Casinos can run a 95.67% or 94.62% version of this game; the paytable inside the game shows which one you are on.
WHAT IT IS
Floating Dragon Hold and Spin in short
Floating Dragon Hold and Spin is the Big Bass format with a Chinese river painted over it and a second feature bolted on. Pragmatic Play and Reel Kingdom released it in April 2021. Ten lines, fish with cash values, a wild that collects them, and on top of that a hold-and-spin round that starts when three gold coins land on the middle reel. The RTP on the default build is 96.71%, the same as Big Bass.
Canadians search for it because it is in the same lobbies as the fishing games and because the hold-and-spin feature fires far more often than the free spins. You get something to watch without waiting 100 spins. The cap is 5,000x, which is higher than the original Big Bass but lower than the sequels.
HOW IT PLAYS
Base game and symbols
Ten fixed lines, left to right, three of a kind to pay. The symbols are koi, lanterns, lotus flowers and card values, with the woman as the wild. Line wins are small and regular, and a full reel of wilds is the best base-game thing you can land outside the two features.
Gold coins land on reel 3 only, with a value from 1x to 20x your stake printed on each. Three of them on that reel at once start the hold and spin. Fish money symbols can land anywhere with values up to 500x, but like the Big Bass games they only pay when the wild lands on the same spin, and in practice that is a feature thing more than a base-game thing.
The pace is standard line-slot speed with a coin animation. The hold and spin triggers often enough that a C$30 session at C$0.50 will usually see it a few times. Most casino bonuses cap the stake at about C$5 to C$7 a spin, and with no bonus buy here that cap is the only term that matters. The 10x fish multiplier needs twelve wilds in one free spins round, which is a lot to ask.
Features
Hold and spin: 3 gold coins on reel 3 lock and give 3 respins that reset on each new coin
Coins worth 1x to 20x; diamond symbols worth 100x to 5,000x can land during the respins
Free spins: 3, 4 or 5 scatters give 10, 15 or 20 spins
Wild collects fish money symbols worth up to 500x
Every 4 wilds add 10 spins and raise the multiplier: 2x, 3x, then 10x
No bonus buy
THE FEATURE
Bonus round
The hold and spin is the one you see most. Three gold coins on reel 3 lock, every other position clears, and you get three respins. Each new coin that lands locks and resets the counter to three. Diamond symbols worth 100x to 5,000x can land during the respins. The feature is guaranteed to pay at least 20x your stake; if it has not reached that when the respins run out, you get three more.
Three, four or five dragon scatters give 10, 15 or 20 free spins. Inside, the wild collects every fish on screen, every fourth wild adds 10 spins, and the fish multiplier climbs 2x, 3x, then 10x. A dead free spins round is 10 spins with two fish and no wild, paying a line win or two. A dead hold and spin is the 20x floor, which is why people prefer it.
OUR TAKE
Should you play Floating Dragon Hold and Spin?
Play it if you like the Big Bass idea but want a second feature that shows up regularly and has a floor. It suits a C$30 session, a free spins offer and bonus wagering, since there is no buy button. Skip it if you want the biggest fish; Bigger Bass Bonanza has 4,000x fish and the same RTP. For the hold-and-spin mechanic without the fishing half, Wolf Gold is the older Pragmatic game it borrows from.
WHERE TO PLAY
Floating Dragon Hold and Spin at Canadian casinos
Sites on our list that carry Pragmatic Play games.
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01How does the hold and spin feature start in Floating Dragon?
Three gold coins have to land on reel 3 on the same spin. They lock, the rest of the grid clears, and you get three respins that reset each time a new coin lands. The round pays at least 20x your stake, and a diamond symbol worth 100x to 5,000x can land during it.
02Is Floating Dragon good for bonus wagering in Canada?
Better than most. The default RTP is 96.71%, there is no bonus buy, and the hold and spin gives regular small returns that keep a balance alive. Keep the stake under the casino's cap, usually C$5 to C$7 a spin, and check the paytable for the RTP version.
03Is it the same as Big Bass Bonanza?
The free spins half is the same mechanic: fish with values, a wild that collects them, 10 extra spins and a higher multiplier every fourth wild. Floating Dragon adds the hold and spin round, raises the cap to 5,000x, and swaps the lake for a river with lanterns.
RTP, max win and release date checked against pragmaticplay.com, slotcatalog.com in October 2026. Casinos can run a different RTP build; the game's own info page shows the one you are on.
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