June 2022
Sugar Rush
The original: a win marks its cells, the next win on a marked cell makes x2, doubling to x128.
- RTP
- 96.50%
- Max win
- 5,000x
- Spots to
- x128
Versus · original vs sequel
Sugar Rush vs Sugar Rush 1000
The 1000 is the original with a higher ceiling and one extra button. If that sounds like a small difference, it is on most spins and a big one on a few. Here is exactly what changed, what stayed, and how to choose.
18 March 2024
Sugar Rush 1000
Spots climb to x1,024. Pay 500x and Super Free Spins start every cell at x2.
- RTP
- 96.53%
- Max win
- 25,000x
- Spots to
- x1,024
Side by side
| Sugar Rush | Sugar Rush 1000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | June 2022 | 18 March 2024 |
| Grid and wins | 7×7, clusters of 5+ | same |
| Paytable | lollipop 15+ pays 150x … orange bear 5 pays 0.2x | same |
| Spot multipliers | x2 doubling to x128 | x2 doubling to x1,024 |
| Free spins | 3–7 scatters: 10–30, spots kept all round | same |
| Max win | 5,000x | 25,000x |
| Bonus buys | Free Spins 100x | Free Spins 100x, Super Free Spins 500x (x2 on every cell) |
| RTP (rules screen) | 96.50%; buy 96.50% | 96.53%; buy 96.52%; Super buy 96.44% |
| RTP on pragmaticplay.com | 96.50% | 96.00% (a lower version some casinos run) |
| Volatility | High | High |
| Bets | $0.20–$240 | $0.20–$240 |
| Max win frequency in the demo's config | about 1 in 2.34 million rounds | about 1 in 12.8 million rounds |
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What the higher ceiling changes
A cell in the original stops at x128 after eight explosions. In the 1000 it keeps doubling three more times: x256, x512, x1,024. Those three extra rungs need many explosions on one cell, so they almost only happen in long or lucky bonus rounds. On ordinary spins the two games are indistinguishable: in our 500 base spins each, the biggest base-game spot was x16 in both.
The top of the ladder is where the difference lives. One x1,024 cell under a five-lollipop cluster pays 1,024x on its own; the original can't produce that from one cell. The max win follows: 25,000x against 5,000x. The game's own configuration suggests the 1000's cap is about five times rarer to reach, roughly in proportion to its size.
The Super Free Spins buy
The 1000 adds a 500x button that starts the bonus with x2 on all 49 cells. It doesn't exist in the original. On paper it is a little worse value than the regular buy (96.44% against 96.52%), and in practice it trades many near-empty rounds for fewer, fuller ones. Our five Super buys returned between 55.4x and 746.5x; our 15 regular buys between 4.2x and 143.1x.
What our Test Kitchen saw
| Measure | Sugar Rush | Sugar Rush 1000 |
|---|---|---|
| Base spins that paid | 33.2% | 37.6% |
| Tumbles per winning spin | 1.89 | 1.75 |
| Median regular buy (100x) | 12.8x | 24.3x |
| Best regular buy | 161.4x | 143.1x |
| Regular buys that paid back | 2 of 15 | 2 of 15 |
| Top spot in regular buys | x64 | x128 |
| Super buys (500x) | — | median 201.4x, best 746.5x, top spot x512 |
With 15 rounds each, the two games' regular buys are statistically the same. The one thing the sample shows clearly is that the 1000's cells went higher, as the rules say they can.
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Which one to play
Pick Sugar Rush if…
- You want the simplest version, with one buy button.
- Your casino runs the 1000 at 96.00% and the original at 96.50%.
- A 5,000x ceiling is plenty for you.
Pick Sugar Rush 1000 if…
- You want bigger possible results from the same game.
- You like the idea of buying a board that starts at x2.
- Your casino runs the 96.53% version: check the rules screen.
Both are free to try first: Sugar Rush demo, Sugar Rush 1000 demo. And if you want the 1000's ceiling with even more options, look at 1000 vs Super Scatter.
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