Rainbow Riches Home Sweet Home Slot - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction

Home Sweet Home is a colourful addition to Barcrest's Rainbow Riches series, examples of which can be found on the Irish themed slots page here at Slots Temple. Anyone familiar with the brand will recognise the leprechaun character in this game and special features like the big bet game, which raises the RTP and changes the rules.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

Standing out among the many Irish themed slots isn't easy but Barcrest has risen to the challenge with this bright, richly coloured game. The gold-framed reels sit in a shady woodland clearing, with 4 magic doors above them. Irish themed music plays with each reel spin. During the 'knock knock' bonus, the leprechaun dances in front of the doors before opening them to reveal what's inside. The symbols themselves show typically Irish icons - a celtic cross, an Irish harp, a violin, a lucky horseshoe and toadstools.

Rainbow Riches Home Sweet Home RTP and Volatility

While the volatility is unknown, the RTP varies between 94.00% and 97.75% depending on your wager. Bets below 2.00 credits are expected to return 94%. The expected RTP for bets greater than or equal to 2.00 is 96% while for big bet plays, the expected return is 97.75%. These percentages represent the theoretical return after many rounds.

How to Play Rainbow Riches Home Sweet Home

1. Wait for the game to finish loading and you'll be taken straight to the reels.
2. The settings icon to the bottom left allows you to toggle music on and off, while the '?' button launches a pop-up with a brief overview of the features.
3. Information about the paytable and a more detailed description of the bonuses, features and paylines can be found using the '?' button on the bottom right, underneath the spin button.
4. Adjust your bet using the + and - buttons. If you want to use the big bet feature, the BB button will take you to a screen where you can select your big bet package.
5. If you want to use autospin, you can set spins and win and loss limits via the autospin button.
6. You're ready to start. Please play responsibly.

Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins

Bet sizes for the standard game range between 0.10 and 500 credits. Big bet games grant 5 spins for a set amount of 20, 30 or 50 credits. The win amounts are expressed below as multiples of your chosen bet size per line in the standard game.

Rainbow Riches symbol

 - 5 = 250x
 - 4 = 50x
 - 3 = 25x

Toadstool

 - 5 = 200x
 - 4 = 40x
 - 3 = 20x

Celtic Cross and Violin symbols

 - 5 = 100x
 - 4 = 20x
 - 3 = 10x

Lucky Horseshoe and Harp symbols

 - 5 = 75x
 - 4 = 15x
 - 3 = 5x

A, K, Q and J symbols

 - 5 = 50x
 - 4 = 10x
 - 3 = 5x

Rainbow Riches Home Sweet Home Bonus and Features

The leprechaun triggers both the 'knock knock' bonus and the free spins bonus, and you can use the big bet feature at any point in the game.

Knock Knock

If the leprechaun appears fully in the first reel, he'll open at least two magic doors at the top of the screen. The doors can conceal any one of the symbols on the reels as well as a fairy. Whichever symbols are revealed behind the doors, the corresponding symbols on the reels will turn wild, as well as the leprechaun himself. If the fairy appears, she'll transform up to 5 more symbols into wilds to increase chances of a win.

Free Spins

The leprechaun also acts as a scatter on reels 1, 3 and 5. When these land, you're granted 8 free spins which can be re-triggered at any point. If the free spins are triggered during the knock knock bonus, the doors remain open throughout, turning symbols wild on each free spin. Leprechaun symbols automatically count as wild.

Big Bet feature

With the big bet feature, you can buy 5 free spins for either 20.00, 30.00 or 50.00 credits, with 1, 2 or all of the additional benefits depending on the package you select:

20.00 - Partial leprechaun symbols nudge into position to trigger the 'knock knock' bonus
30.00 - As above, plus all lower tier symbols are removed from the game
50.00 - All the above, plus Leprechaun symbol on first reel expands in height to 5 rows, meaning more wilds.

Payouts in the big bet games are four times greater than in the standard games but are multiplied by a fixed 0.01 credit per line. Check the paytable for more details.

Overall Review

The big bet option and frequent wins make Rainbow Riches Home Sweet Home a satisfying game to play. During our demo run, we triggered the 'knock knock' bonus early on, and using the 50.00 big bet option saw a 'knock knock' bonus combined with free spins which at one point yielded wins on 50 lines simultaneously. There's a large catalogue of Barcrest online slot games, with variety even within their Rainbow Riches series. Rainbow Riches Cluster Magic, for example, features cascading symbols, with the number of reels increasing with each consecutive win. If you're not a fan of Irish themed slots, why not browse some of Barcrest's other themes, which range from the Romans to Frankenstein and just about everything in between.

Disclaimer: Rainbow Riches Home Sweet Home trademark / license is owned by Barcrest. This site is not endorsed by Barcrest.