Rainbow Riches Free Spins Slot Review
Cracked red gothic letters spell the title against a dark purple sky, gold coins drift along beneath the reels, and a braided wicker frame with gilt scrolls holds everything in place. Rainbow Riches Free Spins, a Barcrest build under the L&W/Barcrest banner, makes the case that a slot needs exactly one feature, done properly, and nothing else.
It’s a claim worth arguing with. The five-reel, three-row grid carries ten fixed paylines, all live at every stake, paying per winning line the classic way, and the whole game hangs on a bonus symbol that’s wild as well as a trigger. Strip away the shamrocks and there’s very little here – and what’s left is built with more care than the simplicity suggests.
Base Game & Features
This is a ten-line game on a 5×3 grid, and it keeps things old-school. Wins pay left to right on active lines, and all awards are quoted per winning line rather than as a total. All ten lines stay live whatever your stake, so there’s no bet-adjusting strategy around line selection.
That per-line convention is worth understanding before you spin. A symbol value of 50x applies to the stake on that line, not to your total bet, so a five-of-a-kind top win pays out across every line the combination completes. With all lines fixed, the maths stays honest and predictable: one stake number, one set of values, no hidden line weighting.
The symbol set is compact, which is part of the appeal. One themed top symbol, three royal tiers, a wild, and a bonus symbol carry everything. Here’s what each paying symbol returns as a multiple of the line stake:
- Rainbow Riches: 5x for two, 50x for three, 200x for four, 500x for five
- A: 10x for three, 100x for four, 300x for five
- K: 10x for three, 50x for four, 200x for five
- J: 5x for three, 20x for four, 100x for five
- 10: 5x for three, 20x for four, 100x for five
- Q: 5x for three, 20x for four, 100x for five
Note the tier shared by J, 10 and Q: those three royals pay identically, so the effective paytable is four rows deep rather than six. The gaps between tiers are steep, too. The Rainbow Riches symbol pays ten times what the bottom royals do at three of a kind, and that spread widens to five times again at the top of the ladder.
The Rainbow Riches symbol is also the only one that pays on two of a kind. That two-of-a-kind floor matters more than it sounds on a game where the top symbol carries the name, because it gives the base game a lowest rung to land on between feature triggers.
Two special symbols round out the reels, and both follow exact rules:
- Wild: substitutes for all symbols except the bonus symbol
- Bonus symbol: appears only on reels 1, 3 and 5
- Bonus symbol is also wild, substituting for all other symbols
That second wild rule is the quiet twist in the design. A bonus symbol that lands without completing the trigger can still stand in for a paying symbol and finish a line win, so it’s never a dead landing. And because the bonus symbol exists only on three reels, those reels carry double the special-symbol weight of the others.
The wild itself works as wilds always have. It completes any line it can help finish, it can’t stand in for the bonus symbol, and five wilds across a payline simply pay as five of whatever they’ve become. No multipliers, no expansions, no moving parts.
Rainbow Riches Free Spins Bonus Round
One feature, and it’s the one the title promises. The free spins bonus triggers when bonus symbols land on reels 1, 3 and 5 at the same time. Those three reels are the only places bonus symbols appear at all, so every spin carries the same three-position watch.
The round works in three steps. Land the three bonus symbols and the game reads which version of the symbol triggered it, then awards the matching spin count, then runs the round through to its last spin. The number of spins depends on which bonus symbol version shows up:
- 10 free spins
- 15 free spins
- 20 free spins
Once the round starts, a counter ticks down spin by spin from the awarded total, and the count you begin with is the count you get. There’s no retrigger rule for the feature, so a strong round can’t grow and a slow one can’t be rescued. What you see at the trigger is the whole round.
The reels keep the same wild rules as the standard game, so the bonus symbol stays wild throughout and line wins keep getting help from the same double-duty symbol that opened the feature. Three of the five reels can still produce it, which is where the round’s better lines tend to come from.
The round plays out on the same grid with the same paytable, so the prize ceiling inside the feature is the paytable’s own: 500x the line stake for five Rainbow Riches symbols. There’s no multiplier applied during free spins and no separate prize ladder, which keeps the round’s arithmetic identical to the base game’s.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.1/10
Playing this is a patient, single-purpose sort of session: every spin watches the same three reels for the same symbol, and the leprechaun trim is what keeps the vigil pleasant. The one reason to choose it is that purity – there’s no second system to learn and no decisions to make.
The best thing about the build is that the bonus symbol pulls double duty. Because it’s wild as well as a trigger, it’s never a dead landing, and that single rule does more for the base game than a stack of lesser features would.
The round itself is the let-down. Ten to twenty spins on the unchanged paytable, no multiplier, no way to extend, so the feature you waited for plays exactly like the game you were already playing. This one belongs to players who like their slots plain, honest and covered in shamrocks – the pot of gold at the end is small, but the path to it is a pleasant walk. Anyone who wants a bonus that builds towards something will be off chasing a different rainbow.
Rainbow Riches Free Spins FAQs
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How do you trigger the free spins in Rainbow Riches Free Spins?
Bonus symbols need to land on reels 1, 3 and 5 at the same time. Those are the only three reels where bonus symbols appear, so every spin watches the same three positions. -
How many free spins can you win?
The round comes in three tiers: 10, 15 or 20 free spins, depending on which bonus symbol version lands on the trigger. There’s no retrigger rule for the feature. -
What does the wild symbol do in Rainbow Riches Free Spins?
The wild substitutes for all symbols except the bonus symbol. The bonus symbol is itself also wild and substitutes for all other symbols, so it can complete line wins while counting towards the feature. -
Which reels do bonus symbols appear on?
Bonus symbols only appear on reels 1, 3 and 5. That’s also the combination needed to start the free spins round. -
How many paylines does Rainbow Riches Free Spins have?
Ten. All lines are active at all stake levels, so there’s no way to reduce the line count when you lower your bet. -
What is the grid size of Rainbow Riches Free Spins?
A five-reel, three-row grid with ten fixed paylines. -
What is the top-paying symbol in Rainbow Riches Free Spins?
The Rainbow Riches symbol. It pays 500x the line stake for five of a kind, and it’s the only symbol that pays for two of a kind as well. -
Who makes Rainbow Riches Free Spins?
It’s a Barcrest title, released under the L and W/Barcrest banner.
