Push Gaming

Fat Santa

Slots Video Slots Christmas Food Elf Festival Winter Ice

Christmas slot where collected pies enlarge the Santa Wild

SlotRanker Score

/ 99

05099

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How this score is built

RTP

96.45%

return to player

Volatility

Medium/High

variance

Max win

6,400×

top multiplier

Min bet

$0.25

per spin

Reels

50 lines

Player rating

4.8 ★

15 votes

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4.8 / 5

15 ratings

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Five weighted signals shape the composite. Four context signals refine ties. See how we rate for the full methodology.

Payouts & RTP9/10

RTP 96.45% → 9.0/10

Volatility9/10

high → 9.0/10

Win Potential7.6/10

x6400.00 (6400×) → 7.6/10

Features9.5/10

16 features → 9.5/10

Game Mechanics5.1/10

f=16 r=5 p=50 → 5.1/10

Context signals (tie-breakers)

Layout5/10

5x5 → 5.0/10

Bet Flexibility4/10

0.25–5 (×20) → 4.0/10

Provider Reputation6.9/10

provider avg 6.9 → 6.9/10

Popularity5/10

synthetic proxy → 5.0/10

Popularity blends real player search demand (~30 markets) with a catalogue-derived proxy; games without measurable search demand use the proxy alone. Not live play telemetry.

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SlotRanker Score: 74 — Fat Santa by Push Gaming

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Slot Summary

Released in 2018, Fat Santa turns pie collection into an expanding-wild sequence rather than treating Christmas as decoration alone. Push Gaming starts the bonus with a Santa Wild, then makes collected pie Wilds enlarge him and add Free Spins. The mechanic can carry Santa from a single position to a Colossal 5x5 Wild, linking the character's changing size directly to the round's remaining time.

How It Plays

Fat Santa uses a 5x5 Grid with 50 Paylines. Stakes range from 0.25 to 5, while Medium/High volatility places much of the game's variation in its Wild events.

During ordinary spins, Santa's sleigh can arrive randomly and place Christmas pie Wilds on the reels. Those added symbols can complete line wins before any Free Spins round begins.

Theme & Atmosphere

Christmas and Winter shape the setting through Santa, an Elf, snow, gifts, and Ice-covered scenery. The Festival treatment is comic rather than ceremonial, matching the oversized central character.

Food has a mechanical role because Christmas pies become Wild Symbols and feed Santa during the bonus. The theme therefore explains why collection changes the character's size.

Christmas Food Elf Festival Winter Ice

Features & Win Potential

Random Wilds arrive through the sleigh event, which adds pie symbols during a base spin. These remain useful as substitutes even when they do not open Free Spins.

Colossal Symbols define the later feature stages. The Expanding Wild can grow across several sizes, and each increase gives the Santa symbol more coverage on the 5x5 Grid.

Free Spins Scatter Symbol Wild Symbol Medium/High Medium volatility 5 Reels Expanding Wilds Colossal Symbols RTP range 96% RTP Colossal Reels Grid Random Wilds / Additional Wilds Mega Symbol (3x3)50 Paylines Expanding wild with re-spin

Bonus & Free Spins

Santa appearing with one or more pie Wilds triggers Free Spins. The feature begins with 5 Free Spins and a Santa Wild, while collected pies feed the expansion meter.

Each completed collection stage enlarges Santa and awards Additional Free Spins. The sequence can produce a 5x5 Colossal Wild, with the final size covering the whole Grid.

Spec sheet

Fat Santa at a glance.

Identity

Slot nameFat Santa

StudioPush Gaming

Released11/21/2018

Math

SlotRanker Score74

RTP96.45%

VolatilityMedium/High

Max win6,400×

Bet range$0.25 – $5.00

Player rating4.8 / 5 · 15 votes

Format

Reels5

Paylines50

Layout5x5

Expected average based on this slot's 96.45% RTP — individual sessions vary with volatility.

Bet per spin

Spins per hour400

Session length (hours)

Cost per hour$3.55

Cost per session$3.55

Estimate only, for entertainment purposes — treat gambling as entertainment, not a way to make money, and set a budget you can afford to lose.

How long could a bankroll last on Fat Santa? We simulate thousands of sessions from this game's published RTP and volatility — the long-run math, not a prediction of your next spin.

Bankroll ($)Bet per spin ($)Speed

Volatility tier: Medium-High

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How this works

Each simulated spin either misses or returns a win drawn from a log-normal distribution, with the hit rate and spread set by the slot's volatility tier (Medium-High). The model is calibrated so the average return equals this slot's published RTP (96.45%), with wins capped at its top multiplier (6,400×).

This is a simplified, parametric model of the game's math — not its real paytable. It exists to make the house edge visible over many sessions, so the numbers above are averages across thousands of runs, never a forecast of one.

This is math, not a prediction. Real sessions vary wildly, and no strategy changes a game's built-in house edge. Play for fun, set limits, and never bet more than you can afford to lose.

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Compare Fat Santa with other games

	Fat Santa Score 74This game	Gates of Santa Score 87	Christmas Reach Score 85	Christmas Santa Score 83	Piggy Bonanza Xmas Score 76
Identity
Studio	Push Gaming	TrueLab Games	Evoplay	Max Win Gaming	Onlyplay
Released	11/21/2018	12/12/2024	11/23/2021	12/7/2020	12/3/2024
Math
RTP	96.45%	96.07%	96.11%	96.22%	95.5%
Volatility	Medium/High	High volatility	High volatility	High volatility	High volatility
Max win	6,400×	15,000×	30,000×	30,000×	5,000×
Format
Reels	5	6	5	5	6
Layout	5x5	6x5	5x3	5x4	6x5
Paylines	50	Pay Anywhere	20	3125	Pay Anywhere
Min bet	0.25	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Max bet	5	16	20	50	50
Features
Progressive	—	—	—	—	—
Wild symbol	✓	—	—	✓	—
Free spins	✓	✓	—	✓	✓
Scatter symbol	✓	✓	—	✓	✓
Multiplier	—	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bonus game	—	—	✓	—	✓
Respins	—	—	—	—	—

Every number is shown as a delta against Fat Santa.

Comparing against

Fat Santa

Push Gaming

RTP

96.45%

Max win

6,400×

Score

+ Multiplier+ Bonus Game− Wild− Free Spins− Scatter

+ Multiplier+ Bonus Game− Wild

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