Plenty 'O Riches

Plenty 'O Riches is an Irish theme slot found at all Playtech casinos. The game is pretty clearly based on one of the most popular UK fruit machines of all time - Rainbow Riches. The good news is that Plenty 'O Riches is a true slot machine and not a UK style AWP so the game is totally random.

The highest individual line win on Plenty 'O Riches is 500 coins for the five Wild symbols. The wild also substitutes for all symbols except the three different bonus symbols. Clearly 500 coins is not a huge win so it is good to see that there is a way to win much bigger with the stacked Plenty 'O Riches symbols.

Getting a single line of Plenty 'O Riches symbols pays 250 coins but as the symbols are stacked you can get a whole screen of the same symbols for a big * 5,000 coin pay. After the Wild and Plenty 'O Riches pays there are five other line pay symbols with five of a kinds coming in at between 150 and 100 coins.

Plenty 'O Riches has three bonus features. The first is a reel based bonus called the Wishing Well Bonus. This feature is triggered by getting three, four or five of the Well symbols anywhere on the screen. Once triggered the Leprechaun does a dance and awards an instant prize (Preview).

The amount of Well symbols that triggered the feature has a direct effect on the outcome. Getting four gives an average of double the normal prize and getting five awards an average of ten times the normal prize. During our review the best we saw with a three symbol trigger was 20X bet so it's possible to win as much as 200X bet.

The second bonus is the free spins which are triggered by getting a Leprechaun symbol anywhere on reels 2, 3 and 4. You then win 12 free spins with Plenty 'O Coins. During the free games a gold, silver or bronze coin can appear in any position and awards 5X, 2X and 1X your bet (Preview). There is no multiplier during the free spins and the free games or other bonuses cannot be won during the free spins.

The final feature on Plenty 'O Riches is the End of the Rainbow Bonus. This feature is triggered with three, four or five of the scattered Pots of Gold. Once won you move to a second screen stage where you have six levels of pots (Preview).

You get one pick per level and each pick can award either a cash prize or a cash prize and a collect symbol which ends the bonus. If you manage to get to the big pot of gold at the top you get an extra win on top of your six picks. Getting four pots to trigger the feature gives three times higher awards and five pots gives you awards that are ten times higher.

In the end, Plenty 'O Riches offers some big jackpots with lots of bonus features to keep things interesting. On the negative side we're not entirely sure that this game will be around for ever as it is in our opinion a bit too close to Rainbow Riches which probably won't make IGT / Barcrest too happy.