Larry the Leprechaun Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Larry the Leprechaun Review

Larry the Leprechaun won the Slot Game of the Year Award at Malta Gaming Awards in 2019, which is a feat that’s certainly a milestone in the history of Wazdan. It utilizes the Matrix Table system seen in other Wazdan installments, but there are 3 different symbols to collect and/or fill the Matrix Tables in this release. You got 2 different paid spins sticky wild features, as well as a free spins round.

You can clearly see that the Wazdan team has given this “pet project” special attention, as the audiovisual experience is way above average. This is not least due to the charming, animated Leprechaun, and he will even juggle gold coins to kill time if you take a break from spinning the reels. You can plow through tons of spin in no-time with the turbo maxed out, and you also get to choose your own preferred volatility (low, standard or high), as usual.

Larry the Leprechaun™ Slot - Reels Screen

Larry the Leprechaun™ Slot Features

The Pay Anywhere system awards payouts whenever you land 8 to 16 matching symbols anywhere in view, and a full 4x4 grid of matching symbols pay between 20 and 200 x your stake. In addition, you have the Leprechaun Wild that pays 250x your stake for a full grid, and it also steps in for all regular pay symbols, plus silver and gold coins, to help complete winning combinations and trigger features.

The best set of matching symbols that has the highest chance of creating a win is locked in place automatically per round, but you may lock and unlock any symbols as you see fit. The remaining symbol positions will then spin as you hit the play button, which may, at best, fill the screen with matching symbols.

Gold Coin symbols turn on sticky symbols in a corresponding position in the small Bonus Matrix Table on the right-hand side, and a full table with 16 symbols awards the Leprechaun’s Bonus Spins feature the next time you land 5+ Gold Coins in view (wild symbols count as Gold Coins in this regard, but they do not fill the Matrix Table).

You’re still paying for the spins during the feature, and all wilds that land become sticky on the grid. The feature lasts for 16 spins, as you empty the Matrix Table, but wilds do not pay in combination with regular symbols. The aim is thus to fill the grid to maximize the final wild symbol win, which tops out at 250x your stake.

Silver Coins work in a similar way as Gold Coins, and a full 16-position Silver Coin Matrix Table awards the Free Spins Bonus Round the next time you land 5+ Silver Coins (wilds count as Silver Coins in this regard) on the same spin. You get 16 free spins, and neither Gold, Silver or Sack symbols will land. Also, you cannot lock/unlock reels during the feature, as this happens automatically only.

The Magic Sack symbol draws 2-5 coins away from the Gold and Silver Matrix Table (up to 10 coins can be removed in total), before it’s collected in the left-hand side Magic Sack Bonus Meter. You need 8 Magic Sacks to fill the meter, and the next Magic Sack that lands triggers 8 Magic Sack Bonus Spins.

These are once again paid spins, and you start with 5 random symbols transformed into sticky wilds.

In addition, a low-value symbol is chosen up front, and all instances of it turn sticky wild when it lands. Regular wilds that land also become locked in place, and Gold, Silver and Magic Sack symbols do not land. It’s all about maximizing your sticky wild payout, as sticky wilds do not pay in combination with regular symbols.

The 200 Spins Larry the Leprechaun™ Slot Experience

You get to see some smaller base game wins, before we trigger the Leprechaun's Bonus Spins feature at 0:50 into the 4-minute highlights video. We skip to the Free Spins round right after, and then you get to see the Magic Sack Bonus Spins feature towards the end. Simply hit the play button below to get started right away.

Review Summary

It was clear from the get-go that Wazdan has poured some extra time, attention and resources into this production, and the animated Leprechaun is charmingly involved in everything that goes on. This landed them the Slot of the Year MGA Award in 2019, and the only thing holding this release back is the rather low 350x potential. The trend has been increasingly in favor of high risk/reward since then, which may help explain the somewhat limited success of this otherwise solid release.

Casual punters might not care too much about this, but hardcore gamblers will look elsewhere for Irish Luck adventures. The symbol lock system can lead to okay base game payouts, and it’s kind of fun to collect the gold, silver and magic sacks to have the features in escrow.

The cheerful soundtrack, and the antics of Larry the Leprechaun, keeps your mood lifted throughout the session, but this is hardly your go-to slot for potentially life-changing payouts.

Pros

• Symbol Lock system (automatic/customizable)
• Leprechaun’s Bonus Spins w/ sticky wilds
• Free Spins w/ automatically locking symbols
• Magic Sack Spins w/ sticky wilds (5 up front)

Cons

• Max win potential is only 350x your stake

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