The Great Stick-Up (Pragmatic Play) – Review & Demo Play

The Great Stick-Up - Slot Overview

I fired up The Great Stick-Up and got a clear 60s small-town US vibe with a jazzy track that feels a bit at odds with the dusty streets. It runs on a 5x3 grid with 20 fixed paylines, stakes from 0.20 to 100, and a variable RTP set where the best is 96.30%. It’s a high volatility number, so I expect swings. The base game has no extras beyond line wins, which sets the pace for a bonus-or-bust rhythm.

Wilds are the pipe-smoking detective, scatters are red sirens. The story only really takes shape in free spins, where a jailbreak style mechanic appears. Hit rate sits in that one-in-three to one-in-four range depending on setup and luck. I like the polish, but the day-to-day grind before bonuses can feel dry if the balance drifts. It’s one of those titles where I pick a stake, test a session window, and decide quickly whether it’s feeding.

The Great Stick-Up Symbols and Paytable

Lows are a pipe, magnifying glass, hat, handcuffs, treasure map, and banknotes. Highs include a revolver and four gangsters with coloured backdrops. Non-character fives pay roughly 1x to 10x, while the gangsters step up to 15x–50x for a five-of-a-kind. The detective wild lands on all reels, substitutes, and pays 75x for five on a line. Red siren scatters pay 2x, 10x, or 100x for 3, 4, or 5 anywhere, and they trigger the free spins.

The Great Stick-Up Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x75
	4	x15
	3	x5
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x3.25
	5	x35
	4	x7.5
	3	x2.5
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x1.5
	5	x15
	4	x3
	3	x1
	5	x10
	4	x1.75
	3	x0.6
	5	x5
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.35
	5	x3
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	5	x2
	4	x0.45
	3	x0.2
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.35
	3	x0.15
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	5	x1
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.05
	Scatter

The Great Stick-Up Slot Features

The base game is lean, so you’re waiting on 3+ sirens to drop. That awards 7 free spins and an upfront scatter payout. During the bonus, sticky mystery symbols land and lock. Each spin, every sticky reveals the same symbol as shown on the right-hand box, starting at the lowest tier. That creates a unified reveal pattern across all sticky positions, which is where the game’s engine tries to build momentum.

Overlay sheriff badges can attach to regular symbols. Collect two badges to upgrade the mystery tier to the next symbol on the paytable, and you gain +1 extra spin per upgrade. Reach the top premium and upgrades stop. The trick is simple: stack enough stickies in useful spots, climb tiers, then let the synced reveals do the lifting. When it lines up, it can jump fast; when it doesn’t, spins vanish without much fuss.

From my sessions, the bonus can appear at a fair clip compared to some high variance slots, but outcomes vary wildly. I’ve raced up the ladder only to have too few stickies on the grid, and I’ve also had modest tiers with better placement hit harder. It’s timing and setup. The mechanic is fine, though not pulse-raising every run. I tend to give it a couple of rounds, then bail if it starts drip-feeding.

The Great Stick-Up Stats: RTP, Volatility & Max Win

Default RTP is 96.30%, with alternative settings down to the mid‑94s, so I always check the paytable before spinning. Variance is high, and that shows in the base game droughts. The max win is hard‑capped at 5,000x, and the bonus round ends on the spot if you hit it. Line pays can reach 75x per wild line, and regular symbols top at 50x for a full premium line.

In longer samples I’ve seen bonus triggers roughly in the one‑in‑a‑hundred range, but that depends on venue settings and luck. Either way, most of the value sits in the free spins with sticky mysteries and tier upgrades. If the site runs the leaner RTP, I trim session length and aim for quick bonus checks rather than marathon grinds, as the swing profile can carve a balance fast.

The Great Stick-Up - Slot Verdict

Strong visuals, a lively soundtrack, and a straightforward upgrade system, but the base game is as dry as the reviews suggest. All the entertainment is bundled into the free spins, which puts pressure on sticky counts and tier progress. I’ve had strings of low returns, punctuated by the odd tidy hit when positions and upgrades clicked. With a 5,000x cap and adjustable RTP, I treat this as a bonus hunt slot: test a stake, chase a couple of rounds, then reassess.