Push Gaming · 2022
Big Bamboo is a 5x6 video slot with 50 win lines and high volatility from Push Gaming. This page covers its figures, rounds, paytable and bonus modes.
Table guide
Read this table before choosing a bet, when you compare versions or check the top win in money.
| In plain terms | Amount for you |
|---|---|
| Provider | Push Gaming |
| RTP | 96.13% / 96.52% / 96.71% / 96.74% / 96.76% / 96.94% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid | 5x6 |
| Maximum win multiple | x50,000 |
| Maximum win in money | A$5,000,000 |
| Release date | 03/03/2022 |
A 5x6 grid holds 50 fixed win lines in Big Bamboo, a video slot from Push Gaming with a Chinese theme built around monkeys and a panda. A line wins from as few as 2 matching symbols, and only the highest win on each line is paid. The base game caps a round at 50,000 times the current Base Bet.
Four card-suit symbols drive the Free Games Feature. A meter beside the grid tracks them, and each low symbol converted to bamboo adds spins and a multiplier. Scatter symbols on reels 2 to 4 start the feature, and landings retrigger it. After a Free Spins trigger, a Gamble step can forfeit the spins. Golden Bamboo, a respin opened by Mystery Bamboo, sums its prizes.
Big Bamboo visuals
Reading on, you will have seen the free spins and a winning round on the reels.
Feature guide
Read this when a bonus round starts and you want to know what comes next.
Enough Scatter, BONUS and Gamble Scatter symbols on reels 2-4 start this mode and award a set of free spins. A right-hand meter tracks four card-suit low symbols. Each full conversion of a low symbol to bamboo adds bonus spins and a multiplier. More scatters retrigger extra spins.
Base game spinFree spins
A Mystery Bamboo reveal symbol uncovers a Golden Bamboo symbol underneath and starts this respin feature. Each Golden Bamboo position spins through Instant Prize, Multiplier, Scatter, Gamble Scatter and Collector symbols until resolved. Instant Prize and Collector values are then summed and multiplied by the Base Bet and any landed multipliers.
Mystery Bamboo revealRespins and prizes
After a Free Spins trigger, a vertical prize ladder appears with the awarded tier highlighted. You can collect the current award or gamble it for a chance at a higher ladder tier. A losing rung forfeits the free spins entirely.
Free Spins triggerHigher ladder tier
Four purchasable options share one Base Bet stepper: no low symbols converted, 2 low symbols converted, 4 low symbols converted (no gamble step offered), and Mystery Free Spins. Mystery Free Spins randomly resolves into one of the other three outcomes.
Base Bet stepperChosen bonus round
Big Bamboo rounds
Most worries here are about money: what a bet costs and when a session ends.
A$0.10 is the lowest Base Bet, and A$100 the highest. Adjust the stepper before the first spin; at A$0.50 a round caps at A$25,000.
5 reels by 6 rows make the grid, with 50 fixed win lines in the paytable. Each line pays only its highest win, up to 50,000 times the Base Bet per round.
Ten features appear in this game: Wild, Scatter, Mystery Symbol, Multiplier and more. A Mystery Bamboo reveal that uncovers a Golden Bamboo starts a respin.
Reels 2 to 4 need enough Scatter or Gamble Scatter symbols to trigger the free spins. A right-hand meter tracks four card-suit symbols, and each full conversion to bamboo adds spins.
A$0.40 is the paytable bet, so its payouts are shown for that stake. Write your budget down before the first spin and stop when it is gone.
Prices run from 99 to 608 times the Base Bet, and the money at A$0.50 is in the table below.
| Paid extra | Total price | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| No Low Symbols Converted | x99 · A$49.50 | – |
| 2 Low Symbols Converted | x179 · A$89.50 | – |
| 4 Low Symbols Converted | x608 · A$304 | – |
| Mystery Free Spins | x300 · A$150 | – |
A$100 staked is the base for every RTP figure. RTP is the share paid back over many rounds, so one session can land above or below it. The version in use is shown in the game rules.
| Version | RTP | Provider's pick |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.94% | No |
| Variant 2 | 96.76% | No |
| Variant 3 | 96.74% | No |
| Variant 4 | 96.71% | No |
| Variant 5 | 96.52% | No |
| Variant 6 | 96.13% | Yes |
Nine symbols to read
Payouts below are in money at the example bet of A$0.40, and a win with more matching symbols pays more.
| Pays out | 2+ | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 WILDWild | A$0.20 | A$0.80 | A$4 | A$60 |
 Panda | A$0.20 | A$0.80 | A$4 | A$60 |
 Wild Boar | – | A$0.20 | A$0.80 | A$8 |
 Monkey | – | A$0.16 | A$0.64 | A$6.40 |
 Bird | – | A$0.12 | A$0.48 | A$4.80 |
 Club | – | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.16 |
 Heart | – | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.16 |
 Spade | – | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.16 |
 Diamond | – | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.16 |
Big Bamboo Trial
What the demo shows you, what it cannot show, and when real stakes begin.
The demo needs no money and pays nothing; the real game needs a Skygate9 Casino account and the legal age of 18+.
Start playingThe 5x6 grid of Big Bamboo says nothing about how often the Free Games Feature arrives. Every spin is random, so earlier spins cannot predict the next trigger. The result of one session can sit far above or far below the RTP, whichever version runs.
Six RTP versions of Big Bamboo exist, and the one Skygate9 Casino runs is shown only in the game rules. Players who compare two sessions should check that version first, because the versions pay back different shares of the stake. The rules, not a lobby label or a memory of earlier play, settle which version is active.
The 50,000x cap sets the ceiling of Big Bamboo at 50,000 times the current Base Bet in one round. Reaching that ceiling is very rare, and no earlier spin signals when it comes, so a long session without a large win says nothing about the next one.
The legal age for this game is 18+. Help is available from the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, and BetStop is the national self-exclusion register.
Set the amount you can afford to lose before the first spin, and keep to that figure for every bet.
Choose your stopping point before the first spin, and keep to it even straight after a large win.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before the first bet, so the limit applies without a decision mid-session.
Take a break or self-exclude through BetStop when the game stops being fun, and do not return to it on impulse.
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Big Bamboo at a glance
The usual worry is how much a round costs and how big the top win can get.
Four purchasable options sit on one shared Base Bet stepper. They cover no converted low symbols, two, four, and Mystery Free Spins. At the A$0.50 example bet they cost between A$49.50 and A$304, which is 99 to 608 times the bet.
A$0.10 is the lowest Base Bet at Big Bamboo, and A$100 is the highest. The paytable uses A$0.40 as its reference stake, while A$0.40 and A$0.50 serve as example bets elsewhere on this page. Prizes scale in step with whichever bet you set.
50,000 times the current Base Bet is the win cap for one round. The A$0.50 example bet puts that cap at A$25,000, while the A$100 maximum bet reaches A$5,000,000. The cap moves with the bet you set, so a smaller stake lowers it.
Big Bamboo is classed as high volatility. That means wins tend to be less frequent but can be large when they land. How often the bonus or a big prize arrives cannot be known in advance.
Big Bamboo has the lowest return in its series. Big Bamboo 2 pays more on both return and win cap, while Bamboo Ways keeps a lower cap than this one. Happy Bamboo sits between them on return.
A$0.40 is the bet the paytable uses, and it diagrams all 50 win lines before any spin is made. Two matching symbols are the fewest that pay, so every rule can be checked on the 5x6 grid first.
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