Gates of Olympus The original’s RTP, paytable and max win from the studio’s data
Release date not published
Gates of Olympus is the original game in Pragmatic Play’s flagship series. On a 6×5 grid, 8 to 30 matching symbols anywhere make a win, and multiplier symbols reach 500x. The official RTP is 96.50%, the same in base play, with ante and for the bonus buy. Max win is 5,000x the bet, about once in 697,350 spins. No release date or volatility rating appears on the official page.
- Studio-published RTP
- 96.50%
- Max win (x bet)
- 5,000x
- Max-win frequency
- 1/697,350
- Reel layout
- 6×5
- Volatility
- Not published
Gates of Olympus specs, with a source for every line
| Item | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | Pragmatic Play | [1] |
| Release date | Not stated on the official page | [1] |
| Studio-published RTP | 96.50% | [1] [2] |
| RTP by mode and buy | 96.50% across 3 modes and buys | [2] |
| Reel layout | 6×5 (6 reels × 5 rows) | [1] |
| How wins form | 8 or more matching symbols anywhere pay, with cascades | [1] |
| Max win | 5,000x the base bet | [2] |
| Max-win frequency | once every 697,350 spins (about 8 days at one spin a second) | [2] |
| Volatility | Not published | none |
| Free spins awarded | 15 spins | [1] |
| Top multiplier | Up to 500x | [1] |
| Ante modes | Ante 1.25x (cost per spin, x base bet) | [2] |
| Bonus buy cost | 100x (RTP 96.50%) | [2] |
| Bet range | USD 0.20 to 24,000 (demo-server total bet; varies by operator and currency) | [2] |
Gates of Olympus: story and setting
The studio’s pitch is a single line, ‘join Zeus for an electrifying adventure’, and the set-up is just that simple. At the gates of Olympus, Zeus sends multiplier symbols down with the lightning.
Later variants such as Gates of Olympus 1000, Super Scatter and 2500 all build on this original, so it works as the yardstick for reading their numbers. Starlight Princess, which keeps the same maths under a different theme, is the other key to understanding it.
How it plays, summarised from the studio’s description
- Pay anywhere
- 8 to 30 matching symbols anywhere on the grid pay up to 50x, and tumbles keep wins coming.
- Multipliers up to 500x
- They can land in both the base game and free spins.
- 15 free spins
- Triggered by four or more scatters. Multipliers landing on a winning spin join a running total that is applied to that win.
- Scatter pays
- 3x for 4, 5x for 5, 100x for 6 or more (from the game server’s paytable).
- Ante and bonus buy
- Ante costs 1.25x per spin and the bonus buy 100x; both return 96.50% on the server.
Paytable in multiples of the total bet
| Symbol rank | 8 or 9 | 10 or 11 | 12+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 (top) | 10x | 25x | 50x |
| Rank 2 | 2.5x | 10x | 25x |
| Rank 3 | 2x | 5x | 15x |
| Rank 4 | 1.5x | 2x | 12x |
| Rank 5 | 1x | 1.5x | 10x |
| Rank 6 | 0.8x | 1.2x | 8x |
| Rank 7 | 0.5x | 1x | 5x |
| Rank 8 | 0.4x | 0.9x | 4x |
| Rank 9 (lowest) | 0.25x | 0.75x | 2x |
Paytable from the studio’s demo server. The five 6×5 pay-anywhere games in this library share it, and all five pay 3x, 5x and 100x for 4, 5 and 6+ scatters. Twelve or more top symbols (50x) pay 200 times as much as 8 or 9 of the lowest (0.25x).
Cost and RTP by mode and buy at a KRW 1,000 base bet
| Mode or buy | Cost (x base bet) | RTP | Cost | Expected loss each time | Max win (x amount paid) | Max-win frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base spin | 1x | 96.50% | KRW 1,000 | KRW 35 | 5,000x | once every 697,350 spins |
| Ante | 1.25x | 96.50% | KRW 1,250 | KRW 43.75 | 4,000x | not published |
| Bonus buy 100x | 100x | 96.50% | KRW 100,000 | KRW 3,500 | not published | not published |
RTP differs by 0.00 points across modes and buys. What changes is how much each decision costs, and so how much a single decision can lose. Against the base bet, every mode caps at 5,000x, so raising the cost per spin with an ante lowers the cap relative to what you pay. A thousand base spins (KRW 1,000,000 staked) carry an expected loss of KRW 35,000.
The chance of each event and the expected loss over 100, 1,000 and 10,000 spins of Gates of Olympus
Even over 10,000 spins (about 2.8 hours at one spin a second) the chance of landing the max win even once is 1.4%, while the expected loss over that stretch is KRW 350,000.
| KRW 1,000 base bet | 100 spins (~2 min) | 1,000 spins (~17 min) | 10,000 spins (~2.8 h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max win at least once (Base spin) | 0.014% | 0.14% | 1.4% |
| Expected loss (Base spin 1x) | KRW 3,500 | KRW 35,000 | KRW 350,000 |
| Expected loss (Ante 1.25x) | KRW 4,375 | KRW 43,750 | KRW 437,500 |
Worked out from the studio’s published average frequencies as 1 − (1 − 1/frequency)^spins. It treats spins as independent; real sessions swing widely around these figures.
Reading the numbers
- Its maths matches Starlight Princess exactly. The server gives the same RTP modes, the same 5,000x cap at 1 in 697,350, the same symbol and scatter paytables and the same 15 free spins. Think of the two as twins with different themes.
- A max-win frequency of 1 in 697,350 is roughly once every 8 days at one spin per second, nonstop. Next to the Super Scatter edition’s 21 years, the original swings far less.
- Ante keeps the same 96.50% RTP. You bet 25% more at the same rate, so the expected loss per spin also rises by 25%. The server caps an ante spin at 4,000x the amount staked.
- Even the top symbol pays only 50x for 12+, so big wins come almost entirely from multipliers. Going by the paytable, most 8- or 9-symbol wins pay less than the stake; the lowest symbol pays 0.25x.
How it differs from the closest games
| Item | Gates of Olympus | Starlight Princess | Gates of Olympus 2500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released | Not stated on the official page | Not stated on the official page | 28 Sep 2026 |
| RTP | 96.50% | 96.50% | 96.52% |
| Max win | 5,000x | 5,000x | 25,000x |
| Max-win frequency | 1/697,350 | 1/697,350 | 1/13,477,089 |
| Reels | 6×5 | 6×5 | 6×5 |
| Wins | 8+ anywhere | 8+ anywhere | 8+ anywhere |
| Top multiplier | 500x | 500x | 2,500x |
| Free spins | 15 spins | 15 spins | 15 spins |
| Bonus buys | 1 (100x) | 1 (100x) | 4 (100x, 250x, 500x, 1,250x) |
| Super Scatter | No | No | No |
- Against Starlight Princess: every value the demo server publishes is the same (RTP, max win and its frequency, paytable, free spins, buy costs); only the theme and artwork differ.
- Against Gates of Olympus 2500: max win 5,000x vs 25,000x (5 times lower); max-win frequency 1 in 697,350 vs 1 in 13,477,089 (19 times more often); RTP 96.50% vs 96.52% (0.02 points lower); top multiplier 500x vs 2,500x; 1 bonus buys vs 4.
The studio’s full comparison is on the Pragmatic Play page, and all ten games are on the library hub.
What SNOW’s Gates of Olympus game page shows and leaves blank
| SNOW game-page field | SNOW shows | Studio figure (this page) |
|---|---|---|
| Studio name shown | Pragmatic Play | Pragmatic Play |
| RTP | Provider-published RTP 96.5% | 96.50% |
| House edge | 3.50% | 3.50% |
| Reel design, max win, volatility, stakes range | all four blank | 6×5 / 5,000x / Not published by the studio / 0.20 to 24,000 USD |
| Second listing | ‘DIR_PRAGMATICSLOT’ listing shows RTP 0 | none |
| Category tags | Hot, Slots, New Games, Bonus Buy, RTP Slots | none |
What SNOW’s game pages show and leave blank is set out on the library hub.
Gates of Olympus: frequently asked questions
- How is Gates of Olympus different from Starlight Princess?
- Not at all in the server figures: RTP, max win and its frequency, paytable and free-spin count are identical. Only the theme and art differ.
- How big and how rare is the max win?
- 5,000x the bet, about once in 697,350 spins according to the game server.
Sources and check date
Every figure was checked on 2026-11-02. Bracketed numbers match the source marks in the spec table.
- Pragmatic Play official game page: Gates of Olympus
- Pragmatic Play official demo server, game-start response for game code vs20olympgate (not linked because it opens a playable game)
- SNOW game page: Gates of Olympus (checked while logged out)
- SpinMath methodology and corrections policy