Bank of Blarney TopHit Slot Review
A fat rainbow arcs out of green hills and over a grand stone bank, shopfronts crowding the corners below, and Bank of Blarney TopHit commits to that joke more thoroughly than most Irish-themed slots bother to. The reels are set into the bank’s frontage, and the game’s best moments play out on a separate reel strip above them, which makes this the rare leprechaun slot where the building does actual work.
Reflex build it on a 5×4 grid with 20 paylines, plus a 5×1 TopHit reel row above the main reels, and that extra row is where most of the interest lives. The maths run at 94.0% RTP with high volatility and a hit frequency of 29.89%. Irish-theme collectors will find familiar company in Dublin Up Pots O Gold DoubleMax and Paddy’s Pool Party.
Base Game & Features
The main grid is a straightforward five-reel, four-row layout with 20 win lines paying left to right. Above it sits the TopHit row, a separate strip of five positions that spins together with the main reels every turn. That strip is the game’s centre of gravity, and everything else on the board feeds into it.
The TopHit Reel
When a high symbol lands fully on the TopHit reels, it turns into a Wild for that spin. Multiple copies of the same high symbol landing on the TopHit reel give the resulting Wilds a multiplier, climbing to x5 with enough copies. A Free Spins symbol can also land on the TopHit row, and so can a Leprechaun.
Coin Pot symbols carry individual cash prizes. If a Leprechaun lands fully in view on the TopHit reels, or nudges its way there, every cash pot in view is collected and the combined prizes are paid.
Because the pots sit on the reels as they land, several can stack up across a spin before a Leprechaun arrives to sweep them. The payout depends on what’s accumulated at the moment he lands, not just on what that single spin produced.
Nudge Feature
A nudge symbol can land on the fifth main reel. It pushes all partially visible symbols on the special reels until they’re fully in view, which matters most when half a Leprechaun or a cropped Free Spins symbol is one row short of counting.
Golden Bet
Golden Bet is a toggle rather than a feature round. For 1.5x the standard bet, an extra 50% per spin, partially visible Leprechaun and Free Spins symbols are nudged to fully in view on every spin.
The game’s best outcomes depend on those two symbols landing whole, so that’s a meaningful upgrade rather than a cosmetic one. It also makes the effective stake a decision rather than a fixed number.
Symbol Values
The paytable splits into themed premiums and a five-symbol royal run, with values as multiples of the line stake:
- Horseshoe: 1x for three, 2x for four, 5x for five
- Green Hat: 0.5x / 1x / 2x
- Mushroom, Clover, Gold Pot: 0.4x / 0.8x / 1.6x
- A, K: 0.3x / 0.6x / 1.2x
- Q, J, 10: 0.2x / 0.5x / 1x
Stakes run from €0.10 to €100 per spin. It’s a flat ladder with no steps, so the buy options and Golden Bet are the only places the price of a spin changes.
Bank of Blarney TopHit Free Spins & Bonuses
Three or more Free Spins symbols anywhere in the base game trigger the round, and the award scales steeply with each extra symbol:
- 3 Free Spins symbols: 8 Free Spins
- 4 symbols: 9 Free Spins
- 5 symbols: 10 Free Spins
- 6 symbols: 12 Free Spins
- 7 symbols: 14 Free Spins
- 8 symbols: 16 Free Spins
- 9 symbols: 18 Free Spins
- 10 symbols: 20 Free Spins
Inside the Round
Everything that lands on the TopHit row during Free Spins persists through the whole session, so the round builds rather than resets. Landing a Free Spins symbol grants one extra spin, and landing six or more copies of the same high symbol on the TopHit reel also adds a spin.
The more spins the round runs, the more Leprechauns can land, and each one feeds the counter that decides what the pots are worth. That’s the round’s compounding loop.
The engine of the round is the pot collection. Every Leprechaun landing in view catches any Coin Pot on that spin, and each Leprechaun increases a Pays Pot multiplier by one. Collected pots are multiplied by the current figure, then the multiplier advances for the next spin, stepping from x1 all the way to a maximum of x28.
A Leprechaun arriving early in a long round therefore raises the price of every pot that lands after it. Late arrivals are worth less to the count but still pay on whatever sits in view.
The Gamble
Triggering Free Spins offers an optional gamble before the round starts. Spin a dial and hope the pointer stops in the green: green steps you to the next level or collects the spins, red ends the gamble with no Free Spins awarded at all.
Each successful step raises the level, so the dial is a genuine all-or-nothing bet on a better starting position. Losing it costs the entire trigger.
Bonus Buy
Players who’d rather skip the base game can buy straight in. The purchase costs 70x the bet and awards a random 8 or more Free Spins, so the buy sits at the bottom of the trigger ladder rather than guaranteeing anything above it.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.5/10
Playing this is mostly waiting for the bank’s best customer to show up. The Leprechaun is the whole game, and you spin until he lands whole on the top row and sweeps the pots off the counter. That’s also why somebody picks this over a dozen other Irish slots: in the free spins he arrives on a reel that remembers him, and the round keeps every Leprechaun it lands for the session.
That persistence is the strongest thing here. Each Leprechaun raises what every later pot pays, all the way to x28, so a long round genuinely grows rather than resetting its promise. The base game is thin gruel: under a third of spins win anything, the top symbol pays just 5x, and the gaps between Leprechaun visits are long enough that Golden Bet stops feeling optional.
It’s for players who enjoy the long build and will pay a little extra per spin to shorten it, and not for anyone who wants regular action between bonuses. Keep the stake small, be patient, and the vault behind that frontage does eventually pay out.
Bank of Blarney TopHit FAQs
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What is the RTP of Bank of Blarney TopHit?
The RTP is 94.0%. That’s the total expected return, sitting a little below the 96% you’d treat as the market norm, and it pairs with high volatility. -
Is Bank of Blarney TopHit high volatility?
Yes. The game runs at high volatility with a hit frequency of 29.89%, so fewer than one spin in three wins and the bigger results are concentrated in the Free Spins round. -
How do you trigger Free Spins in Bank of Blarney TopHit?
Land three or more Free Spins symbols anywhere in the base game. Three symbols award 8 Free Spins, and each additional symbol adds more, up to 20 Free Spins for 10 symbols. A gamble dial is then offered, where green steps up the level and red forfeits the spins entirely. -
What does the TopHit reel do?
It’s a separate 5×1 reel row above the main grid that spins every turn. High symbols landing fully on it become Wilds for that spin, multiple copies add a multiplier up to x5, and Free Spins symbols and the Leprechaun can land there too. -
Can you retrigger Free Spins in Bank of Blarney TopHit?
Yes, in two ways. A Free Spins symbol landing during the round is worth an extra spin, and six or more copies of a single high symbol on the TopHit reel adds another. Everything on the TopHit row persists for the whole session. -
How many paylines does Bank of Blarney TopHit have?
The game has 20 win lines on a 5×4 main grid, paying left to right, with the separate TopHit reel row sitting above the main reels. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Bank of Blarney TopHit?
Bets run from €0.10 up to €100. Golden Bet adds 50% to the stake if switched on, and the Bonus Buy costs 70x the bet. -
Can you buy the bonus on Bank of Blarney TopHit?
Yes. A Bonus Buy costs 70x your bet and awards a random 8 or more Free Spins, placing the purchase at the bottom of the trigger ladder. -
Who makes Bank of Blarney TopHit?
Bank of Blarney TopHit is made by Reflex. Bank of Blarney TopHit’s release date is 5 February 2026.
