Patrick Moriarty

Patrick Moriarty

iGaming Analyst & Slot Reviewer · play-slots.games

Patrick Moriarty is the independent analyst behind play-slots.games. He has personally reviewed all 279 slots on this site, and he treats every review as buyer-protection journalism rather than promotion. No casino owns this site and no operator pays for a score.

What he specialises in

His focus is the part most slot reviews skip: the math. He analyses each game's true Return to Player (RTP) — not just the headline number a provider advertises, but the configurable tiers a casino can quietly switch to. He maps volatility and hit frequency to real bankroll risk, weighs advertised max-win ceilings against how reachable they actually are, and breaks down the real cash cost of bonus-buy features. Deepest fluency: Pragmatic Play, NetEnt and Nolimit City, with working knowledge of a dozen niche studios.

How he tests a slot

Every review starts with the paytable and the free-play demo. RTP and specification figures come from the provider's official page, cross-checked against independent aggregators such as SlotCatalog; where sources disagree, the conflict is flagged rather than papered over. Volatility and pacing notes come from actually running the demo before any real-money guidance. When a game's provider or data cannot be confirmed, he says so plainly — an empty field you can verify beats a confident number that is wrong. Each game is rated out of 10, with the reasons it was marked up or down stated in the open. See the full review policy for the standards behind every score.

Editorial independence

play-slots.games is not affiliated with any casino, and takes no bets itself. Patrick recommends against games as readily as he recommends them — a verdict that a beloved title ships a 94% math model in some casinos costs him nothing and protects the reader, which is exactly the arrangement he wants. Slots are covered as entertainment with a built-in house edge, never as an income source.

Reviews by Patrick Moriarty

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