9 Pots of Gold

Leprechauns take centre stage in Gameburger Studios' 9 Pots of Gold, a St Patrick's-timed release built on a 5-reel, 3-row grid crossed by 20 fixed paylines. A character called Lucky Lad Flynn anchors the green-and-gold presentation, with shamrocks scattered across a grid designed as a lighter, Irish-flavoured take on the studio's earlier mask-themed release.

Bets from 0.20 to 60 unlock line wins formed by matching symbols landing adjacently from the left. The paytable climbs from a BAR, shamrock, top hat and Celtic harp through single, double and triple 7s, with the triple-7 symbol worth up to 37.5x the stake for a full line and mixed combinations of the three 7 variants also paying out. A mushroom Wild substitutes for anything other than the free spins and pot symbols, and five of them in a line pays 125x, more than the top 7 combination.

Pot symbols can land anywhere on the grid, and three or more trigger the Pot Pays feature for an instant cash prize: three pots return 1x the stake, rising through 5x, 15x, 40x, 100x and 500x before nine pots pay the game's top prize of 2,000x. These prizes aren't affected by the free spins multiplier when they land during that round. A separate scatter symbol on reels 2, 3 and 4 needs three to appear for a spin of the Free Spins Wheel, which awards 10, 12, 15, 20, 25 or 30 free spins; the smaller segments carry a x2 multiplier and the two largest carry x3, and landing three more scatters during the round retriggers the original number of spins.

Running at 96.24% RTP with medium volatility and a 39.75% hit frequency, 9 Pots of Gold pays out often enough to keep the reels moving between the two bonus mechanics, with the 2,000x Pot Pays ceiling providing the game's headline number even though the overall math model stays on the calmer end of the scale.