Choose this slot if you want Ancient Greece with a Christmas theme, played on a 6x5 grid. A win forms when at least 8 matching symbols land anywhere on screen. After each win, the winning symbols vanish, the rest fall, and new symbols drop in. This tumble repeats until no new win forms. The top row stays locked until tumbles open its columns one at a time.
Pick this slot when you want more than the base game offers. Free Spins and Super Free Spins run as separate modes, each with its own rules. The feature list also includes Scatter, Retrigger, Growing Reels, Multiplier and Progressive Multiplier, next to the Tumble feature. Read the mode rules before you set a stake.
Athena 1000 Xmas facts
At Needforspin Casino the figures come first, so you read the game before you bet.
| Measured as | Shown as |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| RTP versions | 96.00% / 96.49% / 96.53% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid size | 6x5 |
| Max win multiple | x10,000 |
| Max win at highest bet | A$2,400,000 |
| Release date | 27/11/2025 |
Each extra is priced as a multiple of your bet, which at A$10 puts Free Spins at A$1,000 and Super Free Spins at A$5,000.
| Paid mode | Bet multiple | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins purchase | x100 · A$1,000 | – |
| Super Free Spins purchase | x500 · A$5,000 | – |
Expect A$96.00 back on A$100 staked across a long run, at the usual setting, and the version in play is named in the game rules.
| RTP setting | RTP | Used by default |
|---|---|---|
| variant 1 | 96.53% | No |
| variant 2 | 96.49% | No |
| variant 3 | 96.00% | Available |
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Useful when a win or free spins round on screen needs checking against the rules above.
Bonus rules
This block settles how each mode starts, what it costs, and what happens inside it.
Free Spins start when SCATTER symbols land on the reels. The Ante Bet, at 25x total bet instead of 20x, doubles the natural chance of that trigger. Buying the round costs 100x total bet, and Retrigger can add more free spins while the round runs.
Base Game spinsFree spins round
Super Free Spins start from a purchase priced at 500x total bet. Super Spin is a separate bet mode at 200x total bet, with the top row unlocked on every spin, so the grid is a full 6x6. Free Spins cannot trigger naturally while Super Spin is active.
Purchase optionSuper Free Spins
Autoplay opens a dialog with Turbo Spin, Quick Spin and Skip Screens checkboxes and a slider for the number of autospins. Holding SPACE activates turbo spin, and SPACE or ENTER also starts and stops a normal spin.
Manual spinningAutomatic spins
6 columns by 5 playable rows, plus a lockable 6th top row. Scatters pay anywhere on screen. Winning symbols are removed, the rest fall, and new ones drop in until no new win. The top row unlocks one column at a time after 1/3/6/9/12/15 tumbles, then re-locks each spin.
Each new spinTumbling wins
Step guide
After this read, you will know the order of events in each spin.
Pick a bet between A$0.20 and A$240 before each spin. The tables on this page use A$0.20 and A$10 as examples only.
Base Game uses a 6x5 grid with scatter pays, so matching symbols count anywhere on screen. At least 8 matching symbols must land to pay.
Each tumble removes winning symbols and new ones drop in. The top row unlocks one column at a time after 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 tumbles.
Free Spins start when enough SCATTER symbols land anywhere on screen. Retrigger applies when more SCATTER symbols land during a round of Free Spins.
Before the first spin, set a limit on money and time for this session. The result of a session cannot be known in advance. Support: National Gambling Helpline, 1800 858 858.
Athena 1000 Xmas demo
After this section you will know which mode costs nothing and which needs an account.
Pick the demo to learn the rounds without depositing anything, since it pays nothing back. Real play needs an account here and the legal age of 18+.
Start playingDeciding how long to keep spinning depends on how often the Free Spins round arrives. That frequency is not known in advance, and no session can be used to predict it. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP is, so a long run of spins can end below the stake or above it.
Before you pick a stake, check the RTP in the game rules, because only those rules state which version this casino runs. A figure quoted on another site does not settle which version is running here.
Planning around the top prize means treating the maximum win as a ceiling, not a target. The ceiling is reached very rarely, and it is stated as a multiple of the bet, so the money figure rises or falls with the stake you choose.
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Decide how much you can lose before the first round and keep that sum fixed for the whole session.
Choose your stopping point before the first spin, and keep it after a big win.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play, and keep them unchanged while you play.
Take a break once the game stops being fun, and never chase losses. To stop for longer, self-exclude through BetStop.
Athena 1000 Xmas guide
Useful when you open the game and want the bonus rules before you bet.
Free spins start during the base game when SCATTER symbols land on the reels. The Ante Bet doubles the natural chance of this trigger and raises SCATTER frequency on the reels, and the feature can retrigger while it runs.
The game starts at A$0.20, the lowest bet, so the first rounds cost little while the rules are learned. Each feature on this page follows the game's own rules, and the paytable uses A$0.20 as its bet.
Free Spins can be bought directly, at A$1,000 for the example top bet of A$10, which is 100 times the bet. Super Free Spins cost A$5,000 at the same bet, 500 times the bet. Both buys are disabled while the Ante Bet or Super Spin is active.
The game has three RTP versions, at 96.00, 96.49 and 96.53 percent. RTP is the return per A$100 staked over many rounds, so it cannot predict one session.
The game is themed on Ancient Greece and Christmas, and it shares the 96.00 percent RTP and 10,000 times maximum win with Wisdom of Athena 1000. The earlier Wisdom of Athena has a 96.07 percent RTP and a maximum win of 5,000 times the bet.
The lowest bet is A$0.20 and the highest bet allowed is A$240. Super Spin charges 200 times the total bet, and the Ante Bet charges 25 times the total bet instead of 20.
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