Paddy's Pot Mega Moolah Slot by JustForTheWin 🎰 Free Demo and Review

Paddy's Pot Mega Moolah Review

We’re old enough to remember when the Mega Moolah jackpot was associated with only a single game, namely the legendary original release from Microgaming. The number of installments in the progressive jackpot series has exploded in recent years, and Just For The Win adds another one to the pile with Paddy's Pot Mega Moolah. It’s a typical Irish Luck themed release, and there’s no denying that it’s a reskin of their previous Juicy Joker Mega Moolah.

We are not really sure if this already crowded jackpot range is in any kind of desperate need for reskin jobs, but it’s bound to happen from time to time. You get the somewhat engaging indefinite Respins With Returning Wilds feature to keep the base game interesting, and a similar thing plays out to build up to a final spin climax in the bonus round. The 612x potential (excluding the jackpots) is hardly impressive, and there are better alternatives out there for sure.

Paddy's Pot Mega Moolah Slot - Reels Screen

Paddy's Pot Mega Moolah Slot Features

The premium symbols pay between 7.5 and 12.5 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and they consist of typical Irish Luck themed items. All wilds pay up to 25 x your stake for a pure 5 of a kind wild win, and there are 3 types of wild symbols in this game. Of course, the wilds also step in for pay symbols to help complete and/or improve wins.

The Respin With Returning Wilds feature triggers when you land a Respin Wild on reel 3 in the base game. The feature comes with a 1 in 36 spins hit rate, and all wilds in view mark their respective positions with a green frame. The respins go on as long as you keep landing new Returning Wilds (no other wilds can land during the respins), and on the Final Respin all wilds return and appear in the framed positions.

You need 3 scatter symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 to trigger the Bonus Round With Returning Wilds, and this gives you 9 regular free spins plus the climactic Final Free Spin. The bonus round comes with a 1 in 177 spins hit rate, and the Paddy’s Wild symbol marks all positions they appear on during the 9 first free spins. If a wild lands on a marked position, a random non-framed position gets framed instead. All framed positions turn into wild symbols on the 10th and final free spin.

Paddy's Pot Mega Moolah Slot - Jackpot Wheel

The Mega Moolah Progressive Jackpot Wheel triggers when you land jackpot symbols on reels 2, 3, and 4, and it comes with a 1 in 92 spins hit rate. The jackpot wheel awards either a small consolation prize of 1 to 3 x your stake, or 1 of the 4 progressive jackpots. These are the Mini, Minor, Major, and Mega Jackpots, and they seed at £10, £100, £10,000, and £2,000,000, respectively.

You are guaranteed to also win 2x your stake on top of whatever prize you land from the jackpot wheel, and here are some relevant stats for the Mega Jackpot:

• The Mega Jackpot drops around every 8 weeks on average.
• The average Mega Jackpot payout is £5,973,066.
• The biggest recorded Mega Jackpot win is £20,057,734.
• The smallest recorded Mega Jackpot win is £1,013,791.

Paddy's Pot Mega Moolah Slot Experience

Our 2:19-minute highlights video starts right as the bonus round triggers, and we then trigger a spin on the Mega Moolah Jackpot Wheel at 1:30 into the video. If you ever wondered what it looks like when you win the big one, well, let’s just say that you don’t wanna miss this one (we do play in demo mode though, unfortunately to say the least). Check it all out for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The Mega Moolah jackpot network is akin to the Holy Grail of online slots, and while everyone feels the calling for life-changing payouts, only a handful are chosen each year. That being said, we have seen more interesting and engaging installments in the Mega Moolah franchise, and this is not least the case since Paddy’s Pot Mega Moolah is a simple reskin job of Just For The Win’s previous Juicy Joker Mega Moolah. There are plenty of installments in this series by now, and more reskins are hardly needed.

The indefinite respins feature is admittedly kind of engaging though, and it’s always fun to see what happens when all the framed positions turn wild. At least it makes the base game more engaging than what you get in the original Mega Moolah, and the same can be said about the similar bonus round. The major drawback is the measly 612x potential, which takes a lot of the excitement out of the 2 features. The relatively low RTP (not uncommon for progressive jackpot games) makes the chase somewhat expensive, so it’s perhaps best to wait until the jackpot reaches a solid level.