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In 2024, Pragmatic Play invites you to a fantasy world teeming with shamrocks, golden horseshoes and bunny rabbits in Good Luck and Good Fortune. You get to land wild symbols and scatter symbols on your way to triggering the free spins bonus which comes with a win multiplier of up to 10x.

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First off, we start by looking at a game’s features and bonuses, checking out its mechanics to see how well they work together and if they bring any innovative elements to the table. We also take a look at a video slot’s math model, assessing its RTP, volatility, bet levels and maximum payout.

Of course, looks make a difference too and we consider a slot’s theme, graphics, animations and soundscape too. Lastly, we look at a slot’s overall experience and the safe and trustworthy it is for our readers.

Pros Tips

Now there’s no sure way to land wins in Good Luck and Good Fortune, but by effectively managing your bankroll you can make sure you have a great time playing. Always start by setting a limit for your wins and losses.

Next, pick a bet level that suits your gambling budget. Remember that this is a highly volatile slot, so try to pick a level that improves your chances of triggering free spins several times. You can also consider the bonus buy and ante bet options and include these in your budget calculations. Once you’re ready to play, simply hit the spin button and be sure to use the turbo mode for even faster spins.

Good Luck and Good Fortune Slot Bonus Features

Pragmatic Play promises us good luck and good fortune and it does so on a board made up of five reels and three rows. You’ll need to keep your eyes peeled for 10 paylines that can bring in all the game’s prizes which cap at 2,100x your stake.

At the lower end of the pay table, you get royal card symbols from 9 to A, which can fetch prizes worth up to 12.5x your stake for five matching symbols. Further up the ladder, you get a shamrock, lamp, gold coin, golden horseshoe and bunny rabbit. These prizes increase progressively with each symbol capping at 75x your bet for five identical bunny rabbit symbols. The online slot’s highest paying token is actually the wild symbol, but more on that later.

Now I can’t say that Good Luck and Good Fortune is brimming with bonus features and mechanics because really, it isn’t. But there are still a handful of features worth delving into, as you’ll discover below.

Wilds

Wild symbols can be the difference between a high-scoring prize and a useless spin and these priceless tokens make an appearance in Good Luck and Good Fortune. They’re represented by the lady symbol who also seems to be the video slot’s mascot.

These wilds step in for missing symbols on a payline, turning losses into wins and enhancing existing wins to reach an even better payout. Wilds are also the game’s highest paying symbol, worth up to 900x your stake for five identical symbols.

And that’s not all. Wilds also serve a crucial role in the free spins bonus, which you can read all about below.

Scatter symbol

To enter the free spins bonus, you’ll need to gather no less than three scatter symbols in a single round, awarding you 10 bonus rounds. But even landing two scatter symbols can be quite useful.

Two scatter symbols give you a random payout and this can be worth anything from 0.1x your bet to a staggering 1,000x your stake. I managed to land quite a few of these across both the base game and free spins. While I never managed to get close to the 1,000x win, I still got a few great wins including a 50x prize.

Free Spins

The free spins bonus is the video slot’s main highlight. At the start of the free spins bonus, you get assigned a random win multiplier worth up to 10x your win. Other than that, gameplay during the free spins bonus remains largely the same.

Perhaps the biggest change here is that both wild and scatter symbols can significantly prolong your free spins bonus. Every wild symbol you land adds an extra free spin to your tally and if the wild happens to land in the grid’s middle tile, you get three extra free spins.

On the other hand, landing three, four or five scatter symbols gives you another 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively. If at least one of those scatters is on the grid’s middle tile, you get 20, 30 or 40 extra free spins.

Good Luck and Good Fortune Slot on Mobile

You can keep chasing Good Luck and Good Fortune on the go thanks to the online slot’s excellent mobile compatibility. Pragmatic Play is renowned for making fantastic slots for mobile and this is no exception. The video slot can be fired up from a mobile browser running on both Android and iOS systems. The game is effectively identical to the version you get on desktop complete with all the same graphics, win potential and features.

I played the game on an Android phone, through a Chrome browser and had an incredibly smooth experience. In landscape mode, the game looks identical to what you get on a desktop but once you shift into portrait mode, the interface is automatically adapted to suit the different aspect ratio. Both versions play very well with great responsiveness and excellent flow.

Conclusion

I’ve had a blast playing quite a few of Pragmatic Play’s video slots in the past, so I always look forward to their new releases. But something about Good Luck and Good Fortune felt a bit off from the start.

Let’s talk about the theme first. It’s a rather odd mix of the Irish luck theme fused with a more medieval fantasy setting. So, no although you won’t find any leprechauns running amok, you do get a Celtic lady staring you down at the beginning of the game and whenever a wild symbol hits the reels. The grid is also adorned in bright colours and typical Irish-themed symbols like shamrocks, horseshoes and gold coins. While I appreciate the attempt to depart from the overdone, stereotypical Irish luck setting, the result here is still quite underwhelming. And I must admit that two minutes into playing I had to turn off the audio because the awful soundtrack was seriously doing my head in.

Next up are the features and once again, these failed to impress. The base game is effectively devoid of any action whatsoever save for the odd wild and scatter symbol that may pop up now and again. So, your best hope is to get to free spins as soon as possible. Luckily in my experience that didn’t prove to be too difficult. In a span of 100 spins, I activated the bonus rounds three times and during one of these free spin bouts I managed to extend the bonus to 28 free spins. But then again, other than the global win multiplier, the free spins play out exactly like the base game, with no new and innovative features to be had anywhere.

The math model is admittedly the best aspect of the video slot. There are three RTP variations out there including 96.05%, 95.04%, and 94.03% but you’re safe sticking to the 96.05% version. The online slot’s volatility is clocked to a high setting, and you stand to get a max win of up to 2,100x your stake. It may not be the most rewarding online slot out there, but it’s a balanced math model that can feel adequately rewarding.

Overall, Good Luck and Good Fortune feels like a rather messy affair with an odd theme, underwhelming features and an even yet unremarkable math model.