Big Bamboo (Push Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

Big Bamboo: Slot Overview

Push Gaming dresses Big Bamboo in zen greens and sleepy pandas, yet the maths is ruthless. I’ve put in real sessions and the tone flips fast once the stacked Mystery Bamboo appears. The layout is 5 reels and 6 rows with 50 fixed lines. Stakes run from £0.10 to £100. Default RTP sits at 96.13%, though feature buys can shift that. Volatility is very high, so balance swings are common. The headline is 50,000x max win, which keeps me in the seat.

Under the calm surface you get Mystery Bamboo that flips into matching symbols, wilds, or Golden Bamboo. Golden Bamboo is the coin game with instant prizes, collectors, and multipliers, while scatters ride along. Free spins lean on symbol conversions that turn the four card suits into Mystery Bamboo, adding spin extensions and prize multipliers. There’s also a gamble step before the bonus in some setups. It reads busy on paper, but in play it lands with a clear rhythm.

Big Bamboo RTP and Wagering

The 50 paylines pay left to right. Most wins need three in a row, but panda and wild start from two. I set stakes between £0.10 and £100 with quick taps under the reels. The stated RTP is 96.13%; some menus show variant figures when feature buys are active, so I always check the info panel. This is high variance to the core. Sessions can drift with dead spins, then spike when Mystery Bamboo chains into Golden Bamboo.

Big Bamboo Slot Paytable & Symbols

Low pays are the four suits: diamonds, spades, hearts, clubs. Five-of-a-kind pays 0.4x stake, with 0.1x for three and 0.2x for four. They land stacked often, which looks tempting on a 5x6 board. In bonuses, converting these suits into Mystery Bamboo raises the hit rate and can turn a bland spin into a setup. Full screens are possible on paper, though in my play the stacks mix with premiums more often than not, keeping outcomes swingy.

Premiums are the blue bird, green monkey, boar, and the panda. Five birds pay 12x, monkeys 16x, and boars 20x. The panda leads the paytable, giving 0.5x for two, then 2x, 10x, and 150x for lines of three, four, or five. Wilds appear on all reels, substitute for pays, and mirror the panda’s line values, so a wild line is worth 150x. On stacked sets, a single premium sweep can swing a bonus from flat to electric.

Special symbols drive the mode changes. Mystery Bamboo lands in stacks and flips into matching pays, wilds, or Golden Bamboo. Golden Bamboo then spins each marked position on its own mini-reel and can drop instant coins, collectors, multipliers, and even the scatters that you need for bonuses. This layering is where the slot breathes. The board can feel quiet for minutes, then a cluster of Mystery Bamboo shifts the whole screen and you get a surge of events.

Big Bamboo Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x150
	4	x10
	3	x2
	2	x0.5
	5	x150
	4	x10
	3	x2
	2	x0.5
	5	x20
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	5	x16
	4	x1.6
	3	x0.4
	5	x12
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.3
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Scatter

Big Bamboo Bonus Features

Mystery Bamboo can reveal Golden Bamboo and that’s when each marked spot spins by itself. Outcomes include instant prize coins from 1x up to 5,000x bet, collector symbols that gather all visible coins and stay while empty spots re-spin, and multipliers of x2, x3, x5, or x10 that upgrade coins and collectors in view. Scatters and gamble scatters can also appear, including from Golden Bamboo, which feeds into the bonus entry and the risky wheel step.

Free spins collect scatters beside the four low symbols. Fill four dots for a suit and it converts into Mystery Bamboo for the rest of the round. The first conversion grants four extra spins and a x2 multiplier for Golden Bamboo wins, the second and third add three spins with x3 and x5, and the fourth gives two more with x10. Golden Bamboo during the bonus can add +1, +2, or +3 spins. There is a buy menu with 99x, 179x, 608x, or 300x routes, with RTP shown.

Big Bamboo: Slot Verdict

Big Bamboo looks calm, but it bites. I’ve had long patches of nothing, then a burst where coins, multipliers, and conversions line up and the screen lights up. The slot has two clear targets. Nail big instant prizes with a multiplier in tow, or reach free spins and convert suits early for momentum. It won’t flatter small balances, yet the 50,000x cap and the layered feature game make it a fierce high-risk pick when I fancy a proper sweat.