It seems that no collection of slot machines is complete if it doesn’t have at least one Irish themed title among them, and that’s probably the thinking that made WMS create Leprechaun’s Fortune. A very typical slot machine for the genre, it offers pots of gold, rainbows, four leaf clovers and all kinds of other items which are often found in similarly themed titles. Even the design falls into the average category at best.
As a slot with 5 reels, the fact that it has 50 paylines is not unusual, especially since it’s a WMS game. There are also free games with frozen wilds, with the base game offering scatters and wilds. The best prize offered is at $1,000.
Features of Leprechaun’s Fortune
First, we have the wild symbols and the scatters. The latter can get you into the free spins, where you will find freezing wilds.
The Leprechaun was chosen by the game to be the one that acts as the wild element. Unfortunately it is limited to four reels out of five, just enough to cancel its ability to form its own combinations. It will be present on the reels going from the 2nd to the 5th, the 1st reel being the one that doesn’t get this symbol. The substitution ability works like in every other slot machine, not being of any use when the scatter is involved, but taking the place of a regular icon when needed.
Free Games Feature
The Pot of Gold is another important symbol in an Irish slot machine. It is the scatter feature in this case, a symbol that gives you free spins and some prizes, and all you need to do is have it present on all three reels where it can land. Those reels are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
You get 4x the bet when you have the three Pots of Gold, and you also receive 10 free spins from the game. Frozen wilds come with them, meaning that whenever you have a wild present during the free spins they will remain in place until the rounds are over. If you retrigger the feature, you get only 5 additional free spins.
Betting options and jackpots
You can bet up to $125 in this game, if you allow the line bets to reach the maximum of $5. The game has 25 lines and uses 25 coins at all times in the bets, so all of them are covered.
You can win a top prize of 200 coins here, and that would mean only $1,000 cash.
Design and symbols
The design of Leprechaun’s Fortune features many of the elements that are common in Irish inspired games, most of them being based on the legends of this country. You have the green hills in the background, with a rainbow coming down from above, while the reels host poker cards and images of Leprechauns, fairies, pots of gold and other related images.
Symbols: Leprechaun (wild), Pot of Gold (scatter), Rainbow (200 coins), Redhead Fairy (100 coins), Shamrock (100 coins), Toadstools (100 coins), Violin (100 coins), Ace (75 coins), King (50 coins), Queen (50 coins), Jack (50 coins), 10 (40 coins) and 9 (40 coins).
Is It Worth Playing?
I’m definitely not a fan of the game, and the reason is not the theme, though it’s quite common, but its implementation which is just average, while the prizes are almost insulting.
Leprechaun’s Fortune can be found at any WMS casino, where you get a chance to play it for real money or in free mode.
