Candy Blitz slot

By Pragmatic Play. Candy land. A chocolate-dipped star biscuit with sprinkles over a pink and purple sugar landscape, gummies and sweets in the sky.

RTP: 96.08%
Volatility: High
Max win: 10,000x
Reels: 6x5 grid, pays anywhere
Free spins: 10, 12 or 14 free spins from 4, 5 or 6 scatters
Released: 31 August 2023

Candy Blitz runs on the pays-anywhere layout Pragmatic Play uses for its sweets games: six reels, five rows, and a win whenever eight or more of the same symbol appear anywhere on the board. Winners clear, the rest fall, fresh symbols top up the gaps, and the tumble repeats until nothing new pays. Each tumble is paid as its own win, so a R2 spin can pay three or four times before it settles.

What sets this one apart is the strip of candies down the side of the board. On every spin, and again on every winning tumble, five multiplier candies drop down that strip and the bottom one is applied to the win in play. The values run from 1x up to 500x. In the base game most draws are 1x blanks, which means a decent cluster pays plain face value far more often than it gets a lift. The big values are there, they are just rare.

The free spins fix the blanks. Four scatters give 10 spins, five give 12, six give 14, and inside the round the 1x candies are taken off the strip, so every single win is at least doubled and can be multiplied by anything up to 500x. Extra scatters during the round add 5, 8 or 10 spins. The 10,000x cap is reachable only in here, and the hit rate for it is roughly one in four million spins.

Where the bonus buy is offered it costs 100x the stake and guarantees four, five or six scatters on the next spin. At R2 a spin that is R200 for a round of 10 to 14 spins. The RTP stays at 96.08% either way, which is slightly under the Pragmatic norm, and a bought round where the multiplier strip keeps landing 2x and 3x can hand back under R50.

What the features do

Pays anywhere: eight or more matching sweets anywhere on the board pay, no paylines
Tumbles: paying symbols clear and new ones drop in, and every tumble that wins is paid again
Multiplier reel: a strip beside the board draws a fresh value from 1x to 500x on every spin and every winning tumble, and applies it to that win
Free spins: the 1x blanks are removed, so every win in the round is multiplied by at least 2x
Retrigger: 4, 5 or 6 more scatters in the round add 5, 8 or 10 spins
Bonus buy: pay 100x the stake to guarantee 4 to 6 scatters on the next spin where it is offered

Before you spin

Watch the bottom candy on the side strip, not the whole column. Only the bottom value is applied, the four above it are decoration.
A base-game cluster under a 1x blank is just the cluster. Do not read the strip as a near miss when a 500x lands one slot above the bottom.
The free spins guarantee at least 2x on every win, but not big wins. Fourteen spins of 2x on small clusters is a normal, losing round.
At R2 a spin the buy is R200. Over a R500 session that is two buys and nothing else, so decide before the first one whether buying is the plan.

Candy Blitz questions

What is the RTP of Candy Blitz?

The standard version is 96.08%, a little under the 96.5% Pragmatic Play usually sets. Operators can also run 95.05% or 94.03% versions. It is a long-run average and any one session can land well either side of it.

How does the multiplier reel work in Candy Blitz?

A strip of multiplier candies sits beside the board. On every spin and every winning tumble five new candies drop down it and the bottom one is applied to that win. Values run from 1x to 500x in the base game, and from 2x to 500x in the free spins because the 1x blanks are removed.

How do you trigger the free spins?

Four, five or six scatters anywhere on the grid award 10, 12 or 14 free spins. During the round, another 4, 5 or 6 scatters add 5, 8 or 10 spins.

What is the maximum win on Candy Blitz?

10,000 times the stake, so R20,000 at R2 a spin. The round ends the moment that cap is reached, and the game's own figure for hitting it is about one spin in 4.1 million.

Can I play Candy Blitz in South Africa?

Yes. It is part of the Pragmatic Play catalogue on Scorebet, which holds a Northern Cape Gambling Board licence. You must be 18 or over and registered to play.