1 Reel Patrick Slot Review
Two towering tree trunks frame a mossy clearing, four-leaf clovers drifting through the air and green fireflies hovering between the ferns. It’s a storybook take on St Patrick’s Day, and Spinomenal have stripped it down to a 1×1 grid: a single reel, a single symbol per spin, no paylines. The interesting thing about 1 Reel Patrick isn’t the reel itself, it’s that the reel is almost beside the point.
This is a game about knowing when to stop, because every win you build can be wiped by a single unlucky landing, and the only way to keep it is to give up everything you’ve built. The single-reel format is Spinomenal’s own corner of the market, from 1 Reel Shamrock to 1 Reel Buffalo and 1 Reel Elves. The clovers, at least, are in position.
A Single Reel, Three Symbols
Each spin lands exactly one symbol in the single window. Three of those symbols pay progressively, and each has its own prize ladder that climbs as the symbol keeps landing. The more times a symbol appears, the further up its ladder the game moves.
All values below are multiples of the total bet, stepping up as a symbol reaches 1, 2, 4, 8 and finally 12 appearances:
- Rainbow/Coin pot: x1, x2, x4, x8, x12
- Clover: x3, x8, x15, x30, x100
- Pineapple/Pot of gold: x10, x30, x80, x150, x250
- Reset Bank: no value of its own
The gaps between tiers are steep. Twelve clover hits pay x100, but eight pay only x30, so most of a ladder’s value sits in its final step. Four hits of the pot of gold pay x80, which is already more than a full dozen rainbows.
That shape rewards persistence rather than lucky one-offs. The low-value rainbow ladder illustrates it best: its first four rungs pay x1, x2, x4 and x8, so a bank built on rainbows alone stays modest even after eight landings.
The jump from eight to twelve takes the rainbow multiplier from x8 to x12, a smaller relative climb than the clover’s x30 to x100 over the same stretch. In practice, the rainbow ladder is the one you’re most willing to sacrifice when the Reset Bank threat starts to feel close.
There are five rungs on every ladder, and only the paying symbols climb them. A spin that lands the wild, the Reset Bank symbol or a symbol already at its final level doesn’t advance the count in the ordinary way, which is where the special symbols come in below.
The Bank and the Collect Button
Winnings don’t go straight to your balance. Every ladder win lands in a bank that sits alongside the reel, growing as symbols climb their ladders. It’s the number at the centre of every decision the game asks you to make.
Pressing Collect transfers everything in the bank to your balance, but it also resets all three prize ladders to zero. Banking early locks in what you’ve built; holding out for the higher tiers means risking it all on the next spin.
Three further rules shape how the loop plays out:
- You can’t change your bet while the bank holds anything, so the stake you build with is the stake you collect with.
- Help, Settings and Collect are all disabled during a spin, so there’s no interrupting a result you don’t like.
- Collecting always resets the ladders, even when the bank holds only a fraction of what you’ve put in.
The bet lock deserves a second look. Because the bank only clears when you collect, and collecting resets your ladders, a stake change is always bundled with giving up your progress. Want to drop down to a smaller bet after a costly run? That’s a full reset first.
The only alternative is riding the current stake until you’re ready to bank. Either way, every spin is a fresh decision point: nothing forces you to collect, and nothing banks your progress automatically, so the balance between patience and self-preservation is entirely yours to manage.
Wild and Reset Bank
Two special symbols break the rhythm. The Wild, a leprechaun face, counts as landing all three paying symbols at once, advancing every ladder by one step in a single spin. The Reset Bank symbol does the opposite: it wipes all prize progression and empties the bank back to zero.
Each symbol’s job in a single line:
- Rainbow/Coin pot: lands to advance the lowest-value ladder by one step.
- Clover: lands to advance the mid-value ladder by one step.
- Pineapple/Pot of gold: lands to advance the top ladder by one step.
- Wild: advances all three ladders at once.
- Reset Bank: clears all three ladders and zeroes the bank.
The wild is quietly the most valuable landing in the game. A single wild on a fresh board moves the pot of gold ladder from x10 to x30 territory and does the same for the other two symbols, all in one spin. Late in a run, when two ladders sit near their final steps, a wild can finish the job on both simultaneously.
The Reset Bank symbol is what gives the bank its tension. A long run of clovers can be undone by one bad landing, and nothing in the game compensates for it. Every spin you don’t collect is a spin that symbol can appear.
Special Wins at the Final Level
Reaching the twelfth hit on a ladder unlocks that symbol’s final level. From that point on, every further landing of the same symbol pays its top value directly to your balance, bypassing the bank entirely. It doesn’t reset anything, and it doesn’t accumulate.
The jackpot works the same way: it’s paid straight out rather than into the bank, and its displayed value scales with the stake. Direct wins and the jackpot are the only payouts that never sit in the bank waiting to be collected, so they’re the only rewards a Reset Bank landing can’t touch.
That’s the real prize for finishing a ladder. A completed pot of gold keeps paying x250 on every subsequent hit, immune to resets, for as long as you keep the session going. It’s the one part of the game where persistence is guaranteed to hold its value.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing 1 Reel Patrick feels less like spinning a slot and more like standing in that mossy clearing deciding whether to pocket the gold or leave it under the clover a spin longer. That decision, repeated every single spin, is the whole reason to pick it, and it’s a genuinely absorbing one in short bursts.
The best thing here is the Special Wins rule: finish a ladder and that symbol keeps paying directly to your balance, untouchable by the reset. The worst is that everything else you build stands on sand, because a single Reset Bank landing erases all three ladders and the bank with nothing back.
It suits players who enjoy the stopping decision as much as the win itself, and who don’t mind rebuilding after a bad reset. Anyone after frequent payouts or a relaxed session has better options in Spinomenal’s single-reel range. For those who do take to it, the forest keeps its gold for as long as you’re brave enough to leave it there.
1 Reel Patrick FAQs
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What is the grid size of 1 Reel Patrick?
It’s a 1×1 grid: a single reel displaying one symbol per spin, with no paylines. -
When is 1 Reel Patrick released?
1 Reel Patrick’s release date is 15 March 2022. -
Who makes 1 Reel Patrick?
Spinomenal, who have built an entire range of single-reel slots including 1 Reel Shamrock and 1 Reel Buffalo. -
How does the wild work in 1 Reel Patrick?
The wild, shown as a leprechaun face, counts as landing all three paying symbols at once. It advances every prize ladder by one step in a single spin. -
What does the Reset Bank symbol do?
It clears all three prize ladders and empties the bank back to zero. There’s no compensation for the loss, which is why collecting before too long is often the safer play. -
What are Special Wins in 1 Reel Patrick?
Once a symbol reaches its final ladder level, every further landing of that symbol pays its top value directly to your balance rather than into the bank. These payouts can’t be lost to the Reset Bank symbol. -
Can I change my bet while playing 1 Reel Patrick?
Not while the bank holds anything. The bet is locked until you collect, which resets your prize progression, so the stake you build with is the stake you finish with. -
How do the prize ladders in 1 Reel Patrick work?
Each of the three paying symbols has a five-step ladder that advances each time that symbol lands. Ladder wins go into the bank rather than your balance, and collecting resets every ladder to zero.
