Rainbow Riches

The Facts

The Rainbow Riches slot is probably the most famous Irish themed game there is. Let’s face it, there are a lot of them, but this game defined the category. There are some great newer games like the 9 Pots of Gold slot, but the old classic still pulls in the players.

This 5 reel and 3 row classic from Barcrest and SG Digital was launched back in 2009 and became famous in the pubs and clubs of the UK. Then it went online and became more famous! The cheeky leprechaun powers 20 paylines in the medium variance slot that has an RTP of 95%.

The maximum win is 500x your bet and it includes Bonus Games (eg a Pick ’em Game and a Trail game), Multipliers, Scatters and Wilds.

The hit frequency rate is just over 27%, so more than a quarter of spins on average will trigger a win of some kind – it’s a medium variance slot in other words. You will see these in the base game and across three 3 bonus features.

Rainbow Riches Design

First off, don’t expect any whizzy graphics and animations. Rainbow Riches (and in particular the original) is a traditional kind of game. if you are looking for mind blowing graphics, you will need to head to something newer like the Thunderstruck Stormchaser slot from Stormcraft or even 9 Pots of Gold from Gameburger if you prefer a green and gold theme.

let’s get back to the game in question. It’s an Irish theme alright! The Rainbow Riches online slot (try it out at Wombat Casino) is stuffed full of all things Irish including a leprechaun, pots of gold, celtic playing card symbos, a wishing well, and a Wild golden coin.

The scene is set with a purple background with a rainbow, with an Irish jig playing in the background. Remember to hold your arms by your sides if you feel like getting up for a quick shuffle.

The Rainbow Riches logo is the highpayer as it rewards with 0.1, 2.5, 7.5 or 12.5 x your stake for 2, 3, 4 or 5 on a paylien.

The gold coin wild substitutes for all symbols except the 3 scatters pays even more woth 2, 3, 4 or 5 on a payline landing you with 0.1, 3, 10 or 25 times your total stake. If you fill the reels with wilds, you will trigger a 500x win.

Pros and Cons

3 Rainbow Riches Bonuses

Let’s cut to the chase shall we? Those famous Rainbow Riches bonus features.

There are three of them: a cash trail, a pick ‘n win game and pots that come with multipliers. You can win the top 500x jackpot in all 3.

Road to Riches Bonus

Set this one off with three or more leprechaun bonus symbols scattered anywhere across the reel set. This one triggers once every 115 spins on average.

Once you are in, you spin the wheel which will determine how many jumps up the Road to Riches you make. You will continue to spin the wheel until you land on ‘Collect’ position or you make it to the end of the Road.

Once that happens, you will win the amount shown multiplied by your total stake. The top multiple is 500 times your stake. That’s the jackpot!

Wishing Well

The Wishing Well Bonus sets off with three or more Wishing Well symbols scattered across the reels.

On average, it takes 107 spins to trigger.

This is a ‘Pick ‘n Win’ game: choose 1 of the 3 available wells. They will all be hiding multipliers. Again, the Big One is 500x your bet.

Pots of Gold

An Irish game wouldn’t be an irish game without a Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow would it?

This bonus sets off when you land 3 Pots of Gold on the middle reels (2, 3 and 4). This hits every 1,050 spins on average. You’ll see gold, silver and bronze pots moving around the screen. An arrow will select one of them when the pots come to a rest.

Each pot has a multiplier linked to it which is multiplied by your bet. And yes, once again the top jackpot here is 500x your stake.

Summary

There a a handful of games in the market that make it to legendary status. You know, like Starburst, Thunderstruck 2, Cleopatra, Book of Dead and so on. The Rainbow Riches slot is one of those iconic games.

In fact the game has proven to be so popular that Barcrest and SG Digital have a subsequently launched a number of varities like:

• Rainbow Riches Megaways
• Rainbow Riches Free Spins
• Rainbow Riches Cluster Magic

But it’s the original game that remains the most popular, even after all of these years.

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