Real screenshot from our demo test, 28 Oct 2026
Push GamingReleased 18 Feb 2022
Big Bamboo Demo & review
A 50-line Push Gaming slot where Mystery Bamboo can turn golden into prizes, collectors and multipliers, and free spins convert low symbols into more bamboo.
Written by Hampus GravePublished 30 Oct 2026
- RTP
- 96.13%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 50,000x
- Grid
- 5x6
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FluxPlays verdict
Our verdict
Only if you are happy to buy or gamble your way into its free spins. Big Bamboo saves its value for Golden Bamboo, and in free spins every converted low symbol means more bamboo and another multiplier, while four buy tiers let you choose how much starts converted. The drawback is the base game, which in our session never turned a single stalk gold.
Who it suits
Play this if…
- Bonus buyers who like a choice: four tiers set how many low symbols start converted, from none to all four
- You enjoy a decision before the bonus: collect the free spins prize, or gamble it on a wheel of better prizes and blanks
- Max-win hunters: Golden Bamboo can put prizes, collectors and multipliers on the same respin, under a very high cap
Skip this if…
- Short-session players: in our session the base game paid rarely and small, and the bamboo never turned gold
- You dislike all-or-nothing choices: a lost gamble leaves you with no free spins at all
- Line-win players: below the panda and the wild, even five of a kind pays modestly, and the low symbols pay cents
Where to play Big Bamboo
Big Bamboo is available at these casinos we have tested and reviewed. How we test casinos
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400% up to €4,000 + 1,200 free spins
- 40x wagering
- min deposit €10
- 30 days
400% welcome package up to 4,000 over four deposits, each 100% up to 1,000 plus 300 free spins. 40x wagering on bonus and free spin winnings. Minimum 10 to activate, 200 for the full 300 spins. 30 day validity. Free spins run on Pragmatic Play games.
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E-wallet payout inside 24 hours in our test
200% up to €1,500 + 150 free spins
- 35x wagering
- min deposit €10
- 7 days
200% welcome package up to 1,500 plus 150 free spins over four deposits: 100% up to 300 + 30 FS, 50% up to 350 + 35 FS, 25% up to 400 + 40 FS, 25% up to 450 + 45 FS. 35x wagering, 7 day window. Minimum 10 first deposit, 15 thereafter. Crypto deposits are not bonus eligible.
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Big Bamboo: Full Review
Big Bamboo is a 5x6, 50-line game where almost everything worth having grows out of a bamboo stalk: Mystery Bamboo stacks that can turn golden, and free spins that convert low symbols into more bamboo as they go. Push Gaming released it in February 2022, and Big Bamboo 2 followed in 2026. It suits bonus buyers who like choosing how strong a round starts, and anyone who enjoys a collect-or-gamble decision.
Big Bamboo game information
- Provider
- Push Gaming
- Release date
- 18 February 2022
- Grid
- 5 x 6 (reels x rows)
- How it pays
- 50 paylines
- RTP
- 96.13% (never gambling) (casinos may also run 96.52% (always gambling) or 94.13%)
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 50,000x the bet
- Bonus buy
- No Low Symbols Converted 99x (RTP 96.94% gambling, 96.13% collecting), 2 Low Symbols Converted 179x (RTP 96.76% gambling, 96.13% collecting), Mystery Free Spins 300x (RTP 96.74% gambling, 96.53% collecting), 4 Low Symbols Converted 608x (RTP 96.71%)
Big Bamboo before our first spin, at the demo's opening 0.50 bet: a Mystery Bamboo stack fills reel 4. FluxPlays demo test, 28 October 2026.
How Big Bamboo works
Line wins pay on 50 fixed lines, from two of a kind for the wild and the panda and from three for the rest. The wild and the panda share the top of the paytable:
| Symbol, pays at $1 | 5 of a kind | 4 | 3 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild, panda | $150.00 | $10.00 | $2.00 | $0.50 |
| Boar | $20.00 | $2.00 | $0.50 | |
| Monkey | $18.00 | $1.60 | $0.40 | |
| Bird | $12.00 | $1.20 | $0.30 | |
| Four low symbols | $0.40 | $0.20 | $0.10 |
The jump from four pandas to five shows where the line game lives: full lines of the top symbol. Mystery Bamboo stacks help build them. They can land anywhere, in base spins and free spins alike, and open to show wilds, paying symbols or a Golden Bamboo.
How the bonuses trigger
How the parts connect:
- Mystery Bamboo lands anywhere and opens into wilds, paying symbols or Golden Bamboo.
- Golden Bamboo plays one respin in which each golden square spins for a prize, a multiplier, a collector or a scatter.
- A Gamble Scatter on reels 2, 3 or 4 can land a free spins prize, and Golden Bamboo can award free spins too.
- Before the free spins start you collect that prize or gamble it on a wheel for a better one.
- In the free spins, scatters fill a meter that converts low symbols into bamboo, adding spins and a multiplier each time.
Golden Bamboo carries the game. The other four parts decide how often you see it and how much it is worth when you do.
Golden Bamboo
Each golden square spins through instant prizes from 1x up to 5,000x the bet, multipliers of x2, x3, x5 or x10, collectors, scatters and Gamble Scatters. Multipliers act on the prizes and collectors already on the reels, and a collector gathers every prize value in view and then stays. So the strong outcomes are the ones where a collector forms and a multiplier lands on the same respin.
Golden Bamboo on the first free spin of our 4 Low Symbols Converted buy: coins worth 1x to 25x and a collector on the reels. FluxPlays demo test, 28 October 2026.
Free spins and the gamble
In the base game a Gamble Scatter spins through results inside its own square, and a free spins prize starts the round with 4 to 9 spins, or 7 to 9 with two low symbols already converted. Then you choose. Collect the prize, or gamble it on a wheel that holds better prizes, some with low symbols converted, and No Prize segments that leave you with nothing. Always gambling carries a slightly higher RTP than never gambling, so the wheel is not a trap in theory, only a swing.
The choice after our 99x buy: collect 9 free spins or gamble them on the wheel of better prizes and blanks. We collected. FluxPlays demo test, 28 October 2026.
Converting low symbols
Inside the free spins, scatters and Gamble Scatters fill a meter of the four low symbols, and as it fills they are converted into bamboo one at a time. The first conversion is worth four extra spins, the second and third three each, and the fourth two. Each one also adds a multiplier to the Golden Bamboo total. A converted symbol stops landing as a low pay, so every conversion means more bamboo, and more chances at gold, for the rest of the round. Gamble Scatters inside Golden Bamboo can add one to three spins on top.
Bonus buy: prices and what you get
Four buys sell the free spins at different starting strengths, and what separates them is how many low symbols are converted before the first spin.
| Option | Type | Price at $1 | Official RTP and volatility | What you get | Our test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Low Symbols Converted | Bonus buy | $99 | 96.94% gambling, 96.13% collecting | 7 to 9 free spins, nothing converted, gamble offered | One round, collected: $51.10 back |
| 2 Low Symbols Converted | Bonus buy | $179 | 96.76% gambling, 96.13% collecting | 7 to 9 free spins, two low symbols converted, gamble offered | One round, collected: $15.70 back |
| Mystery Free Spins | Bonus buy | $300 | 96.74% gambling, 96.53% collecting | One of the three other buys at random | One round, drew no conversions: $20.50 back |
| 4 Low Symbols Converted | Bonus buy | $608 | 96.71% | 8 to 10 free spins, all four converted, no gamble | One round: $2,652.00 back |
The rules give no volatility label for each buy, and Push rates the game as a whole High. The top buy is the only one that goes straight into its spins, with no gamble screen. We bought all four, the dearest in a fresh demo session because the first balance could no longer cover it.
The buy menu at a 1.00 base bet, with Mystery Free Spins further down the list. FluxPlays demo test, 28 October 2026.
RTP, volatility and max win
Without buying, the RTP is 96.13% if you never gamble and 96.52% if you always do. A 94.13% version also exists on Push's list, and the casino decides which one it runs. Every buy carries at least the never-gamble figure, and the cheapest buy with the gamble taken has the highest RTP of all. Any round is capped at 50,000x the base bet.
Our Big Bamboo demo test
FluxPlays demo test
28 October 2026, demo running 96.13% never gambling, 96.52% always gambling (buys 96.13% to 96.94%) RTP
Base game spins
100
at $1 per spin
Staked
$100
Paid back
$24.30
24.3% of stake, -$75.70
Winning spins
17 of 100
17% of spins paid something
Biggest win
$5.70 (5.7x)
base game line win; no Golden Bamboo or free spins in the 100 base spins
Free spins triggered
0
natural triggers in the session
Bonus buys tested
No Low Symbols Converted (99x)
9 free spins collected, extended to 13 by the first conversion; best hit 17.52
$99 in
$51.10 back
0.52x its price
51.1x the $1 bet
2 Low Symbols Converted (179x)
9 free spins collected, extended to 12
$179 in
$15.70 back
0.09x its price
15.7x the $1 bet
Mystery Free Spins (300x)
drew the no-conversion version; 9 free spins collected, extended to 19; 3.20 on the trigger spin plus 17.30 in free spins
$300 in
$20.50 back
0.07x its price
20.5x the $1 bet
4 Low Symbols Converted (608x)
second demo session; 9 free spins, no gamble offered, +1 spin in Golden Bamboo; Golden Bamboo from the first free spin; a single result
$608 in
$2,652 back
4.36x its price
2,652x the $1 bet
Played on Push Gaming's official demo (pushgaming.com) on 28 October 2026, in "fun" credits read as dollars, in two demo sessions that each reconcile on the server and on screen. Session 1, from 1,000: the demo opened at 0.50, all 100 base spins ran at 1.00, then the 99, 179 and 300 buys, ending at 433.60. Session 2, a fresh 1,000 session opened only for the 608 buy that session 1 could no longer afford, ending at 3,044.00. Every collect-or-gamble offer was collected. Build: server 2.8.0, client 13.2.15, from the rules.
The fully converted buy showed what Big Bamboo is built for. With all four low symbols already bamboo, Golden Bamboo opened on its first free spin with coins and a collector in place, a +1 spin landed during the respins, and the round kept finding gold until it had paid $2,652.00. That is one round, and the rules, not its result, are what rank the buys.
The three cheaper buys, all collected without gambling, each paid back well under their price. The 99x round's best moment came after its first conversion added four spins, when a wild-heavy line paid $17.52.
The base game paid on 17 rounds in all, with no Golden Bamboo and no Gamble Scatter prize, and the wheel itself went untried. Both are described from the rules. Five rounds at such different prices are far too few to judge which buy pays best.
Later in the same bought round: a golden square showing 75 and a +1 that took the round to 10 free spins. FluxPlays demo test, 28 October 2026.
End of our 4 Low Symbols Converted buy: $2,652.00 from its free spins, in the second demo session. FluxPlays demo test, 28 October 2026.
Is Big Bamboo worth playing?
Not for the base game, but yes for the free spins, bought or earned. You choose how much of the reel set starts as bamboo, the wheel adds a real decision before the round, and Golden Bamboo stacks prizes, collectors and multipliers on one respin. Going by the rules, we would buy the cheapest tier and take the gamble, since that pairing carries the highest RTP. The top buy is for players who want the strongest start and accept paying about six times as much for it.
Pick Big Bass Bonanza if you want a simpler collect round at low volatility, where a fisherman gathers fish values and the cap is 2,100x. Pick Big Bamboo if you want to set the bonus's starting strength yourself and can live with High volatility for a far higher ceiling.
In the demo, buy the cheapest tier once and press gamble, just to see the wheel's prizes and blanks before you decide how you would play it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you buy the bonus in Big Bamboo, and what does it cost?+
Yes, four ways at a $1 base bet: $99 for no low symbols converted, $179 for two, $608 for all four, or $300 for Mystery Free Spins, which deals one of the other three at random. Only the $608 buy skips the gamble screen. We bought all four in our test.
What is the max win in Big Bamboo?+
50,000x the base bet per round, by the rules. Reaching it takes Golden Bamboo, where single prizes go up to 5,000x and multipliers up to x10 lift prizes and collectors, and it is likeliest in free spins with several low symbols already converted into bamboo.
How do you trigger free spins in Big Bamboo?+
A Gamble Scatter on reels 2, 3 or 4 has to land a free spins prize, worth 4 to 9 spins, or 7 to 9 with two low symbols converted. Golden Bamboo can award them as well. You then collect the prize or gamble it for a better one. None came in our base spins.
Should you gamble the free spins in Big Bamboo?+
In theory it costs nothing: the rules give always gambling a slightly higher RTP than never gambling. It does add risk, because the wheel holds No Prize segments and landing one ends your chance at those free spins. We collected every time in our test, so we have not seen the wheel play out.
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