Ice Mints

Ice Mints is a 5x3, 20-payline mint-and-candy slot from Pragmatic Play released in August 2025. 96.50% RTP, very high volatility (5/5), 10,000x maximum win. The mechanic is built around three cups positioned below reels 2, 3, and 4 — on each spin, random multipliers appear on random cups, and mint symbols that fall into cups either reveal wilds across the entire reel above them or increase the cup multiplier by 1x if no wild is revealed.

Free spins trigger on 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols, awarding 10, 15, or 20 spins. In the base game, cups reset their multipliers each spin. During free spins, cup multipliers do not reset — every mint landing without a wild reveal adds 1x permanently to that cup's multiplier, compounding through the entire round. A late-round free-spin sequence with three cups each carrying high multipliers and a mint cascading into each is the route to the 10,000x ceiling.

The cup mechanic creates a progressive tension structure that most PP slots lack: each non-wild mint reveal during free spins simultaneously grows the cup multiplier and inches closer to a high-multiplier payoff. Sessions feel building rather than event-discrete. The bonus buy is available at 80x the bet for direct free-spin access.

The 10,000x ceiling is reachable through compounded cup multipliers late in a heavily loaded bonus — rare but not structurally impossible. Most bonus rounds at standard cup-multiplier accumulation land in the 20-200x range. The 5/5 volatility is honest: the base game is quiet, and cup-multiplier buildup inside the bonus is where the math is concentrated.

Verdict
Compounding cup multipliers across a 20-spin bonus round. 10,000x ceiling with a tension arc that builds through the feature. High volatility, honest RTP.