Rainbow Riches Deluxe Slot Review

Rainbow Riches Deluxe Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Rainbow Riches Deluxe slot has 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 paylines. Winning combinations are formed when 3 or more identical symbols appear across successive reels, starting from reel 1, and on any of the 10 paylines. For the highest value symbol, you need just 2 (or more).

Bets-wise, you can play Rainbow Riches Deluxe from 10p to £50 a spin. To change the stake, press/click the Coins icon to the right of the reels. Then use the plus and minus buttons accordingly. Outside the UK, there is an Autoplay function with up to 100 auto spins with loss and single-win limits. There is also a Turbo Mode (enabled by the lightning bolt icon).

The Rainbow Riches Deluxe RTP rate is 96%. This is the online slots average. Barcrest/Light & Wonder also offer 94% and 92% RTP rates which may be used by some UK online casinos. You can check by opening the game’s Paytable at your chosen casino.

Medium to high volatility, there is a 20.6% hit frequency rate meaning a winning combination lands every 4.85 spins on average. In terms of win potential, the Rainbow Riches Deluxe slot can deliver 2,000 x bet max wins. Winning 1,000 x your total bet or higher will occur every 719,424 spins on average.

Theme: Barcrest’s iconic leprechaun is back again

With an Irish luck theme, the Rainbow Riches Deluxe slot is another sequel to the iconic Rainbow Riches slot. Using the same graphics and animations, Barcrest/Light & Wonder has purposely kept true to the original game visually.

The setting is an idyllic Irish meadow which is bathed in sunshine. Aurally, the soundtrack has a traditional Irish folklore feel which adds to the fun nature of the slot. If you’re a fan of newer slot games, this may be a little too basic aesthetically.

On the reels, you will find colourful A, K, Q, J and 10 royals which have a Celtic font. Higher-value symbols include harps, lucky horseshoes, leprechaun hats, mushrooms and the Rainbow Riches logo. The Rainbow Riches logo is the best-paying symbol awarding 0.5, 5, 20 or 200 times your total bet for 2, 3, 4 or 5 in combination.

There is also a Wild symbol that substitutes for all paying symbols above. Like the Rainbow Riches logo, 2, 3, 4 or 5 wilds pay 0.5, 5, 20 or 200 times your total bet. Other symbols include the Leprechaun Bonus Scatter which is used to trigger the Round the Board Bonus feature (more details below).

Rainbow Riches Deluxe Mobile

Released on the 12^th of October 2023, Rainbow Riches Deluxe was produced by Light & Wonder/Barcrest with HTML5 technology. Optimised for mobile, PC, laptop and tablet devices, you can enjoy this slice of Irish luck on iOS and Android smartphones. The 5×3 setup works well on all devices too.

Rainbow Riches Deluxe Bonus Features

The Rainbow Riches Deluxe slot comes with 2 bonus features. You have the Round the Board Bonus feature where you collect bet multiplier prizes up to 768 x bet from gold pots. With various modifiers to help you win more, collecting scatters in the Bonus Trail will see gold pot values increase.

Round the Board Bonus feature

The Round the Board Bonus feature is played when you land the Leprechaun Bonus Scatter on reels 1, 3 and 5 simultaneously. It’s triggered on average every 100 spins. With 8 picks awarded, the Leprechaun will move along the board depending on the outcome of the Crystal Ball in an anti-clockwise direction.

If you pass the start tile again, you’ll win 3 times your total bet. However, it’s not awarded when you pass the start tile after the Rainbow Pick. Anyway, the board will display various awards which are as follows:

• Fairy: Increases the value displayed on random Gold Pots and Mushrooms
• Mushroom: Awards additional picks
• Rainbow: Crystal Ball will activate an extra time and the Leprechaun moves along the board by that many steps and collects all values in its path
• Gold Pot: awards a bet multiplier between 2 and 768 x your total bet

Bonus Trail feature

You may have noticed there is a Bonus Trail to the left of the reels in the base game. Beginning with a value of 1, the Bonus Trail increases in value every time a Leprechaun Bonus Scatter lands in the base game, up to 50. When you hit 50, Gold Pot Multipliers in the Round the Board Bonus feature increases.

Rainbow Riches Deluxe Summary: simple trail bonus game doesn’t deliver

If you’re a fan of the original Rainbow Riches game, you’ll find the Rainbow Riches Deluxe slot offering something different. Whilst trail bonus features are very popular, unfortunately, Barcrest/Light & Wonder doesn’t do it justice.

Whilst there is variation in the Round the Board Bonus feature, there are nowhere near enough modifiers as you’ll find in slots like Dead Rider’s Trail or Money Train 4 (both by Relax Gaming). The world of online slots has moved on quite substantially in recent years with Barcrest producing something that would have been accepted 10 years ago.

I know this sounds harsh but it’s the reality. With 2,000 x bet max wins, it offers 4 times the win potential of the original Rainbow Riches slot. This is still significantly lower than the 12,500 x bet max wins found in Rainbow Riches Megaways. With the bigger wins coming from the main bonus feature, the average win is 36 x your total bet.

In summary, the Rainbow Riches Deluxe slot is another nostalgic trip to the Emerald Isle for fans of the original game. Compared to slot games these days, it comes up well short, unfortunately.

If you want more Irish adventures, the 3 Lucky Leprechauns slot by 4ThePlayer would be my pick. It has a good variety of bonus features, superb graphics and animations as well as 5,000 x bet max win potential. Another option is Playtech’s Leprechaun’s Luck which is an oldie but comes with a progressive jackpot worth £2,535,862.92.