Luck O The Irish Megaways Slot Review
The rainbow arcing over this Irish meadow is the least ambitious thing about it. Underneath the storybook artwork sits some of the sharpest maths Blueprint Gaming have attached to the theme: this is a game that pays out according to how its reels happen to fall, not according to anything fixed, and almost every interesting thing about it follows from that.
Luck O The Irish Megaways runs on six reels with a variable Megaways layout, up to 16,807 ways to win, at 95% RTP and a maximum win of 250,000x the total bet. It sits in a family alongside Luck O The Irish Big Bonus and Luck O The Irish Mystery Ways, and neither of those offers a pot anywhere near this deep.
How the Base Game Pays
Each spin deals a different number of rows to each reel, so the ways count changes from one spin to the next. The counter above the reels swings through the hundreds on ordinary spins and climbs towards the full 16,807 when every reel fills out. All wins pay adjacent regardless of symbol size, and payouts are multiplied by the stake.
The ways arithmetic is worth a sentence, because it explains why the counter moves so much. Each reel shows between two and seven rows, and the ways count is every reel’s row count multiplied together. A spin that deals three rows across all six reels gives you 729 ways; six reels at five rows each gives 15,625. The full 16,807 needs every reel maxed out at seven, which is why it reads as an event rather than a routine total.
Because every symbol pays the same regardless of which row it occupies, a tall reel is worth exactly as much as a short one per position. The value sits in the combinations, not the real estate. The paytable is a short ladder, and every rung of it is here, as a multiple of the total bet:
- Pot of Gold: 1x for three, 3x for four, 5x for five
- Red Gem: 0.6x for three, 2x for four, 4x for five
- Green Gem: 0.4x for three, 1x for four, 3x for five
- A: 0.2x for three, 0.4x for four, 2x for five
- Q: 0.1x for three, 0.2x for four, 1x for five
- J: 0.1x for three, 0.2x for four, 1x for five
- 10: 0.1x for three, 0.2x for four, 1x for five
Two things stand out about that ladder. The Pot of Gold is the only symbol worth more than 5x for its best combination, and the gems are the only mid-tier in between it and the royals, which all pay identically at every count. There’s no premium royal and no second gem tier, so the paytable is effectively three symbols deep plus five that share a price.
The Luck O’ The Irish Symbol
The game’s logo is the one symbol doing anything unusual. Every logo symbol in view reveals a single random symbol, and if several of them land together, they all turn over the same one. A handful of logos on screen can therefore fill the grid with one matching symbol at once.
The reveal does something a fixed paytable doesn’t capture. A five-of-a-kind Pot of Gold pays 5x, but a full grid of revealed Pot of Golds pays that 5x across every simultaneous way the grid supports, and on a tall set of reels that’s a lot of ways. The logo doesn’t pay anything itself; it’s purely a conduit.
That matters more here than it would on a fixed-line game. With the ways count changing every spin, a full reveal on a big grid can turn a modest spin into a lot of simultaneous wins. It’s the only real source of drama between feature rounds.
Beyond the logo, the reels are plain work. The Pot of Gold tops the paytable as a regular reel symbol, and there’s no wild and no scatter anywhere in this game. Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, and only the highest win per way counts.
Fortune Spins
Fortune Spins is the game’s other mode, and it works differently enough to be worth understanding before you commit to it:
- Runs at its own return of 96%, a point higher than the standard game
- Special symbols that land transfer to the subsequent reel sets
- A Fortune Spins icon sits alongside the reels whenever the mode is in play
The mechanic is that a symbol collected early keeps working across the spins that follow, so nothing resets to zero the way a standard spin does. A special symbol that arrives on the first reel set is still in play on the ones after it, and every additional symbol that lands joins the carry-forward rather than replacing it.
Run a sequence through and the shape of it becomes clear. The opening spins are thin, because there’s little carried forward and the reels are effectively working from cold. As symbols accumulate, the same grid carries more live material than it did the spin before, and a late symbol lands into a setup that’s already half-built. The sequence has a direction.
That gives the mode a build the standard game doesn’t have. Each spin starts from what the last one collected rather than from nothing, so the middle of a Fortune Spins sequence carries more potential than its beginning. The extra return point is the quiet part of the deal, and it’s real: over a long run the mode simply pays better.
Win Potential
The ceiling is the standout number: a single game can pay up to 250,000x the total bet, comfortably beyond what most Irish-themed slots offer. It’s a cap rather than a typical outcome, and the distance between the two is what the paytable’s thin lower rungs hint at.
The standard game returns 95% over the long run, with Fortune Spins a point better at 96%. Those are fair numbers without being generous. The gap between the two modes is the clearest signal the game sends about where it wants you spending your time.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Time on this game splits neatly in two. Most of it is quiet spinning in a very pretty meadow, watching the ways counter climb and waiting for the logos to turn over. The reason to be here at all is Fortune Spins, where everything you collect stays collected and the game finally rewards the patience the meadow asks for.
The carry-forward is the best thing in it, hands down, and it comes with the better return attached. The paytable is the honest disappointment: once you’re below the Pot of Gold the wins barely register, so the standard game can feel thin for long stretches.
It’s for players who enjoy a slow build and don’t need a scatter or a free-spins round to stay interested. Anyone who wants the symbols themselves to pay properly will find this rainbow ends a little early for them.
Luck O The Irish Megaways FAQs
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What is the RTP of Luck O The Irish Megaways?
Luck O The Irish Megaways runs at 95% RTP in its standard game. The Fortune Spins mode has its own return of 96%, a point higher than the base figure. -
How many paylines does Luck O The Irish Megaways have?
There are no fixed paylines. Each spin can have up to 16,807 ways to win, and all wins pay adjacent regardless of symbol size. -
What does the Luck O’ The Irish symbol do?
Every Luck O’ The Irish logo symbol in view reveals a single random symbol. If several logos land together, they all turn over the same symbol, which can fill the grid with one matching symbol and create wins across a large number of ways at once. The logo doesn’t pay anything itself. -
What is the grid size of Luck O The Irish Megaways?
It’s a six-reel Megaways layout with a variable number of rows on each reel, so the reel heights differ from spin to spin and the ways count changes with them. -
How is the ways count worked out on each spin?
The ways count is every reel’s row count multiplied together. A spin that deals three rows across all six reels gives 729 ways, while every reel maxed out at seven rows gives the full 16,807. -
How does Fortune Spins work in Luck O The Irish Megaways?
Fortune Spins is a separate mode that runs at 96% RTP, a point above the standard game. Special symbols that land transfer to the subsequent reel sets, so a symbol collected early keeps working across the spins that follow and each new symbol joins the carry-forward rather than replacing it. -
What is the maximum win on Luck O The Irish Megaways?
The maximum win from a single game is 250,000x the total bet, which puts it among the higher ceilings on any Irish-themed slot. -
Does Luck O The Irish Megaways have a wild symbol?
No, there’s no wild and no scatter in this game. The special symbol to watch is the Luck O’ The Irish logo, which reveals a random symbol across every position it occupies.
