Gates of Olympus pays for 8 to 30 matching symbols landed anywhere on 6 tumbling reels. Landing 4 or more scatters triggers 15 free spins. Pragmatic Play’s game page lists an RTP of 96.50%. Some UK casinos show 94.5% instead. Read the RTP in the game’s info menu at the chosen casino before the first spin.
On a GB-licensed site, the total stake in one online slots game cycle may not exceed £5. For a player under 25, the limit is £2. Gambling Commission design rules also ban auto-play and turbo spins.
How does a win form on the tumbling reels?
Pragmatic Play describes a game where symbols pay anywhere on the screen. Position plays no part in a win. Only the count of matching symbols matters.
Its game page sets out these base rules:
- Symbol wins reach up to 50× on the page’s own figure, before any multiplier.
- Multiplier symbols carry random values of up to 500×.
- Those multiplier symbols can land in the base game and in the free spins.
- Gates of Olympus 1000 is a separate title with its own page, so none of its figures apply here.
Stake size sets the pound value of every win.
How do the free spins and multipliers work?
The bonus game opens when 4 or more scatter symbols land, and it runs 15 free spins. Inside it, each multiplier symbol on a winning spin joins a running total. That total then applies to the win on the same spin.
Worked example of a multiplied free-spins win
- Earlier winning spins in the feature have built the running total to 10×.
- A later spin wins £5 and lands 2 multiplier symbols, worth 2× and 3×.
- Both values join the total, which rises from 10× to 15×.
- That £5 win is multiplied by 15, so the spin returns £75.
These figures show the arithmetic only. After a feature ends, read the net-position display. One multiplied win can still leave a session behind.
What does the Gates of Olympus RTP mean?
RTP stands for return to player. The Gambling Commission explains RTP on a page about gaming machines, not online slots.
Read across to this game, its points work as follows:
- RTP is an average over a significant number of plays, not a result for each play.
- An 85% RTP does not mean 85p back for every £1 in a session, the page adds.
- At the 96.50% default, the return works out at £96.50 for each £100 staked, averaged over a huge number of spins. A 94.5% version brings that to £94.50. A single session can end well above or well below either figure.
Set a session budget in pounds before play. A long-run average says nothing about the next hour at the reels.
Which UK casinos list Gates of Olympus?
Game pages at 5 GB-licensed casinos list the original Gates of Olympus. The stakes, RTP figures and volatility tags below are each casino’s own.
Ice36 and its spec panel
Ice36’s spec panel puts the RTP at 94.5%, and its FAQ gives the same figure. The stake panel runs from £0.20 to a top figure shown as £2/£5, the same pair as the GB caps by age.
According to the FAQ, the largest possible win is 5,000× the stake. Demo play needs a registered account that has passed full verification. Skill On Net Limited runs Ice36.
Ice36 matches the first deposit 100% with no code needed, provided it is £10 or more. The bonus stops at £25 and carries 10x wagering on slots alone, so spins on this game count towards it.
While that 10x is outstanding, each spin is held to the smaller of £5 and a tenth of the bonus, with £0.10 as the floor. A full £25 bonus therefore allows £2.50 a spin.
Code ICE136, from a banner on the Gates of Olympus page itself, attaches 136 Big Bass Bonanza rounds, each staked at 10p, to a new player’s first deposit when it reaches £10. Anything they win needs the same 10x on slots.
Spin Genie, Ice36’s sister casino
Skill On Net runs Spin Genie as well, and its stake panel matches Ice36’s. Volatility reads Medium in the spec panel, as at Ice36, but very high in the FAQ. For the RTP, that FAQ gives only the game’s 96.50% default, while Ice36 shows 94.5%.
By default, a £10 first deposit at Spin Genie unlocks 120 Book of Dead spins, each a 10p stake. It is 1 of 3 welcome versions, and only 1 can be claimed. Whatever the spins win must be staked 10 times over on slots, and Gates of Olympus play counts towards it.
Spin Genie’s bonus policy turns £10 of spin winnings into a £100 wagering target, and the 10% cap holds each of those bets to £1.
Sky Vegas and the High Volatility tag
Sky Vegas prints “RTP 94.5%” directly under the game title, next to a High Volatility tag. Its footer names Bonne Terre Gaming Limited as the operator.
Its game notes add symbol detail. Multiplier symbols start at 2×. Crowns pay 10× the stake for 8 or 9, 25× for 10 or 11 and 50× for 12 or more.
During the free spins, each landing of 3 or more scatters adds 5 spins to the first 15.
At Mecca Games, a payout ceiling in pounds
Mecca Games lists a 20p minimum bet and a £250,000 maximum payout in its Game Info box. Ice36, Sky Vegas and Pink Casino quote a stake multiple instead. The RTP, 94.50%, sits in the terms line at the foot of the rules.
Those rules settle a point the £5 worked example above leaves open. In the free spins, the running total applies only on a spin that ends with a multiplier symbol on screen.
Mecca’s own case starts from a 7× total and a spin worth 2.5× the bet. If no multiplier symbol is on screen at the end, that spin pays just 2.5×, and the 7× total carries on unused.
The rules also describe an ante bet, which raises the chance of triggering free spins, and a free-spins purchase that cannot be combined with it. Rank Interactive (Gibraltar) Ltd operates meccagames.com.
Against a £10 first deposit, Mecca credits 50 spins of 10p plus £20 of bonus funds, with deposit and bonus together needing 10x inside 28 days. That play is limited to 7 named slots, and Gates of Olympus is not one of them. Kong 3 Even Bigger Bonus is the only game for the spins.
Pink Casino and its symbol-by-symbol paytable
Pink Casino names Pragmatic Play as the provider and tags the game high volatility. LeoVegas Gaming PLC runs Pink.
Its paytable gives 2 values per symbol, for 8 or 9 matches and for 12 or more. The blue gem pays 0.25× and 2× the bet, the goblet 1.5× and 12×. Zeus scatters pay on their own, at 3× the bet when 4 land, 5× when 5 land and 100× when 6 do.
New Pink players who deposit £10 within their first 7 days get 50 spins, 10p apiece, on Big Bass Splash. The qualifying £10 has to go through eligible games once, inside 7 days. Prizes from those spins come as cash with no playthrough, and the spins themselves last 3 days.
Slots count in full towards the £10, and Gates of Olympus is not among the 18 games on Pink’s excluded list.
Can the game change its odds after a losing run?
Under the Commission’s technical standard RTS 7, game results must be acceptably random. Adaptive behaviour, the mark of a compensated game, is banned.
- No automatic or manual intervention may change the probability of outcomes during play.
- A run of losses gives no claim on a later win, since compensation is what RTS 7 bans.
- Bonus features may still use different rules, provided random events decide them.
So a system for timing the free spins cannot work on a GB-licensed game, whether a site, a stream or a forum is selling it.
Which stake limit applies by age?
Every adult playing online slots on a GB-licensed site has a stake limit per game cycle, and it depends on age:
| Player age | Limit per game cycle |
|---|---|
| 25 and over | £5 |
| 18 to 24 | £2 |
From 9 April 2025 the cap was £5 a game cycle, and from 21 May 2025 a £2 cap covered players aged 18 to 24.
The Gambling Commission’s stake-limit guidance explains how the cap works:
- A game cycle runs from starting the game until all money staked is lost or all winnings are made available.
- Every further stake offered inside that cycle counts towards the same limit.
- The Commission’s worked case: someone aged 25 or over staking £2 may be offered £3 more within that cycle.
- The limit covers online slots only, so roulette and blackjack sit outside it.
- It is a condition on remote casino operating licences, added by amendment regulations made in 2025 under the Gambling Act 2005.
Because the limit depends on the account holder’s age, the date of birth on the account needs to be right.
What do GB slot rules change on screen?
A Commission package that took effect in 2021 changed how online slots run in Great Britain. It targeted features that speed up play or give an illusion of control.
The rules now sit in the remote technical standards (RTS):
- RTS 14D: at least 2.5 seconds must pass between starting one game cycle and the next.
- RTS 14D also needs the start button released and pressed again for each cycle. Holding a button, key or screen down cannot start the next one.
- RTS 8C: auto-play is banned, so the player commits to each game cycle individually.
- RTS 14E: turbo and slam-stop functions that shorten the wait for a result are banned on all remote slots.
- RTS 14E leaves out bonus or feature games played with no extra stake, such as a free-spins round.
- RTS 14F: a return equal to or below the stake gets no win sounds or win visuals.
- RTS 2E: the screen shows the net position since the session started, in the account currency.
- Net position means all winnings minus all losses since that start.
- RTS 13C: elapsed session time is on display in hours, minutes and seconds.
- RTS 14C: playing several slots at once, by split screen or multi-screen, is banned.
RTS 14F does let a brief sound mark such a return, provided it differs from the sound used for a win above the total stake, so a short chime there is no sign of profit.
Whose licence does the game display?
Pragmatic Play’s page names PragmaticPlay (Gibraltar) Limited as the GB licence holder, with gambling software among its licensed activities. That licence covers the game supplier, not the casino running the game, which holds a licence of its own.
What limits and support are there before the next session?
Everything on this page assumes a reader aged 18+, the minimum age at GB-licensed online casinos. If slots are eating into your time or money, set a deposit limit in your account before your next session.
You can also self-exclude through GAMSTOP if you’d like a longer break. It won’t lapse once your chosen spell is up: it holds until you get GAMSTOP to lift it, and with no such request it runs for a further 7 years. A calm day is a good time to sign up, and you don’t have to wait for a bad night first.
Ring or WhatsApp 0808 8020 133 whenever it suits: that’s GamCare’s National Gambling Helpline. GamCare’s website adds live chat. Anyone in Wales has the NHS Wales gambling helpline as well, at 0808 2819 265.