Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax

Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax Slot Review

A red-haired fairy in a leaf dress sits on a toadstool at the edge of a sunlit glade, one hand stretched towards the reels while a brass lantern glows beside her, multiplier numerals stacking in the air above it. She’s reaching for the one part of this game the multiplier can’t touch, and that’s the tell: the pots that give it the second half of its name pay flat cash while everything around them compounds.

Reflex built Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax on a 5×3 grid with 25 paylines, high volatility, stakes from 0.10 to 100, and a hit rate near 26%. It runs in the DoubleMax family alongside Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax and Fat Cats DoubleMax. The gold at the end of this glade is real enough. Reaching it is another matter.

Base Game & Features

All 25 lines pay from the left. The values are modest at the top end, and the pays below are per symbol, as multiples of the stake.

• Dublin Up: 5x for five, 2x for four, 0.8x for three
• Leprechaun Hat: 2.5x for five, 1x for four, 0.4x for three
• Horseshoe: 2x for five, 0.6x for four, 0.3x for three
• A and K: 1.2x for five

Put that way, the picture is stark. Five Dublin Up logos returns 5x, five Leprechaun Hats 2.5x, and five Horseshoes 2x. The royals sit below that, paying only at the top of the ladder.

That tells you where this game keeps its money, and it isn’t in the lines. The line pays exist to keep the grid moving between the moments that matter. The real work is done by the features below.

The wild substitutes for all symbols except the Bonus symbol. That’s its whole job here, and it does it without ceremony.

Cascades and DoubleMax

Every win triggers a cascade, and the sequence runs the same way each time:

1. All winning symbols are removed from the grid
2. One or more extra wilds are added
3. New symbols fill the empty spaces
4. Any new win repeats the sequence

Each link in the chain carries the DoubleMax multiplier that gives the game its name, and the extra wilds dropped in after every removal are what keep chains alive. A single spin can therefore pay several times over, with the multiplier rising every step of the way.

Because the wilds arrive after the removal rather than with the original spin, they land in the gaps a win has just opened. That’s deliberate: the follow-up spin gets fresh symbols and a fresh wild in the same space, which is where the longer chains come from.

Pots O’ Gold and Prize Pots

The pots are the interesting part of the base game. Trigger them with at least one pot on each of the first three reels, consecutively, and they pay out the cash values in view, linked to the left-most reel.

Two rules set them apart from everything else on the grid:

• Pots aren’t eliminated in a cascade, so they hold their ground while wins churn around them
• Pots aren’t multiplied by the DoubleMax multiplier, so what’s in them is what you get

Wilds substitute for Pots O’ Gold too, which widens the routes to the three-reel trigger. A wild in the right place can complete the consecutive run where a pot symbol would have missed it.

Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax Free Spins & Bonus

Land three or more Bonus symbols anywhere in view in the base game and the Free Spins round begins. The awards step up with the trigger:

• 3 Bonus symbols: 7 Free Spins
• 4 Bonus symbols: 10 Free Spins
• 5 Bonus symbols: 13 Free Spins

Everything the base game does carries into the round. Cascades still fire after every win, the multiplier still climbs with each link, and the pots still refuse to go anywhere. The bonus is the base game with the brakes off, plus the two additions below.

The Free Spins Gamble

Trigger the round with three or four Bonus symbols and there’s a gamble before a single spin plays out. The ladder works like this:

1. Touch the dial and the pointer spins
2. Green takes you up to the next spin tier, or lets you collect what you have
3. Red ends the gamble with no Free Spins at all

The odds aren’t hidden. The ratio of green to red on the dial shows the chance of winning if you take it, so the risk is on the table before you commit. A three-symbol trigger can climb to 10 spins, then 13, but every step risks the lot.

The Jackpot Inside Free Spins

A jackpot builds throughout the Free Spins session and only clears down when the round ends. It’s a session-long accumulation rather than a persistent pot.

That makes the whole bonus one continuous build. Pots that won’t cascade away hold the board, a multiplier grows with every chain, and the jackpot climbs behind them. Nothing resets until the round is over.

Bonus Buy

There’s a BUY A BONUS option that lets you choose your desired bet size and buy 7 Free Spins outright. That’s the bottom rung of the ladder, so the gamble’s bigger awards stay reserved for organic triggers, and there’s no dial to climb after the purchase.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.2/10

Most of your time here is spent watching a pretty glade do very little. The reason anybody picks it is the bonus, where the free spins session builds properly: pots that stay put, a jackpot that only clears at the end, and a glade that keeps getting prettier while the numbers stack up.

The best thing about it is that the pots survive the cascades. That one rule turns a strong board into something you can rely on for several wins in a row, and it’s rarer than it should be. The worst is the base game, which pays 5x the stake for five of its best symbol and gives you nothing to chase between bonuses. That’s a long stretch of quiet on high volatility.

It’s a good pick if what you want is a single bonus round with a real build to it and a session that ends with something accumulated. If you want action on every spin, the fairy in the glade will bore you long before she pays you. For everyone else, the pot at the end is worth the walk.

Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax FAQs

• Is Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax high volatility?

  Yes, it’s a high volatility game, so wins tend to come less often but with more room to build when they do.
• What is the hit frequency of Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax?

  The hit rate is about 26%, which works out to roughly one winning spin in four.
• How do you trigger free spins in Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax?

  Land three or more Bonus symbols anywhere in view in the base game. Three awards 7 Free Spins, four awards 10, and five awards 13.
• How does the Pots O’ Gold feature work?

  Pots need to appear consecutively on each of the first three reels. They then pay the cash values in view, linked to the left-most reel, and unlike normal symbols they survive cascades. The DoubleMax multiplier doesn’t apply to them, but wilds can substitute for pots.
• What happens if you lose the Free Spins gamble?

  Landing the pointer in the red section ends the gamble with no Free Spins awarded at all, so it’s all or nothing on each spin of the dial. The ratio of green to red shows your odds before you take it.
• Can you buy the bonus on Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax?

  Yes. The Buy a Bonus option is available at your chosen bet size and awards the 7 Free Spins tier, which is the lowest rung of the ladder.
• What is the minimum and maximum bet on Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax?

  Stakes run from 0.10 to 100 per spin.
• Who makes Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax?

  It’s made by Reflex, and it forms part of their DoubleMax range alongside Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax and Fat Cats DoubleMax.