Rainbow Riches Slot Review: Three Bonuses and a Family of Spin-Offs

The Rainbow Riches slot is a five-reel, twenty-line Barcrest game with a leprechaun, a stretch of Irish-flavoured kitsch and three bonus features in place of a free spins round. If you have only one question, it is this: the original game has no free spins of its own, and the versions that do are separate titles.

That matters because searches for "rainbow riches free spins" mix up two things: the spin-off game called Rainbow Riches Free Spins, and casino promotions that hand out free spins on the original. We cover both below.

The three Rainbow Riches bonus features

• Road to Riches. Landing the bonus symbol on the right reels sends you up a trail of multiplier steps; how far you travel decides the award.
• Wishing Well. Three wishing well scatters open a feature that awards a cash prize as a multiple of your stake.
• Pots of Gold. Three pot symbols trigger a pick in which you choose a pot to reveal a prize.

None of these is skill. The pick in Pots of Gold feels like a choice, but the outcome is set by the game's random number generator either way.

Pick n Mix, Free Spins and the rest of the family

Rainbow Riches Pick n Mix lets you choose which features are active before you spin, with your choice reflected in how often each can land. Rainbow Riches Free Spins adds the free spins round the original lacks. Megaways and other editions exist too. Each is a separate game with its own return-to-player setting, so a figure quoted for one does not carry to another.

Rainbow Riches RTP: read it in the game

We do not reproduce RTP figures for this family. Casinos can run different settings of the same game, and the only number that applies to your play is in the help screen of the version you open. If you care about return over a long session, and you should, our high RTP slots page explains what the percentage means in euro terms.

No deposit bonuses and free play

Rainbow Riches is a regular feature of no deposit offers, especially at bingo-led sites. The spins are small in value, the winnings usually carry wagering, and a cap on withdrawals is normal. Our guide to no deposit free spins shows how to work out what an offer is worth before you hand over your details. Rainbow Riches free play, meaning the demo, is offered at some casinos after login; it costs nothing and teaches the features, nothing more. A Rainbow Riches bonus buy is not something to expect on the classic game; if a newer version offers one, the casino and its regulator decide whether you see it.

Who regulates it for Irish players

For all the shamrocks, no casino offering this game holds an Irish licence. Online gaming licences from the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland are expected in early 2027; until then, sites serving Ireland work under foreign regulators, usually Malta or the UK Gambling Commission. That foreign regulator, not an Irish body, is where an unresolved complaint ends up. The licensing explainer has more.

The Rainbow Riches slot, summed up

A game whose features do the work and whose base game does very little. Pick the version deliberately, read its RTP, and treat any free spins offer as a marketing cost to the casino rather than a gift. Play is restricted to 18+. If play is going further than you planned, our responsible gambling page lists support in Ireland.