Last updated: 05-07-2026
Frozen Fruit is BGaming's take on a pre-configurable bonus — where most pokies just hand you free spins and get on with it, this one lets you customise the bonus before it even starts. Three spinning wheels determine how many spins, what global multiplier applies, and how many simultaneous reel screens run. You can respin all three or spend extra to bump any individual value. It's a mechanic that doesn't exist anywhere else in the AU pokies market quite this way, and the page most casino sites haven't written yet for this title — which is why Frozen Fruit BGaming pokie Australia searches mostly land on generic casino lobbies rather than any actual guide.
BGaming is a Minsk-based studio that works under the Cream Team label for some releases; it's a credible provider with a dedicated RNG certification and a library that spans conventional pokies, crash-style titles and the more experimental configurable mechanics that Frozen Fruit belongs to. Less recognisable than Pragmatic Play in the AU market, but not an unknown — it's the same studio behind Gold Rush with Johnny Cash, which shares Frozen Fruit's very high volatility profile while taking a completely different structural approach.
How do you play Frozen Fruit?
The base game is a standard 5x3 grid with 10 fixed paylines and the usual fruit symbols dressed in ice-themed frosted wrappers. Hit frequency sits at 18.18%, meaning a win appears roughly every 5.5 spins on average — dry by most standards, intentionally so. The base game is essentially a waiting room for the bonus, and Frozen Fruit doesn't hide that. The real structure sits behind the scatter trigger: land the ice cube scatter on reels 1, 3 and 5 simultaneously and you reach the Pre-Bonus Wheel, which is where the game becomes genuinely different from any other BGaming title.
Wild Rain is the one base-game event worth watching for. If exactly five wild symbols land in a single spin simultaneously — outside any bonus — they pay 500x the stake directly regardless of paylines, independent of how anything else is positioned on the grid. It can't be triggered intentionally and gives no warning; it just pays when it happens.
Author's tip from Lachlan Reid, Casino Content Editor & Player Safety Analyst: "
- Scatter requires reels 1, 3 and 5 simultaneously — not just any three reels in any position
- Wild Rain pays 500x on exactly five simultaneous wilds — fewer or more wilds does not trigger it
- 18.18% hit frequency means the base game is explicitly low-engagement between bonus triggers
What does the Pre-Bonus Wheel actually do?
Once triggered, three independent wheels spin consecutively. Wheel one determines the number of free spins you'll play. Wheel two sets a global win multiplier between 1x and 6x — this multiplier applies to all wins from every active screen throughout the entire bonus round. Wheel three determines how many reel screens run simultaneously, anywhere from two to six.
After all three wheels settle, two additional options appear before the bonus starts. Respin All respins all three wheels at once for a fixed cost, giving a fresh set of values across the board. Buy Extra lets you add +1 to any single wheel result — one extra spin count, or one step up on the multiplier, or one additional screen — each purchased separately. These costs scale with the stake, so at a higher bet size, stacking all available extras can materially increase what a single bonus entry costs beyond the base 100x bonus buy price. The game shows the total cost clearly before you confirm, which is one of the few places in pokies where the price of greed is laid out transparently.
| Wheel | Controls | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel 1 | Number of free spins | Not published exactly; varies per trigger | Can be bought up +1 via Buy Extra |
| Wheel 2 | Global win multiplier | 1x – 6x | Applies to all screens; 6x = peak bonus potential |
| Wheel 3 | Active reel screens | 2 – 6 screens | All screens spin simultaneously; all wins summed |
Does the multi-screen bonus change the maths significantly?
Yes — and in a way that compounds. With six active screens each spinning independently, wins from all six are added together before the global multiplier is applied. At the theoretical peak — six screens plus a 6x global multiplier — every spin in the bonus round produces six independent sets of wins, totalling them, then multiplying the sum by six. That combination is what pushes Frozen Fruit toward its 6,600x max win ceiling, a figure that would be impossible on a single-screen bonus with the same base maths.
As a concrete A$ example: at a A$1 base bet with five active screens and a 4x global multiplier, a single spin in the bonus where two screens each produce A$5 cluster wins sums to A$10 total, then the 4x multiplier applies for A$40 from that spin alone. The configuration doesn't change those individual screen wins — it changes what happens to their sum. In practice, hitting all three wheel values at their maximum either naturally or through Buy Extra is rare and expensive. A two-screen bonus with a 1x multiplier is a far more common outcome, which plays closer to a standard free-spins round than the peak scenario might suggest. The Pre-Bonus Wheel is best understood as variance control rather than a guaranteed path to the ceiling — you're paying to nudge the distribution, not to guarantee an outcome.
Author's tip from Lachlan Reid, Casino Content Editor & Player Safety Analyst: "Six screens and a 6x multiplier is the headline, but a two-screen 2x bonus still beats no bonus at all. Don't respin everything chasing the maximum configuration unless your bankroll can absorb the extra cost without anxiety — forced variance management is the wrong reason to spend on a respin."
How does Frozen Fruit sit next to other high-volatility pokies at 28Mars?
At 96% RTP and a very high volatility rating, Frozen Fruit slots beside titles like Sweet Bonanza and Sugar Rush in the high-variance end of the catalogue — but its configurable pre-bonus mechanic sets it apart structurally. Both Pragmatic titles run their bonuses on fixed terms once triggered — you get the spins that were randomly awarded and play them on whatever terms the engine set. Frozen Fruit's bonus parameters are still moveable after the trigger fires, which changes how you budget for a session entirely. The 18.18% base hit frequency is also notably lower than Sugar Rush's 34.48%, meaning Frozen Fruit actively rewards a patient approach over a short burst. On a A$0.20 base bet with 100 spins budgeted, statistically expect roughly 18 base-game wins spread across those spins — almost none of which will materially shift the balance in either direction. The session economics of Frozen Fruit live almost entirely in the bonus, which is exactly why understanding what the Pre-Bonus Wheel costs before buying extras matters more here than on most other titles.
This is an 18+ product.
Author's tip from Lachlan Reid, Casino Content Editor & Player Safety Analyst: "Demo mode fully supports the Pre-Bonus Wheel, including the Respin and Buy Extra options. Use it to test which configuration feels worth the spend before committing real money to the feature buy."
Very high volatility paired with a configurable bonus and a direct buy option is a combination that can escalate a session quickly if each choice to buy an extra screen or respin a wheel feels like a small, discrete decision. They add up. Gambling Help Online is there if the pace ever stops feeling comfortable.
Curious about other high-ceiling pokies at 28Mars? Sweet Bonanza runs a similar tumble mechanic with bomb multipliers, and Deal or No Deal takes a completely different structural approach — two versions under the same name, one a slot and one a live game show, with different RTPs and wagering contributions.
