Emerald King Wheel of Wealth

Emerald King Wheel of Wealth: Slot Overview

One theme which perpetually does the rounds amongst casino game makers is that of the mysterious character from Irish folklore, the leprechaun. Pragmatic Play and partner Reel Kingdom have made a few of these games in the past and have gone on to design another. The slot is Emerald King Wheel of Wealth, and while it might be nominally related to Emerald King and Emerald King Rainbow Road, it varies widely in terms of gameplay and features. Instead of mini slot action, this one is closer to a Big Bass game, where a collector symbol collects money symbols, and a wheel is able to apply a multiplier to them.

It was hard to avoid the word 'generic' when thinking about how to summarise Emerald King Wheel of Wealth's appearance. It's got a happy-go-lucky leprechaun character on screen, a rainbow, Celtic patterns, clovers, rolling green hills, the whole jolly Irish slot shebang all right there for players' enjoyment. Or not. It depends on how into this sort of thing a prospective gambler might be. Or how over it they are. If cheerful leprechaun genericism lights your fire, then Emerald King Wheel of Wealth is probably a good fit. Otherwise, well…

Emerald King Wheel of Wealth is played on a classically arranged 5x3 reelset along with 10 paylines, landing winning combinations left to right from the leftmost reel. After choosing a stake of $/€0.05 to $/€240 per spin, gamblers may elect to activate the ante bet to increase the chance of triggering free spins. When doing so, the stake doubles. Highly volatile, Emerald King Wheel of Wealth's math model generates an RTP of 96.53% at the highest configuration.

On the reels can be found 10-A royals, pots (the money symbol), horseshoes, frothy mugs, clovers, and top hats. Landing 5 matching symbols in a winning combination awards 10x to 200x the bet.

Emerald King Wheel of Wealth: Slot Features

Emerald King Wheel of Wealth's features are free spins where wilds collect money symbol values, a prize wheel, and a feature buy.

Free Spins

Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatters triggers 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. Should 2 scatters land in the base game without a third, there is a chance for 10-20 free spins to be granted via a wheel animation. Wild symbols may appear on any reel in free spins, where they are able to substitute for anything except scatters and money symbols. They also collect the values of pot money symbols, which appear with values of 2x to 1,000x the bet. When a wild hits, if there are money symbol collections, a wheel spins which can randomly award a multiplier of x2, x4, or x8, which applies to that collection, +10 free spins, or a 3,000x the bet fixed jackpot. If there are no money symbols in view when a wild hits, a wheel can award 2-15 extra free spins.

Feature Buy

The free spins round can be triggered from the base game by buying it for 100x the bet. When doing so, 3-5 scatters land to activate the round.

Emerald King Wheel of Wealth: Slot Verdict

Whilst not exactly a Big Bass remake in Irish clothing, crossovers from Reel Kingdom's infamous angling series are apparent, and it's not a huge leap to think Emerald King Wheel of Wealth has been made off the scaffolding provided by its popular fishing cousin. What's strange is that this is nothing like the two other Emerald King slots Reel Kingdom has made, which were more into mini slots or pick me action than money symbol collection. Perhaps, just speculating, Reel Kingdom has designed so many Big Bass games by now that reeling in/collecting things is so deeply ingrained in the studios' psyche, it has started to insidiously take over like an invasive patch of clover choking a meadow of its indigenous grass and daisies.

Where Emerald King Wheel of Wealth earns its 'innovation' badge is during free spins when a wild hits and the wheel spins. Instead of having to collect wilds in order to gain a collection multiplier, aka Big Bass, Emerald King Wheel of Wealth is able to deliver one when a wild lands and collects cash. Or if there is a wild but no money symbols in view, then players are granted extra free spins, so you always get something when a wild lands. This multiplier, extra free spins, jackpot and money symbols worth up to 1,000x free spins loop is held back by full potential being limited by a middling 3,000x win cap.

Emerald King Wheel of Wealth came across as a spare parts kind of game made of bits and pieces lying around the office. It was almost as if the studio actually wanted to use the gameplay in yet another Big Bass slot, but couldn't quite force themselves to do it, but didn't want the guts of the game to go to waste either.