Set your total bet first. Sleeping Dragon is a video slot with a Dragons, Fantasy and Medieval theme, played on a 5x3 grid with 25 fixed paylines that are always active. You cannot choose lines, only the total bet. Two matching symbols are enough for a payout, and the jackpot ladder of MINI, MINOR, MAJOR and MEGA stays visible above the reels.
Watch for Scatter symbols, since three, four or five of them anywhere start the Free Spins. Inside that mode, reels 2, 3 and 4 can merge into a Giant Symbol. A giant Money symbol moves the round into the Respin Bonus, where six or more Money symbols trigger three respins. Wild and Prize Symbols complete the feature set.
Figure Guide
Most players worry about misreading a figure, so each number here comes with its meaning.
| What it means | Figure you get |
|---|---|
| Game provider | Pragmatic Play |
| RTP (return to player) | 96.50% |
| Volatility | High |
| Reel grid | 5x3 |
| Maximum win multiple | x15,000 |
| Maximum win at top bet | A$3,750,000 |
| Release date | 08/05/2025 |
Sleeping Dragon prizes
The payouts below are in money at the A$0.20 example bet, and more matching symbols pay more.
| Symbol | 2+ | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SCATTERScatter | – | A$1.20 | A$1.80 | A$10 |
 Princess | A$0.02 | A$0.08 | A$0.40 | A$1.20 |
 Crown | – | A$0.04 | A$0.20 | A$0.80 |
 Shield | – | A$0.04 | A$0.20 | A$0.80 |
 Sword | – | A$0.04 | A$0.20 | A$0.80 |
 A | – | A$0.04 | A$0.16 | A$0.60 |
 K | – | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.40 |
 Q | – | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.40 |
 J | – | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.40 |
 10 | – | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.40 |
Each bonus buy costs 100x the total bet, so at the A$0.40 example bet the price sits in the table below.
| Bonus buy | A$ cost | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins | x100 · A$40 | – |
| Respin Bonus | x100 · A$40 | – |
The return to player shows how much of each A$100 staked the game pays back over a very long run. Here that is A$96.50 per A$100. The version run here appears in the game rules.
| Game version | RTP | Shown alone |
|---|---|---|
| Version 1 | 96.50% | Available |
Three screens below
Wondering what a bonus looks like before the first spin? These frames answer that.
Three modes explained
Not sure how a round starts, or when the bonus ends? This section walks through it.
Landing 3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols anywhere starts the round and awards 6, 9 or 50 spins. Reels 2, 3 and 4 can merge into a giant symbol with an elevated paytable. A giant SCATTER retriggers +3 spins, and a giant MONEY turns the round into the Respin Bonus.
Base game spinFree spins
6+ 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.
Reels showing MONEYExtra respins
Every round starts in the base game on a 5 reels x 3 rows grid with 25 fixed paylines, all active, so one total bet covers every line. The jackpot ladder bar, showing MINI, MINOR, MAJOR and MEGA, stays visible above the reels.
Lobby, first spin25 paylines
Sleeping Dragon rounds
Read this before placing your first bet, so each step of the round makes sense.
Pick a total bet between A$0.10 and A$250 before the first spin. The 5x3 grid pays on 25 fixed paylines, so the bet you set covers all of them at once.
Count matching symbols on the 25 active paylines, since two of a kind pays. The paytable sets each payout by how many symbols land together.
Watch the jackpot ladder above the reels, always visible with MINI, MINOR, MAJOR and MEGA. Wild and Prize Symbols are the other features to keep in view.
Land three, four or five Scatter symbols anywhere on the grid to start the Free Spins. Three Scatter symbols award 6 spins, four award 9, and five award 50.
Set your budget before the first spin, and stop when it runs out. Need a break? National Gambling Helpline: 1800 858 858.
Test first
This block settles which version to start with, the demo or a real money game.
Pick the demo to learn the reels, since it needs no money and pays nothing. Real play needs an account and you must be 18 or older.
Play for realPick your bet size first. How often the bonus round comes is not known in advance, and no lobby figure says when the next trigger lands. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP says. Two players on the same bet can end a session with very different balances, so treat each session as an open outcome.
Open the game rules before you commit a bankroll. The RTP version in use is shown only in those rules, not on the reels or the lobby screen. Check the rules in the game window whenever you start a session.
Decide how much a top prize would mean to you before you spin. The maximum win is a ceiling, the highest payout the rules allow, and it is reached very rarely. Plan your budget around your own limit, not around that top figure.
Sleeping Dragon Peers
After this list, you will have chosen a second game to compare against Sleeping Dragon.
Players must be 18+. For help, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, or register with BetStop, the national self-exclusion register.
Decide your budget before the first spin, and keep it to an amount you can afford to lose. High volatility means a session can drain it fast.
Pick your stopping point before you start, and keep to it even after a big win. A win on one spin says nothing about the next one.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play, so a bad run stops at a set amount.
Pause as soon as the game stops being fun, and step away from the reels. If you keep returning to chase losses, self-exclude through BetStop.
Sleeping Dragon basics
You will know how the free spins start, what the RTP means and what a bet costs.
Want the Free Spins? Land three, four or five SCATTER symbols anywhere on the reels. Three award 6 spins, four award 9 and five award 50.
Compare the RTP before you bet. Sleeping Dragon returns 96.50 per cent on average over a very long run, which means A$96.50 for every A$100 staked. One session can end far above or below that figure, and only one RTP version runs on this slot.
Buy the bonus if you want it without waiting for a trigger. The price is 100x total bet, or A$40 at the A$0.40 example top bet. Free Spins and Respin Bonus both have a buy, and each one guarantees its trigger symbols on the buy spin.
Pick this slot only if you accept big swings. Sleeping Dragon has high volatility, so results vary more widely than in calmer games. Wins can be large, but they can also stay away for a long time, and the timing of the bonus cannot be known in advance.
Set your bet before the first spin, from A$0.10 up to A$250. The bets A$0.20 and A$0.40 are examples used on this page, not limits. All 25 paylines stay active, so one total bet covers the whole spin.
Treat the maximum win as a ceiling, not a target. Sleeping Dragon pays up to x15,000 the total bet, which is A$6,000 at the A$0.40 example top bet and A$3,750,000 at the highest bet of A$250. Nobody can know in advance whether a session reaches it.
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