Chasing Rainbows Introduction
One of the few free online pokies that makes you feel like you are in a real amusement arcade or casino, Chasing Rainbows from Realistic Games sits in a lifelike carpeted environment with other pokie machines in the background, complete with beautifully rendered bar stools in front of some of them.
You will be forgiven for letting your curiosity get the better of you and looking around to see if there are any pokies there that you recognise, but your eyes are soon drawn back to the reels in front of you, which are cartoon-based and themed around medieval fantasy. A fiery-haired prince, an evil-looking king, fire-breathing dragons, lilac unicorns and green impish elves join the regular playing card symbols, ranging from Ace through 9.
Cheerful medieval tunes play in the background as the reels spin, adding to the overall theme.
Chase the Rainbow
You will be looking for rainbows in this pokie, as the Rainbow symbol is Wild, substituting every symbol apart from the Scatter. When the CR Scatter symbol appears on reels 1 and 5 simultaneously, it triggers the bonus game with ten free spins. The Rainbow symbol takes on a different role during the bonus game. If it shows up when the ten free spins are in play, it will automatically lock itself in place, generating a stone lock border around it.
Any further spins during the feature will guarantee a wild to help along the wins.
Treasure at Rainbow's End
The 5-reel, 3-row game has 20 paylines in all, and although you can't adjust the number of paylines you can bet on - it stays at the maximum 20 - you can adjust your stake from 0.01 credits per line for a total bet of 0.20 to 10.0 per line for a total bet of 200 credits per spin. The jackpot symbol in this pokie is the heraldic shield. Five of a kind will award you 5,000x your stake.
Four will yield 500x and three will give you 100x. The other fantasy symbols also have decent payouts. The unicorn, elf, prince, evil king and dragon will each bring in 400x your bet for five of a kind, 80x for four and 40x for three. The lower-tier symbols are the playing cards. An Ace or a King will yield 100x for five of a kind, 20x for four and 10x for three, while a Queen or Jack will yield 80x, 16x and 8x for five, four or three of a kind.
Lastly, the 10 and the 9 will get you 60x, 12x or 6x for five, four or three shows respectively. Payouts are based on the single-highest payline and will never exceed 5,000 times your stake. Despite the capped max payout and the fact that the bonus game can't be retriggered, Chasing Rainbows' theoretical return to player is 95.47 per cent, which is more generous than some.
It is also available on mobile, so you can go and chase rainbows while you're on the move!
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