Rainbow Riches remains a classic

By David Newstead

There are some classic slots available online and one of the best has to be Rainbow Riches Pots of Gold. It’s a brilliant game that packs heavy action on the reels together with fun second screen bonuses that sparkle with prizes. From the land based clubs, pubs and casinos this machine evolved into an online classic, comparable with some of the great computer games of our time. Engineered by award winning gaming company IGT, even the most hardy of slot jockeys will find it difficult to spot a hole in their creation as it represents the complete package of fun visual and audio excitement together with red hot reel action that’s simply non stop craziness.

There are a host of specials in this game and you even get some juicy stacks of jackpot symbols that can really pay big, especially if you hit a combination together with the golden ‘leprechaun’ coin that operates as the wild. The reel bonus game is a ‘pick me’ style feature that involves you sticking your hand deep into some wishing wells looking for multipliers when you stop three or more of the activating symbols on the reels. With all the Rainbow Riches Pots of Gold bonus games, the more symbols you use to activate the feature, the better the feature pays.

The second and third bonus games on Rainbow Riches Pots of Gold are the second screen stunners that’ll really appeal to fans of UK fruities who like their virtual reel features. Hit the three leprechaun symbols to jump onto the road to riches sub game that sees you walking an upward path of ever increasing multipliers on the way to the big money church. This slot’s tour d’force has to be the pots of gold second screen sizzler that gives it its title. Stop in three of the special rainbow pot symbols that only appear on the three middle reels to activate this top prize game that sees the trademark Rainbow Riches leprechaun jig his little stripy socked feet over pots of gold, silver and bronze. When the music stops the pot that’s directly underneath the little man’s feet is the one that’s selected to give you a bonus that could be a three figure multiplier.

Rainbow Riches Pots of Gold has become one of the world’s favourite slot games. As we mentioned this is one of the hottest reel games on any slot we’ve played on the online stage. We’re not saying that it’s loose, because that would be ridiculous, we’re just saying that some games come with massive bonus features and fifteen different flavours of wilds, but you spend all your time just hitting zip on the reels as you wait for something spectacular to happen. This simply isn’t the case here as the machine is balanced well enough to offer you the wins, making the skill here choosing when you cash your money out or if you carry on looking for the big money wins.

When you look at the majority of online slots available for players these days, there’s a real tendency towards mediocre development and very ‘samey’ reel action. Rainbow Riches is one of the games that takes this trend and thoroughly ignores it making a large percentage of online slots look distinctly average when compared next to this game’s all round brilliance.