CleoPatrick DoubleMax: Slot Overview

Jelly, the studio behind it, describes online slot CleoPatrick DoubleMax as the ‘hybrid we didn’t know we needed and will soon love.’ It’s a big claim, and one worth putting through its paces. By blending Ancient Egyptian royalty with Irish folklore, Jelly doesn’t just unite two unlikely characters, but also combines two mechanics that rarely show up together: DoubleMax (a mechanic created by partner Yggdrasil Gaming) and a hold ‘n win money symbol bonus round – potentially with a multiplier.

Since Play’n GO’s 2013 Leprechaun Goes Egypt slot, it’s been rare to see leprechauns and Ancient Egypt sharing the spotlight so clearly in one game. It does make you wonder what came first – the title or the idea. You can easily picture someone at Jelly blurting out “CleoPatrick,” maybe unintentionally, and suddenly imagining mystical Irish creatures wandering the scorching sands of the Pharaohs. That might also explain why development has been ongoing since 2022. Either way, Cleo looks almost as taken aback by the pairing as anyone else, maybe even slightly unimpressed; her expression isn’t easy to decipher. Not as difficult to read as Patrick’s biceps, though – and honestly, leprechauns don’t often look this ripped in a slot.

With four RTP configurations available, CleoPatrick DoubleMax comes with a default return of 96%, and its maths is rated as highly volatile. Stakes run from 20 c to $/€80 per spin, and the layout uses 5 reels with 4 rows each. Rather than paylines, the game runs on 1,024 ways to win. Wins are formed left to right on adjacent reels starting from the far-left side of the grid at a rate of 29.14%, setting off cascades and the DoubleMax multiplier.

The split theme shows up across ten standard pay symbols: 10-A card ranks, a harp, a set of tools (or something close to that), a top hat, a scarab, and Cleo. A 5 OAK royal way returns 0.5 to 1 times the bet, while landing 5 OAK of a premium symbol pays 2 to 10 times a gambler’s stake. Patrick features on the wild symbols, which can land on every reel except the leftmost one. Wilds replace all regular pay symbols, making it easier to complete winning ways.

CleoPatrick DoubleMax: Slot Features

As mentioned earlier, any winning way activates both the DoubleMax multiplier and the cascading wins mechanic. In addition, keep an eye out for Patrick’s Modifiers, Cleo’s Respins bonus, the respins buy option, and Golden Bet.

DoubleMax

Every win sets off a cascade and raises the DoubleMax multiplier. The winning symbols are removed, with the remaining symbols dropping down to fill the gaps. The DoubleMax multiplier in effect for that win is applied, and it resets once the cascade sequence ends. If Cleo’s Respin Bonus is triggered, the DoubleMax multiplier is carried over.

Patrick’s Modifiers

Patrick’s Modifiers can be triggered on any spin:

• Patrick’s Mystery Symbols – mystery symbols are placed onto the reels, and every visible instance then changes into any symbol except for wilds. Cleo’s Respins bonus can be triggered through mystery symbols.
• Patrick’s Expanding Wilds – if a wild lands on reels 2, 3, 4, or 5, it may expand to cover all 4 positions.
• Patrick’s Lose to Win – on any losing spin, Patrick can convert the outcome into a win.

Cleo’s Respins Bonus

Money symbols can land on the reels with values of 0.5x to 100x the bet. When one appears, it is collected into a pot, creating the opportunity to ‘burst the pot‘ and activate Cleo’s Respins bonus. Landing 5 or more money symbols guarantees to trigger the bonus. Once triggered, the coins and their values carry over into the feature and stay locked in place.

The bonus begins with 3 respins, and the reels display only money symbols. Each time a money symbol lands, the respin count resets to 3. All money symbol values are added to the total win. If a reel becomes filled with money symbols, their values are multiplied by the DoubleMax multiplier. After that, the multiplier is doubled for the next reel. If the respins round is triggered while a DoubleMax multiplier is active, it carries into the bonus.

Respins Buy and Golden Bet

Players have the option to purchase Cleo’s Respins bonus for 100x the bet, or they can switch on the Golden Bet, which increases the stake by 50% to improve the odds of triggering Cleo’s Respins bonus.

CleoPatrick DoubleMax: Slot Verdict

According to the 19th-century work ‘Irish Wonders’ by D. R. McAnally, Jr, leprechauns were supposedly often spotted repairing their own shoes, since they wore them out from constant running – and that was considered the best moment to catch one. By that logic, Patrick must have clocked up serious distance sprinting all the way from Ireland to Egypt. That leads to one playful, pedantic gripe: the earliest known reference to leprechauns dates back to the 8th century, while Cleopatra ruled Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, so Jelly has had to lean on some hefty creative licence to bring the two leads of CleoPatrick DoubleMax into the same story.

Still, it sort of works, helped by the smart mash-up of Cleo and Patrick in the game’s name. The mechanics are blended too, since it’s uncommon to see a streak respin feature inside a DoubleMax title. More often, the bonus is free spins, where the multiplier doesn’t reset until the feature ends. That was the case in the original Raptor DoubleMax, and it remains true for many of the games that followed. CleoPatrick DoubleMax retains the multiplier, but it feels a bit toned down compared to how wild the doubling effect can become in a standard free spins round when it’s allowed to run. The multiplier can grow during Cleo’s Respins bonus when reels fill with locked coins, yet it may find it difficult to reach the heart-thumping x1,024, x2,048 or higher that’s possible elsewhere unless you’re exceptionally lucky on the base game spin that triggers it. As a consequence, CleoPatrick DoubleMax’s max win takes a hit, with its (still respectable) 5,000x the bet top prize being dwarfed by the 20-25,000x results seen in other DoubleMax slots.

To be fair, CleoPatrick DoubleMax likely isn’t aiming to compete with the biggest hitters in the DoubleMax category. Instead, it tries to give players who are tired of the usual persistent multiplier free spins format something different, swapping it out for a less common streak respins feature that can, in the right scenario, still benefit from a touch of DoubleMax magic.