3 Pots O’ Riches Megaways Rapid Fire Slot Review

The game has various key features. There is a Wild symbol, a Collect feature, multiple modifiers, the Leprechaun’s Treasure Pots, a bonus symbol, a free spins round (and an enhanced free spins round), the Megaways mechanic, and the Rapid Fire Jackpots system.

Nothing here is too out of the ordinary. We have all experienced these features one way or the other. Here is a breakdown of all these features within the game:

Wild & Bonus Symbols

The Wild symbol is a mushroom. It can replace all other paying symbols (except for the Collect, Wishing Well, Cash Prize, and Bonus symbols). The Wild appears on reels 2 through 6 (not on the first reel) and helps make winning combinations.

The bonus symbol is a pot of gold coins. If three or more of these bonus symbols land in view, you enter the free spins or bonus game mode. Here is what you get:

• 3 Symbols: 10 Spins
• 4 Symbols: 10 spins + 20x bet
• 5 Symbols: 10 spins + 100x bet
• 6 Symbols: 10 spins + 500x bet

Free Spins & Enhanced Free Spins

The bonus or free spins come in two flavours: normal and enhanced. Triggered by landing the bonus symbols (check the previous section), these rounds keep the unlocked features active. If a Collect symbol lands during these spins, the prize is awarded for each cash prize symbol that also lands in view (all cash prizes get collected). Here are the cash prize multipliers for this mechanic:

• 3 Collect Symbols: 5 respins + 2x multiplier
• 6 Collect Symbols: 5 respins + 3x multiplier
• 9 Collect Symbols: 5 respins + 5x multiplier
• 12 Collect Symbols: 5 respins + 10x multiplier

These bonus spins will continue until all of them are used and you have received the final winnings amount.

When you reach the end of the unlock trail, the enhanced bonus spins become available. When these are triggered, one or more Treasure Pots will activate.

• 1 Pot Trigger: Super Bonus Spins
• 2 Pots Trigger: Mega Bonus Spins
• All 3 Pots Trigger: Ultra Bonus Spins

Once triggered, the 10 enhanced bonus spins will start with any awarded enhancements. The Collect feature is also active during these enhanced spins. Accumulating Collect symbols will award additional spins and cash prize symbol multipliers. These enhanced bonus spins will continue until all of them are used up.

Money Collection Feature

Money Collection is the key feature in 3 Pots O’ Riches. The Collect symbol is already active on reels 1 and 6 when you start the game, and the cash prize symbols are active on reels 1 to 6. When you achieve a cash prize symbol anywhere in view with a collect symbol on reel 1 and/or 6, the Collect feature is triggered.

The Collect feature will then expand to cover the entire reel and, as the name suggests, will “collect” all the values shown on the cash prize symbols.

For each Collect symbol in view, one position on the unlock trail will be lit, unlocking new game features and symbols in the base game, as well as the bonus/enhanced bonus spins.

Here are all the unlocks:

• 2 Symbols: Unlocks Streak Collect. Cash prize symbols stay in place while the reels respin. New cash prize symbols also stay and trigger another respin until no new cash prize symbols land on the reels.
• 5 Symbols: Unlocks Expand Collect. Any reel with a cash prize symbol steps up or down until the entire reel is covered with cash prize symbols.
• 8 Symbols: Unlocks Respin Collect. After all cash prize symbols are initially collected, all the reels except for the reel with a Collect symbol respin up to a maximum of 5 times.
• 12 Smbols: Unlocks Match Collect. All cash prize symbols on the reels match their values to the highest cash prize symbol in view.
• 17 Symbols: Unlocks the Wishing Well symbol that accumulates all cash prize symbol values in view before being collected by the Collect symbol along with the cash prize symbols.
• 20 Symbols: Unlocks Leprechaun’s Treasure Pots and 3 special bonus symbols of respective colours. Each time a coloured bonus symbol lands in view, it is added to the matching Leprechaun’s Treasure Pot, which can potentially trigger a bonus.

Gameplay Modifiers

The game also has a Lucky Mate feature. It can trigger randomly during any spin in the base game. It can award either of these modifiers:

• Hidden Treasure: Will change all symbols on one or more reels with cash prize or wishing well symbols randomly, while also adding a Collect symbol.
• Bonus Boost: Adds additional bonus symbols to the reels.
• Fireworks Blast: Upgrades random symbols to top-paying symbols. Can also upgrade them to Wild symbols.
• Dig In: If this happens, the symbols are removed from the reels and new symbols drop to guarantee a win.

Leprechaun’s Treasure Pots

There are three pots always visible in the game. Every time a coloured bonus symbol is added to the matching Treasure Pot, it can be randomly triggered to award you 10 enhanced bonus spins with an upgrade. The upgrade depends on the colour of the pot triggered.

Note that you can also trigger multiple Treasure Pots in the same base game spin. If this happens, all respective upgrades are active together during the enhanced bonus spins.

Here are the upgrades you can get:

• Max Megaways (Red): 15,625 ways to win on every spin!
• Cash Blitz (Blue): Removes all symbols except for Collect and cash prize symbols from the reels.
• Trail Boost (Green): Boosts the multipliers on the trail to 3x, 4x, 8x, and 20x, respectively.

Megaways & Rapid Fire

Megaways and Rapid Fire are both jackpot mechanics. They are more for show here. Both are basically ways to give you a hint of a much bigger jackpot to be had.

• Megaways: The Megaways mechanic works by shifting the paytable every spin. There is a random modifier that can adjust the number of symbols per spin. Plus, this mechanic comes with a cascading system, where winning combinations disappear to pave the way for additional symbols to drop in on the action during the same spin. Created by Big Time Gaming back in 2015. Since then, it has been licensed and used by many game providers, with Blueprint Gaming being just one of the many such studios.
• Rapid Fire: Rapid Fire is something Blueprint Gaming cooked up with QTech Games (an aggregator, not a provider). This is also a progressive jackpot system with 5 tiers: Mini, Major, Major, Master, and Mega King. Jackpots trigger randomly if you get the symbols right. Also branded as “Jackpot King Deluxe” in games with Regal and Royal pots.

3 Pots O’ Riches Megaways Rapid Fire has loads of features. But it is all recycled stuff. Nothing too exciting. If you already love the time-tested Blueprint Gaming formula of cash collection and a bunch of jackpots, then this will be a charming slot to spend some time on.

It is okay. If you must play an Irish luck slot with subpar specs (a quality common to many of these jackpot-heavy games), then yes, this will do the job.

Rating: 6.5