Ice Fishing among Evolution’s game shows
Evolution has spent years building a family of money wheel shows, and Ice Fishing is its 2025 addition – the first one with a fishing theme. On the surface it looks familiar: a big wheel, a host, a betting window and bonus segments. Underneath, it plays differently from Crazy Time, Monopoly Live and Dream Catcher, and those differences decide which game suits you.
There is another difference that is easy to miss. Ice Fishing is Evolution’s first game show that relies only on a random number generator: the host runs the show, but the wheel is digital and its stops come from certified RNG software. Nobody in the studio can influence where it lands.
The Ice Fishing wheel has 53 segments. Most of them are Leaf spots that pay instantly at 1:1, while seven fish segments – four Lil’ Blues, two Big Oranges and one Huge Reds – send the round out onto the frozen lake. There, the host reels in fish with multipliers, and the values are added up for your payout. The top prize is 5,000× the stake.
That mix makes Ice Fishing sit between the simplicity of Dream Catcher and the spectacle of Crazy Time. Players across the United Kingdom who search for the Ice Fishing slot often expect reels – instead they get a live show with a digital wheel and a lot more pace.
The four shows side by side
| Game | Released | Wheel | Bonus games | Best RTP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Fishing | 2025 | 53 segments | 3 | 97.10% |
| Crazy Time | 2020 | 54 segments | 4 | 96.08% |
| Monopoly Live | 2019 | 54 segments | Board bonus | 96.23% |
| Dream Catcher | 2017 | 54 segments | None | 96.58% |
Why the RTP gap matters
Ice Fishing’s Leaf bets return 97.10% in theory – the highest top figure of the four. Over £10,000 of stakes, the difference against Crazy Time’s best bet is about £100 in expected return. It is a long-run average, not a promise for one session, but it is a real edge for steady, low-risk betting.
Fish bets sit lower, between 95.17% and 95.69%, because part of their value is tied up in the bonus rounds.