1st of the Irish

1st of the Irish Review

1st of the Irish Reviewed June 16 2020 by Casinogamesonnet.com

1st of the Irish is a 6x5 cluster pays slot from Red Rake Gaming. It features a standard Irish luck theme that revolves around leprechauns, his hat, horseshoes, clovers and rainbows.

Many developers have used this theme over the years. Therefore, 1st of the Irish slot faces a tough challenge in standing out. We'll discuss whether it excels in a crowded genre or if it's just another stereotypical leprechaun game.

Gameplay and Atmosphere

1st of the Irish features six reels and five rows (i.e. 6x5 grid). You form wins by landing 5+ matching symbols in a cluster going vertically or horizontally.

This slot also offers cascading reels. The latter feature refers to when symbols from winning combinations disappear and allow new icons to take their places.

Cascading reels continue until no more wins can be formed. At this point, your payouts will be evaluated and a new round begins.

The 1st of the Irish background is definitely a highlight. This game takes place in a grassy meadow filled with various flowers.

You'll also hear birds and other nature sounds. While the atmosphere doesn't totally reflect the luck-based theme, it certainly makes you feel like you're in the Irish countryside.

Payouts and Symbols

Low-paying symbols include a rainbow, 4-leaf clover, pipe, and leprechaun hat. Higher-paying icons include a glass of beer, golden harp, golden horseshoe, and pot of gold.

The latter pays the highest amount at 500x your stake for a cluster of 30+ symbols. The harp offers the second most at 250x your bet.

Red Rake doesn't give any indication on the maximum win available. We estimate the max payout to be somewhere around 5,000x the stake.

The leprechaun symbol is wild and substitutes for all regular icons to form winning combinations. It does not, however, offer wins by itself.

1st of the Irish RTP, Volatility and Betting Options

You can wager between €0.08 and €20 per spin. Autoplay lets you make the reels spin automatically for between 5 and 100 rounds.

The 1st of the Irish RTP is 95.4% which is slightly below average.

Volatility rating for this game is 4/5 and rates at medium-to-high due to the multiple features.

1st of the Irish Slot Special Features

The right side of the screen shows five symbols running vertically. The rainbow, hat, 4-leaf clover, pipe, and beer each represent meters.

Every time that you score a win with one of these symbols, you'll start filling up the corresponding meter. If you win with 5 pipes, for example, the pipe meter will fill partially. A feature triggers once the meter has filled entirely. The available features include:

• Pipe meter - One random symbol (e.g. clover) is chosen to offer a multiplier. When 2+ instances of this symbol land, all of the multipliers add together to multiply the overall win (e.g. 4x + 4x = 8x).
• Beer meter - A 3x3 mega beer symbol lands on the reels.
• 4-leaf clover meter - Four sticky wilds appear on the grid. Every sticky wild has 3 lives and "loses a life" whenever it helps form a win.
• Hat meter - Two wild symbols appear in a reel and six more wilds appear off-screen. The off-screen wilds will fall into vacant spaces left by potential cascading wins.
• Rainbow meter - You receive 12 free spins. The hat and rainbow meters don't reset during this bonus. The rainbow meter delivers a 2x win multiplier on each win after it fills the first time. This multiplier increases 1x every time that you fill the meter again during the bonus.

Regarding the minigame, it opens a second screen with 15 gold coins. You select the gold coins until revealing three jackpot icons.

You win the progressive jackpot that’s associated with the three chosen icons. The four types of jackpots include a Mini, Minor, Major, or Maxi Jackpot. You receive the amount listed in the respective jackpot counter after revealing three icons in the minigame.

You’ll win the Grand Jackpot by landing map symbols in reels 1 and 5 simultaneously. The Grand Jackpot is larger than any of the four progressive prizes mentioned earlier.

You trigger 8 free spins by getting three scatters on reels 2, 3, and 4 simultaneously. This bonus begins with a 2x win multiplier.

During free games, the scatter is both wild and offers an additional free spin every time that it lands in reel 5. Assuming you earn less than 10x your stake during the bonus, you’ll receive another +4 free spins.

Final Thoughts on 1st of the Irish Slot

1st of the Irish slot presents a pleasing atmosphere and plenty of features. This game is all about collecting the necessary symbols to fill the meters.

You can unlock multipliers, 3x3 mega symbols, sticky wilds, and free spins. You'll fill the meters quite frequently, making bonuses easy to come by.

The only downside to this game includes the many unknowns. As of now, Red Rake hasn't given an RTP figure, volatility rating, or maximum win amount.

Assuming you can deal with the unknowns, though, you'll probably like this game. Its meter setup makes it feel different from the average leprechaun slot.

Release Date

1st of the Irish was released on June 16 2020.