Your Complete Guide to Ice Fishing by Evolution Gaming
Rules, wheel probabilities, bonus rounds, RTP and bankroll strategy — written in plain language across seven focused pages.
The guide
Seven pages, everything covered
How to Play
The wheel, the betting phase, and what happens in a full 20-second round.
Read more →Bonus Rounds
Lil' Blues, Big Oranges and Huge Reds — trigger odds and payout ceilings.
Read more →RTP & Odds
Where 97.10% comes from, segment-by-segment probabilities, and house edge.
Read more →Strategy
Bankroll structure, bet selection and the mistakes worth avoiding.
Read more →About Evolution
Twenty years, 800+ operators, 16 EGR awards and the studio behind the game.
Read more →FAQ
Short answers to the questions players ask most about Ice Fishing.
Read more →Responsible Gambling
Limits, reality checks and free confidential support services.
Read more →At a glance
Ice Fishing specifications
2006
Founded
20+
Studios Worldwide
800+
Operator Partners
€2B+
Annual Revenue
97.10%
Ice Fishing RTP
5,000x
Ice Fishing Max Win
- Developer
- Evolution Gaming
- Launch Date
- August 6, 2025
- Game Type
- RNG Live Game Show
- RTP
- 97.10% (Leaf bets)
- Max Win
- 5,000x stake
- Betting Time
- 8 seconds per round
- Round Speed
- ~20 seconds
- Wheel Segments
- 53 total
Bonus rounds
Three ways the wheel pays big
Lil' Blues
4 of 53 segments
The entry-level bonus round. Landing on Lil' Blues sends you fishing for blue fish, each carrying a multiplier. Multipliers stack to reach up to 100x your bonus stake.
Max payout Up to 100x
Big Oranges
2 of 53 segments
A step up in volatility. Big Oranges brings larger fish to the hole, with multipliers reaching up to 200x. The same fishing mechanic, but with doubled potential.
Max payout Up to 200x
Huge Reds
1 of 53 segments
The top-tier bonus round. Huge Reds is the rarest segment on the wheel — just 1 in 53 slots — but delivers the biggest base multipliers, up to 500x. Combined with wheel multipliers, this is where the 5,000x ceiling lives.
Max payout Up to 500x
97.10%
Return to player on leaf bets
Leaf 1 and Leaf 2 fill 46 of 53 wheel positions and pay 1:1, returning 97.10% over the long run for a 2.90% house edge — high for the live game show category.
Bonus segments resolve far less often and carry a different volatility profile. Most rounds are small; the advertised 5,000x ceiling needs several rare events at once.
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