The Golden Pot & Pints (Thunderkick) – Review & Demo Play

The Golden Pot & Pints: Slot Overview

Walking into The Golden Pot & Pints feels like stepping into an Irish pub session. I’m greeted by a 7x7 gaming board, cluster pays and an Avalanche mechanic clearing winning symbols before fresh ones drop in. Wins form when 5 or more matching symbols connect horizontally or vertically anywhere on the grid. Bets run from 0.10 up to 100. The scene stays jolly, with a foot tapping tune and crowd noise, and the tempo lifts during the feature while leprechauns pop in to keep the vibe rolling.

The Golden Pot & Pints Stats: Real RTP, Volatility & Max Win

On the numbers, The Golden Pot & Pints runs a 94.08% RTP and a medium high to high volatility profile, with a stated max win of 10,000x the bet. In my sessions that maths feels punchy, swinging between dry spells and pub sized hits when multipliers land cleanly. Stake range is broad at 0.10 to 100, so testing lines is easy before leaning in. It’s a cluster slot that can ramp up fast once Avalanches chain across several wins.

Large scale test data mirrors the spec. Across more than ten million spins, measured RTP settled near 94.06%. Hit rate sits around one in 3.22 spins, while the feature arrives about once in 324.36 rounds. I rate the likelihood of a 10x+ result at roughly one in 59.69 spins, and 20x+ at about one in 123.74. The biggest recorded multiplier I’ve seen quoted is close to x4,110, which still leaves headroom versus the 10,000x ceiling.

The Golden Pot & Pints: Slot Features

Core gameplay hangs on cluster pays, Avalanches and wild multipliers. Any winning cluster of 5 or more symbols disappears, new ones fall, and a wild drops in carrying a random multiplier between x2 and x100. In the main game, if more than one wild joins a cluster win, their multipliers add together and then apply to all cluster wins generated on that paid spin. This repeats with each new win in an Avalanche sequence, so momentum can build.

Free spins land when 3 scatter symbols appear, awarding 10 spins, with each extra scatter in the trigger adding +2. During the feature a Global Multiplier starts at x1 and applies to every win. Before payouts, any winning wild multipliers feed their values into the Global Multiplier, which then sticks for the rest of the round instead of resetting between spins. It’s a clean switch that flips the focus from stacked base multipliers to progressive growth.

Retriggers are in play as well. Hitting 3 scatters during the bonus grants +3 spins, with a further +2 for each extra scatter on the same drop. In practice I’ve seen the Global Multiplier climb when wilds cooperate early, and that’s when the feature wakes up. Without help it can feel cagey, but once those values start piling in, even modest clusters can land tidy returns over a single sequence.

Bonus Buy Feature

Free Spins Feature buy may be purchased at a cost that is a multiple of the current bet size.
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	94.64%
Volatility:	-

Bonus Buy Feature in The Golden Pot & Pints

Bet+ lets me raise stake to 1.5x, 2.5x or 3.5x for better odds of triggering the bonus, with the 3.5x mode guaranteeing a win that includes a wild and tripling the chance of the feature. There’s also a 10x extreme option aiming to drop the bonus about once every 10 spins on average. If I want straight in, the feature buy costs 100x bet, and the quoted RTP for the buy sits at 94.64%.

The Golden Pot & Pints Symbols and Paytable

On the 7x7 grid, six regular symbols and a scatter keep things tight. Clusters are built from clovers, horseshoes, a purple hat, a glass of frothy beer, a bottle and a golden mug. From the paytable, 5 of a kind clusters pay from 2x up to 10x the bet, while 25 or more matching symbols jump to 200x through to 1000x on the top mug. Scatters do not pay and are reserved for triggering free spins.

The Golden Pot & Pints Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	25+	x1000
	20+	x300
	7	x16
	6	x12
	5	x10
	25+	x400
	20+	x150
	7	x8
	6	x6
	5	x4
	25+	x400
	20+	x150
	7	x8
	6	x6
	5	x4
	25+	x200
	20+	x75
	7	x4
	6	x3
	5	x2
	25+	x200
	20+	x75
	7	x4
	6	x3
	5	x2
	25+	x200
	20+	x75
	7	x4
	6	x3
	5	x2
	Scatter

The Golden Pot & Pints: Slot Verdict

After a fair spell with The Golden Pot & Pints I see it as one of Thunderkick’s more straightforward cluster games. Rules are easy to grasp, there aren’t many extra frills, yet the wild multipliers give every spin a sense of promise. Base play feels brisk when Avalanches chain, and even small clusters can leap once a chunky multiplier lands in the right place. It gets to the point without too much fuss and keeps the pace up.

Where it really wakes up for me is free spins once the Global Multiplier starts gaining weight. It can feel a tad shallow with no side games or collection trails, but the potential is there, capped at 10,000x the bet. For my money it suits players who like high volatility cluster slots with clear rules, meaningful multipliers and the option to pay more to chase bonuses faster through Bet+. When it lines up, it can pour out proper pub sized hits.