Wild Wild Riches Slot Review
Under the rainbow in Wild Wild Riches, the leprechaun’s gold sits on reels three to five, waiting to be collected rather than won. That’s the whole argument of the game: Pragmatic Play built an Irish slot where the paytable is an afterthought and everything that matters runs through one collect mechanic. It plays on a 5×4 grid with 576 ways to win, low volatility, and a top prize of 4,608x the bet.
It runs at 96.77% RTP, though operators can dial that down to 96%. The obvious relatives here are Wild Wild Riches Megaways, Wild Wild Riches Returns and Wild Wild Bananas, which tell you this one founded a small family.
Base Game & Features
Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels from the leftmost one, with 576 fixed ways covering the 5×4 grid. Stakes run from 0.25 to 250.00 per spin. All wins are multiplied by the base bet throughout.
Low volatility is a rare thing in the Irish-luck corner of the market, where most rivals push medium or high. That makes this a rarity in its own niche: a leprechaun slot built for steady sessions rather than feature-hunting bankrolls.
The wild appears only on reels one and two, in a gold Celtic design, and substitutes for everything except the bonus and money symbols. That restriction matters more than it sounds, because almost everything interesting in this game happens on reels three to five.
The symbol set carries the theme through the premiums: a beer mug, harp, horseshoe, smoking pipe and mushroom sit above the card suits at the low end. All pays are multiples of the total bet rather than the line bet.
- Beer Mug – 2x for three, 3x for four, 8x for five
- Harp – 0.8x for three, 2x for four, 4x for five
- Horseshoe – 0.4x for three, 1x for four, 2x for five
- Pipe – 0.32x for three, 0.4x for four, 1x for five
- Mushroom – 0.16x for three, 0.32x for four, 0.8x for five
- Spade – 0.16x for three, 0.32x for four, 0.6x for five
- Heart, Club, Diamond – 0.08x for three, 0.2x for four, 0.4x for five
Money Collect Feature
The money symbol is the pot of gold, and it appears only on reels three, four and five. Every spin gives each money symbol a fresh random value from a predefined set. On its own it pays nothing.
The collect lands when wilds hit on reels one and two alongside adjacent money symbols on reels three, four or five, forming a left-to-right pay way. Every money symbol in that combination is then gathered up and paid. The values a money symbol can carry:
- Direct awards of 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 15x or 25x the total bet
- Mini jackpot – 50x the total bet
- Major jackpot – 100x the total bet
- Mega jackpot – 500x the total bet
- Multipliers of 2x, 3x or 5x, applied to the total collect win
Multipliers and jackpot values appear only on reel five, which keeps the biggest prizes the hardest to line up. The suit symbols pay modestly, so the collect is where the meaningful money in this game lives.
Ante Bet
For a 20% stake increase, to 30x bet per line, the ante bet raises the chance of two wilds landing on reels one and two. That in turn raises the chance of both the collect and the free spins triggering.
A Double Chance toggle also sits alongside the spin controls. It’s the same idea in a different wrapper: pay a little more per spin, see the features a little more often.
Wild Wild Riches Free Spins & Bonus Features
Hitting wilds on reels one and two plus the bonus symbol on reel three awards 10 free spins. The bonus symbol lives only on that middle reel, so the trigger is a narrow one: two specific reels and one specific symbol on a third.
The money collect feature stays active throughout the round, and the reel strips carry more money and wild symbols than the base game does. Special reels are in play during the feature, so the round runs on its own symbol distribution rather than the base game’s. The same combination lands more often there, and collects more when it does.
Retriggers work the same way as the original trigger. Wilds on reels one and two with a bonus symbol on reel three during the round add 10 more spins, with no limit on how many times that can happen.
Free spins wins are added to the pay way win and paid once the round completes. The full win of the cycle, retriggers included, is recorded together in the spin history.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
A session here is mostly pot-watching: small suit-symbol wins ticking over while you wait for a wild pair and a cluster of gold. That’s the honest appeal – it’s a leprechaun game you settle into rather than survive, which is rarer in this niche than it should be.
The free spins round is the best thing in it, because the thicker reel strips turn the collect from a treat into the main event, and the retriggers can run all day. The base game between collects is the weakness: with the suits paying under a 1x return for three, long stretches carry no suspense at all.
This suits players who like frequent small returns with a jackpot ladder ticking away in the background, and the ante bet is a fair lever if the waiting grinds. Anyone chasing the 4,608x ceiling will find the pacing too gentle for the ambition. The gold at the end of this rainbow comes in handfuls rather than hoards, but it comes often.
Wild Wild Riches FAQs
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How do you trigger the free spins in Wild Wild Riches?
Land wild symbols on reels one and two together with the bonus symbol on reel three. That awards 10 free spins, with the money collect feature active throughout. Landing the same combination during the round adds 10 more spins, with no limit on retriggers. -
How does the Money Collect feature work?
Wilds on reels one and two alongside adjacent money symbols on reels three, four or five collect every money symbol value in the combination. Values range from 1x up to 25x the total bet, plus Mini, Major and Mega jackpots worth 50x, 100x and 500x respectively, and 2x, 3x or 5x multipliers that apply to the whole collect win. Multipliers and jackpots appear only on reel five. -
What does the Ante Bet do in Wild Wild Riches?
It increases the bet by 20%, to 30x bet per line. In exchange, the chance of two wild symbols landing on reels one and two goes up, which raises the chance of both the collect feature and the free spins triggering. -
Can free spins retrigger in Wild Wild Riches?
Yes. Landing wilds on reels one and two with the bonus symbol on reel three during the free spins round adds 10 more spins. There’s no limit on the number of retriggers. -
What is the RTP of Wild Wild Riches?
The RTP is 96.77% at its maximum setting, though operators can run the game as low as 96%. -
Is Wild Wild Riches high volatility?
No. It’s a low volatility game, which means payouts tend to come more often but in smaller amounts, while the chance of a bigger win remains through the jackpot ladder and multipliers. -
What is the maximum win on Wild Wild Riches?
The maximum win is 4,608x the bet. -
What are the bet limits and grid in Wild Wild Riches?
Stakes start at 0.25 and reach 250.00 per spin. The game plays on a 5×4 grid with 576 ways to win, paying left to right on adjacent reels from the leftmost reel. Wild Wild Riches’ release date is 24 September 2020.
