Emerald Gold

Theme and Design

A Vibrant Irish-Themed Slot With Rolling Hillsides And Golden Reels

Emerald Gold is the quintessential Irish slots experience, ushered in by a jolly leprechaun who sits above the reel set with the serene landscapes of Ireland laid out behind, creating a relaxing atmosphere which is enhanced by a soundtrack of fiddle and penny whistle. In short, if you like your Emerald Isle iconography then you’re in the right place. The same goes for those who enjoyed Just For The Win’s Western Gold Double Barrel, with almost identical features and layout. As well as the vibrant and sharp visuals you also get the floating reel set with the Scatter Barrel rolling continuously over at the top of the screen. It’s all very pleasing on the eye.

RTP and Variance

Emerald Gold has an RTP of 96.04%. That is about average for UK slots and Just For The Win slots too. For comparison, from the same studio, Wolf Howl runs at 96.2%, Book of King Arthur runs at 96.1% and Odin’s Riches runs at 96.1%.

This is also a high variance slot so it can be unpredictable, but it does have the capacity to produce some very big wins as we shall see.

Maximum Win

The top win from this game is a massive 25,000x. That is impressive and it is the same as another game from the same provider, The Bandit and the Baron which is also highly volatile.

Symbols and Paytable

The format here is simple enough. Emerald Gold plays out on a 5 reel by 4 row reel set with 40 active paylines in play at all times. To trigger wins you’ll need to land 3 or more identical symbols in adjacent positions across a payline from left to right.

The paytable has some nice value in it. We start with the low payers, which are represented by the Shamrock, Guiness Glass, Emerald Ring and the Horeshoe. These are valued at between 0.04x for three clovers up to 0.3x for five Horsehoes. The premiums are all traditional Bar symbols – singles, doubles, triples or a mix of all three. The latter pays 0.1x for three on a line whilst five triple bars scores you a 3.5x win. There is also a Triple Seven symbol valued at 0.06x up to 6x and a Wild that is valued the same but also substitutes in for all other symbols except Scatters and Free Spins icons to create wins.

There are two specials as well – Free Spins and Scatters symbols that trigger the features in Emerald Gold.

Features and Gameplay

Whilst the overall potential in Emerald Gold is excellent the base game is very simple. Aside from standard wins, helped by wilds, your only other feature is the Scatter pays.

This is how it works.

Clover Scatters Get You Wins of Up To 5,000x!

In the base game scatters are the added ingredient here that enriches your gameplay. They trigger payouts when AT LEAST four land on the same spin. The good part is, they don’t have to land on a payline, they can land ANYWHERE.

The payouts are as follows:

• 4 scatters: 1x
• 5 scatters: 5x
• 6 scatters: 15x
• 7 scatters: 25x
• 8 scatters: 50x
• 9 scatters: 100x
• 10 scatters: 250x
• 11 scatters: 2,500x
• 12 scatters: 25,000x

I should add that in testing these kind of payouts were very rare. Whilst scatters did land frequently, getting 5 or more on one spin only happened twice in 200 spins. 

Scatters Are Collected in Free Spins To Pay Out At The End

To trigger the free spins you’ll need to land at least THREE Free Spins symbols on reels 2, 3 or 4 in the base game. Now, things change a little as Clover Scatters do NOT trigger instant pay outs but instead are collected in the revolving barrel at the top to pay out the total at the end of the round.

You start the round with 3 spins and each time at least one Scatter lands, as well as being collected, it also re-sets your spins back to 3. The round will only end when you run out of spins – by 3 consecutive spins without a scatter – or when you have collected 12 scatters for the maximum payout.