If you’ve been chasing golden eggs or dodging dynamite in recent slots like Finger Lick’n Free Spins and Bandit Megaways, it’s time to change the scenery and spin something new. This week, Jumbo Safari takes center stage, offering a wild ride across the African savannah — complete with stampeding rhinos, golden paw print multipliers, and of course a feature-heavy free spins round that channels the lucrative energy of Gates of Olympus, but with tusks.
Released by Pragmatic Play just last month, Jumbo Safari doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it does polish it up quite a bit. It’s a smooth but volatile slot game that is stacked with potential if you’re willing to brave the dry spells.
Right from the first spin, Jumbo Safari lays on the charm with vivid colors, cartoonish animal characters, and a sunset-drenched African backdrop that looks straight out of a nature documentary on the Discovery Channel — if that documentary was rendered in crisp HD with reels and cash prizes. They don’t hold back.
The reels are packed with elephants, cheetahs, rhinos, and zebras, each popping with rich detail and smooth animations. When the game hits a win, the animals animate, paw prints flash, and the rhinos even charge across the screen during certain features. The whole thing feels well-developed, even if it’s not the most original visual setup. If you’ve played Great Rhino or Madame Destiny, you’ll recognize the look, but we feel that it’s done well here.
The soundtrack is a tribal mix of hand drums, animal calls, and ambient tones, which is what you’d come to expect from a theme like this. It’s upbeat without being overwhelming — though, like most Pragmatic Play soundtracks, it can start to feel repetitive if you're in for a long session. If that’s the case with you, mute the game and crank up the Spotify.
This isn’t a standard line-based slot like you’ll see on some of the other sweepstakes casino games. Instead, Jumbo Safari uses a scatter pays system on a massive 6x5 grid. Wins land when 8+ matching symbols show up anywhere on the screen — no paylines, no adjacent requirements, just a total count. This setup lets big clusters hit from seemingly random arrangements and makes every spin feel more open-ended. It does, however, take a little bit to get used to this. 8 might seem like a monumental amount for even a small win, but when you consider there are 30 spots on the reels and they can land anywhere, it’s manageable.
And when a win hits, the Tumble Feature kicks in. Winning symbols disappear, new ones fall from above, and the process continues until there are no more wins on the spin. It’s really a satisfying mechanic, especially when multiplier symbols show up in the middle of a tumble chain. So, don’t give up with just a small payout — there could be more coming.
Golden paw prints are the key to the biggest wins. These multiplier symbols can land randomly in both the base game and free spins. Their values range from 2x to a massive 100x. When multiple appear during a tumble sequence, their values add together and apply to the total win of that chain.
You might spin through a few rounds without seeing a single one, but when a paw print lands in the middle of a big tumble combo, the payout can jump quite a bit. It’s this mechanic that gives Jumbo Safari its edge, acting as the explosive layer that elevates an otherwise straightforward game.
We all love free spins.
The real action begins when 4+ Scatter symbols (acacia trees) land, triggering 10, 12, or 15 free spins depending on how many Scatters appear. During free spins, golden paw multipliers go into overdrive.
Every time a multiplier lands and contributes to a win, its value is added to a global multiplier that sticks around for the entire bonus round. This means the more you tumble and hit multipliers, the bigger the boost for the rest of your Free Spins.
It starts somewhat slow, but by spin 7 or 8, that global multiplier might be sitting at 30x+ — and anything you hit afterward gets a serious payout boost.
Even better, you can retrigger the feature. Landing 3-6 additional Scatters awards 5-15 more spins, and there’s no cap on retriggers. You can keep going as long as the game will let you. The bonus round can snowball into something impressive, especially if you’re stacking both tumbles and multipliers back-to-back.
Sure, it’s not the most original setup — as we mentioned, Gates of Olympus fans will see a lot of overlap — but the safari theme and larger grid size give it a slightly different feel than the others of this caliber.
Jumbo Safari offers 2 ways to shortcut the action, that is, if you want to shell out a chunk of coins and get to the heart of the game—
Standard Free Spins. 100x your bet. Triggers the normal bonus round with 10–15 spins depending on the number of Scatters.
Super Free Spins. 300x your bet. Starts with a 10x global multiplier already active, with a higher frequency of golden paw prints from the start.
The Super version is pretty expensive, but if you're aiming to crack the game's 5,000x max win, it’s the most direct route to get it. That said, even the regular free spins round can deliver major results if the multipliers stack just right.
While we love the bonus rounds and free spins, the base game is no slouch either. Even though free spins are where the real excitement happens, paw print multipliers still land now and then, and the Tumble mechanic keeps things moving. You can expect a hit every 4-5 spins on average, with plenty of small wins to keep you engaged.
Bet sizes range from 0.20 SC to 240 SC per spin, and with the Ante Bet, you can bump that to 360 which increases the chance of triggering free spins by dropping in more Scatters on the reels. It’s flexible enough for casual players and high rollers alike.
In terms of volatility, this is a high-risk slot — rated 5 out of 5 on Pragmatic’s scale. That means long dry spells are very possible, especially in the base game. But if you hit the right combo of tumbling wins and paw multipliers in the bonus round, it can pop off hard and you can be looking at a huge windfall.
The max win is capped at 5,000x, and when that threshold is hit, the game cuts the bonus round short — just like most other games. It’s a generous cap for most players but might feel limiting for those chasing the monster payouts like the 10,000 or even 15,000 max payouts on others.
Jumbo Safari doesn’t try to reinvent the genre and that’s perfectly fine. What it does do is take a proven formula — scatter pays + multipliers + tumbling reels — and deliver it in a polished, animal-packed package. The visuals are undeniably crisp, the animations are slick, and the gameplay loop is tight and rewarding regardless of what kind of sweepstakes casino player you are.
It’s clearly aimed at fans of Sweet Bonanza, Gates of Olympus, or Wild Hop & Drop, but with its own safari twist. The global multiplier in Free Spins is where the slot flexes, and while the 5,000x win cap might feel modest to most, the pace and payout potential make it a compelling pick — especially with the Super Free Spins option available.
So if you’re ready to swap dynamite and golden eggs for tusks and paw prints, Jumbo Safari is worth loading up this week. It’s big, bold, and occasionally stampedes right into your bankroll in the best way possible.