Editorial note: this is a general guide to how Rainbow Riches Megaways works. Slot rules, feature availability and RTP can vary between operators and game versions, so always check the in-game information panel before you spin. Slots are games of chance — nothing here is a prediction of results, and no strategy changes the odds.
Rainbow Riches Megaways slot review
Rainbow Riches Megaways bolts Britain’s best-loved slot brand onto Big Time Gaming’s licensed engine — six reels of changing heights dealing up to 117,649 ways to win, with cascading reactions replacing the original’s trail-and-pick bonuses while the leprechaun, rainbows and pots of gold carry on regardless. For the series’ owners it was a statement release — proof the brand could live inside someone else’s engine — and for players it remains the most modern-feeling way to spin with the leprechaun, even if purists still defend the 2006 original’s trail bonuses.
How the Megaways version plays
Each reel displays a varying number of symbols per spin, so the live ways count shifts constantly towards its 117,649 maximum, and matching symbols on adjacent reels from the left pay in any position. Wins cascade: successful symbols clear and new ones drop in, allowing chains from a single stake — a very different rhythm from the steady twenty lines of the 2006 original.
Bonus features
The free-spins round is the centrepiece, reached through scatter symbols and capable of retriggering, with the cascade mechanic carrying through the feature so that good rounds compound. Familiar series imagery — wishing wells, golden pots and the leprechaun himself — populates the premium end of the paytable, making it feel like Rainbow Riches even though the underlying maths is pure Megaways.
RTP, volatility and top wins
The published RTP is around 95.90%, with operator versions varying — the in-game information panel shows the live figure. Volatility runs higher than the original’s gentle medium, as is typical of the format: fewer guaranteed moments, bigger potential chains. The wider series offers gentler alternatives if the swings prove too much.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from the original Rainbow Riches?
The trail-and-pick bonuses are replaced by a Megaways engine with cascading wins and free spins — same branding, fundamentally different maths.
How many ways to win are there?
Up to 117,649, with reel heights changing on every spin.
What is the RTP?
Around 95.90% in the published version, with operator variants — check the in-game information panel.
Is it more volatile than the original?
Yes — the cascade-and-ways format trades the original’s frequent bonus moments for larger but rarer winning chains.
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