Golden Leprechaun Megaways Slot Review
Released in August 2019, this game can be played at online casinos such as LeoVegas, Guts or PlayOjo.
Theme and basic information
With Golden Leprechaun Megaways we get yet another Megaways slot from Red Tiger. It’s been nearly a year since they got a license from Big Time Gaming to use the Megaways enging for their slots, though they released their own Power Reels and Multiline slots in the meantime that feature similar setups.
However, they didn’t lose sight of the Megaways engine and now we get Golden Leprechaun with an Irish Luck theme. The scene is, as always, set beautifully in a wonderful forest. It has almost dream-like qualities and shows once more what Red Tiger is capable of when designing slots. The reel symbols are well-crafted but not quite as sophisticated.
We get a pint of Guinness on the reels, a four-leaf clover, a notebook and a 1st place ribbon. We’re not entirely sure about the meaning of some of these symbols, but okay. The red ribbon is worth the most in this game, paying out 50x for 6 on a payline. The clover follows far behind with 7.5x our stake for such a win. Notebook and beer both pay out 2x our stake for 6 on a payline.
The remaining symbols are generic playing card symbols from 10 to A.
You can play this game from 0.10 per spin to 10.00 per spin, though this may differ and different casinos.
Wild Stacks, Lucky Ways or Random Wilds
There are three features you can randomly pick when playing the base game. Most of the time, you’ll simply spin away the reels. But every now and then, our little leprechaun pops up and allows us to choose among three mushrooms.
Behind those mushrooms you will find one of three features:
- Wild Stacks: up to four wild reels may be added with a multiplier of up to 7x. It’s possible to combine multipliers up to 28x.
- Lucky Ways: symbols are randomly transformed into another symbol in order to guarantee a win
- Random Wilds: up to 5 wilds are added to the reels
During the first 200 spins we played these features barely showed up at all, but eventually we saw them more regular, which helps keep you going in this slot.
Three free spin options and climbing multipliers
When you finally manage to get three scatters onto the reels, you will once more choose among the three mushrooms you already know from the base game. Now one of the above three features will be active for anything between 6 and 20 spins.
Mind you, you won’t be getting wild stacks, symbol transformation or added wilds on every spin, but they will show up more frequently now.
Plus, there’s a multiplier that will climb on each consecutive spin and we get cascading reels, which is a base game feature anyway, but it comes in particularly handy during the free spins as it extends them somewhat.
Also, it is possible to re-trigger the free spins if you get another 3 scatters on the reels. You won’t be able to choose another mushroom, however. The spins are simply added to your counter.
Conclusion: A fun slot that can yield some decent wins
The theoretical RTP (Return to Player) of Golden Leprechaun Megways is 95.72%, which is below average and not exactly great. Wins tend to be small, which is usually the case with Megaways slots. The slot is not super volatile, but it can be.
Golden Leprechaun Megaways is entertaining enough and you can play it for some time, as long as you don’t have to wait for too long to trigger the free spins. And decent wins are possible, in theory even more than 10,000x your bet. However, the game is also somewhat mediocre and doesn’t particularly stand out in Red Tiger’s line-up. If you like Irish Luck slots, you’ll enjoy Golden Leprechaun Megaways as well, though.