Sugarplum Pop free slot
A 7×7 candy grid where clusters of five or more matching sweets pay. Winning candies pop and new ones drop in, and a spot that pops twice turns into a multiplier that keeps growing. In free spins those spots stay for the whole feature.
How Sugarplum Pop works
- Clusters of 5 or more matching candies that touch up, down, left or right pay. There are no lines, and a bigger cluster pays more.
- Winning candies pop and the ones above drop into the gaps, with new candies falling in from the top. One spin can win several times in a row.
Paytable highlights
| Symbol | 15+ | 10–11 | 8 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cupcake | 350× | 28× | 10× | 3.5× |
| Gummy Bear | 175× | 18× | 7× | 2× |
| Sweetheart | 105× | 14× | 5× | 1.75× |
| Cherry Drop | 52× | 9× | 3.5× | 1× |
| Orange Drop | 42× | 7× | 2.8× | 0.9× |
| Lime Drop, Berry Drop | 35× | 5.2× | 2.1× | 0.7× |
Cluster pays as a multiple of your total bet, before spot multipliers. The sizes in between pay too: the in-game paytable (press i) lists all eight steps, from 5 up to 15 or more.
Multiplier spots and free spins, step by step
- When candies pop, each spot they leave gets a sugar glaze. A glaze on its own doesn't multiply anything.
- If a later win pops a glazed spot again, it turns into a ×2 multiplier. Every pop after that adds 1, up to ×20.
- A winning cluster is multiplied by the sum of the multiplier spots it covers. A cluster over a ×2 and a ×3 pays five times its normal amount.
- In the base game the spots clear on every new spin. When the cascades stop, 3, 4, 5 or 6+ Lollipops award 10, 12, 15 or 20 free spins.
- In free spins the spots never clear, so they keep building from spin to spin, and the small candies turn up more often, which makes bigger clusters. Three more Lollipops add 5 spins. Wins are capped at 5,000× your bet.
Controls
Press spin, or the space bar on a keyboard. Press it again while the reels are moving to stop them early. Use + and − to change your bet, the lightning button for faster spins and the circular-arrows button for autoplay. The i button opens the full paytable and rules.
RTP and volatility in plain English
Sugarplum Pop returned 96.1% over 5 million simulated rounds, give or take about 0.9 points. That's a long-run average, not a forecast for your next session, and the credits here are play money anyway.
We rate it high volatility. Some win came about once every 3 spins, but most are small: five Lime Drops pay 0.7× your bet. Free spins came about once every 267 spins and averaged about 98× the bet, more than a third of the return (36.5 of 96.1 points). The biggest round in 5 million was 3,668×.
Getting the most out of the demo
- Lollipops are counted once the cascades stop, so one can still drop in on the last tumble.
- In free spins, keep an eye on where the high spots are. They stay put for the rest of the feature.
- Bet size scales the credits, not how often clusters or Lollipops land.
Sugarplum Pop FAQ
How do multiplier spots work in Sugarplum Pop?
A popped candy glazes its spot. Pop the same spot again and it becomes ×2, then it goes up by 1 with each pop, to a top of ×20. A cluster is multiplied by the total of the spots under it.
Do the multipliers stay between spins?
Not in the base game, where they clear on every new spin. In free spins they stay for the whole feature.
How do I trigger free spins?
Land 3 or more Lollipops anywhere, counted after the cascades end. 3, 4, 5 and 6 or more award 10, 12, 15 and 20 free spins.
How it compares
Temple of Gold also cascades, but on 1,024 ways with a multiplier ladder instead of spots. Halls of Thunder drops its multipliers in as lightning orbs on a pay-anywhere grid.
Want to play for prizes?
Here the credits are play money. At sweepstakes casinos you can play similar games with Sweeps Coins and redeem the Sweeps Coins you win for prizes, in the states where each operator allows prize play and only if you meet its minimum age (18, 19 or 21, depending on the operator). See the best sweepstakes casinos, or start with how Sweeps Coins and Gold Coins differ.
