Luck O’ The Irish Go For Gold

Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold: Slot Overview

You don't need us to tell you how popular Irish-themed slots are, and one of the more persistent cogs in the Celtic gambling machine is Blueprint Gaming's Luck O' The Irish range. Games in this series are made in the Rainbow Riches mould, that is, old school, retro, archaic, dated, old as fudge, or however you would like to call them. Indeed, how you judge these sorts of games, in general, is likely how you're going to judge Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold, as well. Really, a quick look at the screenshots is probably all it takes to know whether Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold is a possible pot 'o gold or a pot 'o something far less savoury.

You're still with us? Great, then let's travel into Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold's jaunty world. The lush green grass of the Emerald Isle makes up the lower portion of the screen before moving on to the gaming area and then a rainbow-filled sky. The visual layout is reminiscent of the first Luck O' The Irish slot, though strangely, after going back to compare, Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold does look updated. Not updated when compared to contemporary slots like, shoot, Reapers, Razor Shark, or Robber Strike, to pick three that start with 'R', but not as dated as the original. The harp sounds as the reels spin remains as relaxing as ever, too.

In the stats and figures department, Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold runs on a medium volatile math model churning out an RTP of 95.5%. A 5-reel, 10-payline gaming panel is where the symbol action occurs, while next to it is a list of prize values called the Rainbow Trail, winnable when enough rainbow symbols appear. Stakes of 10 p/c to $/€10 per spin can be selected before chasing this pot of gold.

Like the rest of Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold, its symbols are love 'em or hate 'em, as well. For low pays, we've got 10 to A card ranks, then a blue gem, a green gem, a red gem, and a pot of gold as the 4 high pay symbols. Their values, when hitting a 5 OAK winning line, vary from 10-20x the bet for the card ranks and 30 to 500 times the bet for 5 of the premium symbols. Possibly one of the most high-tech things about Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold is that winning combinations must contain at least 3 matching symbols, but they do not have to start from the first reel onwards as normal. There's no wild symbol, either.

Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold: Slot Features

Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold's features follow a specific pattern like an algorithm with steps that must be fulfilled before advancing to the next stage. It starts with the Mystery symbol. When Mystery symbols hit, they all reveal a random symbol.

Rainbow Trail

Mystery symbols may reveal rainbow symbols. If at least 3 rainbow symbols are in view anywhere on the grid, they award a prize from the Rainbow Trail. When precisely 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 rainbow symbols are in view, players win 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x the bet, or the Big Money feature, respectively.

Big Money

The Big Money feature displays pots, clovers, and four named prize values on the screen. A prize is awarded, and players pick clovers to reveal either Spin or Collect. When Spin is revealed, the prizes respin, and a new value is added to the Bonus Win. When Collect is revealed, the Bonus Win is awarded, ending the feature. The four fixed pots are the Mini, Minor, Major, and Mega, worth 10x, 25x, 250x, or 500x the bet, respectively.

Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold: Slot Verdict

After reviewing cutting-edge games from studios looking to push the envelope of online slot design, it's always a jolt when something like Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold comes along. There is clearly a market for these sorts of games; otherwise, an astute outfit like Blueprint Gaming wouldn't bother making them. And so, let's acknowledge that players still entertained by the Rainbow Riches or the Reel Kings of the iGaming world will probably get some sort of kick out of Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold, too. Should Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold be included, then being part of Blueprint Gaming's jackpot network doesn't hurt these sorts of games' appeal either; let's not forget the circa $4.6 million won on Luck O' The Irish Fortune Spins, after all.

On the other hand, since so much of Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold can be found elsewhere, it was hard to really get on board. The Rainbow Trail is less straightforward than usual to win from in some ways since the two-step process means you have to land Mystery symbols and then have them reveal rainbow symbols to collect a prize. Or hit 9 rainbow symbols to open up the Big Money feature, which is similar to the Pots Of Gold round that appeared in the original Rainbow Riches all those many moons ago. With a twist, of course, since prizes can technically keep spinning around being awarded until the Collect result is revealed.

Let's wrap up the review by politely saying Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold is one for the fans. Players who like the Irish theme with a retro touch in their gambling machines might find value here. On the other side of the gold coin, for those long since over this sort of thing, Luck O' The Irish Go For Gold might well come across like a joke which lost its punchline years ago.