins, while Gates of Olympus multipliers can land on any spin and build into a running total during its free spins.

Game Shape: Same Frame, Different Pay Language

Sweet Bonanza and Gates of Olympus are at heart Pragmatic Play’s modern pay-anywhere tumble slots. The 6×5 grid sets the stage for scatter pays. But where Sweet Bonanza uses fruit and candy symbols, Gates of Olympus is built on a Greek-theme set built around Olympus-themed symbols including crowns and goblets.

How Wins Build During a Spin

The basic tumble flow is the same between the games. In Sweet Bonanza, multiplier bombs on screen are added together and applied to the tumble win. In Gates of Olympus free spins, each multiplier in a winning sequence also raises a running total multiplier. It’s subtle, but it throws a different feel at launch.

Free Spins: What Triggers the Feature

Both games have scatters as the path to a bonus game. In Sweet Bonanza, 4 or more lollipop scatters award 10 free spins, and 3 or more scatters during the feature add 5 more.

In Gates of Olympus, 4 or more Zeus scatters award 15 free spins, and 3 or more scatters during the feature add 5 more.

The 1000 Versions: Where the Ceiling Moves

The big difference between the games is the array of multipliers. Pragmatic Play released '1000' versions of both titles and gave them the “1000” treatments. In these versions the top multiplier rises to 1000x, from 100x in the original Sweet Bonanza and 500x in the original Gates of Olympus.

The core triggers and tumble logic stay the same as in the originals.

Sweet Bonanza 1000 lists a maximum win of 25,000x the stake.

Who Each Game Fits

For players who like their Pragmatic Play slots to count to eight candies and fruits on each spin, Sweet Bonanza and its variants are a solid choice. The sweet life combines with a familiar pay-anywhere transition style.

If you prefer the Greek mythology theme and multipliers that can land on any spin, Gates of Olympus is the closer fit.