Table guide
Pub Casino lays out every figure in plain money, so you know the stakes before the first spin.
| What it is | Value at table |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.23% / 96.25% / 96.32% / 96.42% / 96.70% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid size | 6x5 |
| Maximum win multiple | x5,000 |
| Maximum win at highest bet | A$625,000 |
| Release date | 24/11/2022 |
The 6x5 grid of Santa's Great Gifts carries a Christmas theme, and wins form anywhere on the grid. A win needs at least 8 matching symbols, not a line of them. When a win lands, its symbols disappear, the remaining symbols fall down, and new ones drop from above. This tumble can form another win, so one spin may hold several rounds of falling symbols.
Four free spins levels set this slot apart. A round starts at Level 1 with 10, 15 or 20 spins, depending on whether 4, 5 or 6 SCATTER symbols land. Multiplier gifts move play up: 6 gifts open Level 2, 11 open Level 3 and 15 open Level 4. Each level raises the smallest possible gift, up to 50x at Level 4.
Screen Tour
Useful once scatters land and the round changes shape, so you know what each screen is telling you.
100x to 500x the bet is the price of each bonus buy; the table turns those prices into Australian dollars at the A$2 top bet.
| Feature | Price | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 buy at 100x | x100 · A$200 | – |
| Level 2 buy at 200x | x200 · A$400 | – |
| Level 3 buy at 400x | x400 · A$800 | – |
| Level 4 buy at 500x | x500 · A$1,000 | – |
A$100 staked returns to the player, on average over a very long run, the percentage shown in the table, and the game keeps the rest. The version Pub Casino runs is shown in the game rules.
| Version | RTP | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.70% | No |
| Variant 2 | 96.42% | No |
| Variant 3 | 96.32% | No |
| Variant 4 | 96.25% | Yes |
| Variant 5 | 96.23% | No |
When the bonus starts
Read this when Scatter symbols land and you want to know which level you start on.
Free Spins Level 1 starts on 4, 5 or 6 SCATTER symbols, giving 10, 15 or 20 spins. Multiplier gifts land with values from 2x to 100x. After 6 gifts, the round moves to Level 2. Three or more SCATTER during the round add 5 spins.
Base gameFree spins
Level 2 starts once 6 gifts have been collected in a free spins round. The multiplier gift floor rises to 8x, so gifts range from 8x to 100x. After 5 more gifts, 11 in total, the round moves up to Level 3.
Level 1 spinsHigher multipliers
Level 3 begins after 11 gifts have been collected in the free spins round. From here every multiplier gift ranges from 15x to 100x. After 4 more gifts, 15 in total, the round advances to Level 4.
Level 2 spinsMultipliers from 15x
Level 4 is the top level, reached after 15 gifts collected. Gift values now run from 50x to 100x. The level does not advance further. A hard cap at 5000x the bet ends the round early if that cap is reached.
Level 3 spinsGifts from 50x
Santa's Great Gifts Basics
Five steps that settle how a single round runs, from the bet to the session limit.
Start at A$0.20 and climb as far as A$125 per spin. Larger stakes do not change the grid or the chances; they change what each win is worth in money.
Eight or more matching symbols anywhere on the 6x5 grid pay, and no paylines are involved. Winners vanish, the rest drop down, and fresh symbols fall in from above until no new cluster forms.
Santa can drop a gift onto any spin or tumble, carrying a multiplier from 2x to 100x. Gifts that land together combine into one multiplier applied to the whole sequence total, not to a single drop.
Four, five or six scatters anywhere award 10, 15 or 20 free spins, and the round opens at Level 1. Each scatter is a snow globe, so watch the whole grid rather than a line.
No spin tells you how a run will unfold, so fix a total spend and a walk-away point first. The helpline on 1800 858 858 is there if play stops feeling like a choice.
Learn rules, then stake
After this, you will know which mode to open and what the real game asks first.
The demo needs no money and pays nothing. The real game needs an account at Pub Casino and players aged 18+.
Play for realSix reels give no schedule. How often the gift round arrives is not published for this slot, so nobody can promise it will land in a session, or land twice. Random draws decide each tumble, and an RTP of 96.23 to 96.70 percent describes a very long run of spins, not the night you are sitting in.
Which of the five RTP settings runs here is written in the slot's own rules screen, opened from the menu. That figure is the one to read, because it fixes the long-run return your bets are weighed against. Nothing on the lobby tile shows it.
The ceiling of x5,000 is a limit, not a target: at the A$2 example bet it caps a round at A$10,000, and at A$125 at A$625,000. Reaching that cap takes a long chain of tumble wins and rising gift multipliers, and it stays rare.
18+ is the legal age to play Santa's Great Gifts. Support is available from the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, and you can self-exclude through BetStop.
A$0.20 per spin is the smallest stake, so set a session budget before the first spin and stop when it is gone.
A$10,000 is the top win at the A$2 example bet, not a target. Decide when you will stop before you spin, even after a win.
A$1,000 is the price of the largest bonus buy at the A$2 example bet, so set deposit and loss limits in your account before you buy.
96.23% is the lowest RTP version, so long runs return less than the total staked. When the game stops being fun, take a break or self-exclude.
Four quick answers
Useful when you compare bets, RTP versions and paid features before you start.
A$0.20 is the lowest bet on Santa's Great Gifts, and A$125 is the highest bet allowed here. The example bets on this page, A$0.20, A$0.50 and A$2, are only illustrations and set no limits.
96.70% is the highest of the five RTP versions, and 96.23% is the lowest. The RTP is the return the game pays over a long run, measured on A$100 staked, so a single session can land well above or below it.
A$200 buys Free Spins Level 1 at the A$2 example bet, which is 100x the bet. Levels 2, 3 and 4 cost 200x, 400x and 500x the bet, or A$400, A$800 and A$1,000 at the same bet.
4 SCATTER symbols give 10 free spins, 5 give 15 and 6 give 20. Free Spins start at Level 1, and 3 or more SCATTER symbols during the round add 5 spins. Collecting 6 multiplier gifts in the round moves it up to Level 2.
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