Rainbow Riches here is Barcrest’s original 20-line Irish-luck slot, online since May 2009 and the start of a series of about two dozen titles; Barcrest is now part of Light & Wonder. It has no free spins: three bonus symbols lead to Road to Riches, Wishing Well and Pots of Gold, each paying up to 500x the stake. It returns 95% at medium volatility. The free demo below is a similar leprechaun pokie.
Rainbow Riches runs on five reels and three rows with 20 paylines that pay left to right. Stakes are set by the casino: the minimum is 0.01 a line, or 0.20 a spin, in most sources, while published maximums range from 5 to 500 in the casino’s currency. The return to player is 95% in every source that gives a figure, and no other online setting has been reported. Volatility is medium in most databases, with some reviews calling it medium to high. Databases list a hit frequency of about 27%, so a little over one spin in four pays something. The maximum win is 500x the stake, and it comes only from the top prize of a bonus game; the best line win on its own is 25x the total bet.
Rainbow Riches Pokies Characteristics
Wins run left to right on adjacent reels and need three of a kind, except the wild and the Rainbow Riches logo, which also pay for two. The low symbols are the cards from ace down to 10. The wild substitutes for the regular symbols but not for the three bonus symbols, and sources disagree on which picture it is, so the in-game paytable is worth a look. The bonus symbols are a leprechaun for Road to Riches, a wishing well for the Wishing Well bonus and a pot of gold for Pots of Gold, which lands only on reels 2, 3 and 4.
There are no free spins in the original, and no game description read describes a gamble, bonus buy, respins or progressive jackpot. The design follows UK pub fruit machines: the base game pays modest line wins, and the bonus games, which pay a multiple of the stake rather than spinning the reels, are where the larger amounts come from. Autoplay is available.
The figures below are multiples of the stake, read as the total bet, for three, four and five of a kind; multiply by 20 for multiples of the line bet.
These values come from two published tables that match each other, but sources differ on the details, including which symbol is the wild and which earns the top line pay, so the in-game paytable is the final word. The best line is worth 25x the total bet, which is 500x the line bet, so the game’s 500x cap on the stake is only reachable through the bonuses. No scatter pays are listed: the three bonus symbols pay through their features.
Three or more leprechaun bonus symbols start Road to Riches, and one database says they can land on any reel. A spinner shows a number of steps from one to six, or the word Collect, and each spin moves you up a trail of multipliers until Collect lands or you reach the top. The prize is the stake multiplied by the value where you stop. Most sources put the top of the trail at 500x the stake, but some give 200x, and the individual steps on the trail are not published.
Three or more wishing well symbols anywhere start the Wishing Well bonus, also called Best Wishes. The wells become pick symbols, you choose one, and it reveals a multiplier between 2x and 500x the stake. One pick and the round is over.
Pots of Gold needs a pot of gold on each of reels 2, 3 and 4 on the same spin. Bronze, silver and gold pots then move around the screen and a pointer stops on one, which pays from 50x to 500x the bet. Its minimum is the highest of the three bonuses, so this is the one players wait for.
At 95% the game keeps about 5 cents of every dollar bet over the long run, on the low side for an online pokie, and no higher online setting has been reported. Medium volatility with the hit rate of about 27% that databases list means the base game pays regularly but in small amounts, and the bonuses decide a session. One database estimates Road to Riches at about one spin in 115, Wishing Well one in 107 and Pots of Gold one in 1,050, so the first two should turn up in most sessions of a couple of hundred spins while the third may not appear at all.
At 20 cents a spin, $20 buys 100 spins with an expected cost of about $1 at 95%; at that stake the 500x cap is $100 and a Pots of Gold award pays $10 to $100. At $2 a spin the same $20 lasts ten spins and the cap rises to $1,000. With 500x as the ceiling there is no rare huge win to chase, which also keeps the swings modest.
Rainbow Riches has grown into a series of about two dozen games; one guide counts 22, another page 24. Pick ‘n’ Mix (2016) keeps the 5×3, 20-line layout and lets the player choose three of five bonuses, with a 500x cap. Reels of Gold (2016) uses Colossal Reels, a 5×4 set beside a 5×12 set with 100 lines, and a fairy that triggers one of seven features. Rainbow Riches Free Spins (2017) is the series’ free spins game, with 10 lines and 10, 15 or 20 free spins.
Rainbow Riches Megaways (2019) moves to six reels with up to 117,649 ways, cascading wins and a free spins win multiplier, and one guide lists a 12,500x maximum. Later titles include Leprechauns Gold, Cluster Magic, Race Day, Power Mix and the two Road to Even More Riches games of 2025, and Slingo Rainbow Riches mixes bingo with reels. Returns and layouts for the spin-offs vary between sources, so check each game’s own screen. If a lobby lists plain Rainbow Riches, it is normally the 2009 game reviewed here.
The theme is Irish luck: a leprechaun, a rainbow, pots of gold and a wishing well, with ace to 10 as the low symbols. One review likens it to a traditional fruit machine with digital enhancements, which fits a game whose roots are in UK pubs and arcades. It runs in HTML5 on desktop, tablet and phone, on iOS and Android.
Barcrest’s Rainbow Riches is not confirmed in any Australian pub, club or casino, and no ACT approval for a Barcrest or Light & Wonder version was found among the records checked. A separate pokie called Rainbow Riches, made by IGT (Australia) with a three-level standalone progressive, was approved for ACT venues in 2012, but it is a different machine, and no source shows it had Road to Riches, Wishing Well or Pots of Gold. Online, no Light & Wonder statement was found on offering Barcrest games to Australian players or on listing Australia as restricted. Availability varies, so the lobby search is the way to check. No official free demo from Light & Wonder or Barcrest could be found.
Rainbow Riches plays like a UK pub fruit machine on a screen: a plain base game and three bonus games that pay a fixed multiple of the stake. It suits players who like pick and trail bonuses, medium volatility and a firm ceiling, and who find long free spins rounds tedious. It does not suit anyone chasing big multipliers, since 500x is the most it can pay, or anyone who wants a return above 95%; for something different from the same owner, Light & Wonder’s Huff N’ Puff and Quick Hit are both reviewed on this site. The one thing to check is which Rainbow Riches a lobby is offering, because the series is large.
95% in every source that gives a figure. No other online setting has been reported.
Three or more leprechauns start Road to Riches, three or more wishing wells start the Wishing Well, and a pot of gold on each of reels 2, 3 and 4 starts Pots of Gold.
500x the stake, from the top prize of a bonus game. The best line win is much smaller, 25x the total bet.
Not the original, which has three bonus games instead. Rainbow Riches Free Spins, a 2017 spin-off, is the series’ free spins game.
Barcrest’s game is not confirmed in any Australian venue. An IGT (Australia) pokie called Rainbow Riches was approved in the ACT in 2012, but it is a different machine with a progressive jackpot; online availability varies, so check the lobby search.
About two dozen, including Pick ‘n’ Mix and Reels of Gold (2016), Megaways (2019) and Road to Even More Riches (2025). Each has its own rules and return.
