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Microgaming's 9 Pots of Gold online slot is a 5x3 reel, 20 payline slot with medium volatility. This title is Irish-themed, with a leprechaun as the central character. From a mechanics perspective, the slot is identical to 9 Masks of Fire, also a Microgaming title. Care has however been taken to make these two slots as thematically different as possible. The game's reels sit against a shamrock-littered background, with a bonus counter to the right of the grid that displays incremental amounts that you could take home.
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The symbols are illustrated in bold cartoon style with smooth animations. As stated before, if you have played 9 Masks of Fire, there won't be any surprises as far as gameplay is concerned, but there are still some enjoyable aspects worth revisiting. Your minimum and maximum bets are 0.20 and 60.00. Free spins and pot plays with multipliers serve as bonus features here. You can play this title across all devices.
Free spins / Free spins wheel The free spins bonus mode is triggered by landing 3 or more scatters on the centre reels. Once this happens, you will get a spin at the segmented free spins wheel where you could get 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, or 30 free spins. All the free spins awards come bundled with a 2x multiplier, except the two highest that come with a 3x multiplier. This feature can be retriggered with the appearance of more scatters.
Pot Pays Aside from activating free spins, the scatter also pays out handsomely if you manage to get 3 or more of them at a time.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 pot scatters will pay out 1x, 5x, 15x, 40x, 100x, 500x, and 2,000x your bet respectively. Note that any Pot symbols wins achieved while the free spins are active will not have a multiplier applied to them.
Like its predecessor, 9 Pots of Gold slot is a solid title. The base game has a generous hit rate so you will be rewarded with a steady stream of wins as you spin. The free spins mode also offers great opportunities to win, but the largest prize of 2000x your stake comes from landing 9 pot scatters. Microgaming has made a smart move here, releasing this slot just ahead of St. Patrick's Day, which will give it a bit of an edge over similarly themed, older slots.
The game's RTP is a comfy 96.24% with medium volatility. This means that this isn't the fastest paced slot out there, but this is far from the developer's intention. This slot has a very casual feel to it, and it has plenty of replay ability value and can give you quite an enjoyable time, with the theme being so well executed.
