Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold Slot Review
There’s a rainbow running through this game’s lake, and it keeps its colour all the way to the bottom: pastel boats bobbing on the surface, a sunken trawler listing on the sand, shamrock sprigs scattered along the weedy floor. Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold is the rare Irish-luck slot that asks you to build your own pot of gold rather than hand you one, and that patience-first design is exactly what sets it apart from the family it belongs to. The leprechaun peering from behind the logo with his overflowing pot isn’t the game’s promise; it’s the destination.
Gameburger Studios has taken that lake and bolted a collect-and-jackpot engine onto it, and the result rewards patience more than any game in the family before it. It runs on a 5×3 grid with 10 paylines, at 96.05% RTP, with volatility rated Very High and a top prize of 7,500x the bet on the Mega Jackpot. Where Fishin’ Pots of Gold Gold Blitz EXTREME pays out in one burst, this one grows its bonus round while you play it; Fishin’ Triple Pots of Gold sits somewhere between the two.
Base Game & Features
Bets run from 0.20 to 25.00 per spin. Wins pay left to right from the first reel, and only the highest winning combination counts on each payline. The total payout is the sum of all payline and scatter wins from a spin.
It’s a simple setup, and the reels themselves look the part: Celtic-knot gold frames around each reel position, jackpot plaques stacked down the left edge, and streams of bubbles rising between the reels. There’s not much to do but spin and wait for the features to arrive.
The Collect Symbol
The Collect Symbol does double duty. It’s the wild, substituting for everything except Free Spins Symbols and Jackpot Symbols, and it appears only on reel 5 in the base game before spreading to all five reels during Free Spins.
It also works as a scatter: land one and it reels in the prizes sitting on any Cash or Jackpot Symbols on screen. Cash Symbols carry values from 1x to 100x the bet in the base game, rising to 1x to 1,000x in Free Spins. Land a Jackpot Symbol alongside a Collect and you claim one of the four jackpots instead.
Jackpots
The ladder is fixed as a multiple of your stake, and it’s a steep one at the top:
- MEGA – 7,500x the bet
- MAJOR – 750x the bet
- MINOR – 50x the bet
- MINI – 15x the bet
Fish Flurry
Fish Flurry is the consolation mechanic. When a Collect Symbol lands and the spin has produced no wins, between one and five Cash Symbols get added to the reels and collected on the spot. The added symbols can’t form line wins, so this is purely a scatter-pay top-up.
It’s a neat way of making sure the Collect never lands for nothing, a feature that softens the wait rather than changes it.
Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold Free Spins & Bonus Features
Free Spins is the round the whole game is built around, and it changes the board as well as the prizes. The triggering bet carries through, Free Spins Symbols don’t appear during the round itself, and the reels expand from three rows to five, doubling the paylines from 10 to 20.
The entry tiers depend on how many Free Spins Symbols land:
- 3 Free Spins Symbols – 10 free spins
- 4 Free Spins Symbols – 15 free spins
- 5 Free Spins Symbols – 20 free spins
The Accumulation Trail
Every Collect Symbol that lands during Free Spins adds to the trail. For every three collected, the Cash Symbol multiplier increases and five additional free spins are awarded. The trail holds up to 12 Collect Symbols, and the multiplier caps at 10x.
Up to 20 extra spins can come from the trail across a single feature, and it resets at the start of each Free Spins session. The multiplier applies to Cash Symbol values collected on subsequent spins, so a round that builds slowly can turn very large late on. With Cash Symbols reaching 1,000x in this mode, the maths gets interesting in a hurry.
UPSIZER™
Before the round starts, the UPSIZER™ lets you buy a starting cash multiplier of 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x. It costs extra on top of the triggering spin, and no extra spins come with it. Some options may not be available above certain bet thresholds.
It can’t be bought through the Feature Buy, and there’s a reason for that: an UPSIZER™ purchase reduces the availability of Accumulation Trail retriggers. You’re paying for a multiplier now instead of earning one later.
Feature Buy
From the base game you can buy straight into Free Spins at three tiers, all played at your current bet:
- 10 Free Spins – 75x bet (96.22% RTP)
- 15 Free Spins – 120x bet (96.01% RTP)
- 20 Free Spins – 150x bet (96.13% RTP)
The buy options may not be available above certain bet thresholds or in every location, and the UPSIZER™ is off the table when you buy in. All three options sit within a whisker of the base game’s return, so there’s no dud tier among them.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
This is a long cast with nothing on the line for stretches at a time, and the reason to make it is the round at the end: Free Spins, where the lake opens up, the paylines double and everything you’ve been collecting starts to matter. The base game rarely gives you more than a Collect and a shrug. That’s the deal here, and the fisherman in you either accepts it or doesn’t.
The Accumulation Trail is the strongest idea in the game, because it makes a bonus round earn its ending instead of paying a fixed script. The weakness is just as clear: outside that round there’s very little to hold on to, and the bottom of the jackpot ladder pays sums that won’t cover the wait.
If you like a bonus that grows while you watch it, this is one of the better builds in the Fishin’ Pots of Gold line. If you want the base game to pull its own weight, it won’t. The pot is still at the end of that rainbow, but you have to be happy sitting by the water to reach it.
Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold FAQs
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What is the RTP of Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold?
The RTP is 96.05%. -
Is Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold high volatility?
Yes, it’s rated Very High volatility, with a hit frequency of 19.48%, so wins land less often but can be considerably larger. -
How does the Collect Feature work in Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold?
The Collect Symbol is both the wild and a scatter. When one lands, it reels in and pays the prizes on any Cash or Jackpot Symbols on display, and if a Jackpot Symbol is among them you claim that tier instead. -
What does the Accumulation Trail do?
During Free Spins, every Collect Symbol that lands adds to the trail. For every three collected, the Cash Symbol multiplier increases and five additional free spins are awarded, up to a maximum of 12 Collect Symbols, a 10x multiplier and 20 extra spins. -
Can you buy the bonus on Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold?
Yes. The Feature Buy offers 10, 15 or 20 Free Spins at 75x, 120x and 150x your bet respectively, played at your current stake. -
How many paylines does Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold have?
There are 10 paylines in the base game, rising to 20 during Free Spins when the reels expand from three rows to five. -
What is the minimum and maximum stake on Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold?
Each spin costs between 0.20 and 25.00. -
Who makes Fishin’ BIGGER Pots Of Gold?
Gameburger Studios, the studio behind the wider Fishin’ Pots of Gold and Masks of Fire families.
