Big Bass Return to the Races

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Big Bass Return to the Races",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play (sub-studio: Reel Kingdom)",
    "theme": "Horse-racing spin-off of the 'Big Bass' fishing series. A bearded bookmaker/tipster character in a grey trilby hat and teal suit hosts a day at the races; symbols mix classic Big Bass fishing props (tackle box, champagne bucket, binoculars, beer) with racing jockeys on horses. Bright sunny palette: green race-track turf, blue sky with clouds, warm orange sunset tones on feature/bonus screens.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 23 desktop screenshots (1280x800) covering preview, base game, full 8-page paytable/rules booklet, settings, autoplay, both bonus-buy dialogs, the pick-a-card feature-select screen, real regular Free Spins gameplay + retrigger + win summary, and real Golden Cup Free Spins gameplay + win.",
    "method_notes": "Numbers cross-checked with pytesseract OCR crops (scripts/ocr.py) of the paytable/rules pages and read verbatim off the images; wide full-page OCR runs repeatedly timed out under heavy host CPU load (load average ~16), so verification used targeted crops of payout tables, the RTP block and the min/max-bet block, all of which matched the visual transcription exactly. Symbols and feature mechanics identified directly from zoomed image crops, not from memory/assumption.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Bright blue sky with white clouds above; green horizontal-striped race-track turf visible either side of the reels, with a white paddock rail fence and a dirt/sand track strip.",
    "reel_frame": "Cream/off-white pillars between reels, teal (dark cyan) horizontal bars above and below the reel window; two dark grey stadium floodlights hang from the top corners of the frame pointing down at the reels.",
    "reel_cells": "Solid mid-green (grass-texture) tiles, one symbol per cell, no dividing gridlines beyond the cream pillars.",
    "feature_screens_regular_fs": "Warm orange/amber sunset gradient behind dialog cards (Congratulations / trigger screens); reel background stays the same green turf as base game during regular Free Spins gameplay.",
    "feature_screens_golden_cup": "Reels area top bar turns gold/orange (glowing amber horizontal bar above the reels) to visually distinguish Golden Cup Free Spins from base/regular-FS reels, which have a teal bar.",
    "ui_bottom_bar": "Dark brown/black translucent bar along the bottom edge; text in white, yellow (CREDIT/BET values) and light blue (WIN value, FREE SPINS LEFT number).",
    "left_side_promo_stack": "Three stacked black semi-transparent panels (bottom-left, above the control bar) with gold/yellow text: 'BET $3.00 HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' (with a green ON/OFF pill toggle), 'BUY FREE SPINS $200.00', 'BUY GOLDEN CUP FREE SPINS $540.00'.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold/yellow (titles, currency values, symbol highlights), green (positive/confirm buttons, active toggle switches, 'J' letter symbol, ambient/soundFX/intro toggles ON), red (negative/cancel 'X' button, 'Q' and 'A' letter symbols, CONGRATULATIONS in some renders), teal/blue (WILD character's suit, FS reel-bar accent, bet-menu highlight border), orange (GOLDEN CUP title text, sunset gradients)."
  },

  "reels_and_paylines": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 3 rows (base game and regular Free Spins); Golden Cup Free Spins uses special 5x3 reels containing only MONEY symbols, WILD symbols and blank blue-diamond filler tiles.",
    "paylines": "10 fixed paylines, numbered 1-10, shown on rules p5 (rules_p4.png, 'Page 5/8') as ten small 3x5 line-pattern diagrams (each a mini grid with the winning cell pattern highlighted). All symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel; only the highest win per line is paid; wins on multiple lines are summed.",
    "source": "rules_p4.png (OCR-confirmed) and rules_p1.png header 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.'"
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Identities and payouts read directly from the paytable (paytable_p1.png) and cross-verified with OCR crop of the same region (values matched exactly). All payouts shown are at the paytable's reference bet; multiply by the player's actual total bet per the in-game rule 'all wins are multiplied by bet per line'.",
    "regular_paytable_symbols_high_to_low": [
      {"name": "Champagne bucket", "appearance": "Metal ice bucket holding a champagne bottle with red/green/white foil neck-tag, two champagne flutes beside it", "payouts": {"5": "$400.00", "4": "$40.00", "3": "$10.00", "2": "$1.00"}, "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol; only symbol in the table with a listed 2-of-a-kind payout"},
      {"name": "Tackle/bait box", "appearance": "Open wicker fishing-tackle box with lures, hooks and an orange goldfish-shaped lure visible inside", "payouts": {"5": "$200.00", "4": "$30.00", "3": "$6.00"}},
      {"name": "Beer glass", "appearance": "Tall glass of beer with foam head, on a round coaster", "payouts": {"5": "$100.00", "4": "$20.00", "3": "$4.00"}},
      {"name": "Binoculars", "appearance": "Yellow/gold binoculars", "payouts": {"5": "$100.00", "4": "$20.00", "3": "$4.00"}},
      {"name": "Horse-race collage", "appearance": "Montage of 4 jockeys on horses (red silks, grey/white silks, orange/gold silks, green silks) layered as overlapping photo cards", "payouts": {"5": "$40.00", "4": "$10.00", "3": "$2.00"}}
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "purple", "payouts": {"5": "$20.00", "4": "$5.00", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "blue", "payouts": {"5": "$20.00", "4": "$5.00", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "red/pink", "payouts": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "green", "payouts": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "gold/yellow", "payouts": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.40"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Bearded man in a grey trilby hat and teal (dark cyan) suit with a grey tie, holding a fan of racing-tip cards and pointing at the viewer with his other hand; warm sunset-beach background behind his portrait card.",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels, but ONLY during the FREE SPINS round (regular or Golden Cup) — it does not appear as a wild during ordinary base-game spins. Substitutes for all symbols except SCATTER and MONEY. During Free Spins, every WILD that lands collects the value of all MONEY symbols currently on screen; all WILDs collected during the round accumulate on a HUD track until the round ends.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png ('This is the WILD symbol. It appears on all reels during the FREE SPINS round. Substitutes for all symbols except for SCATTER and MONEY symbol.') plus observed free_spins_gameplay.png / free_spins_retrigger_x2.png"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "Jockey in blue racing silks and pale cap riding a brown horse, shown in close head/shoulders profile with a black 'SCATTER' ribbon banner beneath it in base game.",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels (all rows) at any time, including the base game. 3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols anywhere trigger the Free Spins feature and award 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png ('This is the SCATTER symbol. It appears on all reels.') and rules_p1.png free-spins section"
    },
    "money_symbol": {
      "name": "MONEY symbol",
      "appearance": "A jockey riding a horse, colour-coded by silks/horse tint (examples observed: red silks/brown horse, grey-white silks/white horse, orange/gold silks/golden horse, teal silks/black-grey horse, green silks/tan horse); a red ribbon banner beneath each shows the current dollar value, e.g. '$2,000.00', '$4.00', '$20.00', '$30.00', '$76.00', '$100.00', '$50.00', '$666.00', '$1.00'.",
      "rules": "Can appear on the reels during the base game and both Free Spins modes, but its cash value is only collected/paid when a WILD lands during a FREE SPINS round (regular or Golden Cup) — every spin the symbol is assigned a fresh random value. Possible values: 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 200x, 500x, 1666x, 2500x or 5000x total bet (OCR-confirmed on rules_p1.png).",
      "source": "rules_p1.png 'MONEY SYMBOL' section (OCR-confirmed), visible in base_game.png ($2,000.00 example), autoplay.png background reels ($30.00/$10.00 examples), free_spins_gameplay.png, golden_cup_gameplay.png ($50.00/$666.00/$30.00/$1.00 examples)"
    },
    "golden_cup_special_reel_filler": {
      "name": "Blank tile (Golden Cup only)",
      "appearance": "Flat light-blue diamond/gem shape on the plain green reel background — a non-paying filler used only on the special Golden Cup Free Spins reels alongside MONEY and WILD.",
      "source": "golden_cup_gameplay.png, golden_cup_win_hud.png"
    }
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent": {"base": 96.07, "ante_bet": 96.07, "buy_free_spins": 96.07, "buy_golden_cup_free_spins": 96.07},
    "rtp_source": "rules p5 (rules_p4.png), OCR-confirmed: 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.07%. The RTP of the game when using the \"ANTE BET\" is 96.07%. The RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.07%. The RTP of the game when using \"BUY GOLDEN CUP FREE SPINS\" is 96.07%.'",
    "volatility": "High — shown as a 'VOLATILITY' badge with 5 lightning-bolt icons next to the text 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.' (rules_p4.png)",
    "bet_min": "$0.10",
    "bet_max": "$375.00",
    "bet_source": "rules p5 (rules_p4.png), OCR-confirmed: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.10  MAXIMUM BET: $375.00'",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "reels": "5 reels x 3 rows, 10 fixed paylines",
    "win_rules": "All symbols pay left-to-right on adjacent reels from the leftmost reel; only the highest win per payline is paid; wins on multiple paylines are summed; all wins expressed as actual coin wins multiplied by bet-per-line.",
    "max_win": "5,000x total bet. If a Free Spins round's total win reaches 5,000x bet, the round ends immediately, the win is awarded (capped) and all remaining free spins/features are forfeited.",
    "max_win_source": "rules_p3.png ('MAX WIN' section) and rules_p6.png (rules_p6.png repeats the same cap under 'BET MENU')",
    "ante_bet": {
      "modes": "Two selectable bet multipliers via a toggle in the left-side promo stack (label 'BET $3.00  HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE', ON/OFF pill switch, captured in the OFF state in these screenshots).",
      "mode_15x": "Bet multiplier 15x: naturally higher chance to win the Free Spins round (more SCATTER symbols present on the reels). The BUY FREE SPINS feature is disabled in this mode.",
      "mode_10x": "Bet multiplier 10x: normal play. With Ante Bet on, there is a chance for 3 SCATTERs to be added in random positions at the end of a spin/respin resulting from 2 SCATTERs hitting without a third; these added SCATTERs win the Free Spins feature but the spin result itself does not pay for lines.",
      "source": "rules_p3.png 'ANTE BET' section"
    },
    "bonus_buy": {
      "available": true,
      "options": [
        {"name": "Buy Free Spins", "cost": "100x total bet", "demo_price_shown": "$200.00 (at $2.00 bet)", "effect": "Instantly triggers the Free Spins round; before the round starts the player picks a card from 12 face-down cards to determine regular Free Spins vs Golden Cup Free Spins."},
        {"name": "Buy Golden Cup Free Spins", "cost": "270x total bet", "demo_price_shown": "$540.00 (at $2.00 bet)", "effect": "Instantly triggers the Golden Cup Free Spins round directly — no pick-a-card step."}
      ],
      "source": "rules_p3.png 'BUY FREE SPINS' section and left-side promo panel text on base_game.png"
    },
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start/stop the spin; holding SPACE performs a turbo spin.",
    "currency_view": "CREDIT and BET labels (bottom bar) can reportedly be clicked to switch between coins view and cash view per rules_p5.png; only the cash view was observed on captured frames."
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins_regular": {
      "trigger": "3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols anywhere on the reels award 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively.",
      "near_miss_assist": "If exactly 2 SCATTERs hit without a third, one of two random rescue mechanics can occur: (a) if the on-screen SCATTERs can shift down one row without leaving the reel area, a respin is triggered where reels holding SCATTERs move down one position while other reels respin; (b) alternatively an extra SCATTER can be added onto the screen in a random position after the initial spin result.",
      "feature_select": "Before a naturally-triggered or bought Free Spins round begins, the player picks one card from a 12-card face-down grid (all cards show the game's 'BIG BASS' card-back logo). The revealed card determines the outcome: a 'BONUS' card gives the regular Free Spins round; a 'GOLDEN CUP' card gives the Golden Cup Free Spins round. (Buying Golden Cup Free Spins directly skips this pick-a-card step.)",
      "collection_mechanic": "During the round, every WILD that lands collects the value of all MONEY symbols currently on the screen. All WILDs collected during the round accumulate in a HUD strip along the top of the reels (a horizontal row of small circular bookmaker-portrait icons, greyscale/inactive until collected, coloured once collected).",
      "retrigger_and_multiplier": "Every 4th WILD collected retriggers the feature: awards +10 more free spins, and the MONEY-symbol collection multiplier increases — 2x at the 2nd level (after the 1st retrigger), 3x at the 3rd level (after the 2nd retrigger), 10x at the 4th level (after the 3rd retrigger). After the 4th level is reached, the feature cannot retrigger again. The HUD track visually marks each 4-icon group with a milestone tag, e.g. '+10 FREE SPINS x2', '+10 FREE SPINS x3', '+10 FREE SPINS x10'.",
      "random_features_during_any_free_spins": [
        "If WILDs are present on screen but no MONEY symbols, MONEY symbols can randomly appear in random positions at the end of a spin.",
        "If MONEY symbols are present but no WILDs, a lasso animation can randomly appear pulling a random reel up to bring WILD symbols onto the screen.",
        "If WILDs are present but no MONEY symbols, a curtain animation can randomly change all symbols on screen (except WILDs) to something else."
      ],
      "observed_example": "free_spins_intro.png: 'CONGRATULATIONS! 10 FREE SPINS! CATCHES' trigger card with the WILD bookmaker portrait and a MONEY-symbol jockey collage. free_spins_gameplay.png/free_spins_retrigger_x2.png: live round with the HUD collection track, a collected WILD showing an 'x2' badge and a collected value of '$76.00', 'FREE SPINS LEFT 4' counter, 'WIN $190.80'. free_spins_total_win.png: round-end summary 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $208.00 IN 20 FREE SPINS' (10 spins retriggered once to 20 total), footer 'WIN $208.00', credit increased from a lower base to $100,006.00.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (FREE SPINS section) + rules_p3.png (BUY FREE SPINS pick-a-card) + gameplay screenshots"
    },
    "golden_cup_free_spins": {
      "trigger": "Awarded either (a) by picking the 'GOLDEN CUP' card on the 12-card pick screen after a natural Free Spins trigger or a 'Buy Free Spins' purchase, or (b) directly and instantly via the 'Buy Golden Cup Free Spins' purchase (no card pick).",
      "special_reels": "Normal reel symbols fade away; the reels are replaced by special reels containing ONLY MONEY symbols, WILD symbols and blank light-blue diamond filler tiles. The horizontal bar above the reels glows gold/orange (versus teal in base game/regular Free Spins) as a non-colour-alone visual cue that the special mode is active.",
      "spins": "The round starts with 10 free spins.",
      "mechanic": "At every spin, all winlines/winning combinations formed by MONEY symbols are paid, and every WILD that hits collects the value of all MONEY symbols currently on the screen. All WILDs collected during the round accumulate until the round ends.",
      "retrigger_and_multiplier": "Identical rule to regular Free Spins: every 4th WILD collected retriggers the feature (+10 more spins); MONEY-symbol collection multiplier becomes 2x at the 2nd level, 3x at the 3rd level, 10x at the 4th level; no further retriggers after the 4th level.",
      "random_features": "Same three random rescue/assist animations as regular Free Spins (MONEY appearing when absent, lasso bringing WILDs, curtain reskin) can occur here too.",
      "observed_example": "golden_cup_intro.png: 'GOLDEN CUP! 10 FREE SPINS! CATCHES' trigger card. golden_cup_gameplay.png: live special reels showing MONEY jockeys worth '$50.00' and '$666.00' plus blank blue-diamond tiles, 'FREE SPINS LEFT 9'. golden_cup_win_hud.png: final live spin, 'WIN $280.00', 'FREE SPINS LEFT 2' before completion (credit later reflects the $280.00 payout, rising from $99,464.00 to $99,744.00).",
      "source": "rules_p2.png (GOLDEN CUP FREE SPINS section) + gameplay screenshots"
    },
    "max_win_cap": "5,000x total bet; a round hitting the cap ends immediately with all remaining spins/features forfeited (see technical_summary.max_win)."
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Splash screen shown on demo load. Background: wide-angle view of an oval horse race track (green infield, white rail fencing, blue sky with clouds). Centre: the bookmaker character (grey trilby hat, teal suit) fist-pumping with one hand while holding a small gold trophy/cup engraved 'BIG BASS' in the other; behind him, two jockeys mid-race on horses (green silks in front, another rider partly obscured). Below the character: the game logo 'BIG BASS' in large red-to-yellow gradient 3D letters with black outline, and 'RETURN TO THE RACES' in white on a green ribbon banner. Below that: white bold text 'BACK TO THE WINNING ENCLOSURE!'. Top-right: a circular reload/refresh icon (two white arrows forming a circle) around a small black gorilla-with-crown mascot badge (Reel Kingdom studio mark). Bottom-left: a small square checkbox and the text \"DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME\".",
      "purpose": "Entry point; presumably clicking/tapping anywhere or the reload icon proceeds into the base game.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Logo and headline text are large, high-contrast (white/black outlines) and legible without colour discrimination; the reload icon is a white glyph on a dark circle (shape-based, not colour-coded)."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5-reel x 3-row grid centered on screen, cream vertical pillars between reels, teal horizontal bars above/below the reel window, two grey stadium floodlights hanging from the top frame corners.",
      "title_banner": "Top-center, overlapping the top reel bar: 'BIG BASS' in red-to-yellow gradient 3D letters with black outline and a radiating light-burst behind it; below it 'RETURN TO THE RACES' in white on a green ribbon.",
      "background": "Blue sky with clouds behind the floodlights; green race-track turf visible in the side margins beyond the reels, with a white paddock rail.",
      "reel_cells": "Solid green grass-textured tiles, no dividing gridlines beyond the cream pillars.",
      "left_side_promo_stack": "Three stacked dark panels above the control bar: 'BET $3.00 HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' with a green pill toggle currently showing 'OFF' (ante bet), 'BUY FREE SPINS $200.00', 'BUY GOLDEN CUP FREE SPINS $540.00' — all in gold/yellow text on near-black backgrounds.",
      "symbols_on_this_frame": "A transient random mix (changes every spin) — visible on the captured frame: SCATTER jockey (with black 'SCATTER' ribbon label), gold '10' letters (x2), champagne buckets (x2), beer glass, binoculars, purple 'A', red 'Q', green 'J' (x2), and a MONEY-symbol jockey on a white horse worth '$2,000.00'. NOTE: exact per-cell layout is a random snapshot, not enumerated as a fixed property.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "Round hamburger MENU button ('=' three white horizontal lines in a dark translucent circle) with a round SOUND/speaker button below it, and a separate round 'i' INFORMATION button to their right.",
        "balance_labels": "Left-of-center: 'CREDIT $100,000.00' (blue) above 'BET $2.00' (yellow).",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
        "right_controls": "Large round SPIN button (gorilla-with-crown mascot icon inside two curved white arrows forming a circle) center-right; oval '-' (decrease bet) to its left, oval '+' (increase bet) to its right; 'AUTOPLAY' pill button (with a small icon) below the spin button.",
        "branding": "'REEL KINGDOM' in small grey text at the very bottom-left."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "Controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based). Bet +/- distinguished by +/- glyphs. CREDIT is blue text, BET is yellow text — both also carry their own text labels so colour is not the sole cue."
    },

    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 8 (header 'GAME RULES')",
      "content": "Top instruction line: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Two rows of 5 paying symbols each with 5/4/3(/2)-of-a-kind payouts (see 'symbols' section for exact figures): champagne bucket, tackle box, beer glass, binoculars, horse-race collage (top row); A, K, Q, J, 10 (bottom row). Below: the WILD symbol (bookmaker portrait) with text 'This is the WILD symbol. It appears on all reels during the FREE SPINS round. Substitutes for all symbols except for SCATTER and MONEY symbol.' Next to it: the SCATTER symbol (jockey on horse) with text 'This is the SCATTER symbol. It appears on all reels.'",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: three green controls — a left triangle (previous page), an X in a circle (close, center), a right triangle (next page). 'Page 1/8' shown bottom-right. A separate 'X' at the top-right of the panel also closes the booklet.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The three nav controls are differentiated by shape (left triangle / cross / right triangle), not colour alone, though all three render in the same green — safe because shape carries the meaning."
    },

    "rules": {
      "type": "rules (8-page info booklet, dark/near-black translucent panel over a dimmed base-game background; same green triangle/X nav and 'Page n/8' indicator on each page)",
      "p1_paytable": "Page 1/8 — see 'paytable' entry above.",
      "p2_money_and_free_spins": "Page 2/8 'MONEY SYMBOL'. Shows the 4-jockey MONEY-symbol collage and text 'These are the MONEY symbols. At every spin, the MONEY symbols take a random money value which can be won during the FREE SPINS feature. Possible values are: 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 200x, 500x, 1666x, 2500x or 5000x total bet.' Below, 'FREE SPINS' section: trigger table (3/4/5 SCATTER = 10/15/20 free spins), the 2-scatter rescue mechanics (respin or extra-scatter), pick-a-card mechanic (BONUS card = regular FS, GOLDEN CUP card = Golden Cup FS), WILD collection rule during regular FS, and the every-4th-WILD retrigger/multiplier rule (+10 spins, 2x/3x/10x levels, no retrigger after level 4).",
      "p3_golden_cup": "Page 3/8, header 'BIG BASS...' (partially obscured by panel). 'During the GOLDEN CUP FREE SPINS feature normal symbols fade away and only an empty grid remains. The normal reels are replaced with special reels containing only MONEY symbols, WILD symbols and blanks. The round starts with 10 free spins. At every spin, all winlines or winning combinations with MONEY symbols are paid and every WILD symbol that hits collects the value of all MONEY symbols on the screen. All the WILD symbols that hit during the feature are collected until the end of the round. Every 4th WILD symbol collected retriggers the feature, awards 10 more free spins and the multiplier for MONEY symbol collection increases to 2x for the second level, 3x for the third level and 10x for the fourth level. After the fourth level, the feature cannot be retriggered anymore.' Then the shared 'During any type of FREE SPINS, the following random features can happen' list: MONEY appearing when only WILDs present, a lasso animation bringing WILDs when only MONEY present, a curtain reskin animation when only WILDs present. 'Special reels are in play during the feature.'",
      "p4_max_win_ante_buy": "Page 4/8. 'MAX WIN' — 'The maximum win amount is limited to 5,000x bet. If the total win of a FREE SPINS ROUND reaches 5,000x the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining free spins are forfeited.' 'ANTE BET' — bet multiplier 15x (higher natural FS chance via more scatters, disables Buy Free Spins) vs 10x (normal play, chance for the 2-scatter rescue to add a 3rd scatter without paying lines). 'BUY FREE SPINS' — pay 100x total bet to trigger Free Spins (pick a card from 12 for regular vs Golden Cup); pay 270x total bet to trigger Golden Cup Free Spins directly (no card pick).",
      "p5_game_rules_rtp_bets": "Page 5/8 'GAME RULES'. VOLATILITY badge (5/5 lightning bolts) + high-volatility explanatory text. 'All symbols pay from left to right on selected paylines. All wins are multiplied by bet per line. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Only the highest win is paid per line. When winning on multiple paylines, all wins are added to the total win.' A 2-row diagram of 10 numbered payline patterns (1-10). RTP block (96.07% base/ante/buy-FS/buy-golden-cup, all identical, OCR-confirmed). 'SPACE and ENTER buttons on the keyboard can be used to start and stop the spin. Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' 'MINIMUM BET: $0.10  MAXIMUM BET: $375.00' (OCR-confirmed).",
      "p6_how_to_play": "Page 6/8 'HOW TO PLAY'. Explains +/- buttons to change bet and open the bet menu; SPIN button to play; hamburger-menu icon opens SETTINGS; spin-speed icon cycles normal/quick-spin/turbo-spin; speaker icon toggles sound and music; 'i' icon opens the Information page; CREDIT/BET labels show balance/current total bet and can be clicked to switch coins/cash view; +/- also open the bet menu with denominations; the gorilla-mascot SPIN button starts the game; AUTOPLAY button opens/stops the automatic-play menu.",
      "p7_settings_menu": "Page 7/8 'SETTINGS MENU'. INTRO SCREEN toggles the intro on/off; AMBIENT toggles ambient music; SOUND FX toggles sound effects; GAME HISTORY opens the history page. INFORMATION SCREEN: left/right green triangles scroll pages, green X closes. BET MENU: shows bet multiplier and current total bet in coins and cash, +/- change BET and COIN VALUE fields. Repeats the max-win cap text (5000x bet forfeits remaining features).",
      "p8_autoplay": "Page 8/8 'AUTOPLAY'. 'Click on the buttons showing the number of possible auto-spins to start Autoplay.' 'SKIP SCREENS option auto-skips the feature introduction and end screens after a short period of time.'",
      "color_notes": "Body text is white on a dark/near-black translucent panel; page headers in white/gold; the dimmed base-game reels remain visible behind the panel as backdrop."
    },

    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Centered dark navy-blue gradient panel with a thin light-blue border, overlaying the dimmed base game; closed via a white 'X' at the top-right of the panel header.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' label with an external-link square icon; a 'TOTAL BET' control: round green '-' button, value '$2.00' in a black field with a light-blue border, round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labelled on/off toggle switches: 'BATTERY SAVER' ('SAVE BATTERY LIFE BY REDUCING ANIMATION SPEED') shown OFF (white circle on the left of a dark track); 'AMBIENT MUSIC' ('TURN ON OR OFF THE GAME MUSIC') shown ON (green track, circle right); 'SOUND FX' ('TURN ON OR OFF THE GAME SOUNDS') shown ON; 'INTRO SCREEN' ('SHOW THE INTRO SCREEN BEFORE STARTING THE GAME') shown ON.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by switch handle POSITION (left=off / right=on) in addition to track colour (dark=off, green=on) — position is the non-colour cue, so distinguishable without colour vision."
    },

    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Centered dark navy panel over the dimmed base game (visible MONEY-symbol jockeys worth '$30.00'/'$10.00' and royal letters in the background); white 'X' close at top-right.",
      "options": "Three round radio-style options in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked), 'SKIP SCREENS' (checked, shown with a green filled circle and white checkmark).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track on the left portion, green round handle, grey track on the right) with the value '100' shown to the right.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the panel width at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Selected option shown by a filled circle + explicit checkmark glyph (shape), not colour alone; primary action carries explicit text ('START AUTOPLAY')."
    },

    "bonus_buy_freespins_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Confirmation dialog over the dimmed reels: dark-green rounded rectangle panel, header 'BUY FREE SPINS' in cream/tan bold text, price '$200.00' in large gold gradient numerals below it. Two square buttons: a red square with a white 'X' (cancel, left) and a green square with a white checkmark (confirm, right). Bottom bar shows a 'TOTAL BET' label with '-' / '$2.00' / '+' controls plus the usual CREDIT/BET readout.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Cancel vs confirm are both colour- AND glyph-differentiated (X vs checkmark shape), safe for colour-blind users."
    },
    "bonus_buy_goldencup_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Same dialog style as the Free Spins buy prompt: header 'BUY GOLDEN CUP FREE SPINS', price '$540.00' in gold gradient numerals, red-X / green-check confirm buttons identical in layout to the Free Spins dialog.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Same as bonus_buy_freespins_dialog."
    },
    "free_spins_pick_card": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "After confirming a Buy Free Spins purchase (or on a natural trigger), a 2-row x 6-column grid of 12 face-down cards appears over the dimmed reels, each card showing a light-blue dotted card-back with the 'BIG BASS' logo wordmark printed on it. Caption below the grid: 'PICK A CARD'. Bottom bar in this frame shows only REEL KINGDOM branding, a speaker icon, a menu icon and an 'i' icon (bet controls temporarily hidden), plus 'CREDIT $99,798.00' and 'BET $2.00'.",
      "purpose": "Player picks one card; the revealed card determines regular Free Spins vs Golden Cup Free Spins (see features.free_spins_regular.feature_select).",
      "color_blind_notes": "All 12 cards are visually identical (same colour/logo) until picked — no colour-based decision cue is needed or present; selection is purely positional."
    },

    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Green rounded-rectangle plaque over the dimmed reels with a white glow border: 'CONGRATULATIONS!' (large white bold text) / '10 FREE SPINS!' below it / 'CATCHES' with, to its left, the WILD bookmaker character portrait pointing at himself, and to its right, a small stacked collage of the MONEY-symbol jockey cards. Below the plaque: 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE'. Footer bar: 'CREDIT $99,798.00', 'BET $2.00', 'FREE SPINS LEFT 10' in light-blue/yellow.",
      "color_blind_notes": "High-contrast white-on-green text, legible without colour discrimination."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "top_hud_track": "A dark horizontal strip above the reels shows a row of small circular bookmaker-portrait icons representing collected WILDs, grouped in 4s; every 4th slot is replaced by a highlighted amber/gold milestone tag reading '+10 FREE SPINS x2', then after the next group of 4 '+10 FREE SPINS x3', then '+10 FREE SPINS x10'. Uncollected slots render the portrait in greyscale/desaturated; collected ones render in full colour.",
      "reels": "Same 5x3 grid, green-turf background, teal top bar (same as base game) — the WILD (bookmaker) symbol and MONEY-symbol jockey cards (values observed: '$4.00' x2, '$20.00', '$1.00', '$100.00' example on another frame) appear among royals and thematic symbols.",
      "win_readout_example": "'WIN $190.80', 'FREE SPINS LEFT 4' visible on free_spins_retrigger_x2.png, with a collected WILD tagged 'x2' and a collected value banner '$76.00' beneath its portrait.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Milestone/collection state is signalled by BOTH a colour shift (greyscale to colour) AND an explicit text/number badge ('+10 FREE SPINS x2') — not colour alone."
    },
    "free_spins_total_win": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "End-of-round summary plaque (same green rounded-rectangle style as the trigger screen): 'CONGRATULATIONS!' / 'YOU HAVE WON' / '$208.00' in large white bold numerals / 'IN 20 FREE SPINS' / 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE'. Footer: 'CREDIT $100,006.00', 'BET $2.00', 'WIN $208.00'. The top HUD track (still visible, dimmed) shows the same 3-milestone WILD-collection strip from the round that was played (10 spins retriggered once to 20 total).",
      "color_blind_notes": "High-contrast white-on-green, legible without colour discrimination."
    },

    "golden_cup_intro": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Same green-plaque trigger style as the regular Free Spins trigger, but headline reads 'GOLDEN CUP!' in an orange-to-gold gradient (distinct from the plain white 'CONGRATULATIONS!' used for the regular trigger) followed by '10 FREE SPINS!' in white, 'CATCHES' with the same WILD portrait + MONEY-collage icons. 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' below. Footer: 'CREDIT $99,464.00', 'BET $2.00', 'FREE SPINS LEFT 10'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Golden Cup is distinguished from regular Free Spins by BOTH the orange/gold headline colour AND the explicit word 'GOLDEN CUP!' — text carries the meaning, not colour alone."
    },
    "golden_cup_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "top_hud_track": "Same WILD-collection strip design as regular Free Spins (portraits + '+10 FREE SPINS x2/x3/x10' milestones), shown here still fully greyscale (no WILDs collected yet on this frame).",
      "special_reels": "Reels show ONLY MONEY-symbol jockey cards (observed '$50.00' red-silks jockey, '$666.00' grey/white-silks jockey, '$1.00' green-silks jockey) and light-blue diamond blank tiles — no royal letters or regular paytable symbols present. Top bar above the reels glows gold/amber (vs teal in base/regular-FS) as the special-mode colour cue.",
      "footer": "'FREE SPINS LEFT 9'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Special-mode reels are signalled by BOTH the amber top-bar glow AND the total absence of regular symbols (structural cue, not colour alone)."
    },
    "golden_cup_win_hud": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Live gameplay frame near the end of the Golden Cup round: reels show MONEY jockeys worth '$30.00' (three-of-a-kind on reels 3-5) and '$50.00' (reel 1), plus blank blue-diamond tiles. Footer: 'WIN $280.00', 'FREE SPINS LEFT 2', 'CREDIT $99,464.00', 'BET $2.00'.",
      "purpose": "Provides the authoritative final win amount for the Golden Cup round ($280.00), since the subsequent summary card did not finish rendering its text (see golden_cup_total_win / anomalies).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is high-contrast light-blue/yellow text on dark background."
    },
    "golden_cup_total_win": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Transitional frame of the round-end summary: the green rounded-rectangle plaque (identical container to the other Congratulations screens) is visible but EMPTY — no headline/amount text had rendered yet at capture time, due to the round completing on a fast/skip-screens autoplay pass. Footer nonetheless confirms 'WIN $280.00', 'FREE SPINS LEFT 0', 'CREDIT $99,744.00' (up from $99,464.00 before the round — a $280.00 delta matching golden_cup_win_hud.png).",
      "honesty_note": "This is a genuinely incomplete/mistimed capture, disclosed rather than reconstructed: the exact wording of the Golden Cup summary text (equivalent to 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $X.XX IN Y FREE SPINS' seen on the regular-FS summary) was not caught on any frame for this slot. The $280.00 total win figure itself IS reliably confirmed via the footer HUD, matching the credit delta.",
      "color_blind_notes": "N/A — panel text had not rendered."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control positions are stable across screens: hamburger-menu + speaker icon far-left, 'i' info button just to their right, bet +/- flanking the central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY directly below SPIN. The info booklet is a strictly linear 8-page sequence navigated with left/right triangle + close-X, with an explicit 'Page n/8' text readout on every page — a reliable non-visual position anchor. Feature-select and win screens all include a text prompt ('PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE') rather than relying on a specific button location.",
    "motor": "Large round click targets; the central SPIN button is the largest and also keyboard-operable (SPACE/ENTER, with SPACE-hold for turbo). AUTOPLAY (up to 100 spins with a SKIP SCREENS option) minimizes repeated clicking; bonus-buy dialogs use two large square confirm/cancel buttons.",
    "color_blind": "Most affordances are non-colour (icon glyphs on dark circles, switch handle position, explicit numeric counters like 'FREE SPINS LEFT n', milestone text badges like '+10 FREE SPINS x2', the word 'GOLDEN CUP!' distinguishing that mode from regular Free Spins, and confirm/cancel differentiated by checkmark vs X shape). Residual risk: green is reused for nav triangles, the close-X on the paytable, toggle-ON tracks and the confirm checkmark — but in every case a second cue (shape, text, or position) is also present.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No information observed to be conveyed by audio alone; SOUND FX/AMBIENT MUSIC toggles are purely for music/effects. All game state (bet, credit, win amounts, free spins remaining, retrigger milestones, feature type) is conveyed via on-screen text and numerals."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Whether clicking the CREDIT/BET labels actually switches between a coins view and a cash view was described in the rules text (rules_p6.png) but not demonstrated on any captured frame — only the cash ($) view was observed throughout.",
    "The exact wording of the Golden Cup Free Spins round-end summary card (its text had not rendered in golden_cup_total_win.png at capture time); the $280.00 total win is nonetheless reliably confirmed via the footer HUD in the immediately preceding frame (golden_cup_win_hud.png) and the credit delta.",
    "Whether the 2-of-a-kind payout of $1.00 exists ONLY for the champagne-bucket symbol (no 2-of-a-kind values are printed for any other paytable symbol on the visible page) — read as printed, not inferred for other symbols.",
    "Full behavior/UI of the 'coins vs cash' bet-menu denomination picker mentioned in rules_p6/rules_p7 was not captured as its own screen.",
    "Per-cell content of any base-game or free-spins reel snapshot is a transient random result each spin and is intentionally not enumerated as a fixed property of the game."
  ]
}