Fishin’ Bigger Pots of Gold

Fishin’ Bigger Pots of Gold Overview

Created by the iGaming studios Microgaming and Gameburger, Fishin' Bigger Pots of Gold has players fishing in deep waters for rainbow trout that could give you amazing prizes. This game is unusually themed, with the studios combining two popular aesthetics. This themes/ aesthetics are Irish Luck and fishing. This is the first slot we know of that has amalgamated the two. Mechanically this is a five-reel game with expandable rows and as many as 20 pay lines. The RTP for this game is 96.05%, and the volatility rating is high. This game is available across platforms.

The features for this game begin with the collect feature. The icon to look out for here is the lucky lad Flynn, the fisherman whose role is to collect cash symbols or jackpot symbols when they fall onto the reels. This cash icon and jackpot dynamic is available across the base and free spins games. The next feature is called fish flurry. This bonus can activate randomly on a non-winning spin when a collect symbol lands. When it does, one to five cash symbols are added to the reels to be collected. The main feature here, however, is the free spins game triggered when players land three or more scatters. There is also a bonus buy option. All features will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Fishin’ Bigger Pots of Gold Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game, as mentioned, is a combination theme. On the one hand, this game has a strong fishing theme which can be seen in the setting for this game, the many fishing-associated symbols on the board and the fun underwater nature of everything. On the other hand, this game is also themed around Irish Luck. This can be seen in the great pots of gold, the cheeky leprechauns, the four-leafed clovers and the Gaelic-style font for all the text in the game. If nothing else, at least this theme is original and ambitious. However, the execution could have been done with a little more refinement. Things seem to be just shoehorned here and there rather than properly harmonised.

The background for this game is an underwater scene with fishing boats floating at the top of the screen. Below is a shallow lake with an old sunken boat and some plant life. Suspiciously there doesn’t seem to be any fish around, which is a touch worrying for the boats above the lake. Then again, maybe the designers have tried to keep things clear and not clog the screen with too many distractions. The playing board is a translucent set of vertical borders.

The symbols are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying icons are the 10, J, Q, K and A in playing card royals. The most valuable of these is the A paying out at 10x the stake for the top combination. The more valuable icons, on the other hand, are the fish, float, hook anchor and boat. The boat is the most valuable, worth 200x the stake for the top combination. The special icons are the collect icon, and the free spins clover scatter.

Game Play

Fishin’ Bigger Pots of Gold is played on a 5-reel, expandable row game with as many as 20 pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. The betting range for Fishin’ Bigger Pots of Gold is 20p to £25 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stakes up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen. Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen. Volatility for this slot is rated in the high range. The return to player percentage for Fishin’ Bigger Pots of Gold is 96.05%, which is average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 22,826x your stake.

Fishin’ Bigger Pots of Gold Features

The first feature in this game is the collect feature. This bonus concerns the collect icon, which lands on reel five in the base game and anywhere in the free spins game. This icon firstly acts as a wild, meaning it can substitute for other icons barring the scatter to help form more wins. However, it also collects instant cash and jackpot symbols when they land on the board. Cash symbols can be worth anywhere up to 1,000x the stake. The most valuable jackpot, on the other hand, is worth 7,500x the stake.

The next feature is called the fish flurry feature. This is triggered on any random non-winning spin, which also has a collect icon on it. When it triggers, one to five cash symbols are added to the board and collected.

The main feature in this game, however, is the free spins game, triggered when players land three or more scatter icons on the board simultaneously. The more scatters you land, the more free spins you win. The more scatters you land, the bigger your starting multiplier too. Players can also activate the upsizer option here, which charges you more but gives you a higher multiplier value to start the free spins automatically.
When the free spins start, the reels expand to five rows high, and another ten pay lines are added. An accumulation trail also comes into the mix, meaning that landing extra scatters grows your multiplier and adds yet more free spins. Finally, this game also has a feature buy option. However, it is not available in the UK.

Conclusion

Sure, this video slots might look a bit odd but trust us, there is more than meet the eye here. It has to be said that this is a pretty weirdly themed game; however, the actual stats make for some compelling reasons to play it. Not least of which is the huge top payout and the incredibly exciting chance of randomly winning huge prizes even in the base game. We suggest you to try also Bigger Bass Bonanza from our free slot collection.