Gates of Olympus pokie: play free online and where to play for real money in New Zealand

Gates of Olympus in two minutes

Gates of Olympus is Pragmatic Play’s best-known pokie: a 6 × 5 scatter-pays grid released in February 2021, with Zeus standing beside the reels. It uses the same Tumble engine as Sweet Bonanza, but the multiplier orbs, worth 2x to 500x, land in the base game as well as the bonus, and in the free spins their values accumulate into a running total that does not reset. That running multiplier is the whole game. Pragmatic Play has since released Gates of Olympus 1000 (December 2023, 1,000x orbs, 15,000x cap) and Gates of Olympus Super Scatter (April 2025, 50,000x cap); this page covers the original.

How it plays

Six reels, five rows, no paylines. Eight or more matching symbols anywhere on the grid pay, then vanish and let new symbols tumble in; the sequence continues until no new win forms. There are four gem symbols at the low end and four premium symbols (chalice, ring, hourglass, crown), the premiums paying 12x to 50x stake for twelve or more. The crown is top. Zeus’s scatter is the only other symbol besides the multiplier orb.

Bets run from 0.20 to 100 units per spin, or A$0.20 to A$100 at AUD casinos. Ante Bet raises the stake by 25%, to a maximum of A$125, and doubles the number of scatters on the reels, which Pragmatic Play says doubles the chance of triggering free spins. When Ante Bet is on, the bonus-buy button is disabled. Clash of Slots puts the hit frequency at about 1 in 3.47 spins, lower than Sweet Bonanza’s, and the studio gives it its highest volatility rating of five out of five.

Bonus features

Multiplier orbs. In any spin, base game or bonus, orb symbols can land carrying a value from 2x to 500x. In the base game, when a tumble sequence finishes with at least one win, the values of all orbs on screen are added together and the total multiplies the sequence’s win. Orbs then clear. An orb landing on a spin with no win does nothing.

Free spins. Four, five or six Zeus scatters pay 3x, 5x or 100x stake and start 15 free spins. The difference from the base game is the total multiplier: every orb that lands on a winning spin has its value added to a total that persists for the rest of the feature and is applied to every subsequent win. It starts at zero, never resets and has no cap short of the 5,000x win limit. Three or more scatters during the feature add five spins, and retriggers are unlimited.

Bonus buy. Where the casino allows it, free spins can be bought for 100x stake. Pragmatic Play publishes the bought feature at the same 96.50% return as the base game.

RTP and volatility

Pragmatic Play’s game page lists Gates of Olympus at 96.50%, and our RTP guide uses that figure as the example of a studio headline number. The studio also ships 95.50% and 94.50% builds, which Bigwinboard and Clash of Slots both record. A casino running the 94.50% version keeps two extra dollars per hundred wagered compared with the top build. None of the casinos below publishes which build it runs, so open the info panel in real-money mode and look for the figure on the last page.

The maximum win is 5,000x stake, lower than Sweet Bonanza’s 21,100x, and it is a hard cap: the game stops paying once a spin reaches it. At A$1 a spin the cap is A$5,000; at A$100 it is A$500,000, and most casinos impose their own per-game maximum below that. Between bonuses the game is dry: at roughly one winning spin in 3.5 and no multiplier applied unless an orb happens to land, balances drop quickly.

Where to play Gates of Olympus in Australia and New Zealand

Pragmatic Play is standard at the offshore casinos that take Australian and New Zealand players, and Gates of Olympus is usually on the lobby front page. Of the casinos we have reviewed, RocketPlay, Spin Samurai, Richard Casino, Bizzo and Golden Crown all name Pragmatic Play in the pokies section of their review, and all five run AUD accounts. Neospin and Need for Spin also name the studio but sit lower in our ratings.

We have not verified the RTP build at any of these casinos. Spin Samurai’s review says so explicitly; the same applies to the rest. The 96.50% figure is what the studio advertises, not a promise from the casino.

Free demo

The demo button above opens Pragmatic Play’s official free-play build of Gates of Olympus, served from the studio’s demo server with the display set to Australian dollars. It runs the full game with play-money credits, including Ante Bet, bonus buy and the free spins, at the studio’s default 96.50% RTP. Use it to watch how the total multiplier behaves across a few bought bonuses before you decide whether the game suits you; the demo balance resets, a real one does not.

Verdict

Gates of Olympus is the purest version of Pragmatic Play’s formula: a bare base game whose only purpose is to reach a bonus where the multiplier climbs and stays. The 5,000x cap is modest by the studio’s later standards, but it is reachable, and the game is more transparent than most about where its value sits. Confirm the 96.50% build before playing for money, and treat the 1000 and Super Scatter versions as separate games with longer odds rather than upgrades.

FAQ

Is there a Gates of Olympus free play version? Yes. Pragmatic Play publishes an official demo, linked above, that runs the full game with play-money credits.

What is the RTP of Gates of Olympus? The studio headline is 96.50%. 95.50% and 94.50% builds also exist and the casino chooses which one it runs.

Is Gates of Olympus available online in Australia? Yes, at offshore casinos that carry Pragmatic Play. Of our reviewed casinos, Spin Samurai, Richard Casino, Bizzo and Golden Crown name the studio in their game libraries.