Cosmic Cash

Pragmatic PlayRTP 96.56%Volatility HighMax Win 2,650x3.5 out of 5
Cosmic CashPragmatic Play
Cosmic Cash reels at rest with the jackpot plaque showing Grand $5,000.00 and two moon money symbols on the grid

Cosmic Cash Stats

RTP96.56%
VolatilityHigh
Max Win2,650x
Paylines40
Reels5×4
Bet Range$0.40 – $240
Bonus RoundYes
ScattersYes
StudioWild Streak Gaming
ReleasedJuly 2022
RTP & Maths
RTP by Mode
Base 96.56% · Buy Respins 96.58%
RTP Versions
96.56% here · Other versions 95.58%, 94.60%
Max Win Rule
Applies in base and feature
Jackpots
Mini 20x · Minor 50x · Major 250x · Grand 2,500x
Free Spins & Bonus
Free Spins
3/4/5 scatters = 10/20/50 free spins · 10-50 from scatters; 10-100 from a UFO free spins award spins · Retrigger: 3/4/5 scatters during the round = +10/20/50 spins
Bonus Buy
Buy Cosmic Respins 100x (96.58% RTP)
Multipliers
2x–50x (UFO award) · Multiply
Symbols & Pays
Money Symbols
0.375x–100x total bet · All reels
Wild
Base and feature · All reels
Scatter Reels
All reels
Line Pays
Top symbol 12.5x · Lowest 0.13x
About Game

Cosmic Cash Overview

The cap on a Cosmic Cash round is 2,650x the bet, and the Grand award on the jackpot plaque is 2,500x. Those two figures are 150x apart. The most this slot will ever pay in one round is barely above the biggest single prize it hands out, which tells you what sort of collect game Pragmatic Play built here.

The setting is a 1950s space diner, all chrome saucers, ray guns, and cartoon aliens, and the moon money symbols are the only numbers on the reels that change from spin to spin. Watching a respin round fill costs nothing in the demo.

Demo Features

Cosmic Respins

Six or more money symbols trigger the respin round, and the reels change to strips carrying only money symbols and blanks. Three respins start it. Each new symbol resets the counter to three, and everything already collected stays on the grid until the end. Each hit also opens one more empty position in the direction of the UFO beside that reel, so a reel can grow by up to two spots while the round runs.

Fill every position on a reel, extensions included, and the UFO next to it unlocks. When the respins run out, or the grid fills, the game adds the money values to any unlocked UFO awards and pays the total.

The UFO Awards

Four UFOs are fixed beside the grid, and what each holds is revealed only when it unlocks. It can be a money award between 10x and 250x the bet. It can be a multiplier from 2x to 50x, applied to every money symbol underneath it. It can be a run of free spins. Or it can be one of the four fixed prizes, from Mini at 20x through Minor at 50x and Major at 250x to the Grand. That last option is why the top prize and the cap are so close together.

The Moon Money Symbols

Cosmic Cash grid with two moon money symbols valued at $1.25 and $0.75 on reel 4
Two moon money symbols on reel 4 holding $1.25 and $0.75 at the $2.00 stake, with a single scatter on reel 3 and a line win of $0.50.

Money symbols can land on any reel, and each one randomly takes a value from a set of 16 that runs from 0.375x the bet up to 100x. Nine of those 16 values are under 5x, so a filled grid is normally an accumulation of small numbers with one or two larger ones inside it. The values are drawn again on every spin, which is why they never appear in the paytable.

Free Spins

Ten free spins come from three scatters, 20 from four, and 50 from five, and the same counts during the round add another 10, 20, or 50 on top. The reels change again inside the feature, with more stacked wilds on reels 2, 3, and 4. A UFO award can also start the round during respins, and that route hands over anything from 10 to 100 spins once the collect finishes.

Buy Respins

One purchase exists. Buy Respins costs 100x the stake and opens the round with six money symbols already on the grid, each carrying a random value. No ante bet, no second price, and no other way to skip the wait.

How to Play

Every one of the 40 lines runs rightwards from reel 1 across a 5×4 grid, so the fourth row gives every line more room to bend than the usual three-row layout allows. Where a line holds more than one combination, the longer of them is what counts, and the game sums the paying lines afterwards. The UFO wild stands in for all symbols except the scatter and the money symbol, which keeps the collect round independent of it. Wild and scatter both appear on every reel, in standard play as well as inside free spins, and the scatter pays wherever it lands rather than along a line.

Everything else about the win rules is conventional. The game multiplies line wins by the base bet, adds free spins wins to the line total once the round completes, and never stacks a win on a line with a shorter version of itself. What is not conventional is the trigger. Six money symbols anywhere on the grid start the respin round, so the count that matters isn’t a payline at all, and a spin that pays nothing on all 40 lines can still open the feature.

RTP and Stakes

Stakes run from $0.40 to $240.00, and the 40 lines are fixed, so the bet menu moves coins per line and coin value rather than the line count. The demo build RTP is 96.56%, while Pragmatic Play lists 96.55%. The gap is one hundredth of a per cent, and the demo runs the highest of the published versions. Lower settings also exist at 95.58% and 94.60%, and the operator picks which one runs, so the figure in the rules panel is the one that applies to the game in front of you. The rules call it low volatility, and the length of a dry run between respin rounds is why this page files it as high.

Cosmic Cash Paytable

The figures below hold at any stake, because the game pays each symbol as a share of the bet rather than in fixed cash. The UFO wild is the top symbol at 12.5x for five, more than double the alien’s 5x, and the scatter is the outlier at 100x for five. All six royals are flat, paying the same 1.25x for five, so the picture symbols carry whatever interest the line wins have. Money symbol values are absent here because they are redrawn on every spin. Read down the table, and the drop from the wild to the aliens to the royals is steep, which is the shape of a game that expects its returns to come from the feature rather than from five in a row.

Symbol 3 4 5
UFO Wild 1.25x 5x 12.5x
Cosmic Cash Scatter 2x 10x 100x
Alien 0.625x 2.5x 5x
Space Girl 0.25x 1.875x 3.75x
Furry Alien 0.25x 1.25x 2.5x
Octopus Alien 0.25x 1.25x 2.5x
Rocket 0.125x 0.5x 1.875x
Ray Gun 0.125x 0.5x 1.875x
A, K, Q, J, 10, 9 0.125x 0.25x 1.25x

Ultimate Slots Verdict

Cosmic Cash is a collect slot built for frequency, and its own numbers admit it. The Grand is what the respin round is really chasing, because the cap barely clears it. Standard spins are quiet, the feature is the draw, and the buy is priced well above the difference it makes.

3.5/5 Very Good

✓ What We Like

  • Four UFO awards give the respin round several ways to finish, from a multiplier to a fixed prize
  • Money symbols can land on any reel, so triggers build from the whole grid
  • Five scatters open 50 free spins, and the same counts retrigger inside the round
  • Bets open at $0.40, which is low for a 40-line game

✗ What Could Be Better

  • The round cap barely clears the Grand, so the top prize is effectively the limit
  • Buying the respins is expensive for a return difference nobody would notice
  • The low volatility label undersells how long the respin round can stay out of reach

Detailed Review

Cosmic Cash Play Review

150x the bet is all the room between the Grand award and the point where a round stops. That is the number this slot is built around, and it changes how the respin feature reads. Unlock the Grand with a handful of money symbols already collected, and the round is close to finished, whatever else is on the grid.

Everything else about the design agrees with that reading. Money values are drawn from a set weighted low, the respin counter resets on every hit so rounds run long and end quietly, and free spins arrive often enough to feel routine. This is a game designed for a steady drip of returns rather than a single result you remember, and the artwork backs it up. The chrome saucers, the neon diner palette, and the daft alien cast are cheerful rather than tense, and the respin frame taking over the grid is the only moment the game raises its voice.

The counterargument is the return. Buying the round adds two hundredths of a percent, which is nothing, but the standard figure is respectable for a 40-line collect title and the buy at least does not cost you anything in return terms. The volatility label is the part to argue with. A game whose top prize almost equals its cap is not the gentle experience the rules describe, and long stretches without six money symbols are part of the deal.

Anyone who likes the money-collect format Pragmatic runs elsewhere in Big Bass Bonanza will recognise the shape of this one immediately, with respins instead of a fixed run of free spins. Come for the respin round, expect the Grand to be the real target, and treat the 2,500x on the plaque as the number that matters.

Frequently Asked Questions

Any of four things. A money award, a multiplier applied to the money symbols beneath it, a run of free spins, or one of the four fixed prizes from Mini to Grand. Which one it holds is only revealed when the reel below it fills completely, so the awards on the right of the grid are the ones you are working towards.
Because the Grand is the largest single award the respin round can unlock, and the round cap is only a little above it. Collect a few money symbols on the way and unlocking the Grand can end a round at the cap outright, which is unusual for a collect game and changes how the feature should be judged.
Yes, by two hundredths of a percent. The bought round runs at 96.58%, and it starts with six money symbols already in place at random values. The price is 100 times the total bet, so the return difference is not the reason to use it.
No. There is no sequel, no 1000 edition, and no seasonal reskin. Its nearest relatives are the other Pragmatic Play titles that hold money symbols and pay a total at the end, rather than anything sharing its space diner setting.