Dragon’s Pub Slot Review
A tuxedoed dragon in a top hat and monocle leans in from the side of the reels, fork in claw, exclaiming “Mon dieu!” while gold coins spill across the floor of his gambling pub. It sounds like three themes fighting for space, and yet Dragon’s Pub holds together, because everything on screen belongs to the same strange establishment.
It runs on a 6×5 cluster grid with a 96.34% RTP, medium volatility rated 3/5 and a 10,000x maximum win. The claim worth arguing: Hacksaw Gaming have made the base game the main event here, not the bonus. Mechanically it sits extremely close to their Le Vegas Matt, sharing the same cascade and coin-collecting skeleton under a different coat of paint.
Base Game & Features
The pub itself is the setting. A wood-panelled bar with a serpentine sign and bottle shelves fills the left of the screen, a roulette wheel and stacked chips sit at floor level, and arched windows glow with magenta stained glass. The grid sits inside an ornate gold frame whose corners are carved into two dragon heads craning inward.
It’s colourful and slightly shady, and it knows exactly what it is. The sound matches: a lively pub-casino hum rather than anything epic, with extra audio punch on Coin reveals and longer cascades.
Super Cascade
Any time a winning combination occurs, every regular paying symbol of the type that won is removed from the entire grid, not just the cluster itself. Fresh symbols drop into the empty spaces, and any new winning combinations repeat the whole process.
A small initial win can therefore clear a significant chunk of the screen. Some sequences die straight after the first drop; when a second cluster forms, the chain can run for several clears.
Win to Win
This is the engine underneath everything. Winning symbols leave behind Marked Squares on the grid, and those positions persist until a Rainbow symbol lands. After wins are awarded, the Rainbow activates every Marked Square, revealing one of the following:
- Bronze, Silver or Gold Coins – cash prizes paid as a multiple of the bet
- Four-Leaf Clovers – multiply adjacent Coins and Pots of Gold by x2 to x10
- Pots of Gold – collect and store the total value of nearby Coins and other Pots, activating top-to-bottom, left-to-right
The process repeats until no new Pot of Gold appears, then every Coin and Pot value is totalled and multiplied by the bet. The order matters: a Clover boosting a cluster of Coins, followed by a Pot sweeping up the improved values, is where the big results come from.
Even a cheap cluster leaves useful positions behind for a future Rainbow, so nothing in the base game feels entirely wasted. The Wild, for its part, substitutes for all symbols in the paytable and needs no further introduction.
Land enough FS scatter symbols together in a single base game spin and the free spins begin. How many you land decides which of three rounds you enter:
- 3 FS symbols – Luck of the Dragon, 8 free spins
- 4 FS symbols – All That Glitters Is Gold, 12 free spins
- 5 FS symbols – Treasure At The End Of The Rainbow, 12 free spins
Dragon’s Pub Bonus Features & Free Spins
Luck of the Dragon
Three FS scatters award 8 free spins. Marked Squares remain highlighted between spins until a Rainbow activates them, at which point they’re consumed. There’s a tension in that: you can build a good spread of positions and never see the Rainbow arrive to cash it in.
Retriggers run on the same symbols, and four of them at once upgrade the round:
- 2 additional FS symbols – +2 free spins
- 3 additional FS symbols – +4 free spins
- 4 FS symbols at once – upgrade to All That Glitters Is Gold, +4 free spins
All That Glitters Is Gold
Four FS scatters award 12 free spins, and this is where the round changes character. Marked Squares stay highlighted for the entire bonus, even after a Rainbow activates them, so positions you build early keep paying all the way through. Additional FS symbols add extra spins on the same retrigger schedule as the first tier.
That persistence gives the round genuine progression rather than a series of disconnected spins. A useful spread of marked positions in the first few spins changes what every later spin is worth.
Treasure At The End Of The Rainbow
Five FS scatters award 12 free spins with two upgrades. Marked Squares persist throughout the whole bonus as in the gold tier, and a Rainbow symbol is guaranteed to land on every single spin. Bronze Coins don’t appear in this round at all, so every reveal carries some weight.
The guarantee shifts the question from “will the Rainbow land” to “what will these positions reveal”, which is the more interesting of the two. In a session that reached all three tiers, this was comfortably the most rewarding round, both to watch and in what it paid.
Bonus Buy & FeatureSpins
The BUY BONUS button offers four purchase routes via FeatureSpins, each with its own return figure:
- Bonushunt FeatureSpins – 96.28% RTP
- Rainbow FeatureSpins – 96.36% RTP
- Luck of the Dragon – 96.30% RTP
- All That Glitters Is Gold – 96.40% RTP
Rainbow FeatureSpins are the fun cheap option, because they show off the central Win to Win mechanic on ordinary spins. Of the two direct bonuses, All That Glitters Is Gold is the more appealing purchase; its persistent Marked Squares make a genuine difference to how the round plays out.
Our Honest Verdict
Dragon’s Pub is a game that justifies sitting in its base game. The cascade-and-mark system means even modest clusters are doing work towards the next Rainbow, and quiet stretches never felt brutal, only quiet. The scatter teases dragged occasionally, particularly waiting on a third FS symbol, but there was always enough Rainbow activity to keep the session moving.
The three bonus tiers are the real strength, because each one removes the weakest part of the tier below it. Luck of the Dragon can leave good positions stranded without a Rainbow; the gold tier makes them permanent; the rainbow tier guarantees the activation and strips out the Bronze Coins. Nothing there is cosmetic.
The weakness is originality. This shares so much DNA with Le Vegas Matt that the choice between them comes down to theme, and if you’ve played one, the other will feel familiar within minutes. For players who like cluster games where ordinary wins build towards something, this is an easy recommendation, and the dragon makes better company than most pub landlords.
Dragon’s Pub FAQs
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How do you trigger free spins in Dragon’s Pub?
Free spins trigger when FS scatter symbols land at the same time in the base game. Three scatters award Luck of the Dragon, four award All That Glitters Is Gold, and five award Treasure At The End Of The Rainbow. -
What does the Win to Win feature do?
Winning symbols leave behind Marked Squares on the grid. A Rainbow symbol activates those squares, revealing Bronze, Silver or Gold Coins, Four-Leaf Clovers that multiply adjacent values by x2 to x10, and Pots of Gold that collect nearby values. Everything is totalled and multiplied by your bet. -
How does Super Cascade work?
Whenever a cluster wins, the game strips every regular paying symbol of that type off the whole grid, then drops new symbols into the gaps. Any fresh clusters that form set the clearing off again. -
Can free spins retrigger in Dragon’s Pub?
Yes. Landing extra FS symbols during a round adds spins, and in Luck of the Dragon, four FS symbols at once upgrade you into All That Glitters Is Gold with additional spins on top. -
What’s the difference between the three bonus rounds?
Luck of the Dragon gives 8 spins with Marked Squares consumed when activated. All That Glitters Is Gold gives 12 spins with Marked Squares persisting all round. Treasure At The End Of The Rainbow gives 12 spins, persistent squares, a guaranteed Rainbow every spin and no Bronze Coins. -
What are the bonus buy options and their RTPs?
Four buys are available: Bonushunt FeatureSpins at 96.28%, Rainbow FeatureSpins at 96.36%, Luck of the Dragon at 96.30% and All That Glitters Is Gold at 96.40%. -
What is the maximum win in Dragon’s Pub?
The maximum win is 10,000x your bet. The biggest results concentrate around strong Rainbow activations with good combinations of Coins, Clovers and Pots of Gold. -
Is Dragon’s Pub part of a series?
It isn’t a formally branded sequel, but mechanically it’s a very close sibling of Hacksaw’s Le Vegas Matt, sharing the 6×5 cluster grid, Super Cascade, Marked Squares and the three-tier free spins structure. The main difference is the theme.
