9 Pots of Gold King Millions

9 Pots of Gold King Millions: Slot Overview

With two hugely popular jackpots in its portfolio already – WowPot and Mega Moolah, Games Global is set to launch another one titled King Millions, which is planned to be the most lucrative to date. King Millions has two top jackpots, the Major and the Grand, where the Grand Jackpot is expected to offer prizes in excess of €30 million. The first online slot linked to the network is the leprechaun-themed release 9 Pots of Gold King Millions, designed by partner Gameburger Studios.

If ever a slot was designed with mass market appeal in mind, it's got to be 9 Pots of Gold King Millions. The original, non-jackpot version was a clone of the Gameburger Studios top performer 9 Masks of Fire, presented as a very green Celtic-coated variation. Underneath the skin, the gameplay was identical to the Masks one. A lot of 9 Pots of Gold King Millions follows suit, apart from two big jackpots, the values of which are displayed up on top of the gaming grid. The Grand on one side, the Major on the other, throwing shade all over the list of Epic Strike prizes, which look small and a little sad by comparison. The music's definitely not sad, though, as a lively Irish-inspired tune injects a bit of energy.

Bet selection is a little more strategic this time since the chance of triggering progressive awards increases with your bet, and the options are 20 c to $/€120 per spin. The RTP comes in at 86% (which is fairly typical for progressives), with a jackpot contribution of 4.5%, to create a total RTP of 90.5%, while volatility is low. The hit rate is quite high, though, at 41.93%, and the action takes place on a 5-reel, 3-row gaming grid crossed by 20 paylines.

Paylines shmaylines in a game like this, perhaps, but 9 Pots of Gold King Millions has 7 regular paying symbols regardless. These are a BAR, a four-leaf clover, a top hat, and a harp as the lows, then any combination of 7s, single 7s, double 7s, and triple 7s as the highs. Values for a 5 OAK low symbol win are 1.2 to 2 times the bet or 2.2 to 30 times the bet for the 7s. One of the few non-green items on the screen is a wild mushroom symbol present on all reels. Wild mushrooms substitute for any regular pay symbol and are worth up to 125x the bet for a 5 wild win.

9 Pots of Gold King Millions: Slot Features

9 Pots of Gold King Millions' features are its Epic Strike prizes, free spins, and the two jackpot prizes.

Epic Strike

A pot of gold is the Epic Strike symbol. Landing at least 3 Epic Strike symbols awards a cash prize, and the more of them that are in view, the bigger the prize will be. They can land on any reel, and when 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 Epic Strike symbols are in view, the prize equates to 1x, 5x, 15x, 40x, 100x, 500x, or 2,000x the bet, respectively.

Free Spins

Scatter symbols appear on reels 2, 3, and 4. Landing 3 scatters awards 1x the bet and a spin of the free spins wheel. The wheel spins to award 10 to 30 free spins and a multiplier of x2 or x3. The multiplier applies to line wins and not to Epic Strike wins or King Million prizes. Free spins can be retriggered, and the initially awarded number is added when this occurs.

King Millions

King Millions trigger symbols appear on top of Epic Strike symbols. Collecting King Millions trigger symbols grants a chance of triggering a spin on the King Millions Bonus Wheel. This can occur on base game spins or free spins. When activated, the wheel awards cash prizes of 7x to 100x the bet or one of the two progressives. At the time of writing, the Grand starts at €2,287,726.26, and the Major starts at €1,143,863.13.

9 Pots of Gold King Millions: Slot Verdict

9 Pots of Gold feels like an astute choice to kick the King Millions jackpot series off with. The game has already been re-released as Megaways, Roulette, and HyperSpins versions, so why not clip on a big-name jackpot network as well? These 9 Pots of Gold slots are enduring favourites amongst certain segments of the market, and joining them with not one but two greater than €1 million Euro prizes is surely a clever business decision. Aside from the drop in RTP, which a number of players who choose these games might not even have registered anyway, 9 Pots of Gold King Millions comes with the same set of side features, so the massive jackpot duo should be able to magnet gamblers in.

The non-jackpot stuff in 9 Pots of Gold King Millions is wholly standard, and as a clone of 9 Masks of Fire, 9 Pots of Gold (the original) wasn't the most exciting slot to begin with. But it's not a major stretch to see 9 Pots of Gold King Millions being as popular with the target audience, if not more so, than the slots preceding it on the family tree due to the low volatility, high hit rate, and Epic Strike prizes keeping the ride bumping along, while eyes are locked on those two jackpot values ticking upward. In the end, 9 Pots of Gold King Millions was a tad dull, a bit boring, and totally unoriginal in most regards, but it is tough not to see it perform well with the crowd it was intended for.