The Blarney Stone Demo & Slot Review (Pragmatic Play)

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Slot review: The Blarney Stone

The Blarney Stone is a Pragmatic Play Irish slot built around leprechauns, fairies, clovers, rainbows, a cottage in the countryside, and the famous stone itself as part of the theme. It looks cheerful and polished enough, but it also feels like a very familiar St Patrick’s Day style release. The gameplay is based on a simple 5×3 reel set, fixed paylines, wilds, money symbols, collect symbols, free spins, and jackpot pick games. There is enough going on to avoid being completely empty, but the game rarely feels fresh. Most of the entertainment comes from waiting for money values to line up with a collect symbol, while the theme does little that has not already been done many times.

Slot overview: The Blarney Stone

The Blarney Stone is played on 5 reels, 3 rows, and 25 fixed paylines. Wins pay from left to right, and regular symbol payouts are modest, with five low symbols paying 4x bet and the best premium symbol paying 20x bet for a full line. The listed RTP is 94.50%, volatility is medium, and the maximum win is 2,000x bet. The main listed bet range is 0.25 to 125. Wilds appear on reels 2 to 5 and substitute for regular symbols only.

The main features are money collect, fixed jackpot reveal, 8 free spins with retriggers, and a separate progressive jackpot pick game when the game is connected to progressive jackpots.

Slot features: The Blarney Stone

Wilds: The Blarney Stone wild can land on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. It substitutes for regular paying symbols to help form payline wins, but it does not replace scatters, money symbols, or collect symbols. Wilds do not expand, move, carry multipliers, or trigger any separate feature, so they are useful but very basic.
Money Symbols: Money symbols can appear on reels 1, 2, 3, and 4. Each money symbol can show a cash value of 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 18x, 20x, 25x, 30x, or 35x bet, or it can show a jackpot value. These symbols do not pay by themselves. They need a collect symbol on reel 5 to award their values.
Collect Symbol: The collect symbol appears only on reel 5. When it lands together with one or more money symbols, all visible money values on reels 1 to 4 are added together and paid. If more than one money symbol shows a jackpot value, the game awards one Jackpot Reveal bonus game for each collected jackpot symbol, and those pick games are played one after another.
Jackpot Reveal: The Jackpot Reveal bonus game is triggered when a jackpot marked money symbol is collected by the collect symbol. This is a fixed jackpot pick feature, not the progressive jackpot game. The player reveals hidden symbols until 3 matching jackpot symbols appear. The fixed prizes are Small at 50x bet, Medium at 100x bet, Large at 200x bet, and XXL at 1,000x bet.
Free Spins: Landing 3 scatters on reels 2, 3, and 4 triggers 8 free spins. During free spins, the money collect mechanic stays active, and the reels contain more money symbols and collect symbols than in the base game. Landing another 3 scatters on reels 2, 3, and 4 awards 8 additional free spins. The retrigger is not listed with a fixed cap, so the round can keep extending if the scatters continue to land.
Progressive Jackpot: The game can also be connected to 4 progressive jackpots. These can be triggered randomly at the end of a base game spin, but not during bonus features. A minimum bet is required for eligibility, and the chance of triggering a progressive jackpot scales with the bet size, although any eligible bet can still win. When triggered, the player reveals hidden items until 3 matching jackpot symbols appear, and the matching progressive prize is awarded.

Our verdict: The Blarney Stone

The Blarney Stone is not a terrible slot, but it is a very ordinary one. The money collect feature is easy to understand, the free spins round gives the collect mechanic more activity, and the fixed jackpot pick game adds a little extra tension when jackpot values appear. The progressive jackpot layer can also help in versions where it is active. Still, the 94.50% RTP is low, the 2,000x max win is weak for a feature heavy Pragmatic Play slot, and the Irish theme feels extremely safe. It is colourful and functional, but it does not have enough originality or reward potential to stand out.

Our rating 3.5/10