Gaelic Luck Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Gaelic Luck Review

We’ve reviewed a multitude of Irish-themed games here at SlotCatalog. Along with Ancient Egypt and Mythological Gods, Irish Luck must be one of the most prevalent (possibly overused) themes in online slots. As expected, Gaelic Luck includes the stereotypical icons and symbols commonly associated with Irish-themed games, including rainbows, four leaf clovers, pots of gold, and golden horseshoes. All that’s missing is the cheerful (and slightly tipsy) leprechaun. So, where is he. It seems the game designers at Playtech have decided to give the overworked leprechaun a well-deserved break and opted instead to include three lovely lasses in skimpy outfits!

The glamorous girls appear on the reels as the three high paying symbols. They also turn up in the Lucky Lasses free spins bonus. Players get to choose 1 of the 3 girls who in turn, reveal how many free spins are awarded. We’ll discuss the Lucky Lasses Bonus in detail shortly.

A screen of Gaelic Luck

The highest paying symbol on the reels is the Pot of Gold Wild symbol, which pays 10 000x the line bet for 5 of a kind. The Rainbow Scatter pays 50x the total bet for 5 symbols landing anywhere on the reels. The highest paying regular symbol is the red haired lass, awarding 1000x the line bet for 5 on a winning payline. Gaelic Luck’s RTP (Return to Player) of 97.06% will certainly raise a few eyebrows, as this is higher than the industry average of 94.5% to 96.5%.

The number of paylines is adjustable in Gaelic Luck, so players can choose how many paylines are active on each spin, as well as the amount they would like to wager on each line.

The minimum total bet playing with just one active payline is €0.01, while the minimum total bet with all 20 lines active is €0.20.

Let’s take a closer look at the Lucky Lasses Bonus.

Gaelic Luck Game Features

Landing the special Horseshoe & Clover bonus symbol on reels 1 and 5 triggers the Lucky Lass Bonus. This is essentially a free spins bonus; however, before the free spins round starts, players must pick 1 of 3 lucky lasses to reveal the number of free spins awarded (3, 4, 5, 7, 10 or 20). Next, players are asked to choose 1 of 6 lucky clovers, to reveal the multiplier that will be applied to all free spin wins (2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 7x, or 10x).

Note that additional free spins can be won by landing the Horseshoe & Clover symbol on reels 1 and 5 during the free spins bonus. Free spins can be re-triggered indefinitely … highly unlikely of course, but theoretically possible.

Gaelic Luck 200 Spins Experience

After loading the game and looking at the paytable, we set our line bet to €0.05 and activated all 20 paylines, yielding a total bet of €1.00 per spin. While we had no official stats from Playtech regarding variance, Gaelic Luck played like a low to medium volatility slot with fairly frequent wins in the 0.5x to 2.5x range. The graphics and sounds were decent, however the base game really didn’t have much to offer, so we kept looking out for those special bonus symbols on reels 1 and 5.

Finally (on spin 113) we triggered the Lucky Lass Bonus. We were prompted to pick 1 of the 3 lovely Irish lasses. We chose the blonde in blue, who rewarded us with only 4 free spins.

Oh well, we hoped we would have better luck with the win multipliers. Our lucky clover pick revealed an underwhelming 3x multiplier, which didn’t see us doing an Irish jig around the room.

Our 4 free spins paid out €5.50, a pitiful amount considering we had to play over 100 spins in order to trigger the Lucky Lass Bonus. Better luck next time!

Review Summary

Gaelic Luck is a cheerful and simple slot, with standard offerings in the base game and one free spins bonus feature. The Lucky Lass free spins bonus incorporates a pick mechanism that creates an illusion of choice but does add a sense of excitement and anticipation to an otherwise typical feature. While the potential to win 20 free spins with a 10x win multiplier is appealing, triggering the free spins bonus requires some time and patience. The higher-than-usual Return to Player (RTP) of 97.06% is a talking point that could benefit the player in the long run, but remember RTP values are calculated over thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of spins.

While the Irish theme is by no means unique, Playtech have given this somewhat cliched genre a subtle twist by introducing 3 lovely Irish lasses who may just show you the way to the pot gold at the end of the rainbow.

Pros

• Higher than average RTP of 97.06%
• Up to 20 free spins
• Up to 10x multiplier on all free spin wins
• Free spin re-triggers

Cons

• Triggering free spins requires time and patience
• Regular symbol wins in the base game are modest

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