Pragmatic Play · 18 March 2024 · 7×7 cluster pays
Sugar Rush 1000 slot review
The 2022 grid with the ceiling lifted: a multiplier spot can now double all the way to x1,024.
Top prize 25,000x the bet, five times the original's.
Pay 500x and Super Free Spins start with x2 on every one of the 49 cells.
The quick bite
Sugar Rush 1000 is the original Sugar Rush with one dial turned all the way up. Same 7×7 grid of candies, same paytable, same scatters, same way of turning cells into multipliers. The difference is how far those multipliers can climb and what you can pay to skip the waiting.
In the 2022 game a multiplier spot stops at x128. Here it keeps doubling to x256, x512 and x1,024, and the maximum win rises from 5,000x to 25,000x your bet. Pragmatic Play also added a second bonus buy: for 500x the bet you get Super Free Spins, where every cell of the grid already carries x2 before the first free spin lands.
We read every page of the game's rules screen in the official demo, bought 15 regular and 5 Super bonus rounds, played 500 base spins and recorded one full Super Free Spins round so you can replay it below, tumble by tumble.
What's new in this flavour
Everything not on this list is identical to the original Sugar Rush, down to the paytable values and the number of free spins each scatter count gives.
- Multiplier spots double up to x1,024; the original stops at x128.
- Max win 25,000x the bet, against 5,000x in the original and in Xmas.
- A second buy: Super Free Spins for 500x, with x2 already on all 49 cells.
- The RTP page on pragmaticplay.com lists 96.00%; the game's own rules screen in the demo says 96.53%. Casinos can run either; see below.
- Same seven candies, same cluster paytable, same 10–30 free spins, same high volatility.
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One spin, frame by frame
Every Sugar Rush spin follows the same recipe. Here is how it looks in Sugar Rush 1000, in our own screenshots from the demo.
The grid fills. Forty-nine candies drop onto a 7×7 board. There are no paylines: a win is any group of five or more identical symbols touching side by side or top to bottom. Diagonals don't count.
The base game at the default $2 bet. Buy buttons for Free Spins ($200) and Super Free Spins ($1,000) sit on the left. A cluster pays and explodes. The winning candies vanish, the ones above fall down, new ones drop in from the top, and the grid checks for wins again. That is a tumble, and it repeats until nothing new connects.
The cells remember. Every cell where a winning candy exploded is marked. If another winning candy explodes on a marked cell, the cell gets a x2 multiplier. Each further explosion there doubles it: x4, x8 and on up to x1,024.
Multipliers under one cluster add up. When a winning cluster sits on several multiplier spots, their values are added together and the total multiplies that cluster's pay. Our screenshot below shows five jelly beans over spots worth x36 in total: the $1.00 cluster paid $36.00.
From our Super Free Spins round: the spot multipliers under one cluster add up to x36. In the base game the board is wiped. When the tumbles stop, marked cells and their multipliers are cleared. Only in free spins do they stay from one spin to the next, which is why the bonus is where this game makes its big numbers.
What clusters pay
Pays are in multiples of your total bet, so at $1 a 5-lollipop cluster pays $1 and a 15+ lollipop cluster pays $150. The table is the same in all four Sugar Rush games; what changes is how big the multipliers on top of it can get.
| Symbol / cluster size | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pink lollipop | 1x | 1.5x | 1.75x | 2x | 2.5x | 5x | 7.5x | 15x | 35x | 70x | 150x |
| Orange heart | 0.75x | 1x | 1.25x | 1.5x | 2x | 4x | 6x | 12.5x | 30x | 60x | 100x |
 Purple jelly bean | 0.5x | 0.75x | 1x | 1.25x | 1.5x | 3x | 4.5x | 10x | 20x | 40x | 60x |
| Green star | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.75x | 1x | 1.25x | 2x | 3x | 5x | 10x | 20x | 40x |
 Red gummy bear | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.75x | 1x | 1.5x | 2.5x | 3.5x | 8x | 15x | 30x |
 Purple gummy bear | 0.25x | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.75x | 1.25x | 2x | 3x | 6x | 12x | 25x |
 Orange gummy bear | 0.2x | 0.25x | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 1x | 1.5x | 2.5x | 5x | 10x | 20x |
Two things stand out. First, small clusters pay very little: five or six of any gummy bear return less than half your bet, so most base-game wins are tiny and the session lives on multipliers. Second, value jumps sharply from 10 symbols up. A 12-symbol lollipop cluster is worth 15x; 13 is worth 35x. Want to play with the numbers? Try the cluster calculator, which also adds spot multipliers on top.
How the spots behave in Sugar Rush 1000
The rule text is word for word the one from the original, except for the cap. A cell needs two explosions to become a multiplier: the first marks it, the second makes it x2. After that every explosion doubles it, so a spot at the cap of x1,024 has had eleven winning symbols explode on it.
That ladder is the whole story of this game. The original's x128 is reached after eight explosions on one cell. The three extra doublings to x256, x512 and x1,024 are rare, but because spot values add up under a cluster, a few high cells under one big group are where 1,000x-plus results come from.
In 500 base spins we saw a multiplier form on a cell in 12.8% of spins, and the biggest base-game spot was x16. In bonus rounds it is a different game: our best regular buy reached x128, and a Super buy reached x512.
Want to see the doubling with your own clicks? The spot simulator lets you hit cells and watch them climb, with the cap switched to x1,024. The full explanation, with the same rule in all four games, is in chapter 2 of Learn.
Free spins and Super Free Spins
Three or more scatters anywhere on the grid start the bonus. In Sugar Rush 1000 the scatter is a gold gumball rocket rather than the original's pink one.
| Scatters on the grid | To trigger | To retrigger, in the round |
|---|---|---|
| 3 scatters | 10 free spins | +10 more |
| 4 scatters | 12 free spins | +12 more |
| 5 scatters | 15 free spins | +15 more |
| 6 scatters | 20 free spins | +20 more |
| 7+ scatters | 30 free spins | +30 more |
During free spins every marked cell and every multiplier stays on the grid until the round ends, and they keep growing with each new explosion. Hitting three or more scatters again adds the same 10 to 30 spins to what you have left.
Super Free Spins
The Super option exists only as a buy. You pay 500x the bet and the round starts exactly like a normal one, with 3 to 7 scatters landing at random, but every cell of the grid begins with a x2 multiplier. From the first winning cluster, every explosion doubles something.
Is it worth five times the regular buy? The rules screen gives it a slightly lower RTP (96.44% against 96.52% for the regular buy), so on paper you pay a little more for the head start. What you buy is a different shape of result: fewer near-empty rounds, and a better chance that cells reach the top of the ladder. Our five Super buys returned between 55.4x and 746.5x, against the 500x price.
Our Super Free Spins round, replayed
We bought Super Free Spins at $2 and recorded every answer the game server sent back. Three scatters gave 10 free spins, a retrigger added 10 more, and the best cell reached x64. Press Play to watch it; the numbers are in multiples of the bet.
| Free spin | Spin win | Total | Best spot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 of 10 | 0x | 0x | x2 |
| 2 of 10 | 0x | 0x | x2 |
| 3 of 10 | 0x | 0x | x2 |
| 4 of 10 | 7.5x | 7.5x | x4 |
| 5 of 10 | 12x | 19.5x | x4 |
| 6 of 10 | 2.8x | 22.3x | x8 |
| 7 of 20 | 40.5x | 62.8x | x16 |
| 8 of 20 | 0x | 62.8x | x16 |
| 9 of 20 | 0x | 62.8x | x16 |
| 10 of 20 | 16.1x | 78.9x | x16 |
| 11 of 20 | 0x | 78.9x | x16 |
| 12 of 20 | 12x | 90.9x | x16 |
| 13 of 20 | 9.6x | 100.5x | x32 |
| 14 of 20 | 18x | 118.5x | x32 |
| 15 of 20 | 0x | 118.5x | x32 |
| 16 of 20 | 44.4x | 162.9x | x64 |
| 17 of 20 | 4.8x | 167.7x | x64 |
| 18 of 20 | 0x | 167.7x | x64 |
| 19 of 20 | 4.8x | 172.5x | x64 |
| 20 of 20 | 17x | 189.5x | x64 |
The round paid 189.5x for a 500x price. That is a normal-looking Super round, not a bad one: it is exactly why the price is what it is.
Where the multipliers ended up
Each of our 15 regular bought bonuses left a map of multiplied cells when it ended. Stacked together, they show a clear pattern: the middle of the grid finishes multiplied far more often than the edges, and corners almost never.
That is geometry, not a hot zone. A cell in the middle has four neighbours and belongs to many more possible clusters than a corner cell, so it is exploded on more often, so it gets marked and doubled more often. The game draws every new candy the same way wherever it lands.
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Paying for features
Sugar Rush 1000 has two buttons and no special bets:
Buy Free Spins · 100x
Starts the bonus straight away with 3 to 7 scatters landing at random. RTP with this buy: 96.52%.
Buy Super Free Spins · 500x
The same bonus, but every cell starts at x2. RTP with this buy: 96.44%.
There is no Ante bet in this game. If you want an Ante option and the even more expensive Super Spins, those arrived in Sugar Rush Super Scatter.
A bought bonus at 100x is a big single bet. In our test, 13 of 15 regular buys returned less than their price and the median buy returned 24.3x. Before you buy, put your own numbers into the bonus-buy calculator: it shows what a run of buys costs at your stake and what our results looked like.
Straight from the rules screen
All the numbers on this page come from the game's own information screens in the official demo, read on 21 October 2026.
| Mode | RTP |
|---|---|
| Base game | 96.53% |
| Buy Free Spins | 96.52% |
| Buy Super Free Spins | 96.44% |
Why does Pragmatic's website say 96.00%? Pragmatic Play offers casinos more than one RTP version of many games. The demo we played runs the 96.53% version; the 96.00% figure on the game's page on pragmaticplay.com is very likely another version that some casinos choose. The difference sounds small, but over thousands of spins it is real. How to check the version your casino runs is explained in the RTP chapter.
The max win is 25,000x in both the base game and free spins; if a free spins round reaches it, the round ends at once and the remaining spins are forfeited. The game's configuration in the demo gives a figure of about one in 12.8 million rounds for reaching that cap. Treat that as the developer's own estimate, not a promise either way; what max win really means is its own chapter.
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On a phone
In portrait the grid moves to the top half of the screen and both buy buttons sit under it, side by side. The candies stay large enough to follow tumbles easily, and the game is the same build as on desktop.
Test Kitchen numbers
| Base spins played | 500 |
|---|---|
| Spins that paid something | 37.6% |
| Spins where a spot multiplier formed | 12.8% |
| Best single base spin | 65.7x |
| Free spins triggered naturally | 0 |
| Bought bonuses (100x each) | 15 |
| Median bought bonus | 24.3x |
| Mean bought bonus | 40.1x |
| Best bought bonus | 143.1x |
| Bought bonuses that paid back 100x | 2 of 15 |
| Highest spot multiplier in a bought bonus | x128 |
| Super Free Spins bought (500x each) | 5 |
| Median Super Free Spins | 201.4x |
| Best Super Free Spins | 746.5x |
| Super buys that paid back 500x | 1 of 5 |
| Highest spot multiplier, Super buys | x512 |
Small samples swing hard: these numbers describe our sessions, not the game's maths. Full data and method: Test Kitchen.
Read these as a description of our sessions. Over 500 spins the base game returned 76.3% of what we bet, which says nothing about the 96.53% RTP: one lucky or unlucky bonus moves that figure by tens of percent.
Sweet for, sour for
Sweet for
- Players who want the biggest spots in the series without special bets.
- Anyone who would rather pay once for a grid that already starts at x2.
- Fans of the original who felt x128 was too low a ceiling.
Sour for
- Short sessions on a small bankroll: 13 of our 15 regular buys returned less than 100x.
- Casino lobbies running the 96.00% version.
- Anyone after something new: apart from the cap and the Super buy, it plays exactly like the 2022 game.
If you liked the original and want more top end, this is the version to try. If you want the Super Scatter prizes and Ante options as well, compare it with Super Scatter; if you are choosing between this and the original, read Sugar Rush vs Sugar Rush 1000.
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Questions about Sugar Rush 1000
What is the RTP of Sugar Rush 1000?
The rules screen in the official demo gives 96.53% for normal play, 96.52% when you buy Free Spins and 96.44% when you buy Super Free Spins. Pragmatic Play's website lists 96.00%, which is very likely a lower version some casinos run. The RTP chapter shows how to check yours.
What is the max win in Sugar Rush 1000?
25,000 times your bet, in the base game and in free spins. If a free spins round reaches it, the round stops and the remaining spins are lost. The game's configuration in the demo puts reaching it at roughly one in 12.8 million rounds.
How high can the multipliers go?
A multiplier spot starts at x2 on the second explosion on a cell and doubles with each one after that, up to x1,024. The original Sugar Rush stops at x128. Spots under the same winning cluster are added together.
What are Super Free Spins?
A bonus you can only buy, for 500x the bet. It is the normal free spins round, with 3 to 7 scatters landing at random, except that every one of the 49 cells already has a x2 multiplier when it starts.
Is Super Free Spins better value than the normal buy?
Not on paper: its RTP is 96.44% against 96.52% for the 100x buy. It changes the shape of results rather than the average. In our test the five Super buys returned 55.4x to 746.5x against their 500x price, and the median of 15 regular buys was 24.3x against 100x.
Is Sugar Rush 1000 different from the original Sugar Rush?
Only in three ways: spots go to x1,024 instead of x128, the max win is 25,000x instead of 5,000x, and there is the extra Super Free Spins buy. The grid, symbols, paytable and free spins are the same. Our side-by-side comparison goes through it.
What are the minimum and maximum bets?
$0.20 to $240 per spin in the demo. Casinos can set narrower limits.
Can I play Sugar Rush 1000 for free?
Yes. The demo near the top of this page is Pragmatic Play's own, with play money, and needs no account. All four games are also on our free play page.
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