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So after checking out Rainbow’s End yesterday I decided to take a look at the other Irish game offered up by Microgaming: Celtic Crown.

Celtic Crown is a five reel online slots game with twenty five paylines. Like Rainbow’s End, this slots game also has the traditional symbols of 9-Ace; these symbols are more decorative though, resembling the Old English lettering. Other symbols include a Prince, a Shield, a Ring and a Rose.

The Magic Harp is the Scatter. Thankfully it pays out no matter where it lands on the reels. Unlike the Scatter found in Rainbow’s End, this Scatter actually pays out fairly decently; landing only two will double your total bet, whereas the Rainbow’s End Scatter only pays the equivalent of the total bet. Already Celtic Crown has a better standing than Rainbow’s End.

The Magic Harp also triggers the Free Spins bonus game. At least three Magic Harps have to be landed. Each Harp will reveal a number; adding those numbers together will give the number of free spins. All winnings on a free spin are doubled.

The Celtic Princess is the Wild and will substitute for all symbols except for the Magic Harp. But landing her anywhere on reels two, three and four will trigger the Princess bonus game. Six knights will appear on the screen and you are allowed to choose three of them, which then reveal the bonus amount.

Now about game play. It is rather difficult to trigger either of the bonus games. Payouts are unfortunately on the small side. The Celtic Princess helps with the winning combinations, but with how hard it is to land any winning combination of substantial size or trigger a bonus game ( playing for ninety minutes without triggering either bonus game) I am going to have to say that this is an online slots game meant for fun play rather than serious play.

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Since I seem all about St. Patty’s Day today we are going to take a look at an online slots game with leprechauns in it. Yes, there is a pot of gold too.

Rainbow’s End hails from Microgaming. It is a five reel online slots game with twenty five paylines. The graphics are simple in nature when compared to games like the Cash Cruise and the Halloweenies. Actually Rainbow’s End is refreshing after Halloweenies. The colors are bright but feel fresh rather than loud. Game play is smooth—the reels are not too fast or too slow.

As for symbols, there are the traditional 9-K, but then the Irish can lean on the traditional side. Fun symbols include the Pot of Gold, the Rainbow, the Leprechaun, a Four Leaf Clover, a Lucky Horseshoe and Mushrooms. No, I do not know why there are Mushrooms.

The Rainbow is the highest paying symbol. Landing five of them will award you with 5,000 coins in this online slots game.

That wily little Leprechaun is the Scatter which is appropriate in that they supposedly pop up anywhere in real life—so they should payout no matter where they land, and so he does. The Leprechaun is also the trigger for the free spins feature. Online slots players must land three of him in order to trigger the fifteen free spins. But those fifteen free spins have a 2x multiplier on them and can be retriggered.

However, while it seems relatively easy to land two Leprechauns, landing three or more seems a lot harder to accomplish. At the time of this writing I have not been able to trigger it.

The Wild is the Pot of Gold. It can only be found on this slots game’s reels two and four so do not look elsewhere for it. But it will expand to cover the whole reel win you can find one, which helps to complete any potential winning combinations. It will also substitute for any symbol other than the Leprechaun—after all a leprechaun is not his own pot of gold.

This online slots game does offer a gamble feature. It is a standard gamble feature in which you can try to guess the color of the card or its suit, but you can only guess one of the other. As long as you guess right the amount you can win will go up. But if you guess wrong you will lose it all.

While this is a beautiful looking slots game, it is unfortunately one that pays out little over time. And even though the Pot of Gold is an expanding Wild, it does not payout itself. Another downside is that the Scatter does not pay as high as in other games. Typically landing only two of the Scatter will give you at least double the amount of your total bet. In Rainbow’s End two Scatters will only payout the same amount of your total bet.

These are downsides because slots players tend to rely on the nice payouts from special symbols to get their bankroll back up. And there is no bonus game to trigger here either.

On the whole bring your luck of the Irish with you when you play Rainbow’s End. Or only play for fun as this Leprechaun at Rainbow’s End seems quite content to hand on to his gold.

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For slots players who love slots and St. Patrick’s’ Day now is the time to put their luck of the Irish to the test.

The luck of the Irish. That happy luck that gives us all that we want, makes things happen the way we want. Right now is the time of year that we celebrate such luck. And for a slots player, it is the best time to be playing.

Go Casino, Online Vegas Casino and Crazy Slots are hosting a Countdown to St. Patty’s Day tournament. Slots players will love this one!

Their St. Patty’s Day tournament is a freeroll—there is no entry free to try your luck of the Irish here. And there’s $150,000 up for grabs. The Countdown to St. Patty’s Freeroll began on March 5th and will continue through March 17th, ending at 7:45pm. The tournament is being played out on the five reel Wheel of Chance. Players begin with 100 coins; if they run out of coins the rebuy is $12.99.

Now because three online casinos are all hosting a slots tournament with the same run time, name and prize pool do not think that these are three separate tournaments. This is the same tournament that is being hosted by all three online casinos. Players from all three sites will be competing in the same tournament. So you will not only be playing against others at the online casino that you entered through, but against players from all three online casinos.

Also hosting a St. Patty’s day slots tournament is Super Slots Casino. The week of St. Patty’s day, March 14th through the 21st, Super Slots will have a St. Patty’s Day Slottery. Players can buy in for $5 and play for The Pot. Super Slots has chosen The Reel Deal for this tournament.

If you are thinking of trying your own luck of the Irish drop by one of these four online casinos and see if the Irish is with you.

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March is here and with it comes St. Patrick’s Day.

In light of this festive and boisterous holiday, Online Vegas is hosting a Countdown to St. Patty’s Day tournament with a prize pool of $150,000.

Feeling lucky yet? Well, your luck is with you because this is a freeroll tournament. That’s right, you can play in the Countdown to St. Patty’s Day tournament for free. Players will start with a stake of $100. If they run out, they can rebuy into the tournament for $12.99 and receive $325.

This tournament will begin at 8pm on Friday, March 5th and will run through 7:45pm on Wednesday, March 17th. Up for grabs is a prize pool of $150,000 that is to be awarded between 1,000 different players.

Prizes will be awarded based on who has the highest balance. And you will want the luck of the Irish to be with you as the top prize is $60,000.

Online Vegas has chosen for Wheel of Chance for this tournament of luck to be played out on. This is a five reel online slots game with twenty paylines.

The graphics on this fast spinning slots game are bright and it will definitely put your mind on things to do with your prize money—that is if the Irish luck is with you in this tournament. Such symbols include a Cruise Ship, a Sports Car, a Beach Man and a good old fashioned pile of money.

Three Scatter will award players with ten free spins. Landing the Bonus Wheel on reels 2 and 4 will trigger the bonus game.

Try pitting your luck against the odds stop by Online Vegas to try for your own piece of that $150,000. It is a freeroll tournament after all, and it will not cost you an entry fee. See if the luck of the Irish is with you!

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