Since Play’n GO’s 2013 Leprechaun Goes Egypt slot, it’s been rare to see leprechauns and Ancient Egypt featured prominently together. Which came first, the name or the concept? One can imagine someone at Jelly saying “CleoPatrick,” perhaps accidentally, conjuring exotic images of supernatural Irish beings in the hot, sandy lands of the Pharaohs. This might explain why the game has been in development since 2022. Regardless, the Cleo character in the game looks as surprised by the concept as anyone—perhaps a bit displeased; her expression is hard to read. Not as hard as Patrick’s biceps, though; leprechauns rarely appear as muscular as this guy. Available in four RTP settings, CleoPatrick DoubleMax’s default return value is 96%, and its math model is classified as highly volatile. With a bet range of 20¢ to $/€80 per spin, the game features a 5-reel, 4-row grid and offers 1,024 ways to win instead of traditional paylines. Winning combinations pay left to right on adjacent reels from the leftmost side, triggering cascades and the DoubleMax multiplier.

The dual themes are reflected in the ten regular pay symbols, which include 10-A card ranks, a harp, some tools, a top hat, a scarab, and Cleo. Hitting a five-of-a-kind royal pays 0.5 to 1 times the bet, while a five-of-a-kind premium hit is worth 2 to 10 times the stake. Patrick appears on the wild symbols, which can land on all reels except the leftmost one. Wilds substitute for all regular pay symbols, helping to complete winning combinations.

CleoPatrick DoubleMax: Slot Features

As previously mentioned, winning combinations trigger the DoubleMax multiplier and the cascading win system. Additionally, keep an eye out for Patrick’s Modifiers, Cleo’s Respins bonus, the respins buy option, and the Golden Bet.

DoubleMax Each win triggers a cascade and increases the DoubleMax multiplier. Winning symbols are removed, and new ones fall into place. The DoubleMax multiplier active during that win is applied, and it resets at the end of a cascade sequence. When triggering Cleo’s Respin Bonus, the DoubleMax multiplier carries over.

Patrick’s Modifiers Patrick’s Modifiers can be triggered on any spin:

• Patrick’s Mystery Symbols: Mystery symbols are added to the reels and transform into any symbol except wilds. This can also trigger Cleo’s Respins bonus.
• Patrick’s Expanding Wilds: A wild landing on reels 2, 3, 4, or 5 can expand to cover all 4 positions.
• Patrick’s Lose to Win: On any losing spin, Patrick can transform the reels into a winning combination.

Cleo’s Respins Bonus Money symbols appear on the reels, holding values of 0.5x to 100x the bet. When a money symbol lands, it is collected in a pot, creating a chance to ‘burst the pot’ and trigger Cleo’s Respins bonus. Landing 5 or more money symbols guarantees the bonus. If triggered, the coins and their values carry over to the feature and remain in place.

The feature starts with 3 respins, showing only money symbols on the reels. If a money symbol lands, the number of respins resets to 3. The values of the money symbols are added to the total win. If a reel is filled with money symbols, their values are multiplied by the DoubleMax multiplier, which then doubles for the next reel. If the respins round is triggered with a DoubleMax multiplier, it carries over to the round.

Respins Buy and Golden Bet Players can buy Cleo’s Respins bonus for 100x the bet or activate the Golden Bet, which increases the stake by 50% for more chances of triggering Cleo’s Respins bonus.

CleoPatrick DoubleMax: Slot Verdict

According to the 19th-century account “Irish Wonders” by D. R. McAnally, Jr., leprechauns were often seen mending their shoes, worn out from running around so much. This was considered the perfect time to catch one. It’s amusing to imagine how many miles Patrick would have covered running from Ireland to Egypt. A fun, pedantic nitpick: the first known mention of leprechauns was in the 8th century, while Cleopatra ruled Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, requiring some impressive creative license from Jelly to bring these characters together in CleoPatrick DoubleMax.

Nevertheless, the clever merging of Cleo and Patrick in the game’s title works well. The mechanics merge, too, as players rarely find a streak respin round in a DoubleMax game. Typically, free spins are the bonus round in such slots, where the multiplier does not reset until the feature ends. This was the case in the original Raptor DoubleMax and many of its successors. CleoPatrick DoubleMax retains the multiplier, but it feels somewhat restrained compared to the explosive potential in a regular free spins round. The multiplier does increase in Cleo’s Respins bonus when reels are filled with locked coins, but it might not reach the exhilarating heights of x1,024 or x2,048 unless you’re extremely fortunate in the base game.

As a result, CleoPatrick DoubleMax’s maximum win of 5,000x the bet, while respectable, pales in comparison to the 20,000-25,000x potential found in other DoubleMax slots.

In its defense, CleoPatrick DoubleMax likely isn’t aiming to compete with the biggest slots in the DoubleMax category. Instead, it offers something new for players tired of the usual persistent multiplier free spins by introducing a less common streak respins feature, potentially enhanced by some DoubleMax magic under the right circumstances.