Pragmatic Play · 2020
Release the Kraken is a 5x4 video slot from Pragmatic Play with 20 paylines and high volatility. This page sets out the figures, the round, the symbol payouts, the bonus modes and what stays unknowable.
The demo is free; the real game needs an account and the legal age of 18+.
Game figures
Read once before the first spin so the returns and the risk are clear.
| Specification | On this game |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.50% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid | 5x4 |
| Release date | 01/01/2020 |
Twenty paylines run across a 5x4 grid in Release the Kraken, which sets its monsters and treasure under the sea. Paylines pay left to right from the leftmost reel, and three matching symbols are enough for a win on the cheaper ones. The main mechanic is replacement: kraken wilds arrive from random events in the base game and then roam the reels through the free spins round.
Its tentacle events set it apart from other Pragmatic Play releases. Three random outcomes drop a locking wild, a colossal 3x4 wild or a wild that infects its neighbours, each in its own colour. Free spins add sticky roaming wilds and a multiplier that climbs with every wild hit, and chest picks set both the spin count and the money bonus prizes.
Release the Kraken extras
Each feature is set out here the way this lobby presents it, rules first and figures after.
BONUS on reels 1 and 3 plus FREE SPINS on reel 5 opens chests one at a time, each showing +1, +2 or +3 spins up to 12 until COLLECT appears. The round runs on 40 paylines from a 1x multiplier, and every WILD adds 1x to all remaining spins to a 10x cap; those wilds stay put and roam each spin.
Base ReelsRoaming Wilds
BONUS on reels 1 and 3 plus CHEST BONUS on reel 5 starts a pick of 3 chests, each holding a random money prize. Picks carry on while money prizes keep landing, and a COLLECT item closes the round. There is no buy control for this one, so only the reels can start it.
Reel SpinCash Prizes
A random tentacle pick in the base game can start this one: the teal kraken WILD set. The reels keep turning while consecutive chest choices award More Wilds, Continue Spinning, All Wins x2 and Collect, More Wilds and Collect, or Collect, and every win is paid once the feature ends.
Random PickTeal Wilds
Another of the tentacle pick outcomes, this one with the purple kraken WILD. After the reels come to rest, a colossal 3x4 WILD symbol is guaranteed to land somewhere on the grid, so the spin is resolved with that block already in place.
Reel Stop3x4 WILD
Know each spin
Useful before your first spin, when you want the sequence of a round clear in your head.
Set your stake anywhere from A$0.20 up to A$240 on the 20 fixed paylines. Three figures guide most sessions here: A$0.20, A$1 and A$5 per spin.
Twenty fixed paylines run across 5 reels and 4 rows, and symbols pay left to right from the leftmost reel. Three matching symbols is the fewest that returns anything.
Random tentacle picks in the base game can bring Kraken Locking Wilds, Colossal Kraken Wilds or Infectious Kraken Wilds. A BONUS on reels 1 and 3 starts the route to a bonus screen.
Land BONUS on reels 1 and 3 with FREE SPINS on reel 5 and the Roaming Kraken round opens. Chest picks add one, two or three spins up to twelve, then COLLECT moves you on.
A loss limit or time limit fixed at the start is what ends a session, not the reels. The 40 paylines of the free spins change; your limit does not.
Four screens
Screens shown as they appear in this lobby, so nothing in a round is a surprise.
The charge follows the bet size as a multiple: 100x the stake brings the price to A$500 on a A$5 spin.
| Purchase | Rate | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Free Spins | x100 · A$500 | – |
Stake A$100 and the listed return is A$96.50 over long play; the version in front of you is named inside the game's own rules, so check it before the first spin.
| Return | RTP | Default setting |
|---|---|---|
| version 1 | 96.50% | Supported |
Five reels and four rows make up the grid, but how often the bonus round comes is not known in advance. Each spin decides which symbols land, so the number of bonus rounds in one session is random. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP. The RTP only describes the return across a very large number of spins.
Three versions of the series carry different RTP figures, and the one Jackpotcity Casino runs is shown only in the game rules. Open the game rules in the lobby before the first spin to see the version in use.
Twenty fixed paylines pay left to right from the leftmost reel, and the maximum win sits at a ceiling that is reached very rarely. Treat that ceiling as the limit of the top prize, not as a target for any one session.
Deciding On A Real Stake
Read this before you choose between a free look and a staked session.
A demo run of Release the Kraken costs nothing and returns nothing, so it shows how the reels move without paying a cent. Real play runs through a Jackpotcity Casino account held by a player of legal age.
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Strictly 18+ in Australia. Help is free on the National Gambling Helpline at 1800 858 858, and BetStop is the national self-exclusion register.
Decide what a session may cost before any of the 20 paylines spin, and hold the stake at A$0.20 or whatever figure the budget covers. Money set aside for the month is not stake money.
Name the figure that ends a session in advance, and let it apply to a rising balance as well. A win at high volatility is a stopping point, not a reason for one more round.
Deposit and loss limits in the account set a hard boundary the game cannot move. Choose them at a level that survives a losing run without touching rent or bills.
A break is the sensible next step when the reels stop being entertainment; the account pause tool and BetStop both hold a gap you choose. Neither needs to wait for a crisis.
Slot Answers
You will have the bets, triggers and figures clear before the first spin spins.
Release the Kraken runs on 20 fixed paylines, taking 20 cents up to A$240 a spin. Those limits hold at every stake, so the whole bet range sits between a single 20 cent line bet and the table maximum.
No published figure caps the top prize on Release the Kraken, because Pragmatic Play gives no maximum win multiple for this release. Treat each spin's outcome as open, and judge the game on its high volatility rather than a headline number.
Two BONUS symbols must land on reels one and three, with a FREE SPINS symbol on reel five. Chests then open one at a time, adding one, two or three spins each, up to 12, until COLLECT ends the picking and the 40 payline round begins.
Nothing on this page promises a play-for-fun copy of Release the Kraken inside the lobby. The slot pages here cover the paid game: its grid, its paylines, its features and the figures behind them.
Pragmatic Play rates Release the Kraken as high volatility, which means winless stretches and then heavier pays. A 20 cent spin and a A$5 spin face the same variance; the balance moves faster at the higher stake.
The single published return for Release the Kraken is 96.50 per cent, so A$100 staked across play returns A$96.50 on average. That average only materialises over a very long run, never inside one session.
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