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Booming Games is clearly obsessed with the number 10,000 right now. Just like their last few releases, Greedy for Gold: Power Hit 10,000 slaps a massive 10,000x max win on the cover to get your attention. It’s a leprechaun-themed game that revolves entirely around collecting gold coins. At first glance, it looks like it’s absolutely raining money. But honestly? It’s a total mirage.
The Base Game is a Tease
Here’s the deal: don’t even look at the regular line wins. Hitting five premium harp symbols pays out a sad 10x your bet. The actual money is in the gold coins that land constantly, showing values anywhere from half your bet up to 20x.
But here’s the catch, to actually win that money, you must land a leprechaun symbol on the first or last reel on that exact same spin. If he doesn’t show up, those coins just sit there mocking you and pay nothing.
My board was constantly littered with “dead” money. Most of the spins I sat through paid nothing whatsoever, and the best of the ones that did barely got past double my stake. The game tries to throw you a bone with a “Second Chance Respin” if you get coins but no leprechaun (or vice versa), which spins the outer reels again. It triggered four times for me and actually saved the win twice, but mostly it just teases you before taking your money.
The “Clover Pot” is Totally Fake Progress
There’s a Clover Pot at the top of the screen that collects green hats as you play. I watched it fill up from zero to seven during my session, thinking I was building toward a bonus. Nope. It does nothing. It triggers zero features. It’s literally just a visual trick to make a losing streak feel like you’re making progress.
The Jackpot Trap
On the left side of the screen, there are four progressive jackpots that grow as you play, capping out at that magical 10,000x. Sounds like a fun grind, right? Well, be careful. Your progress is tied strictly to your current bet size. Each stake keeps its own meters, so the moment you raise or lower your bet you walk away from everything you have built and start again on a fresh set. Your progress is still sitting back at the old stake, waiting for you to come back down to it.
The Bonus Round (Where things actually happen)
If you hit three hats, you get 10 free spins. The board gets bigger, and this is where the game actually gets interesting. The leprechauns become “sticky”, when they land on the outer reels, they stay there, sliding down one spot per spin. If they catch a coin, they jump back to the top.
Because they stick around, you can end up with a leprechaun on both the left and right sides. When that happens, it’s awesome: they both collect the exact same coins, meaning the board pays you twice over.
Bonus Buys & The Multiplier Catch
You can buy the regular bonus for 75x your bet, or pay 150x for the “Reel Frenzy” version. Both have an RTP of 95.9%. Reel Frenzy puts a multiplier (up to 5x) above the first or last reel. But again, there’s a catch: the leprechaun has to land exactly under that multiplier to boost the coins. A 5x multiplier on the left does you zero good if your leprechaun lands on the right.
I bought the 150x version. It retriggered and ran to twenty spins, and it did finish ahead of what I paid for it, but only just, and only because one late collection landed under a multiplier with a leprechaun sitting directly beneath it. Take that single spin out of the round and the whole thing is a loss. That is how narrow the margin is here: unless the leprechauns stick on both sides at once, or one of them parks under the plaque, you are not making money.
The Verdict
If you want to play a game with these exact mechanics and a 10,000x cap, go play Microgaming’s Phoenix Blaze instead, it has a slightly better RTP (96.05%).
Greedy for Gold relies entirely on getting lucky with double-collects in the bonus round. Interestingly, the max bet is capped at a pretty low $40, probably because the studio knows how crazy the math can get if the bonus grid aligns perfectly. The free spins definitely have potential, but the base game is just a display case full of gold you can’t touch.
