Plan each session knowing the outcome stays open
96.50 is the long-run return per A$100 staked, averaged over many spins. How often the Free Spins round arrives is not known in advance. Three or more Scatter symbols trigger it, but where they land is random, so a session can bring the round at once or after a long stretch of base game spins. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP.
The 96.50 RTP is the only version listed for this slot, and this page uses it throughout. Only the game rules show which RTP version runs in a given lobby. Read them before you start, because the number on this page does not say which version you are playing.
5,000 times the bet is the maximum win of Bigger Bass Splash, which comes to A$5,000 at the A$1 example bet and A$1,500,000 at the A$300 maximum bet. It is a ceiling, and it is reached very rarely. Reaching it depends on the bonus rounds, whose timing is not known in advance.