Gates of Olympus at VegasNow

Gates of Olympus is a Pragmatic Play pokie built on six reels with no paylines to track. Instead of lining symbols up left to right, you win when 8 to 30 matching symbols land anywhere on the grid. Eight is the minimum for any payout, and bigger clusters of the same symbol pay more according to the paytable.

Every win sets off a tumble. The winning symbols are removed, the symbols above drop down, and fresh ones fall in from the top to fill the gaps. If the new layout creates another group of eight or more, that pays too and the grid tumbles again. A single paid spin can therefore turn into a short chain of wins, and the chain only stops when a tumble produces nothing new.

Zeus himself drops multiplier symbols onto the reels. Each one carries a value, and the highest a multiplier symbol can show is 500×. When a tumbling sequence finishes, the multipliers on screen are added together and the total is applied to the win from that sequence. A multiplier that lands on a spin with no win simply has nothing to multiply, which is why the base game can feel quiet for a while before a tumble chain and a couple of orbs line up at the same moment.

Your stake is set before each spin and stays the same through every tumble it triggers. The info screen inside the game shows the current symbol values for whatever stake you have chosen. If you are using bonus funds, keep that stake at or below A$8, as covered further down.

The multiplier rule is addition, which keeps the maths simple. The values below are chosen only to show the method; the game decides which values land and how often.

• A tumbling sequence wins A$3 in total, and two multiplier symbols showing 5× and 25× are on screen. Five plus twenty-five is 30×, so the win becomes A$90.
• A sequence wins A$12, and three symbols show 2×, 10× and 100×. They add to 112×, turning the win into A$1,344.

Totals like these are already part of the 96.50% long-run figure, not extra on top of it.

Search our lobby for Gates and three tiles appear: Gates of Olympus, Gates of Olympus 1000 and Gates of Olympus Super Scatter. They share Zeus and the tumbling grid, but each is its own game. The 96.50% RTP and 15-spin scatter feature on this page belong to the original, and Super Scatter has the fixed awards below. For the 1000 edition, read the info panel inside the game before relying on any figure. Our Book of Ra page shows the same edition question with another studio.

Welcome bonuses at VegasNow carry 40× wagering on the bonus amount and 40× on free-spin winnings, with seven days to complete it. Because slots count in full, every dollar you stake on Gates of Olympus moves the requirement forward by a full dollar. The same dollar on roulette would add 25 cents, and on baccarat nothing at all.

Worked example. You make a A$100 first deposit and receive the 150% match, a A$150 bonus. Multiply the bonus by 40 and you get A$6,000 of qualifying wagering to finish within seven days. At A$1 a spin on Gates of Olympus, that is 6,000 spins. At A$2 a spin it is 3,000 spins, and at the A$8 maximum it is 750 spins. Each tumble chain belongs to the spin that started it, so the wager counted is your stake, not the number of tumbles.

Splitting 6,000 spins across seven days means roughly 860 spins a day at A$1. That is a lot of play, so decide before you opt in whether the bonus suits the time you actually have. Bonuses can be declined, and only one can be active at a time. The full conditions sit in the VegasNow bonus terms and on the welcome bonus page.

Super Scatter's fixed awards are multiples of your stake, so they convert neatly into dollars.

Pragmatic Play does not say how often any award occurs. With a deposit bonus active, what you can cash out from that offer stops at A$5,000: at A$1 a spin, three Super Scatters already reach it, and at A$8 the same award is eight times over. Playing your own balance removes that cap, though payment-method limits and the account's withdrawal caps still apply, and large sums may be paid in instalments, as the withdrawals page explains.

Games that pay in bursts reward a budget set in spins rather than dollars. Before you open the game, decide three numbers: your total session budget, your stake, and the point at which you stop either way.

Say you bring A$100. At A$0.50 a spin that buys 200 spins of runway before any wins come back, which gives the tumbles and multipliers a fair number of chances to appear. At A$2 a spin the same A$100 buys only 50 spins, and a quiet patch could end the session before the free spins ever trigger. Neither choice is wrong, but the lower stake gives you more of the game for the same money.

• Set a deposit limit in your VegasNow account before you start, not after a losing run.
• Pick a stake that gives you at least 100 to 200 spins from your session budget.
• Decide a win point too, such as stopping once the balance doubles, and stick to it.
• Treat a free-spins round as a bonus, not a target you chase by raising the stake.
• Keep every bet at or under A$8 while a bonus is active.

If play stops feeling like entertainment, use the deposit limits and self-exclusion tools in your account, read our responsible gambling page, or speak to Gambling Help Online on 1800 858 858, free and confidential, any time.