Emerald Isle Slot

Irish themed slot games are starting to dominate the slot markets, perhaps because of the recommendations made in 2008 to the Irish parliament for separate laws governing Irish gambling. Another reason the Irish slot shenanigans may be growing in popularity is the large American-Irish populations in the states who like to support anything to do with their homeland. Whatever the reason, you can't ignore the proliferation of these slot games on online scene. With games like Rainbow Riches (a very popular Irish themed slot) now coming out as a physical pub slot machine (a new addition to the UK scene as we're used to just seeing fruities down the pub), does the Emerald Isle game have what it takes to pull in the punters?

The Emerald Isle slot plays across twenty lines on a five reel format; a style of game that most slot players out there will accept as the modern standard. Bet from as little as 10p per spin, up to a maximum of £3.75, with lines selectable from one to twenty in single line increments. The game has bonus symbols in the form of the Rainbow, which gives the game the scatter win and free spin bonus. The wild symbol is the Irish Leprechaun, which not only doubles your win but also activates the Leprechaun sound wav giving the game that authentic Irish feel.

There are two bonus games available for players willing to walk on the hallowed steps of the Emerald Isle. You activate the first, free spin bonus by stopping in three or more Rainbows from left to right. Lock in these bright symbols and you could find the pot of gold at the end of these coloured semi circles as you're transported to symbol enriched reels, where you can win three times the normal pay-table multiplier. The great thing about the Emerald Isle free game bonus is that you can reactivate the game from within itself; scoring ten free spins per time.

The second bonus game is a little more original, making the Emerald Isle a more stand out machine as many, many games on the market offer free spins as a bonus (not that this is a bad thing as any seasoned slot master will tell you). Stop in the wild Leprechaun symbol anywhere in reels one and five and you'll go to a match the card bonus game. You get two tries at this fun bonus, having to match the shamrocks on three cards out of six, the less tries you take, the bigger the multiplier, so take your time to choose which card to pick as the prizes can be quite substantial. This game can of course be activated during the free spin game making the prizes big enough to blarney about.

Ultimately the Emerald Isle slot game is like many others on the market, but then why break with a winning formula? The mechanic behind the game is well put together and the prizes are good. Experienced slot players will know that a Free Spin game with a nested reactivation is considered enough by many design houses to pull players in, and this slot has an extra bonus on top of that. You could find many, many worse slots than this game, but ultimately you be hard pushed to find that many better.