Pragmatic Play · 2023
Pirates Pub is a high volatility 5x3 video slot from Pragmatic Play. Here are its figures, rounds, bonus modes and costs before your first spin.
Know what you play
Many players fear an RTP is a promise of wins. These figures show what each number means.
| What it measures | In the game |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player (RTP) | 96.00% / 96.03% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid | 5x3 |
| Maximum win multiple | x5,000 |
| Maximum win in money | A$1,215,000 |
| Release date | 01/06/2023 |
On five reels with three rows, Pirates Pub pays on 9 fixed paylines. A win needs at least 3 matching symbols on adjacent reels, read from the leftmost reel. Pirate icons like the skull coin and crossed cutlasses share the reels with pub items like the beer mug and poison bottle. WILD replaces every other symbol on its reel.
Three, four or five WILD symbols on one spin start Free Spins, with 5 to 8, 8 to 11 or 11 to 15 spins awarded at random. Each WILD marks its reel cell with a gold border, and a WILD on a marked cell raises it up to level 5. Super Free Spins follow automatically, with marked cells as sticky multiplier WILDs.
See before you spin
The screens settle how the reels look during free spins and in the base game.
Five steps, one spin
Retrobet Casino shows each round in the order the reels run, with no step skipped.
The reels stay still until you pick a bet from A$0.09 up to A$243 per spin. The example amounts on this page use A$0.40, A$5 and A$10.
Wins run from the leftmost reel to the right on 9 fixed paylines. Three matching symbols are the fewest that pay, and WILD substitutes for every symbol.
Base game runs on WILD alone, which substitutes for any symbol. Three WILD on one spin open Free Spins, and the Multiplier and Sticky Wild follow in Super Free Spins.
Three, four or five WILD on one spin start Free Spins, with the spin count drawn at random. Each WILD marks its reel cell with a gold border.
The reels keep turning until you stop, so set your limit before the first spin. The result of a session cannot be known in advance.
Feature guide
This section sets out how each round starts, what happens inside it, and what the wilds do.
Three, four or five WILD on one spin start Free Spins: three WILD award 5-8 spins, four award 8-11 and five award 11-15, drawn at random. Each WILD marks its reel cell with a gold border; another WILD on a marked cell raises that level, up to 5.
Base Game spin5-15 free spins
Super Free Spins auto-start when stage 1 runs out and award 2-5 extra spins. Each marked cell becomes a sticky WILD portrait with a multiplier of plain, x2, x3, x4 or x5 by marking level. Sticky WILDs stay fixed for the stage, and it cannot be retriggered.
Stage 1 spins2-5 extra spins
Base Game runs on 5 reels x 3 rows with 9 fixed paylines. Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. WILD substitutes for all symbols on any reel.
Placing a betLine wins
Know what each icon pays
The payouts below are in money at the A$0.40 example bet, and more symbols on a winning line pay more.
| Win (A$) | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|
 WILDWild | A$0.89 | A$4.44 | A$22.22 |
 Pirate skull coin | A$0.67 | A$2.67 | A$13.33 |
 Pirate captain's hat | A$0.53 | A$1.78 | A$8.89 |
 Crossed cutlasses | A$0.53 | A$1.78 | A$8.89 |
 Poison bottle | A$0.40 | A$1.11 | A$4.44 |
 Beer mug | A$0.40 | A$1.11 | A$4.44 |
 Fish (salmon) | A$0.27 | A$0.89 | A$2.67 |
 Spade | A$0.18 | A$0.67 | A$1.78 |
 Club | A$0.18 | A$0.67 | A$1.78 |
 Heart | A$0.09 | A$0.36 | A$0.89 |
The price is 70 times the total bet, which comes to A$700 at a top bet of A$10.
| Bonus buy | Price, A$ | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Free Spins at 70x | x70 · A$700 | – |
On the reels every A$100 staked pays back on average the share listed in the table over a long run. Retrobet runs one of these versions; the game rules name it.
| Version | RTP | Set by provider |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.03% | Yes |
| Variant 2 | 96.00% | Nil |
Each spin lands symbols across five reels, and three or more WILD symbols on one spin open Free Spins. How often that happens is not known in advance. The result of one session is random, whatever RTP version runs, so a short session can end far above or far below the RTP figure.
Every spin on the reels follows one of the two RTP versions this game offers. Which version this site runs is shown only in the game rules. Read the rules before you play, because the version sets the long-run return.
Reels stop on a final result after every spin, and the largest prize is capped at the maximum win. Reaching that cap is very rare, so read the maximum win as a ceiling only. Nothing on the reels or in the rules promises a player will reach it.
Two ways to spin
At Retrobet you choose between practice and real play before the first bet.
The demo reels spin with no money at stake and pay nothing. The real game needs a Retrobet Casino account and the legal age of 18+.
Start playingBefore you pick
Useful when you want to compare another game before your first spin.
Pirates Pub is for players 18+ only. For help in Australia, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, or register with BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Decide how much you can afford to lose before you start, and treat that sum as the full cost of the session.
Choose your stopping point before the reels start, and keep to it even after a big win, since a win never promises the next spin.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play Pirates Pub, and keep them in place for every session.
If the game stops being fun, take a break, and if breaks do not help, self-exclude through BetStop.
Know before you spin
The most common worry is how fast the balance can drop, and these answers show the stake rules.
Wins on the reels arrive in uneven bursts, so a session can swing hard in either direction. That is what high volatility means for Pirates Pub. Set your bet size with that swing in mind.
A win at the A$0.09 minimum pays the same way as a win at a higher bet, only smaller. Start low to learn how wins land before you raise the stake.
Each spin runs at a bet from A$0.09 to A$243. The examples here use A$0.40, A$5 and A$10. Your bet sets the money on every win, so check the paytable before you change it.
The top win on the reels reaches x5,000 times the bet, so the maximum payout grows with the stake. At A$10 that is A$50,000, and at the highest bet of A$243 the maximum win reaches A$1,215,000.
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