Play Spud O'Reilly's Crops of Gold for Free

The theme, as evident in the name, points towards an “Irish luck” touch. Based on an Irish farmer, Spud O’ Reilly, it relates close to home of the proud Irish. Playtech has managed to pack in just about every Irish stereotype you could imagine into the reels here – the playing cards are embellished with potatoes, forks, wellies, pints of Guinness, and horseshoes. A jovial Irish mammy, tractor, and even a pair of ‘Kiss Me I’m Irish’ underpants join them (obviously!).

All symbols are crafted in a cartoon style and have a light-hearted feel. Thus, it seems to be a game that snatches the attention of casual players, who are interested in a slots experience just based off a game’s visuals.

Symbols on the reels include the farmer whose name is represented in the game title, tractors, lucky pants, sheep and 4-leaf clovers. Spud’s symbol, though, is most valuable – you will be rewarded with 10,000x your line stake if you manage to get 5 across any active payline. Thinking about it, it’s basically like winning the jackpot. The game features a wild symbol, which not so surprisingly, substitutes for all symbols except the scatter and bonus symbols.

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there are 2 more bonus features that you need to know about. The Sheep Shearing Bonus is played when you get 3 or more sheep bonus symbols on reels 1, 2, and 3. You will be taken to a meadow with plenty of sheep.

Much like scratching lottery cards, these sheep can contain cash prizes. The number of sheep you shear will depend on how many bonus symbols you got to trigger the feature (i.e. 5 bonus symbols equals 5 sheep sheared).

Not everything in the game is a pay to play activity. Its free mode is played when you get 3 or more Free Games 4-leaf Clover Scatter Symbols anywhere on the reels. You will begin with 10 free spins, with all wins subject to a 3x multiplier.

Look out for more 4-leaf clovers during the feature as 3 will give you 10 additional free spins – the good news is that free spins can be triggered infinitely and lead to round after round of true Irish luck.

Free spins are a modern day part and parcel of the online slots experience, so it is great to see them implemented so prominently within Spud O’Reilly’s Crops of Gold.

With a light-hearted feel, Spud O’Reilly’s Crops of Gold is a colourful offering from Playtech, which is rather enjoyable to say the very least.

We found the variance to be somewhat high, with the bigger wins coming in the free spins feature. It’s not the best Playtech slot to be produced, that must be said, but there is no denying that this game certainly does bring something different to the table.

At its heart, Spud O’Reilly’s Cops of Gold is a well-designed game – the cartoon visuals are nicely done and the action bounces along to a jaunty, Irish jig of a tie-in soundtrack. While it is not the best cash grab game, it is definitely a game that grabs and entices casual minds as it were, leading them to their introduction of a world filled of gambling and big wins. Not to mention, the game is great to play if you got a few pennies to spare and want to make the most out of them.