Lucky’s Wild Pub 2 by Pragmatic Play – Review, Free Play in Demo Mode

Lucky’s Wild Pub 2 takes place in the same traditional Irish pub as the original, featuring warm wooden tones, shamrocks, and Leprechauns celebrating. Lucky is again the central reel character, with a female bartender, a black pint of beer, a traditional harp, a bowl of cookies, and a card run from 10 to Ace.

The gameplay of Lucky's Wild Pub 2 is clearly split between base gameplay and bonus features.

Bonus Coin Collection

During the base game, there will be three colored coins landing on the reels, each tied to one of the three Pot Respin modifiers:

• Purple Coin (Zone): When it lands, the grid splits up into four different zones with a random multiplier of 2x, 3x, 4x,5x,10x or 100x. If you fill an entire zone with money symbols, all values will be multiplied.
• Red Coin (Doublin’): A second full 5x3 grid is now opened up, along with the original. The two grids will continue through the same pot respin. However, they will accumulate money symbol values independently.
• Green Coin (Life): The starting number of respins will be increased from three to four. Each time you collect another money symbol, your respins will reset to four.

All three go into their respective pots, located at the top of the reels. Once a pot fills up, the Pot Respin feature can trigger. The number of modifiers active during the bonus depends on how many pots are filled. If all three pots are full at once, all three modifiers run together in the same round.

Pot Respin Feature

Pot Respin is based on the Hold & Win style. The three initial respins will have only money symbols and jackpots. As for bonus coins that were placed when you activated this feature, they convert into money symbols. Once you have used up your three respins or have filled every position on the grid, the round ends. Filling all 15 positions will award you with the grand jackpot of 5,000x your bet. When you reach a total of 15,000x in winnings at any point during this feature, it will end immediately. The money symbols can carry values ranging from 0.60x through to 30x, with fixed jackpots awarding 10x for mini, 20x for minor, and 150x for major.

Bonus Buy

Two bonus buy options give you access to the Pot Respin feature and do not affect the RTP of the game. At 100x the bet, you are guaranteed the Zone pot modifier with the possibility for Doublin’ and Life to be activated randomly. The 500x the bet option provides the same conditions but guarantees that at least one 100x zone multiplier is active throughout the round.

Wilds, Bonus Symbols and Payouts

The wild appears on reels 2–5, replacing all symbols except bonus coins and money symbols. Additionally, multiple wilds will stack when they occur in combinations. Lucky and the pint of beer both have the highest-paying combination: 2x for 5 of a kind, though Lucky also pays 2 on a line at 0.08x. The Bartender, Harp, Cookies, Aces symbols pay 1.20x for 5. K's, Q's, J's & 10's make up the bottom level, maxing out at 0.60x.

Lucky's Wild Pub 2 can come with an adjustable RTP based on what configuration your casino has chosen. Therefore, always check before starting a gaming session. Here are the default settings provided by Pragmatic Play:

• RTP: 96.50%. Above the current market average of around 96%, which is a good spot for a high volatility slot.
• Bet Size: C$0.25 to C$250. This betting range will allow Canadian players to perform low-stakes short sessions or more aggressive strategies.
• Variance: High. Stacked wilds during the base game prevent the session from going completely quiet between bonuses, but the bigger wins lie in the Pot Respin feature.

Lucky’s Wild Pub 2 is intended for experienced players comfortable with high variance, and their primary goal is the pot respin feature. The way each Bonus Round will be played is based on what Modifiers are currently in play: Zone has the capability of pushing values much higher than normal, Doublin’ creates a new Board, and Life extends the time of the round. The 96.50% RTP sits above the market average, and the 15,000x max win holds up well for a Hold & Win format.