Join the Bite Club in Shark Boss from Red Tiger

You have to love slots that turn your expectations on their head. We’ve seen countless games where you’re the fisherman pulling in nets full of tasty fish. In the Shark Boss slot, you’ll be reeling in fishermen with the ultimate human bait: a can of beer. It’s a fun game that doesn’t take itself seriously, though its random cash prizes, multipliers, and free spins can result in some serious wins, up to 10,000x your stake.

Join us for an in-depth dive into this Red Tiger release. We’ll walk you through its features and payouts to help you decide if Shark Boss is the right slot for you.

Shark Boss Visuals

One glance at the backdrop made it clear someone spent hours perfecting the shark’s smug expression. It’s a near-constant sight, as the shark hangs out on the boat with a fishing rod in hand. The reels sit beneath the waves, where you can see various fish swimming around. There’s also a shattered ship, which might tip off more careful fishermen of the dangers lurking in these waters.

Paying symbols are split into lower-paying and higher-value icons. The former consists of five playing card royals, while the latter includes fishing rods, life jackets, boxes full of bait, and three fishermen. You’ll also find the Lady symbol, which raises your multiplier and a shark wearing sunglasses, which serves as the Scatter.

Shark Boss Gameplay and Features

You play this Red Tiger Gaming slot on a 5×3 grid with 20 fixed paylines. Winning combinations must start on the leftmost reel and contain at least three matching symbols along an active payline.

Fishermen and Golden Trophy

Every round, the shark sitting in a boat can throw a fishing line into the water. The sight of an unopened can of beer attracts all the fishermen on the reels to it, allowing the shark to fish them up. Any cash prizes attached to the fishermen will be collected and added to your balance.

The fishing line remains on the reel for the next spin. If it catches more fishermen on the next spin, it will remain on the grid for another round. However, if the subsequent spin has no fishermen, the line is pulled back out of the water.

There’s a chance a golden trophy can replace the beer before the shark drops it into the water. This means more fishermen will appear on the grid, increasing your odds of winning. However, the fishing line is pulled back after just one spin.

Lady Bonus

If the Lady symbol is on the reels when the shark casts his line, she’ll increase the Shark Multiplier. This multiplier applies to all collected symbols for that fishing line. The multiplier is increased in steps, starting at 2x and going up to 20x.

Free Spins

Three, four, or five Scatters will grant 8, 12, or 20 free spins, respectively. During this bonus round, the fishing line is constantly down, drastically increasing your odds of scooping up Lady multipliers and fishermen’s cash prizes. If you had an active Shark Multiplier on the same spin that triggered the Free Spins feature, you get to carry it into the bonus round.

There are three levels to this feature, which you unlock by collecting fisherman symbols. The first two levels grant more free spins and remove lower-value fishermen, making you more likely to score bigger wins.

Make it to the third level, and the game automatically sets your total win to the 10,000x max win. If you reach the top prize before making it to level three, the bonus round ends early.

Feature Buy

Red Tiger lets players purchase bonus rounds if they have money to throw around. Your two options in Feature Buy are:

• Golden Trophy – guarantees the Golden Trophy feature will trigger. Costs 20x your stake.
• Free Spins – ensures the Free Spins bonus round activates on the next spin. Costs 80x your wager.

Shark Boss RTP and Payouts

The RTP for the Shark Boss slot is 96.11%, which is better than average. Players can also forward to a 10,000x jackpot, though it’s gated behind high volatility.