As the sun sinks behind the willows, the old paddle steamer with the big red wheel churns up the tidal river past the town spires, flags flying from its two tall funnels. A middle-paced world whose free round gathers steam from x2 up to x4 and keeps it to the last spin.
Every water is free and will remain so. Your account keeps the 100,000 coins, favourites, level and daily missions in the harbour book between tides — and lets us check you are 18 or over before your first spin.
Harbour coins are virtual. No real-money gambling, no prize of real-world value and nothing to buy in-app. 18+.
Redwheel Reach is the last bell of the day, rung from the landing stage as the paddle steamer swings into the river mouth at sunset. Twine-Tied Charts, Plumb Sounders and Red-Barrel Spyglasses come up at an easy pace, while the Binnacle Dome and the Gilt Helm Wheel steer the richer lines. The Starred Paddlewheel takes the place of any picture except the Ruby Signal Lamp. Lamps pay wherever they hang: three lamps flash ten free spins, four flash fifteen and five flash twenty-two, and lamps spotted mid-round add spins. The multiplier starts at x2, moves to x3 on spin three and settles at x4 from spin five.
Steamer's Climb. The first pair of free spins pays x2, the second pair x3, and the fifth spin onwards pays x4 right to the end of the round; the steamer never loses speed mid-round.
All play here uses free virtual coins. None of it is real-money gambling, nothing won has real-world value, and there are no in-app purchases. A random number generator sets each result; no spin is swayed by the last.
Measured by running this page's own engine for 10,000,000 spins: coin RTP 96.5%, hit frequency 34.4%, free spins about once in 137 spins, a win of 10x your stake or more about once in 104 spins. Coin figures only — no money is staked or returned.
Sign in, step onto the landing stage and set a stake as the paddle steamer comes alongside.
Spin. The Starred Paddlewheel fills in for every picture on board apart from the Ruby Signal Lamp, and lamps pay on your total stake from any position.
Three lamps flash ten free spins, four flash fifteen and five flash twenty-two. The opening pair of free spins runs at x2, the middle pair at x3, and from the fifth the paddles turn at x4.
Evening players who enjoy an unhurried river trip and a free round that gathers steam the further upstream it goes.
An even-tempered trip upriver. Modest wins chug along like the paddles, and the best of the voyage tends to arrive near the end of the free round, once each spin is worth x4.
| Symbol stamped on the strip | Five landed in a line | The same catch measured against your stake |
|---|---|---|
 Starred Paddlewheel (wild) | 6,000× line bet | 240× your stake |
 Gilt Helm Wheel | 2,600× line bet | 104× your stake |
 Binnacle Dome | 1,400× line bet | 56× your stake |
 Red-Barrel Spyglass | 850× line bet | 34× your stake |
 Plumb Sounder | 550× line bet | 22× your stake |
 Twine-Tied Chart | 320× line bet | 12.8× your stake |
The five card ranks (10 to A) pay the least. Three Ruby Signal Lamps anywhere open the free round. Full values for three and four of a kind are in the paytable.
Not while the steamer is under way. It only gathers speed, and once the fifth free spin arrives it stays at x4 until you tie up.
Yes, and three or more Ruby Signal Lamps in the round add extra spins.
No. Lamps are scatters, and the paddlewheel emblem leaves them alone.
Missions are wiped and rewritten every day and count in every water. Nobody is made to do them.
When a big spring tide drains off the granite below the harbour wall, a whole street of rock pools appears, full of crabs, anemones and a lobster the colour of ink. Anyone can spin it at once, and a golden limpet that lands on a dry spin clings on for a free second go.
At first light the painted boats nose in against the stone quay and the nets spill silver into wooden crates under the hanging brass bell. The wildest world at the harbour: every winning line drops out of sight and the catch tumbles down to refill it, up to x5.
Play while it is fun, and come ashore once it is not. Settle a time limit before you start and take breaks. If gambling of any kind is causing you problems, the National Gambling Helpline is free and confidential on 0808 8020 133, through every hour, or visit GamCare and BeGambleAware. Read Jowan’s harbour rules for steady play.
Only adults of 18 and over come down the quay steps at Pilchard Quay. Every water is played with virtual coins of no monetary value, and those coins are never bought, sold, withdrawn or exchanged. The harbour office keeps no coin counter and no payment page, puts up no prize of real-world value, and success here does not imply future success at real-money gambling.
Worried where gambling is taking you? Free and confidential: National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133, open through every tide, day and night · BeGambleAware · GamCare · Jowan’s harbour rules for steady play
All three waters draw on one crate of coins. A free account lifts the boom on every one and keeps your coins, favourites, level and daily missions entered in Jowan’s harbour book between tides.
Not ready? Spin the open world, Springtide Rockpools — no email needed.