Golden Shamrock - Video Slots Flash Game
How to Play Golden Shamrock
This game is relatively simple to play. First, select a bet level by pressing the Bet Level button. Levels are multiples of your bet. So if you have a 1st level bet of 10, your 2nd level bet will be 20, 3rd level is 30 and so on.
Then, you have to select a number of paylines you want to play. To do this, either click the Bet Lines button (the more times you click the more lines you select) or you can select one of the 20 numbers on the sides to bet that amount paylines.
Next, you need to select a coin value. Simply press the Coin Value button to change the coin value. This coin level will change the overall amount that you are betting.

Your ready to press the Spin button now. That's is the round button in the center. Alternatively, you can press Max Bet, which will place a bet on all 20 paylines and spin the reels automatically.
The object of any video slot machine is to line up the icons starting from the leftmost reel on the screen and travel to the right across the reels.
If you wish, there is a tiny Auto button in the lower left hand corner of the screen. You can use this to have from 10 to 1000 automated spins.
Video Slots
Golden Shamrock is what is known as a video slot machine or video slots for short. Most video slots that you will find will be in this style with slight variations on rules. But for the most part, video slots will have 5 reels that spin and line up on the field of view.
Each video slot that you come across will almost always have a theme to it. Obviously, Golden Shamrock is themed off of St. Patrick's Day and all the icons on the reels are things related to leprechauns and the Irish.
Here are a screenshot of what you will win when you match up a certain number of icons:

You can see that need at least 3 matching icons in order to win for a little more then half of the symbols shown. The others only need 2 icons in a row for a winning payline.
Now before, I mentioned paylines, but did not go into any further details about these. Paylines are what the icons have to match up on in order for you to win. Each payline takes a different route across the reels. If you would like to see each individual payline, you can do so by hovering over the corresponding number on the side of the screen.
Wild Cards and Free Spins
From game to game, video slots have

The wild card is a Leprechaun. The Leprechaun will only appear on the middle three reels. When you complete a line using the Leprechaun, the wild expands to cover all three spots on the reel. He can be used as a substitute for any other icon except for the scatter card.

The Golden Shamrock is called a scatter card. Scatter cards can appear on any of the reels but are unlike any other icon. The scatter symbol is the only icon that does not need to be on a payline in order to win. Get more then one shamrock on the board and you will automatically win on your spin.
If you get three golden shamrocks, then you will have activated the Free Spins mode.

You get to select one of the shamrocks to reveal how many free spins you will get and what multiplier the paylines will be multiplied by. The amount of money that the free spins will be worth is the same amount you bet when you got the free spins.
During the free spins if you get 2 more shamrocks on the screen, you will earn the right to pick one and win more free spins.