Leprechaun Joy

Leprechaun Joy is NetEnt’s 5×4 slot contribution to the ever-popular, ever-growing category of Irish slots. Emerald Isle slots are something every players has to try at least once, so why not start with NetEnt’s Leprechaun Joy? The game is equipped with 25 paylines on the 5×4 grid. Gameplay is highly volatile, so please be careful how you place wagers. Speaking of wagers, the minimum you can wager on the game is $0.10; the maximum bet is $10. RTP in Leprechaun Joy reaches 96.09%.

Read the rest of the review to learn more about special features decorating gameplay in Leprechaun Joy. Granted, there aren’t too many, but Free Spins and Multipliers are more than enough for us. You can win up to 6,549x the stake by playing the slot in real-money mode.

If you’ve never played an Irish slot before, you are in for a wild ride. Leprechaun Joy is a highly volatile 5×4 grid slot with 25 paylines. We expected the game to come out way before April 2024, mostly because St Paddy’s Day is in March. Many game studios plan their releases around the holiday, especially leprechaun-themed games or games with significant Irish luck nods. This one missed the memo by a month, but it’s not a problem if you are a true fan of the theme.

Now, as we were saying: the game starts with 25 paylines. As a highly volatile game, Leprechaun Joy is not that geared towards generosity. In other words, don’t expect frequent prize drops or for them to be big. Instead, you get medium to big prizes but rarely. Oh, well – the game’s maximum payout is 6,549x the stake, so it might be worth the wait.

Now, let us discuss the visuals. The backdrop is obviously a small leprechaun village. We were reminded of the Shire, honestly, with all the tiny houses with round doors and grass-covered roofs. The wooden grid setup supports 5 reels with 4 rows. Icons appearing on the grid are low-pay green clovers with card suits.  Then we have a smoking pipe, a green boot, a pint of beer, a golden horseshoe and a Celtic harp.

You can place wagers that are between $0.10 and $10 per spin, but please be careful – the game is highly volatile. The RTP of the slot is 96.09%.

The game comes with Wilds and the Buy Bonus too.

If you want to play a round of Leprechaun Joy, you need to prepare a bet that fits the $0.10 to $10 betting range. The range might seem small to you, but it gives you ample room for winning. The maximum  you can  win by playing Leprechaun Joy online slot is 6,549x the stake. Of course, this might not be easy to hit, because the game is highly volatile with a 96.09% RTP.

Icons in the game are an interesting bunch. You start with card suits – Aces, Clubs, Diamonds, and Hearts – placed on four green clovers. These pay from 2x to 4x the stake. Other icons have higher values. The smoking pipe, boot, and the pint pay up to 8x, 10x, and 15x, respectively. The two premiums in the game are the golden horseshoe and the Celtic harp paying 20x and 50x for 5 OAK, respectively. Other special icons include the Leprechaun (increasing multiplier), the golden clover (Wild) that pays from 2x to 50x, and the Scatter (golden pot).

The game has 25 paylines, which means you have 25 possible winning patterns. The Buy Bonus costs 40x.

Game features in Leprechaun Joy include Increasing Multipliers and Free Spins.

The feature set is not complicated at all. You start with Increasing Multipliers, present on every single spin in the game. Namely, when you start a new round, you will notice a Multiplier of 2x atop the grid, right next to a symbol. That symbol is the chosen one as the Multiplied icon, meaning all winning combos containing these instances will produce a win multiplied by the multiplier value. Leprechauns, the green fella appearing on the grid randomly, is the Increasing Multiplier which adds a +1x Multiplier to the tally to the Multiplier above the grid. When you win a win with the Multiplier symbol, you receive the payout and then the Increasing Multiplier resets. There’s no cap for the Increasing Multiplier, and it can go on until you hit a win with the chosen symbol instance.

The only other game feature included in the set is the Free Spins bonus. Scatters – golden pots – appear on the grid (reel 1, 3, and 5).  This awards you 10 Free Spins. You can retrigger the feature during the feature with 3 Scatters, which again adds 10 spins to the tally.  Now, a special thing about Free Spins is that they use Increasing Multipliers on every win. Yep, the Multiplier is not tied to a specific type of icon – instead, it applies to all wins.  The Multiplier does not reset during the feature, going up until you reach the end of Free Spins.