Pragmatic Play · 2025
Sleeping Dragon is a high volatility slot from Pragmatic Play on a 5x3 grid with 25 paylines. This page lays out its figures before the first spin.
Know what you get
You will know what each figure of the game decides, and what it leaves to chance.
| What it covers | Shown as |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.50% |
| Volatility | High |
| Reel grid | 5x3 |
| Top win multiple | x15,000 |
| Top win at A$250 bet | A$3,750,000 |
| Release date | 08/05/2025 |
Sleeping Dragon is a medieval dragon slot from Pragmatic Play: three rows, five reels and 25 paylines that are all active on every spin, with one total bet and no line-by-line picking. Treasure, crowns and swords share the reels with a princess, and wins start from two matching symbols, so even the low cards pay without a full line.
Its signature is the giant symbol, available only inside free spins: reels two, three and four can merge into one oversized tile that lands as a single block. A hold-and-win respin round with prize coins and a four-step jackpot bar above the reels complete the package.
Sleeping Dragon rounds
Read this before your first bonus, so the free spins and respins make sense when they land.
3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols anywhere on the reels start the Free Spins, awarding 6, 9 or 50 spins. Reels 2, 3 and 4 can merge into a giant symbol. A giant SCATTER retriggers +3 spins, and a giant MONEY symbol converts the round into the Respin Bonus.
Base Game spinsFree Spins round
6 or more MONEY symbols on one spin trigger 3 respins. Each new MONEY hit resets the respin counter to 3. The feature ends when respins reach 0 or the 5x3 grid fills 15/15, which adds an extra 7000x total-bet MEGA bonus on top of the summed coin values.
Any spinRespins, MEGA bonus
5 reels x 3 rows with 25 fixed paylines, all active at a single total-bet value with no per-line selection. The jackpot ladder bar, showing MINI, MINOR, MAJOR and MEGA, stays visible above the reels.
Lobby entry25 paylines
100 times the total bet buys either feature, which is A$1,000 at a A$10 total bet.
| Paid feature | Cost | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins with 3-5 SCATTER | x100 · A$1,000 | – |
| Respin Bonus with 6 MONEY | x100 · A$1,000 | – |
96.50% of every A$100 staked returns to players on average over time, which is A$96.50. The version run on Spirit Casino is shown in the game rules.
| Return % | RTP | Shipped as standard |
|---|---|---|
| Version 1 | 96.50% | Yes |
Before the first bet
The usual worry is how a bet becomes a payout, and where the money goes.
Pick a total bet from A$0.10 to A$250 before the first spin. One total-bet value covers all 25 paylines, which are always active, so there are no lines to choose.
Symbols on the 5x3 grid pay when at least 2 matching symbols land on one of the 25 active paylines. The paytable lists each symbol's payout at the A$0.40 example bet.
The jackpot ladder MINI, MINOR, MAJOR and MEGA stays visible above the reels. SCATTER symbols can start the Free Spins mode from any position.
Land three, four or five SCATTER symbols anywhere to enter the mode. Reels 2, 3 and 4 can merge into a Giant Symbol, and a giant SCATTER retriggers the spins.
Set your limit before the first spin. A session result cannot be known in advance. The National Gambling Helpline is 1800 858 858 if play stops feeling right.
Game preview
Many players want to see the bonus and win screens before the first spin.
Sleeping Dragon wins
The payouts below are in money at the example bet of A$0.40, and more symbols pay more.
| Symbol | 2+ | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SCATTERScatter | – | A$2.40 | A$3.60 | A$20 |
 Princess | A$0.04 | A$0.16 | A$0.80 | A$2.40 |
 Crown | – | A$0.08 | A$0.40 | A$1.60 |
 Shield | – | A$0.08 | A$0.40 | A$1.60 |
 Sword | – | A$0.08 | A$0.40 | A$1.60 |
 A | – | A$0.08 | A$0.32 | A$1.20 |
 K | – | A$0.08 | A$0.16 | A$0.80 |
 Q | – | A$0.08 | A$0.16 | A$0.80 |
 J | – | A$0.08 | A$0.16 | A$0.80 |
 10 | – | A$0.08 | A$0.16 | A$0.80 |
Sleeping Dragon lobby
This block settles whether to practise first and what the real game asks of you.
The demo needs no money and pays nothing. The real game needs an account at Spirit Casino and the legal age of 18+.
Have a spinSix SCATTERs land across three reels or not, and no figure on this page moves that either way. A 96.50 version of this 5x3 slot pays back over thousands of spins, not over the fifty you might play tonight. Each spin is decided on its own, so a dry run of forty spins tells you nothing certain about the forty-first.
One number in the sheet, 96.50, is the return of one configuration. Pragmatic Play builds more than one, and the game rules panel inside the slot names which is live when you load it. Reading that panel takes seconds; guessing from the lobby thumbnail does not work, since both versions look identical in every other way.
The x15,000 figure on this game is a ceiling, and the configuration that reaches it asks for fifteen of the same kind of thing to fall in one feature. At A$10 a spin that ceiling is A$150,000, at A$250 it is A$3,750,000. Very few sessions come near either amount, and none can be scheduled into one.
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Players must be 18+. For help in Australia, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 or use BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Decide the amount you can lose on Sleeping Dragon before the first spin, and keep that amount separate from your everyday money.
Stop when you reach the time or money you chose, even after a big win. A win does not change the limit you set before playing.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you open Sleeping Dragon. A fixed ceiling stops a run of losing spins from taking more than planned.
Take a break or self-exclude as soon as Sleeping Dragon stops being fun, not when your balance runs out.
Four questions
Spirit Casino gives the numbers first, so you can decide before the first spin.
The maximum win is x15,000 of the bet. At the example bet of A$10 that comes to A$150,000, and at the top bet of A$250 it reaches A$3,750,000. Your bet size sets the money you can reach.
Sleeping Dragon takes bets from A$0.10 up to A$250 per spin. All 25 fixed paylines are active, so you set one total bet and never choose lines. The bets used on this page are examples, not the limits.
Three, four or five SCATTER symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free spins. They award 6, 9 or 50 spins. Inside the round, a giant SCATTER retriggers for 3 more spins.
Yes. The Free Spins and the Respin Bonus can each be bought for 100x the total bet, which is A$1,000 at the A$10 example bet. A buy guarantees 3 to 5 SCATTER symbols on the trigger spin for Free Spins, and 6 MONEY symbols for the Respin Bonus.
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