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Microgaming brings exotic world of the Orient to slots players in their Jewels of the Orient online slots game.

This five reel, nine payline game features beautiful graphics that illustrate not only the treasure of the Orient but the grace that lies with the women of the Orient as well. All five depictions of traditional costume are rich in their coloring but not in a bright flashy way. The visual design of this online slots game is one rich colors and quiet beauty.

Five of the symbols are five different women in five different types of Oriental dress. All though I must say that two of the women’s costumes look to be more from India than China or Japan. There is also Treasure Box and a Pot of Coins. But it is the Logo and the Temple that offer slots players the most opportunity.

The Jewels of the Orient is the Wild of this game. It will substitute for all five ladies and the two symbols representing monetary riches. Like any other Microgaming online slots game, the Wild also offers the highest payout: 2,500 coins.

The Temple is the Scatter that triggers the Free Spins Bonus game. Depending on the number of symbols landed to trigger the Free Spins Bonus Game, it will determine the number of the spins, the multiplier used and the multiplier on the total bet as follows:

3 Scatters = 10-15 free spins with a 1x-5x multiplier and a 5x-25x bonus amount
4 Scatters = 15-20 free spins with a 1x-5x multiplier and a 20x-100x bonus amount
5 Scatters = 20-40 free spins with a 1x-5x multiplier and a 50x-120x bonus amount

When the bonus game is triggered, players are first presented with the choice of one of three gifts presented by three men. This reveals the number of free spins. Then players are shown another three men and offered the choice of one of their three gifts. This one reveals the multiplier for the free spins. Finally three more men appear with three more gifts, from which players can choose one more of the gifts. This one reveals the bonus amount.

The Free Spins Bonus game is not as easy to trigger as other bonuses, and the Scatters can appear anywhere on the reels. Typically when a bonus can only be triggered with the Scatter or Bonus symbols appear on an active payline it is harder to trigger the bonus game; likewise it is generally easier when the symbols can land anywhere on the reels. But this bonus game seems to be as hard to trigger as an active payline bonus game.

In one bonus game, when wagering one coin per line, I won 180 coins—45 of which were the bonus amount. And unfortunately this online slots game does not payout small wins as often as other either.

So while this is a beautiful game graphically speaking—one of the best looking games to come from Microgaming in terms of visual appeal—it is probably best played for fun rather than for its payouts.

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Coming soon Go Casino will be hosting an online slots tournament with a larger than normal prize pool.

Typically Go’s prize pools have been around $15,000 to $25,000. But coming soon they will be having one in which $50,000 will be given away to players in the tournament.

Starting Friday, March 19th at 8pm and continuing to Tuesday, March 23rd at 8pm will be the 50K Guaranteed Weekend Madness.

Slots players can buy into this tournament for only $12.99, which when compared with the prize pool, is a low buy in amount. I have seen other tournaments in which the buy in is $15.99 or more and the prize pool is smaller. With that comparison in mind, this is not too bad of a tournament to enter.

For the $12.99 buy in the participants in this 50K Guaranteed Weekend Madness will be given 325 coins to play with. Participants will have to increase their amount of coins to rank on the tournament’s leader board. But should any participant run out of coins they can rebuy into the tournament for another $12.99

The $50,000 prize pool is made up of two parts. There is $30,000 in prize money and $20,000 in bonus bucks. This is similar to Go’s twenty four hour tournaments which feature a total prize pool of $8,888; $4,444 is in prize money and the other $4,444 is in bonus bucks. So slots players that have participated in those tournaments should be familiar with the two parts of the prize pool concept.

For this online slots tournament, Go has chosen the five reel, twenty payline Cleopatra’s Pyramid for tournament play. This slots game does offer a bonus game and fifteen free spins for players to play for.

To get in on this exciting slots tournament stop by Go Casino.

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Halloween in March? Sure, why not? They do Christmas in July after all. So today we are going to have Halloween in March and take a look at Microgaming’s Halloweenies online slots game.

My first reaction to this slots game is ‘Hello, bright colors!’ This is a very brightly colored slots game. Almost too bright. Slots players might spend the first few minutes just staring at the symbols trying to figure out what some of the symbols are.

The graphics are rather unique on Halloweenies. It mostly centers around traditional monsters dressed in costumes to go trick or treating. So there’s the Squirrel Witch, the Franken-nurse, a Sheep-Wolf and a Skeleton. There are also the requisite piles of candy that comes from trick-or-treating. The only downside on the piles of candy is that there are five different piles, and with all the bright colors, it is a bit hard to distinguish between them.

Like any good online slots game, Microgaming has given this game a few good symbols to keep an eye out for.

There is the Wild. The Wild is made up of four little monsters shaped like the letters in Wild. It naturally substitutes for all symbols other than the Scatter Bunny and the Bonus Pumpkin. But those little Wild monsters have the highest payout: 13,000 coins. Of course it would be 13 something.

The Scatter Bunny, when three, four or five are landed, will award you with, you got it, thirteen free spins. But on a more normal note, all winnings during the free spins have a 3x multiplier.

Landing three, four or five of the Bonus Pumpkins will trigger the Pick a Pumpkin bonus game. And the bonus game is just that. You will be presented with a bunch of rather odd looking jack-o-lanterns, of which you can only pick three. Each pumpkin you pick will reveal a bonus amount; the amounts are added together for your total bonus amount.

Playing one coin per line, I won 260 coins in one bonus round: 120, 120 and 20.

On the whole this can be a fun online slots game to play, but the bright colors can wear on the eyes after a time. Winning combinations tend to be on the smaller side, while the bonus game and free spins are not triggered as often as in other game. This is not a bad slots game, just one that I would recommend more for fun playing rather than serious playing.

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One of the most widely used online slots games in slots tournaments in Vegas Technology powered online casinos is The Reel Deal. This online slots game is a takeoff of the popular ‘Deal or No Deal’ TV show.

Think of it as the TV show in slots form and you get to be the contestant.

The graphics are on the cartoony side which adds to the light-hearted feeling of this game show turned slots. Animation and spinning of the reels is on the fast side—bare this in mind when playing as it will mean more spins per hour and faster use of your bankroll. Wager on this five reel, twenty payline game range from $0.01 to $10 per payline.

As for the symbols players are playing with Stacks of Money, a Check, a Phone, the Host, and a couple of Show Girls. But naturally there are a few symbols that players will want to see.

The Gold Bar is the Wild in The Reel Deal. It will substitute for any symbol other than the Deal Button and the Gold Suitcase. A jackpot of 10,000 coins can also be won by landing five Gold Bars.

The Deal Button is the Scatter. Like any other Scatter it will payout no matter where it lands on the reels as long as you have at least two of them. But the Deal Button will also trigger fifteen free spins if three or more Scatters are landed.

Then there is the Gold Briefcase. This is the trigger to the Bonus Game. Fortunately the three Gold Briefcases needed to trigger the bonus game can be landed anywhere and are not required to all be on an active payline. This makes the bonus round easier to trigger.

As for the bonus game, it is a round of Real Deal. You will pick your briefcase. You will then pick eight more to eliminate. After those eight you will be offered a deal which you can take or decline. If you decline you will pick six more briefcases before being offered another deal. This will continue until you either take the remaining briefcase or the first one you picked or make a deal. If at any point you make a deal you will be shown what was in that first suitcase you picked.

This bonus game is actually highly entertaining to play. It gives you the thrill of being a contestant, which is more than other pick-and-win bonus games offer. Perhaps this is because this bonus game is modeled after ‘The Real Deal’ game show.

As for what you can win in the bonus game, when playing at $0.01 per payline, the bonus amounts in the briefcases ranged from $0.01 up to $100.

While the bonus game has some serious potential to be well worth the spins, it is the regular game play that will get you. The Reel Deal is more prone to smaller payouts that are less than a spin, and even then they are not awarded as frequently as other small payout slots games.

This, overall, is a good slots game for tournaments since it offers a bonus game that is not too difficult to trigger and that has the potential to pay back on. Slots players would be wise to jump on tournament that is being played out on this game.

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It may be March but it is still chilly out there and spring is still a few weeks away. Go Casino is offering slots players one more way to enjoy the remainder of the winter season and without the actual chill and need for down jackets and snow boots; they are currently featuring Winter Wonderland.

Winter Wonderland is from the Vegas Technology arsenal. It is a five reel online slots game with twenty paylines. Players can win up to 4,000 coins for a jackpot from the Wild. There is also a free spins feature and bonus game.

This is definitely a winter game. The graphics bring to mind all the things we love about winter: Snowflakes, Ice Skates, Snow Caps, Presents and Gingerbread Men just to name a few. The animation is smooth and the speed of the reels not too fast.

The Snowman is the Wild in Winter Wonderland. He will substitute for any symbol on the reels except for the Snowflake and the Skier. He is also the key to the 4,000 coin jackpot. And if a slots player has a winning combination with more than one Wild, the player not only wins for that combination but also for having multiple Wilds.

The Snowflake is the Scatter in this online slots game. For starters the animation when this symbol is landed is beautiful. But the Snowflake is also the symbol that triggers the free spins feature. Landing three or more will give the slots player fifteen free spins with a 3x multiplier. And more free spins can be won on a free spin.

But for the bonus game slots players need the Skier. Landing the Skier on the first, third and fifth reels will trigger the bonus game. In the bonus game the slots player is prompted to choose three locations for the Skier to ski to. Once he reaches his destination, a snowman pops up and reveals a bonus amount. After the third amount is revealed the slots player is given a choice between keeping his bonus amount or taking the mystery amount in the present. From playing I recommend sticking with the amount you have won with the skier rather than trading.

Between the amount that can be won in the bonus game and the smaller payouts in regular play, it is worth playing this online slots game to trigger the bonus round. Payouts tend to be on the more frequent side but with frequency comes smaller amounts. This could be a reason as to why the jackpot is only 4,000 coins. But like any slots game you will still lose money over time.

Although the maximum wager amount per line is $10, this online slots game might be better suited for low rollers since it only carries a 4,000 coin jackpot; it has been my experience that high rollers tend to seek out slots games with a larger jackpot.

But the play on Winter Wonderland is enjoyable for a slots player who is playing for low stakes or for fun. To take it for a spin, stop by Go Casino.

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Rival Gaming has announced that it will be releasing a new online slots game. However, it will not be going to all Rival powered online casinos, just the most popular.

Adventure and diamonds abound in this new online slots game from Rival called Diamonds Down Under. This new games is to be a five reel with fifteen paylines.

Rival is known for its touch on graphics and slots players will not be disappointed with this latest offering. Slots players will be taken to the Australian Outback for some diamond hunting and mining—but watch out for Crocodiles.

In hopes of drawing new players to the Rival powered online casinos, Rival has given this new slots game quite the line-up in terms of features.

Players can look forward to a paytable that is higher than normal for Rival. But then this is Diamonds Down Under—diamonds are associated with riches, and an online slots game that features a diamond theme should offer the paytable to go with.

Diamonds Down Under will also feature free spins, but not 10, 15, or even 20. Slots players can win up to 100 free spins each with a 3x multiplier. And these free spins can be retriggered as well. The potential to build up a good sixed payout just on free spins alone will draw slots players in.

Rival has also given its newest online slots game a Wild, and that Wild will be found on all five reels to further help players create winning combinations.

It sounds like there might be a bonus game for Diamonds Down Under but the details there are vague. There will be diamonds to be found, but they can only be found using maps and by mining in the best spots. This sounds like it will be a bonus game in which players are presented with a map to choose locations to ‘mine’ at; diamonds found would offer bonus prizes. This is how I interpret the alluding to diamonds being found using maps with a choice of where to dig.

But this online slots game is not going to be offered at all Rival powered online casinos. Check with your favorites to see if they will be offering it. If they are not one of the chosen by Rival, poke around at other Rival casinos and see who has it.

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For those of us who have played and keep playing slot machines in land-based casinos—or boat casinos—we have all encountered slot machines we love and slot machines we wished had never been made. I am referring to the hot and cold machines.

When a slots player is talking about a cold slot machine he is talking about a machine that just does not pay out no matter how much money you put in. You might get a few small payouts, but for the most part you are only losing money.

Then there are the slot machines we all love—the hot ones. A hot slot machine is one that pays out pretty often and in fairly good amounts. These are the slot machines that you can make money on. You will still lose some money but you are likely to walk away with some extra money in your pocket.

When we slots players find a hot slot machine we are loathe to give it up. We will play it for long periods of time, only leaving when we have to. And when we return to the casino we head straight for that same slot machine, hoping that no one else has planted themselves in front of it. And if someone is already there, we hope that they do not play through all the ‘hotness’ of the machine.

But then the day comes that we walk in and head straight for our favorite slot machine only to discover it is gone. We will not believe our eyes. We will think it is a mistake. And we will look around to make sure we are in the right area.

But we are in the right area. The machine is gone.

Naturally our first thought is that the casino has figured out how much the slot machine is paying out. We will think that they have gotten rid of it. I mean, these slot machines have computers and those computers report to the casino. So the casino knows that machine is paying out and has taken it away because they really hate having to pay out money.

As much as this makes sense in your head, this is not the case. The casino has not removed the slot machine because it pays out too much. They have not taken it ‘out back’ to tinker with it to make it pay out less. What they have done is moved the machine to a different location.

Retail stores do it all the time. In the attempt to keep the casino looking fresh and to encourage movement around the casino, machines can and will be moved around.

So the next time that hot slot machine has disappeared on you, take a walk around the floor and see if it has been moved to another location.

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A brightly colored treat from Microgaming, Chocolate Factory is a cartoony take off of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. This is a five reel online slots game with only nine paylines.

Certainly this game as visual appeal in all the treats on display for you. This sugary online slots game offers a feast for the eyes with Hazelnuts, Cherry Cremes, Mint Wedges, Praline Shells, Turkish Delights and Chocolate Coins. And in among all those sweets is little Candy and Mikey, two children at play in the chocolate factory.

There are four symbols that players should be keeping their hungry eyes peeled for in this online slots game: Dr. Chocolate, the Candyman, the Bonbon Box and the Dipping Tank.

Dr. Chocolate, mastermind of this chocolate factory, is naturally the Wild he will substitute for all the candy symbols, his creations. But he does not substitute for the two children, Candy and Mikey. If a slots player lands five Dr. Chocolates the payout is 8,000 coins. The highest payout in the game, including the bonus prizes.

The Candyman is the Scatter. Since this online slots game has two bonus games there are not any free spins to be won with this Scatter. But at least he will payout regardless of where he lands.

The first bonus game is called Bonbon Box Bonus. This is triggered, of course, by the Bonbon Box symbol. In this bonus game the slots player is presented with a box of candy to choose from. Each time a candy piece is chosen a bonus amount is revealed. This continues until the player chooses a chocolate that reveals ‘Collect’ which ends the game. The maximum payout on this bonus game is 4,375 coins.

The other bonus game is Dunk-A-Treat Bonus. This one is triggered by the Dunking Tank symbol. Here slots players are shown a chocolate dunking tank and are allowed to choose a treat to be dunked into the chocolate, which then reveals your prize amount. The maximum payout in this game is only 2,500 coins.

The trick to these two bonus games though is that a slots player must land at least three of the appropriate symbol on an active payline. And that proves a lot harder to do than it sounds. Players will land Scatter more often than either bonus game is triggered. This is a bit of a downer considering the visual and fun appeal this game offers.

This is an online slots game that is more meant for fun play than any serious play. Scatters are won more often than winning combinations. Keep this in mind if you consider playing this online slots game. But if you do play, enjoy looking at all the candy—you will definitely want some by the time you are done.

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Microgaming, with their ability to endlessly create some rather creative online slots games, has taken the best part of your morning and poured it into a slots game of its very own.

Coffee lovers everywhere have a reason to love the new online slots game from Microgaming: Cashoccino.

This coffee themed slots game is sure to jump start your excitement. This is a richly colored game with a lot of brown tones naturally. Symbols all bring to mind a trip to a coffeehouse.

But the two most important symbols are said to be the Cappuccino and the Gold Logo.

This online slots game will feature a Wild: the Cappuccino. It will substitute for all other symbols in the game other than the Gold Logo

Cashoccino will also feature free spins. Fifteen can be one when three, four or five of the Gold Logo Scatters are present. When at least three Scatters are landed players are going to win fifteen free spins that have a 3x multiplier.

There’s no word yet on whether this new offering from Microgaming will have a bonus game. But this new online slots game is said to have a new type of feature: Extra Bet.

Extra Bet is a side bet that players can place in addition to their regular playing bet. An Extra Bet is the half of what the playing bet is. So if you were wagering $2.00 on a spin, the Extra Bet for that spin would be $1.00. This Extra Bet is active on all paylines and it will also provide a chance to win extra free spins.

Microgaming certainly does have their creative mind wrapped around innovation and coming up with new games and new features. Keep an eye open when you are at your favorite Microgaming online casino.

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Slip into the exotic and the enchantment of Gypsy Queen. This is a boldly colored five reel online slots game from Microgaming with twenty paylines.

The feel of the dark and the mysterious fills this game. To be found lurking on the reels is a Dragon, Tarot Cards, a Gypsy Musician, a Palm, a Black Kitten, the Gypsy’s Wagon, a Dagger, a Tambourine and a Gold Candle. And ruling over all of those symbols is the Gypsy Queen and her Crystal Ball.

An interesting feature on this slots game is the Gypsy Queen and the Logo. While each symbol will payout when combined with duplicates of itself like in any normal online slots game, it is possible here for the Gypsy Queen and the Logo to work together to form winning combinations. So you can have a winning combination made up of both the Gypsy Queen and the Logo in the same combination.

This combination of symbols feature will only work if there are three, four or five symbols in the winning combination. I suspect that this feature is in lieu of a Wild symbol. It is interesting to play without a Wild but with this combination of symbols feature.

Granted a Wild is more advantageous since it can substitute for all symbols but bonuses and Scatters, but the idea of combining two distinct symbols does provide enjoyable play.

The other intriguing feature in Gypsy Queen is the Crystal Ball symbol. Both free spins and a bonus game come from this Scatter symbols. Crystal Balls can trigger a bonus game OR free spins—you just do not know which feature you will get until you land some Crystal Balls. Twelve, fifteen, twenty or thirty free spins are awarded for two, three, four or five Crystal Balls respectively. This feeling of not knowing which feature you are going to win lends itself to the excitement of this online slots game.

The bonus game lays out six tarot cards for a slots player to pick from. Each card has a coin amount on it. Players will pick a card, which the gypsy then flips over. Players are awarded the bonus amount and are allowed to pick again if their fortune is good and the card says that another pick has been won.

In one bonus game, wagering $0.01 per line for a $0.20 spin, I won 760 coins. In light of that amount and that many symbols payout for only having symbols present, this bonus feature is worth the spins to play it.

Finally, players can win 100x their wager per line on a Scatter win of 5 Scatter symbols. Five Logos will award 2,000 coins. As for the bonus features, 60,000 coins can be won in the free spins and 30,000 in the bonus game.

To discover you’re the future of your slots fortune drop by the gypsy queen’s wagon and see what she has in store for you.

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