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Sugar Rush glossary

The words this site, the games' rules screens and Sugar Rush players use, in plain English. Each entry links to the chapter that covers it in depth.

7×7 grid

The board every Sugar Rush game is played on: seven columns and seven rows, 49 cells in all. More

Ante Bet

A special bet in Sugar Rush Super Scatter: five times the base bet per spin, free spins trigger naturally ten times as often, and buys are switched off. RTP 96.56%. More

Autoplay

Spins the game for you a chosen number of times. It changes nothing about the results, only how fast you spend.

Base bet

Your normal stake per spin. Buy prices, Super Scatter prizes and special-bet costs are all counted in base bets.

Base game

Normal spins outside free spins. In Sugar Rush, marked cells and multipliers are cleared at the end of each base spin's tumbles.

Bonus buy

Paying up front to start free spins straight away: 100x the bet in all four games, or 500x for Super Free Spins in 1000 and Super Scatter. More

Cluster

A group of five or more identical candies connected horizontally or vertically. Diagonal contact doesn't count. More

Cluster pays

A way of paying wins for groups of touching symbols instead of lines across reels. Every Sugar Rush game uses it.

Demo

The free version of a game with play money. The Sugar Rush demos on this site are Pragmatic Play's own. More

Doubling

What a multiplier spot does with each new winning explosion on it: x2, x4, x8 and so on up to the cap.

Explosion

What happens to winning candies after they pay: they disappear, which marks their cells and makes room for a tumble.

Free spins

The bonus round: 10 to 30 spins for 3 to 7 scatters, during which marked cells and multipliers stay on the board. More

Gacor

Slang for a slot said to be 'paying well' at the moment. It has no basis in how the games work. More

High volatility

The rating all four games carry: wins come less often, but big wins are more likely in a short time. More

Hit rate

The share of spins that pay anything. Our base-game hit rates were 29.8% to 37.6% across the four games.

Marked cell

A cell where a winning candy has exploded. A second explosion there turns it into a x2 multiplier spot. More

Max win

The most a spin or free spins round can pay: 5,000x (original, Xmas), 25,000x (1000) or 50,000x (Super Scatter). A round that reaches it ends at once. More

Multiplier spot

A cell carrying a multiplier from x2 up to x128 (original, Xmas) or x1,024 (1000, Super Scatter). It multiplies any cluster that wins on top of it. More

Multipliers add up

When one winning cluster covers several multiplier spots, their values are added and the sum multiplies the cluster's pay once.

Paytable

The list of what each candy pays for each cluster size, 5 to 15+. It is the same in all four games. More

Pola

A supposed winning pattern of bets and spins, popular in some communities. Spins are independent, so no pattern can work. More

Pragmatic Play

The studio that makes the Sugar Rush series, along with Gates of Olympus, Sweet Bonanza and many other slots.

Random number generator (RNG)

The software on the game server that decides each spin. It is tested by independent labs and doesn't remember previous spins.

Retrigger

Landing 3 or more scatters during free spins, which adds 10 to 30 more spins and keeps the multipliers on the board. More

RTP

Return to player: the share of all money bet that a game pays back over the very long run. 96.44% to 96.58% across Sugar Rush games and modes. More

RTP version

Studios often supply several RTP builds of the same game; each casino picks one. The rules screen in the game shows yours.

Rules screen

The game's own information pages, opened with the i button. Every number on this site comes from them.

Scatter

The gumball-machine rocket. Three or more anywhere on the grid trigger free spins; they don't need to touch. More

Special reels

A different mix of symbols that the game uses during free spins, as its rules screen notes.

Super Free Spins

A premium bonus bought for 500x in Sugar Rush 1000 and Super Scatter, in which all 49 cells start at x2. More

Super Scatter

The yellow lollipop sun in Sugar Rush Super Scatter. In a trigger of 3+ scatters, 1 to 4 of them pay 100x, 500x, 5,000x or 50,000x the base bet. More

Super Spin 1

A Super Scatter special bet at 10 times the base bet: random cells start each spin with multipliers from x2 to x128. More

Super Spin 2

A Super Scatter special bet at 250 times the base bet: all 49 cells start each spin at x32. More

Test Kitchen

Our demo test: 2,000 base spins and 74 bonus rounds logged from the official demos, with every number published. More

Total bet

Your whole stake for a spin. Paytable values are multiples of it.

Trigger

The spin that starts free spins, with 3 to 7 scatters.

Tumble

After a win, the winning candies explode, the rest fall down and new ones drop in, and the board is checked again. More

Turbo spin

A faster animation setting. It doesn't change results, only the number of spins per minute.

x bet

How this site writes amounts: 100x means one hundred times the bet, so $100 at a $1 bet.

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