Leprechaun 3 (also known as Leprechaun 3: In Vegas) is a 1995 American slasher comedy film and the third, and first direct-to-video installment, in the Leprechaun series. The film follows a psychotic leprechaun, who begins a killing spree in Las Vegas. Leprechaun 3 became the highest-grossing direct-to-video film of 1995. The film was followed by Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997). Plot At the beginning of the film, a stranger with a missing arm, leg, and eye sells a grotesque Leprechaun statue to a Las Vegas Pawnshop owner called Gupta. The figure has a golden medallion around its neck, which the shop owner removes despite being warned by the stranger not to. This action brings the leprechaun to life, and he attacks Gupta, biting his ear and toe before strangling him with a phone cord. As he is running away from the scene, the leprechaun drops one of his wish-granting gold coins. Meanwhile, a college student, Scott McCoy, has just arrived in Las Vegas and falls for a woman called Tammy. He gives her a ride to her job at the Lucky Shamrock Casino. While in the casino, Scott gambles away all his money, so he goes to the local pawnshop to trade his Rolex watch for some quick cash. Upon reaching the pawnshop, Scott discovers Gupta's lifeless body on the floor and calls the police. He then unknowingly takes the leprechaun's coin and is granted one wish. A computer on the counter next to him states how in Irish folklore that one wish from a leprechaun's coin can give a mortal anything and that it remains permanent. When Scott hears this, he jokingly wishes for a winning streak. Scott is instantly teleported back to the casino by the coin's magic, where he starts having a winning streak and realizes that his wish has come true; the coin later gets stolen by two casino employees, Loretta and Fazio. Scott then gets attacked by the leprechaun, who pursues his gold coin. In the process, their blood mixes and Scott manages to throw the leprechaun out of the hotel window, but he survives the fall. Due to the mixed blood, Scott begins to transform into a leprechaun. Mitch, the Lucky Shamrock's owner, along with Loretta and Fazio, pass the coin around making wishes. Mitch wishes that he could have sex with Tammy and goes up to her room. While Mitch is kissing her,